Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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cAiPbuiius ,v riatfe - - College of Arts and Sciences The College uf Arts and Sciences is the oldest of the group of schools whose union in one organization makes up the University. It was called into being by the desire of the citizens of Indiana that their children might be taught what men have done and thought through the ages, and might enter life with an under- standing of the best that men of their own generation were thinking and striving for. Throughout its century of service the college has had in its faculty men who have on the one hand loved learning and given them- selves with open mind to all who have sought to offer new truth or to criticize what our fathers had held for truth; and who have at the same time loved youth and delighted to lead its venture into a larger life. The objective has always been to train men in the processes of constructive thinking and to open to their view the larger fields of human thought rather than to teach encyclopedic facts. The College of Arts has never sought to teach its students to any special extent those facts and skills that might be used in gaining a livelihood through business or the professions, but rather to give such basic training as would make broad-minded, disciplined men who could make their way to leadership in business or the professions when they turned to these. Its course of study is rich in its satisfactions in later life, in the fellowship it brings with men of finer feeling and disciplined thinking. — S. E. Stout. A. Rothrock ' Aril and Sden Dnisioii of service some thirty years ago has made the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences the official will) passes upon the credentials of all undergraduate students who apply for admission to Indiana university. One dn ' ision of the office of the Dean is de ' oted almost wholly to administering admissions to the University. The credentials of the hundreds of students coming directly from the high schools are carefully examined, records of scholarship made, deficiencies in entrance re- iiuirements noted, and cards of admission issued. H ' X HHBjj Students coming from other standard colleges and L B norntal schools are classified, and allowed such advanced ■■ 1 credit as each application merits. During the present M ' ear 326 students, representing 96 different institutions of learning, applied for advanced standing. These 96 educational institutions represented in our student body are distributed among 27 different states of our coun- try. Students coming from other colleges must pre- etters of honorable dismissal, together with certificates showing a satisfactory col- tcoid, before they are granted admission to the University. Memoranda of the stu- ad anced standing and all entrance credentials are kept in permanent files in the dent ' office of the Dean A. Rothrock. [26]

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N Library and Extension Division During the past two years, marked impro ' emcnt in the library has been made possible by increased appro- priations for the Uni ersitv bv the state legislatures of 1925 and 1927. In 1925 the legislature appropriated $325,000 for an addition to the library building and for new equip- ment. A new reading room, used at present as a reserve book room, has relieved the crowded condition of the old reading room and has opened the way to the use of the latter as a reference room. The card catalogue and the circulation desk are now housed in a separate room. This separation of the reference, reserve, and circulation departments have made for greater conven- ience to the clientele of the library and for more efficient work of administration. Additional space and equipment have about doubled the seating capacity of the library. It is hoped that the library has entered upon an era of greater usefulness and service for the entire University. — W. A. Alexander. The field of adult education is developing so rap- idly that it is difficult to give a futuristic picture of University extension work without seeming over-con- fident. Perhaps it is enough to say that though the movement in this country as it is now organized is only about a quarter of a century old, extension students in many states actually outnumber those residing on the campus. And for every student engaged in the formal pursuit of a classroom or correspondence course, there are several others who receive less formal assistance — different kinds of aids to home study through outlines, package libraries, bibliographies, motion picture films, and various other types of visual instruction, as well as direct guidance through community institutes, lec- tures, clinics directed by visiting nurses, and through various other expert services. In Indiana, for instance, last year nearly six thou- sand students were enrolled in extension classes, and an additional 1,900 were working on courses by mail. Some 150,000 people were served by the visual instruction department alone, and 18,000 people were aided through contests and discussions conducted in the schools. With totals as large as this acquired during a period of sixteen years, the extension division can cer- tainly look forward to a much larger enrollment as people generally realize the many services at their disposal. — R. E. Cavan.augh. 1 , ■ - m:

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WJ ' L i School of Medicine Until recent!}- the great majority of doctors were educated in the 403 private medical schools which for a longer or shorter period have existed in this country. Since the year 1900, 362 of these schools no longer exist, and only 12 new ones have been added, while since that year the number of tax-supported schools has increased from 21 to 32. These are training an ever-increasing majority of the medical students. The result is that in the future if a state wishes good ph -si- cians she must educate them for herself. The medical school should have teaching wards for each major subject of practice. We still lack a psychi- atrical clinic for the very earl - mental cases, wards in which skin cases can be adequately treated, and special wards for the surgery and medicine of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. We need also a clinical build- ing for the two upper classes, around which all the hospitals will cluster, which will house the offices of the heads of the departments, the general offices of the medical school and hospitals, the library, and the lecture rooms, recitation rooms, and laboratories for spe- cial research for the two upper classes. Then the present medical school building would serve splendidly the needs of the second year. And finally, we need a building for public health and environmental medicine in which will center the social service department and the department of public health and hygiene. — C. P. Emerson. rUi P. Emerson i Medkal School at ludiailapolis The acute problem of the freshman ear of the School of Medicine at Bloomington is that of caring for ever-increasing applications for enrollment. For the year 1926-27 there were 350 applicants for ma- triculation in freshman medicine. For the year 1927-28 there were 460 applications for matriculation in the freshman year of the School of Medicine. Of these 460, only 1 1 5 could be accepted. Of the 345 refused students, 32 had credentials quantitatively satisfactory, and 29 others made unofficial statements of their pre- medical work which led us to believe that their creden- tials were satisfactory. There is no doubt that our fresh- man enrollment could have been between 150 and 180 this -ear without in any way lowering our entrance re- quirements. It is very evident that in the near future provision must be made for increased enrollments in the fresh- man )ear of the School of Medicine. This can be ac- complished only by an addition to Owen Hall or by the erection of a new building that will more nearly pro- vide accommodation for those pressing for place in our school.