Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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cience -JLffg The College of Applied Science was established 27 years ago as a part of Syracuse University. During this period nearly 3,000 students have been enrolled and about 1,200 have received degrees in engineering. The alumni records show that these graduates are engaged in a wide range of engineering, industrial, and business pursuits. Those with a desire for public service are found in municipal, state, and federal positions. Others are associated with rail- roads, public utilities, electric and hydro-electric plants, and manufacturing concerns. Some are designers, builders, or con- tractors. Many are in positions of responsibility and trust as Several are successful teachers in the leading colleges and sec- ondary schools. Some, with marked success, have entered other fields than engineering but the habits of study, concentration, and accuracy acquired in their courses have been among the elements which have contributed to their advancements. Graduates from the College are in demand by the leading industrial companies that annually send representatives to Syracuse to interview members of the senior class. The attitude of the students, themselves, is illustrated by the fact that a large number of brothers attend the College and that engineering alumni are sending their sons back to the College for engineering degrees. owners, executives, or managers. u fe Louis Mitchell Dean Floyd F. Decker Director Syracuse University organized its Extension School in 1918, its purpose being to provide educational facilities for those who arc not in a position to use the full-time degree programs of study. The need of such people for university extension opportunities arises, in some cases, from the desirability of securing practical experience and college training during the same period; in others, from the necessity of financing their own educations ; in still others, from the desirability of securing some dis- tinct type of training. That the advantage of the Extension School is appreciated by those for whom it is designed is shown by the fact that the growth of the school last year was twenty-five percent. The registration this year is about 2500, including many candidates for baccalaureate and higher degrees. Many of these students from widely scattered homes have come to Syracuse because of the opportunity to secure a college education while gainfully employed. Others are en- rolled in courses which are given in extension centers outside of Syracuse. A recent statistical study indicates that the quality of the work done by those who earn college credit in the Extension School is fully the equal of that done in other divisions of Syracuse Uni- versity. Among the other activities of the Extension School is that of providing public lectures at vari- ous centers. More than 3200 people took advantage of this service last year. T ' Jcrud J?ulAq. tlkcJa c, Twenty-six

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Law The second year of the Law College ' s work in its quarters in Hackett Hall at 400 Montgomery Street, opened auspiciously with an entering class nearly thirty per cent larger than the en- tering class a year ago. Eighty-six students matriculated. Hackett Hall is the fourth location that the college has had since its organization in 1895 by the late Dean James B. Brooks. Due to the more spacious rooms of the new building the schedule of classes is arranged so that all sessions are accommodated in the morning, giving the students the remainder of the day for study. By the summer of 1927, the development of the Law College had reached such a stage that it was necessary to institute a fac- ulty of full-time teachers, in accordance with the modern tendency in most first-rate law schools in this country. Accordingly the work is now done by four men who devote all their time to the exacting pro- fession of law teaching. In addition certain other courses are given by the Dean and by another instructor who is a profound student of his subject. lljH tUUs Paul S. Andrews Dean The school of Citizenship and Public Affairs is frankly an ex- periment. Its primary purpose is to give the great body of students an interest in matters having to do with our public well-being and to give them such stimulation that when they take up their life as respon- sible adults they will participate actively and constructively in the affairs of their local communities and the nation as a whole. The most characteristic course now being offered is the Freshman course entitled the Introduction to Responsible Citizenship. In this is aimed to present to the students a series of current situations or problems such as are being faced by the intelligent citizens of today. Since a citizen is looked upon not alone as a political being, but also as a social one, the situations dealt with are political, economic, and sociological in character. The method in the Freshman course is to give the students ma- terial that will throw light on all aspects of the situation under con- sideration and to stimulate them to think the matter through for them- selves. An effort is made to force them to weigh as the pros and cons, to insist on basing judgment on facts and to come to fair and reason- able conclusions. This means some appreciation of human motives, and the recognition of propa- ganda, partisanship, and class interests. It also means the acceptance of public well-being as the ultimate standard of values for the good citizen. That is to say, special attempt is made to give the students an understanding of sound methods of analysis and approach or, in a word, insight. If through efforts of this department and those of other departments of the University, a stream of Syracuse graduates go out year after year into the cities and towns of the country equipped with the kind of insight defined above and each with the interest to pull his weight in pub- lic affairs, the School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will have justified its right to existence. William E. Mosher Director Twenty-five

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Teachers ' lCollege Teachers ' College is concerned with the study of Edu- cation and with the training of teachers. At present its efforts are confined to the training of teachers for the secondary schools. But believing as we do that the prin- ciples of secondary education are based upon those of ele- mentary education we must soon have a well organized de- partment of elementary education if our service to the sec- ondary schools is to reach its maximum. There are great opportunities for the Syracuse Teachers ' College. The schools of central New York are its constituency and its laboratory. In the past quarter century we have done much to meet the needs of these and other schools in the way of preparing teachers. In that period we have trained more secondary school teach- ers than any other institution in the East, and our graduates are found in every grade of the profession from the assistant teacher to the super- intendent, and today we are carrying out to the teachers in service through our Extension division, the opportunities they missed in earlier life. But there is much to be done in the future ; State Department re- quirements are changing. Teachers in training must have practice teach- ing; administrators must have a scientific knowledge of administration and supervision ; researcn in education must be carried on if the depart- ment hopes to maintain its standards of efficiency. These are problems of the future for the college. Albert S. Hurst Dean Ct ViA-y Public Speech and Dramatic Art Hugh M. Tilroe Dean In many ways this has been the best year in the history of the School of Public Speech and Dramatic Art. I might mention student enroll- ment, student morale, course content, and community service to indicate this. The increased enrollment places an additional burden upon the teach- ing staff, but the addition of a professor in Recital, Miss Leah I. Jones, and a professor in Dramatics, Mr. Sawyer Falk, considerably relieves the situation and makes the faculty quite adequate for the increasing needs of the school. In both scope and content the courses offered are abreast of the times. The extent of the community service undertaken by the school may come as a surprise to those unfamiliar with the work. During the year over two hundred visits are made to hospitals, churches, libraries, schools, and other social centers. An innovation has been the radio broadcasting program one full evening each month. Twenty-seven