University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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SCHOOL OF MEDICINE M. 1). 1 HK I ' niversity of Colorado Srhool of Medicine will soon be a half century old. The Dei)ari- ment of Medicine was first announced in 1883. Dr. Joseph Addison Sewall, President of the I ' ni- versit -, was also the Uean of the newK- organixed School of Medicine. The l)cn er Inixersitx- .Schodi of Medicine opened in ISSl with a course extendint; over two years, of six months training each ear. The l ' niversit - of Colorado School of Medicine started on the basis of a four- ear course. Only two students applied for admission, and it was found advisable to reduce the course to three ears. In 1902 the curriculum was reorganized to a four-year graded course of nine months training each year. At one time the University of Colorado .School had three competitors in Denver. One of these schools soon went out of existence. The other two com- bined and in 1911 affiliated with tlie I ' niversity of Colorado. i Dean M. II. Rees of Medicine dates from 1924 when the Since that date the growth has been The real deNeloimient of the -Sclion new institution was opened in IkMuer. remarkable. The enrollment for 1930-31 is 215 medical students and 2. ) graduate stu- dents. All classes are filled to capacity. The School of Nursing has an enroll- ment of 68 students. The two hospitals are tilled to capacitv during the major portion of the ear. Wry detinite developnieiit has been shown in the held ot research. Prac- tically all departments are engaged in original investigation, and are each ear represented on the programs of national societies. The School of Medicine with its hospitals has now developed into one of the most serviceable divisions of the I ' niversity, and the entire I ' niversity should have a very definite pride in this institution and should at all times encourage it in the further extension of its usefulness and its service to htmianity. M. i Kiel. H. Rki=:s. I ' l ' i| Page 17

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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES B. A. Dean Jacob Van Ek THE need for a broad education increases with the growing complexity of modern civilization. As the training for professions becomes more com- prehensive and as the time requi red for the mastery of their subject matter increases, there is a great temptation to neglect general education and to con- centrate on training in some special field. From the standpoint of society, however, the factors which may cause a neglect of the general education are the very considerations which make the broad training most necessary. If society is to develop, and if people are to live in harmony with each other, the engineer, the lawyer, the physician, the pharmacist, the teacher, the business man, the laborer, and the musician should all have a realization of each other ' s problems and of the problems confronting the world at large. Above all, they should appreciate the social consequences of their individual activities. The College of Arts and Sciences attempts to give through its laboratories, classes, libraries, lectures, and discussions training of head and heart and hand to those who avail themselves of its facilities to t he end that they will appreciate the problems of humanity and be able to play their part in solving them. The contact of the students in the College of Arts and Sciences with the various fields of human knowledge and activity should discover for them their true interests and abilities to the end that with further professional or vocational training they will be happy and successful in their chosen work. It also attempts to give an equipment for living life in its broadest sense — to appreciate the gains of science, the gifts of art and literature, and the lessons of history and economics. With this training the College of Arts and Sciences hopes to send forth young men and women who will be capable of distinguishing the worth- while from that which has no value, who will have tolerance for the opinions of others, who will be able to sympathize with their fellow creatures, and who will realize the necessity of examining closely the medal truth on the reverse as well as on the obverse side. It expects its graduates to persevere in the crusade for truth and for the attainment of the good life by all the members of the iuiman race. Jacob Van Ek. i lii Page lb

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A SCHOOL OF LAW m M J. G. Rogers, Dean LL. B. [OST observers agree that there are three sides to the modern American law school. Primarily it is a training school for lawyers and judges. As most schools in this country grew out of the apprentice system of training lawyers, and had few traditions or associations with universities, this business of train- ing lawyers was the only duty or usefulness acknowl- edged by the old regime. On the second side, the law schools have always, and in recent years increasingly, been engaged in training men who were never to practice law, but expect to gain some advantages for work in neighboring fields such as business, finance, politics and even literature and teaching. A large part of students in the law schools of England and the Continent have always been made up of men who had little intention of entering on the strict law career, and as education is broadening in the American law schools, they, too, are attracting men and women with this sort of interest. Finally, the American institutions are developing a wholly new sort of activity. Increasingly every year the i mportant schools are becoming laboratories for the investigation of legal and government sub- jects. Much of the energy of the schools is now devoted to law reform, to gathering and stud ' ing statistics of court proceedings or crime, to suggesting statutory modifications, criticising theories, publishing endless inquiring papers, venturing deeph ' into practical jurisprudence, political theory and social ex- ploration.-. The Law School of the University of Colorado is doing and means to do its share of all these tasks. It is nearing its fortieth year. It has met promptly in the past all the standards laid down by the Association of American Law Schools and the American Bar Association. Indeed its equipment and program exceed all of these requirements. It is ambitious to stand in the front rank of American institutions as the state which supports it stands among states. The School does not hope to educate large numbers of students for it deems that this is not the best way to give service. It is, on the contrar -, primarily intent upon training men and women for the profession who will be e |uipped In ' character, breadth and intellectual training to reach real success, and make a contribution to the theater of their lives rather than drift in the ranks. There is promise that the administration of law and go ernnient ma - enter a new phase similar to scientific development soon. To this the school proposes to contribute trained minds. J. MES Grafton Rogers. Page IS