University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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the school of JOURNALISM The purpose of the School of Journalism and Public Information, said Dean Burton W. Marvin, is to provide a liberal and practical education and to put educated people into the field of journalism. The school offers four sequences of courses; news - editorial, advertising -business, radio, and home economics-journalism. Radio station KDGU, now in its second year of operation, and the Uni- versity Daily Kansan are the school ' s major proj- ects. Headlining this fall ' s program was the official opening of the William Allen White historical cen- ter and reading room. In an ultra-modern at- mosphere students may read current newspapers and periodicals. Examples from the collections of famous authors, editors, and cartoonists are dis- played in lighted show cases. Enrollment in the school increased by 22 per cent over last fall, the largest percentage of in- crease reported in any school this year. Dean Burton W. Marvin Journalism Building

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the GRADUATE school The Graduate School is unique in that it is a school within the other schools at KU and embraces every department in the University. Enrollment in the Graduate School continues into November, with both master ' s and doctorate degrees offered. The graduate school attracts many students from foreign countries. Of the 198 for- eign students at KU, 98 are enrolled in the grad- uate school. These students have earned their bachelor degrees in their home countries and fol- low their specialized fields for graduate study at KU. The opening of the new science building has given impetus to research and graduate instruction in the fields of chemistry, physics, and pharmacy. New graduate programs in microbiology and phar- macology are offered this year at the Medical Center in Kansas City.

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Dean F. J. Moreau Green Hall the school of LAW The Law school this year saw an enroll- ment of 185 students, in addition to housing the department of speech and drama. Green hall, the home of the school, was erected in 1905 and received a $150,000 ad- dition last year. The Burdick Memorial li- brary opened in the fall of 1953 and was ded- icated in the June, 1954, commencement. The addition increased the capacity of the law library to 50,000 books. This fall marks the second anniversary of the publication of the University of Kansas Law Review. The Review was the realization of a dream of Dean Frederick J. Moreau, who has been a university faculty member since 1929 and dean since 1937. A recent bequest of $88,000 from the will of Loren N. Gensman, former Congressman and a 1901 KU graduate, will be used to fur- ther legal education.