University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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k SCHOOL OF NURSING B. S. Louise Kieninger A S WE trace the professional progress of our School - of Nursing, one of the first University Schools of Nursing in the United States, from its organization in 1892 — shortly after a 40-bed hospital had been estab- lished on the campus of the University — to the present time, we see great gains. From a school in a 40-bed hospital, with a 2- year high school entrance requirement and a class of 3 students, the School has progressed to one in a 250-bed hospital, whose entrance requirements are those of the College of Arts and Sciences, and with a class of 50 students. It has established a combined course of college work and nursing, not only in our own University, but in the University of Denver and in Colorado College. The aim of modern nursing education is to broaden the conception of nursing service. Nursing has evolved from the emotional — when the will to do and the desire for service sufificed — and from the technical — when the whole stress was placed upon working out adequate means for the physical care of the sick — to a higher level of educational work and a different type of educational progress. It places more stress on principles and less on repetitive training, and gives em- phasis to trained minds as well as hands, and to the human and social side of nursing as well as to the scientific and technical side. The School has for its laboratories the Medical Group in Denver, the Public Health Department, and the National Jewish Hospital. Thus it gives to its students the keys to that vast storehouse of accumulated scientific and socialized knowledge that they may make their ideals efTective. In the mental or psychopathic nursing, the school offers a course to graduate students; also a course in psychiatric social service to graduate students with college background and public health training. To accredited schools of nursing it offers affiliation for psychiatric, pediatric, surgical, medical and obstetrical nursing. Three s chools have availed themselves of this opportunity. The -School not only ranks as an outstanding .School of Nursing for students, but is recognized in educational and research programs for its faculty, staff of instructors, supervisors and head nurses. Graduates of the School are filling im- portant positions as educators in this and foreign countries. Louise Kieninger, Director. Page 2h

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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION li. B. A. IF, AS it has been asserler!, all education is an ex- periment, it is certain that an educition for business is a true adventure. Kducational oi)i)oriunities wen- instituted first for clerK ' nien, wlio were lonjj the most important men in the communit -: and the - were generally accepted as leaders in the crusades of this life as well as in the great athenture of the next. Soon, however, the educated teacher was added to the community as a second social leader. Afterwards the list was extended to embrace other professions: and doctors and law ers were trained not onl - to utilize the specialized knowledge in their respective fields but al.so to conceal, deftb ' , their ignorance in other lines, one of the earmarks of the cducatec ' man. 1)1- AN F. A. BusHliE We ha e now grown accustomed to educated |)r()lcssi()iiai men. .Societx ' tolerates them in its good-natured way. It is even rather proud ot the la ' t that professional men ha e been compelled to enter the lists and struggle against an abstract foe before the - can actualK ' begin to operate upon a submissive public. Hut how about the business man.- ' He has al a s been self-made and has prided himself on being so. Will societ ' e er agree to enlarge the ranks ot the crusaders and admit the great mass of business men ; and, on the other hand, will the business men themselves ever submit to the discipline necessary for entrance into the exclusive ranks of the cultured.- ' The imposition of a discipline which is tolerated b - the few might prove unacceptable if imposed upon the manv. Herein lies the troublesome question, shall Mr. Business Man also be dubbed a knight of learning? This cjuestion cannot be answered positively for it in ()lves the uncertainty- of adventure. The prospective business man is not like unto others; he cannot be forced into a stereotyped training. He must pick and choose for himself, so that, if the experiment shriuld chance to be successful. he ma ' say, I did the thing myself. riu- .Schools of Business Administration all o -ei the countr - are, then, engaged in a difficult and delicate quest. If the adventure is a failure, society will drift back to its former position of uninteresting mediocrity; but if it is successful, think of its possibilities! Culture will be spread broadcast, effiiiency will become general, and societ ' will make rapid strides toward perfection! Let us press forward boldl - with this new venture. I-KI.DIKK K . . Hi siii:i . Page 2S

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HiMl A 11 ■1 ' fL -J f%1 u : ' y I )lAN I I. M. HaKKIvTT B. .1. IT WAS (lurini; llu- Wnrld War tli.it II. C. Wdl (IftUirfcl: t ' i ilizali()ii is a race l)(.M ve(. ' ii ciluia- tion and catastrophe. America ' s experience in the War seemed to be a case in point and after the War the American people began to think more of education and to be more particular about it. Almost o erni ht attendance in high school and college doubled. Larger, costlier, better equipped school buildings were erected; salary schedules were revised upward; new educational units, the junior high school and thc junior colleges were introduced; new subjects of in- struction were added and old subject matter was re- vised and enriched; more professional training was required of teachers and attendance at summer ses- sions of colleges and universities multiplied the country over. At the close of the War there was a shortage in America of teachers, prin- cipals, and superintendents. Today there is no such shortage — there are more candidates than places. In these circumstances those best prepared have a great advantage. And teaching and school administration themselves have changed, dealing less with subjects and more with b() s and girls. The best education always did that, but now the public expects it regularly. The College of Education aims by courses in the scientific study of education to meet this public expectation, and the service of those thus prepared brings assurance that the aim is often realized. The Department of Education in the 1 ' ni ersit ' of Colorado has the reputa- tion of being way above the average, and it is known as one of the most out- standing colleges of its type in the west. The University of Colorado was among the first uni ersities to establish a chair of education. The department ' s work is continuous tiiroui, ' liout tiie cilendar year. The Boulder Public -Schools are used for observations and apprentice-teach- ing courses and the work is organized under the direction of skilled demonstrators and supervisors. The cf)urses ofTered in the department give the students a broad general training in the field of education. H. M. B. RRKTT. Pate 27