University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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o I ; Dean H. S. Evans THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING B. S. FOl ' R -year adventure in the pursuit of an ideal - ■ ■ might l3e a very appropriate title with which to head the engineering courses in the University of Colorado. Such a conception might not be fully realized by many students, but if it were only partly understood during undergraduate days, it would still be ver ' much worthwhile. The spirit with which the freshman approaches his matriculation varies all the way from an adven- ture in possible social achievement, which at that time represents his ideal, to the opposite extreme where the young hopeful is sent to college by an ambitious parent even though he may not wish to go and with complete disregard for his ciualifications for a university education. Between these two ex- tremes we find the great majority of the class. This larger group may come here with some social ambitions, which is entirely wholesome, and they may be sent to college by parents who are anxious for them to come and who are willing to sacrifice in order that they may have a better chance for success in life, but they also have ideas and ideals, which are more often than not, quite indefinite and poorly understood. If the pre-freshman ' -ould only be inspired through reading, lectures, or by any other means to see clearly the real purpose of a university course of study, what a difl erent experience he would have while attempting to acquire an education. In the first place, he would have a definite goal in mind and he would never lose sight of that objective. The rough places over which he would have to travel at times would be smoothed out and thus the distance would seem to be shortened, and the work would seem much lighter. In the second place, he would think of his University training as a great adventure into the unknown. The study of each subject would be like a visit to a country which he has not seen before. As he acquired more and more understanding, he would feel his new power to see below the surface in all of those most interesting things with which he is continually coming in contact. A university course in engineering and the engineering profession after graduation offers both of these worthwhile objectives to the ambitious student — namely, a goal of achie ement and an adventure into the understanding of the world about us. Herbert S. Evans. ' ffl i P .iv 20

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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

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DliAN II. C. Washhlkn COLLEGE OF PHARMACY Ph. C. THE College of l ' hariiiac - was organized as .i deiKirtmeiU of the Siliool of MediciiU ' in 1911. l- i(im llu ' er ontset il lias clnng steadfaslK ' to tlie l)rin(i|)le of higli academir standards. While none of the schools of pharinacN ' in the west were et re- quiring high school graduation as a prerequisite for entrance, this lone pioneer elected to require that its matriculants possess the same educational standards as other departments of the University: (iraduation from a standard four- ear high school. This was the first crusade, the first conquest against the existing order of things. With the above achievement as a beginning, the Department of Pharmacy set out in quest of new worlds to conquer. In 1913 it was separated from the School of Medicine and made an integral iiart of the rni ersit - the College of Pharmacy. Then came the war and with it the usual patriotic impulse of the pioneer — the crusader. Three members of its immediate faculty and every male student, about fifteen, entered the military or naval service. The College had to be almost entirely reconstructed after the cessation of hostilities. In 1919 a three years minimum course of academic work was required. This was six years before a similar reciuirement was demanded by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmac -, and was the second College of Pharmac - in the countr - to make such a recjuirement. Not satisfied with the ai)ove noted achievements, the College of I ' li.irmacy launched upon still another conquest, the object of which was to secure for the citizens of this .stale the health-conserving protection of a graduation prerequi- site law. The cru.sade for this piece of constructive legislation was launched by the College as early as the spring of 1912, but was destined to bear fruit after a seventeen -ears struggle. An act was passed in 1929 recjuiring all candidates for registration as pharmacists must possess a diploma from a recognized college of pharmacy. Tlie im[)ort of the above achievement is far reaching. It deftniteK- places CoU rado in the group of progressive states who.se onward march towards better things can not be sta ed. It insures to the people of Colorado the iiighest standards of skill and service in that branch of health service that lies nearest to the heart of that greatest of .ill .American institutions — the home. HoMi K C. W NniuK . i Jt Pair 11