University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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SCHOOL OF LAW The School of Law entered on its ninth year with a marked increase in enrollment. For two years the Law School has passed from the category of small law schools and grown into the group of state university law schools of normal size. This year there are eightv-five students in the Law School. With increased enrollment and the con¬ stant growth of the law library, the addi¬ tional quarters made available in the fall of 1927 became crowded. Facilities which appeared to be adequate for a number of years have become, to some extent, insuf¬ ficient. In 1931 the Law School offered its first summer courses. It is hoped to offer in the future a greater variety of law courses, many of which will be of interest to other than law students. Dean J. S. Waterman The Law School, in addition to its work on the campus, has continued to keep in touch with the profession over the state by its law bulletins which contain discussions of legal prob¬ lems of statewide interest. Though the law school is only a few years old, many law grad¬ uates are located successfully in the state, much to the pleasure of those interested in the school.

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ARTS AND SCIENCES Dean V. L. Jones for the student who has not yet made a definite decision in regard to his life’s work, and who wishes preparation for advanced study or intelligent citizenship. Students in the upper years in technical courses are finding many of the subjects offered by the College of Arts and Sciences valuable in rounding out their education. No students should go through a four-year course in any college of the school without including a reasonable amount of work in The College of Arts and Sciences serves two distinct types of students: those who are preparing for entrance into a professional school and those who desire some insight into the fundamental principles of the major divisions of man’s knowledge, such as natural science, social science, and literature. The emphasis in both cases is upon principles rather than practical application, though there is some combination of both. The end in view is a certain degree of understanding of the physical, social, and emotional world in and about us, with such mastery of our environment as this knowledge may give. The course in Liberal Arts is intended literature, history, and similar subjects.

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION The major function of the College of Education with reference to teacher training is two-fold, guidance and preparation. In the preparation of teach ers the College de¬ pends largely on the subject matter depart¬ ments of the other divisions of the Univer¬ sity, articulating the work of these depart¬ ments for the needs of the prospective teachers and supplementing their efforts with appropriate courses of a professional nature. In performing the guidance function the College attempts to represent the interests of the prospective teachers in all colleges of the University. While other divisions enroll stu¬ dents who expect to teach, the College of Education is vested with the responsibility for leadership in the University’s training program, a responsibility which involves the continuous study of problems of placement and of improved articulation between college prepara¬ tion and work in the field. The student teacher is given practical training in practice teaching and they are given certifi¬ cates, which allows them to teach in the State, when the course is successfully completed. Dean C. E. Prall