San Jose State College - La Torre Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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ART DEPARTMENT-DII. MARQUES E. REITZEL. The Art Depart- ment for years was located in the Home Economics Building, and trained students for the teaching field only. It moved to the present Art Building because of need for more room and now trains students in Commercial Art, Fine Arts, Interior Decoration, and Teacher Training objectives. Students have won prizes and honors in national competitions, as well as in the State of California. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT-DR. EARL W. ATKINSON. The Com- merce Department of San ,lose State has been growing by leaps and bounds for the past few years. Our biggest problem is finding room space for the class enrollment at present is over 4,000, and we have a faculty of 20 in- structors. Of our 1,500 majors in the department, the largest group is majoring in business administration, followed by accounting, merchandising, and secretarial majors. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT-DR. WILLIAM G. SVVEENEY. Since its inception in 1862, San .lose State College has graduated over 18,000 teachers. The college has always trained primary and elementary teachers, and in 1921 began offering special secondary credentials, these are offered in art, commerce, home economics, industrial arts, librarianship, music, physical education, speech, and speech correction. In 1924, the junior high school credential was added, in 1946 the general secondary creden- tial, and, effective this year, the college is offering the master's degree.

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-H , 7, , Dean .loe H. West Miss Edith Graves Mr. Williani Felse Personnel and Guidance Cashier Graduate Manager Z E E i x Mr. E. W. Clements Mr. Byron Bollinger Dr. Harrison F. Heath Counsellor Superintendent Buildings Coordinator, Technical and Grounds Courses I6

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ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT-DR. RALPH J. SMITH. The Engi- neering Department is the youngest division of the College. In four years of operation, courses have been established, faculty organized, temporary laboratories set up, and instruction provided for increasing numbers of students. At present there are 527 majors including 381 in Engineering, 68 in Aeronautics, 64 in Industrial Technology and 14 in Technical pro- grams. A new building has been designed and is scheduled for early completion. However, the 1950 seniors will treasure memories of the tin huts. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT--DR. R. W. BARRY. The English Depart- ment has grown from a nucleus of five instructors, who also taught speech, in 1923 to a faculty of thirty-one in 1949. In the autumn quarter 3,917 students were enrolled in 135 classes. The department has been authorized to offer graduate courses for the M.A. degree. The income from Senator Phelan's bequest of ten thousand dollars is awarded annually to students distinguishing themselves in creative writ- ing. Prize-winning contributions are published in The Reed. HEALTH AND HYGIENE DEPARTMENT-MARGARET M. TWOM- BLY. To those students who understood our problem of serving eight thou- sand students, in space and with personnel adequate for two thousandg to those who waited patiently for their turn whether it were half an hour or several weeks away, and to those who answered our 4'Sorry. We can't do that for you, with a word of understanding, goes the appreciation of the entire Health Department in this most crowded of school years.