Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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COLLEGE DEAN PHILLIP M. BAIL first came to the uni- versity in 1940. He has been Dean of the College of Education ' ever since he came to Butler. He holds his A.B. from Missouri Valley College and his A.M. and ' Ph.D. degrees from the state University of Iowa. The College of Education offers the student the opportunity to receive a teachers license in the state of Indiana. The student is given the experi- ence of actually teaching under supervisers in Indianapolis schools. , This year the Eliza Blaker memorial library was added to the college to be used for classes, study, and meetings of the college. 24

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ADMINISTRATION DR. M. O. ROSS is not only the Dean of the College of Business Administration but is also the president of the university. He has been a member of the Butler faculty since 1938. Dr. Ross is a graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan University and obtained his A.M. and his Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. The aim of the College of Business Administra- tion is to equip students with a knowledge of the fundamentals of business practices and the methods of making a living. Instruction in the secretarial sciences is one of the outstanding features of the college. This department fits students for office jobs with training in shorthand, typing, and mach- ine operation. 23

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OF EDUCATION As the College of Education enters its thirteenth year on the campus, members of the college are honoring the first head of the Teachers ' College of Indianapolis where teachers were trained before the Butler education division began. A special room in Jordan hall has been dedi- cated to the late Mrs. Eliza A. Blaker, who was president of T. C. I. from its establishment in 1882 until her death in 1926. The Eliza Blaker Room will be used as a classroom, study room, and meeting place for various College of Education student and faculty events. It is equipped with reconditioned furnishings from the old college. In 1930 the College of Education was formed on the Butler campus when the Department of Educa- tion, instituted in 1919, and the Teachers College of Indianapolis were merged. It has been under the deanship of Dr. Phillip M. Bail since 1940. The general objective of the college is the educa- tion of teachers, supervisors, and administrators for positions in kindergartens, elementary schools, and high schools. Students preparing to teach are expected to gain a broad general education, training in the subjects to be taught, and special instruction in professional courses which point out and prepare the student to meet the problems of teaching successfully. The Butler College of Education is accredited by the American Association of Teachers Colleges. Student teachers have the advantage of using the public schools of Indianapolis as a teacher education laboratory. During their senior year the most capable students, judged on the basis of personality, scholarship, activities, and likelihood of becoming successful teachers, will be selected for a program of supervised practice teaching. With this program the opportunities of observation of elementary and secondary public school methods ore combined. Especially this year during the war emergency the field for teachers in both elementary and secondary schools is large. Upon graduation during the mid-year many students were placed in schools of Indianapolis and surrounding districts, and at the present time many vacancies still exist in the teaching occupation. To meet the need of teacher shortage the College of Education is offering now special refresher courses for those who intend once again to enter the teaching field. Such courses as improving instruction in social studies, improving instruction in the high school, wartime citizenship training, guidance problems in wartime, and problems in human geography are taught with special wartime emphasis. In February, 1943, the Butler College of Educa- tion was selected by the Director of Pre-Flight Aeronautics program of the Civil Aeronautics Administration to offer a preflight aeronautics course for secondary school teachers. The course was taught by rated C.A.A. instructors. 1: Davis, Hyde, Sparks, Bail, Reisser, Patterson, Richardson. 2: Floyd, Hedden, Carlile, Whisler, Leonard, Gorman, Mock.