University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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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

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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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Dean Ralph Crosman DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM B. A. THE theme of this Coloradoan — crusading — is the dominating purpose of the Department of Journalism. To teach the next generation of journal- ists that newspapers must be more than mere pur- veyors of news and sellers of advertising — that they must be crusaders for the protection of the people ' s interests and the advancement of their welfare — and to give its students true concepts of the ethics of the newspaper profession are the chief aims of the Depart- ment. Because journalists, more than those in any other profession, need a wide general knowledge to enable them to understand the significance of events and thereby more intelligently write about them, the re- quirement is made that Journalism students follow a four-year program which emphasizes a broad, general education. The technical phases of the profession are taught under practical working conditions. The Colorado Sun , a mythical laboratory newspaper, is the paper for which the students work in their technical course. The Sun competes with the Boulder and state papers and enjoys the cooperation of both the Asso- ciated Press and the United Press, which furnish wire reports for its editions. The department was established by the Board of Regents in 1922. The four-year course leads to the B.A. degree. The technical work is organized to meet the needs of the student who plans to enter the city newspaper field, and those of the student who intends to enter the weekly or community daily field. To attain the degree of Bachelor of Arts, students must complete one hundred and eighty-six hours. Courses offered in the Journalism course cover a wide field. They include History, English, Modern Language, various Sciences, and Mathematics, as well as the regular journalism courses. Although the Department of Journalism is oiiK- nine years old, and is one of the newest departments in the University, it is already an outstanding depart- ment. The Department has received national recognition and is considered one of the best Journalism schools in the country, especially west of Chicago. There has been no formal rating of the schools of Journalism, but it is thought this dei)arlment stands among the first five, at least. R. LPII Crosm.an. I ise 2H