University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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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

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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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DkAN (). C. l.KSIhK THE GRADUATE SCHOOL All iiradiiate Decrees T?nR the time being nou wish to rejjard ()ur efforts - ' ■ to conquer Ijinorance, Intolerance. Prejudice and their cohorts, as a crusade, lllu foes ari ' nioie numerous, more stroiigl - intrenched, and l)etter armed than those who foiled the best efforts of Tancred and King Richard in the Crusades of old. Each one is stronger than main .Saladins; not one has a spark of chivalr . The armies of tlie old Crusaders relied chiefh upon their knights of arious orders and degrees. These were men whose skill in arms was developed l)y a long apprenticeship. Often the newK- made knight attached himself to some great master of arms or to some court in order to further increase his knowledge and skill to his full capacity. A prudent regard for personal safety and advancement as well as for effective ser ice in his profession indicated this as a wise policy. In training for ()ur crusade, the bachelor ' s degree marks the attainment of knighthood. ' our courts are our graduate schools; -our masters of arms, their great teachers and investigators. ' our contest is with enemies who neither give nor accept ciuarter. Hence the ciuality of ()ur armor, the temper of ()ur sword and ' our skill in its use, should be matters of the utmost concern where the stakes are not mereK triumph or defeat but often intellectual and spiritual life or death. The purpose of the Ciradiiate -School is to make conditions [)ossible for stu- dents to master sui)jects and thus become more highly specialized in their vari- ously chosen fields of life work. It has as its aim an intimate working knowledge, an interjjreting knowleclge, rather than appreciation based upon a speaking acquaintance. It is also concerned with the training of college and university teachers, and is designed to help those whose aim is to know thoroughly. The C.rafluate .Schcxil .l est.ilili lied in tlic uni ersit - in 1S9 ' 2. The School is rated in the first thirt -six out of se en or eight hundred schools by the Asso- ciation of American I ' liiversities. .Mthongh the school has never been a memlier of the Association, it probal)l - will in the ne.ir futine. The .Association of .American I ' ni ersities rates the schools both in |)rep.ir,iiion lor the ( iraduate School and in the (iraduate School itself. t). C . Ll-STEK. Page 19