Southern Methodist University - Rotunda Yearbook (University Park, TX)

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SCHOOL OF EDGIDEERIIIG The School of Engineering continued to operate on the principle of alternating periods of classroom Work and actual field experience for each student. Studying engin- eering under such a plan, the student is provided with practical experience in the industries under actual com- mercial conditions, given an opportunity to comprehend the labor situation by actually working as a laborer, and enabled to work while learning and thus aid in the financ- ing of his technical training. Twenty-five firms are now co- operating with the University in the employment and training of engineering students. Because of a continued increase in enrollment, it be- came necessary for the School to enlarge its drafting room and to obtain extra classroom and laboratory space. The laboratory facilities were also improved. Some six thous- and dollars worth of equipment was donated to the School of Engineering, and in order to obtain more equipment, the Technical Club of Dallas is sponsoring a campaign at the end of which facilities in the engineering laboratories will be modern in every respect. Among the active student organizations were the Student Branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Civil Engineering Society, and the Student Branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. In Ianuary, the S. M. U. Student Branch ot the A. l. E. E. was host to the Dallas Section. At this meeting, which was attended by a large number of practicing engineers, an enlightening pro- gram was presented by the student members. The North Texas Section of the A. S. M. E. was held on the S. M. U. campus, and some excellent papers prepared by student members were reviewed. The annual Engineers Day was again one of the out- standing features of the year. Included among the many interesting exhibits was the Demonstration Show, which was sponsored by all the departments. Some of the attrac- tions of this show were recent sound films, television dem- onstrations, and pictures of the activities of engineers out- side of school hours. The newly installed equipment and class and laboratory rooms were also centers of attraction. 0 PAGE 19 E. H. FLATH Dean, School of Engineering THE FACULTY ED M. HARRISON H. F. HUFFMAN R. D. LANDON R. M. MATSON N. P. SHEIRWOOD C. H. SHUMAKER SOPHUS THOMPSON I. K. WALKER HLICE LUNDELL, Secretary I

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WM. F. HAUHART Director, School of Commerce THE FACULTY DUDLEY W. CURRY L. H. FLECK A. W. Foscuia, IR. H. H. GUICE FRANK K. RADER CHARLES E. RATTAN SCHOOL OF COITIIIIERCE The School of Commerce is a member of the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business. lts aim is the preparation of students for a business career by com- bining the necessary courses in Economics, Accounting, Finance, Business Law and Administration, Marketing, and Statistics with additional courses in the College of Arts and Sciences. This course of study affords an opportunity to ac- quire specific knowledge of business subjects with a broad background of general college education and training. The School of Commerce gave instruction this year to approximately two hundred eighty-five students. The num- ber of graduates for the year of l937 was fifty-five. This year, the number of candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Commerce is sixty-two. Some of the general activities which were sponsored during the school year by Various groups in the School of Commerce were first, a survey of the five hundred fif- teen alumni of the School of Commerce who have received their degrees during the fifteen-year period from 1922 to 1937. The purpose of this survey is to establish a closer relationship between the School of Commerce and its graduates, and to arouse Within the alumni group a permanent interest in the School. Among other activities, several sound films concerning commercial subjects were shown in the course of the year. One of them Was an interesting presentation ot the various processes involved in the daily business of a Federal Re- serve Bank. Coincident With the showing of this film, an address was given by President McKinney of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank to the large group of students pres- ent. Another movie shown through the courtesy of the Borden Milk Company made an excellent analysis of the qualities of a good salesman. The third film, which also covered salesmanship practice, was supplied by the Dicta- phone Sales Corporation. To these activities must be added several lectures by prominent business mefn on topics closely related to their especial interests. PAGE 18 0

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ELLIS W. SHULER Dean, Graduate School GRADUATE COUNCIL ELLIS W. SHULER, Chairman C. C. SELECMAN MRS. L. S. HOLT A C. Fl. NICHOLS IOHN W. BOWYER I. S. SENEKER I. S. MCINTOSH I. K. STEPHENS F. C. MCDONALD O GRHDUHTE SCHOOL The quadrennium from 1934 to 1938 has seen substantial growth in the Graduate School of Southern Methodist Uni- versity-a growth which is evidenced not only by an in- creased attendance, but also by an improvement in the character of work being done. This improvement has been brought about through several factors, the most important of which were the strengthening of the requirements for the master's degree and the raising of standards for the work done on the master's thesis. A number of theses submitted in the last few years have been well worthy of publication: three have been published. The University publishes an abstract of every thesis submitted. An increased number of students from Methodist colleges has been a welcome development in the Graduate School. The numerous applications for fellowships and scholar- ships from students throughout the country are encouraging and indicative of a widespread interest in the opportunities afforded by Southern Methodist University. F rom 1915 through 1934, there have been registered one thousand nine hundred thirty-nine graduate students. Of this number, five hundred thirty-two received the master's degree. The activities and accomplishments of this select list of alumni are both gratifying and important. From the School of Education alone, there are listed among the one hundred seventy-three alumni two college presidents, twelve college administrators, forty-three college teachers, forty-eight public school teachers, twenty-four school su- pervisors and principals, twenty-eight superintendents, eight candidates for the doctor's degree, and six alumni who have places in the State Department of Education. Data from the remaining alumni is not complete, but it includes two additional college presidents and five college professors. Also among the alumni are lawyers, writers, pastors, newspaper men, bankers, and business men. All these men have come, at a critical period in their develop- ment, in contact with teachers whose fundamental interest is bound up with the program of Christian education. PAGE 20 o