University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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COLLEGE Ol ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE ONE of ihc fir t colleges to l c estab-lislied on the campus of the Univer-sity of Florida was the College ok Engineering. During the {M-riod of its existence it has been under the direction of Dr. J. K. Benton. Under his administration it has attained to a high rank in colleges of its kind. Students of this College are alTordcd the l cst technological training of four-year courses in chemical, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering, leading to corresponding Bachelor’s degrees in engineering. These courses arc similar to those of other American engineering schools of college grade. The graduates are prepared to fill such positions as are usually allotted to young engineers. At present the College of Engineering occupies Engineering Hall, including the wing, and the newly constructed Engineering laboratory building. Facilities have been largely improved to accommodate the great demand for the courses offered. Scholastic training alone cannot make a competent engineer, any more than it can make a competent physician or lawyer. It can, however, fit a man to enter the profession of engineering; and it is an important clement in ultimate success in that profession. SCHOOL OK ARCHITECTURE Courses offered in the SCHOOL OK Architecture are of four years duration leading to a Bachelor's degree. Budolph Weaver, B.S.I.A., is in charge as Director. Training given in this School is designed to prepare graduates for those fields of endeavor in which utility is combined with beauty. Unprecedented activity in this state and others in building and beautifying cities affords unusual opportunities in the useful arts.

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COLLEGE Ol COMMERCE AND JOURNALISM HE College of Commerce and Journalism was established as the SCHOOL of Business Administration and Jot r-ALISM in 1925. For the first year it operated under the College of Arts and Sciences with the Dean of that College in charge. Interest manifested in tin courses offered by this school made it necessary to provide special facilities for the students ami amplify the curriculum to cover the field of work in greater detail. Increased appropriations made it possible to further the work of the School and increase its efficiency. Beginning with the first semester of 1920 a special director was appointed and the school began to operate as a unit separate from the College of Arts and Sciences. In the Spring Dkan Waltkk J. Mathkjily 4,f 1927 the Board of Control created the College of Commerce and Journalism out of this unit with a dean and faculty of its own and made co-cqual in every respect with the other colleges of the I diversity. The College of Commerce and Journalism offers instruction in three distinct fields of professional or semi-professional endeavor: I. Business Administration II. Journalism III. Social Administration The degree of Bachelor of Science is awarded in each of these fields. The purpose of the College is to prepare students to become business executives, journalists and social service administrators. The general purpose of this College is to train men to become business executives. The first two years are devoted to a cultural education. while a chance for specialization is given in the last two.

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COLLEGE OI I.AW Dkan II. R. Tki slw ’UK College oe Law through it able faculty present an open gateway to the vast realm of knowledge embraced in the theory, science and practice of law. Well has it been said that the common law is a great storehouse of knowledge, out of which each man draweth according to his capacity.” The College of law undertakes, not to make lawyers, but to provide the means wherewith they shall make themselves. It says to those who knock, “Here arc my wares; come ami enter—”, and to this end provides a system of judicial instruc-lion that acknowledges no superior. Year by year the standards of the College have been raised; the College is registered by the Board of Regents of New York, is a member of the American Association of Law Schools, is classed as an A school by the American Bar Association, and stands out as second to none among the law-colleges of America. Success for the College has been accomplished through the untiring efforts of the eminent members of its faculty. The renown of the College has been heralded throughout the .Nation and within its classes arc students from many states who have journeyed far to avail themselves of advantages that arc to he enjoyed for the seeking. Presenting an array of instructors who have attained national eminence, the Iaiw College stands as an inspiration to those ambitious students, who, adhering rigorously to the ideals of an honored profession, are able to grasp the vision, put aside restraining influences ami press on to the High Calling. SECDIttOEE