University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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THE LIBRARY IN EARLY SPRING S I N C E I 9 0 0 DEAN LEE H. JOHNSON, JR. hough The school of Engineering was noi organized as such unfil I900, courses in engineering were offered by The Uni- versify af The lime of The reopening of The school immediafely Following The close of fhe war beiween The Siaies. A chair of Physics, Asfronomy and Civil Engineering was organ- ized in l865. In I867 The firsi 'Iwo were combined, Ieaving Civil Engineering as a separaie deparlmenf, or school, of fhe Academic Deparimenlg iI's name being changed Io applied mafhemalics. From Thar lime unfil Ihe board of Trusiees aufhorized Ihe infro- duclion of Engineering courses info fhe school curriculm, and The chair of elecfriciiy and elecfrical engineering was esfablished, ihere was lilile inleresl falren al all in Engineering. This Iaclr of inieresf on The par? of Ihe siudenl in Ihe years following The war is easily underslood. He found il hard io accepl' The new educaiional ideas, and af ihai dale Civil Engineer' ing was noi considered a profession in The Soulh. IT 'Ihe sfudenfs did noi' false an acfive concern in Engineering during Ihese years, ii' was noi because ol any deificiency in The necessary equipmenl, in The qualify of inslruciion or in rhe varieiy of subiecfs. For even during Ihese poveriy slriclren years The courses offered measured well up +o The slandarcls oi 'Thur Time. Aiier Ihe school of engineering was begun in I900. Ihere iol- lowed various deparlmenial changes which were necessary Io con- solidaie Ihe deparfmenl. In I903 Ihe Legislaiure made consider- able approprialions fo Ihe Engineering Schoolg and as a resull of consquenl large addilions lo The equipmeni and oi inlroduciion ol new courses, 'Ihe enrollmeni increased al once. In I909 ihere were Tour deparlmenrs in The school oi Engineer- ing. They were, Civil Engineering, Elecfricnl Engineering, Munici- pal and Sanilary Engineering and Geology. Ai The presenf lime The following under graduaie Engineering degrees are offered: HS., in Civil Engineering, B.S. in Chemical Engineering, B.S. in Engineering Adminisfralion and 8.5. in Geological Engineering. The school of Engineering Today offers an iniergraled program ol Iour, five, and six year curricula, paris of which are fied in wiih The deparlmenis of Chemislry, The School of Commerce and Business Adminislralion, and wiih The deparlmenf of Geology. The Dean of The School of Engineering is Lee H. Johnson, Jr.

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he School of Law, ihen 'the Deparimenf of Law, was esfablished by legislafive enacfmenf in I854. The firsi incumbenf of 'the newly formed Chair of Law and Governmenial Science was William F. Sferns. Alfhough ihe Law Deparfmenf was noi founded fil 'ihis dale, ihere had been provisions in fhe original plan of fhe Universify for a course in Governmenial Science and Law. The defined course of siudy for fhe Bachelor of Laws Degree was composed of fwo sessions of len monfhs each. The Socrafic mefhod of insfrucfion was adopfed. ln l857 by enacimenf of ihe legislafure 'lhe diploma con- ferring fhe Degree of Bachelor of Laws was rnade sufficieni proof of lrnowledge of 'rhe law io obfain for fhe holder a license fo praciice in 'Phe courfs of Mississiopi. The Deparlmeni of Law was, of course, closed in I86I. When if reopened in I867 ii' was headed L. Q. C. Lamar, who held fhaf posf un+il I87O. The hisiorical caialogue published in I909 sfaies concerning 'lhe Law Deparfmeni during fhe presenf adminisiraiion The course of sfudy has been enlended. Two full sessions of nine monlhs each are now required for graduaiion. Plans are on fool for maferial inmprovemenisf' Maferial improvemenis have been made, and a program of sfudy in fhe Law School foday is designed 'io occupy 'lhe sfudenf six full semesiers. The plan of siudy in This school is so aranged as io afford ihe sfudenl' a fairly free choice of subiecis during his second and +hird years. The firsf year courses, however, are prescribed. The resulf is a modified elecfive sysfem +ha'l insures a 'ihorough irain- ing in fhe basic courses and ai' fhe same lime is sulificienfly flexible io encourage individual in+eres+ and infiafive. The Law School, wi+h The Mississippi Siaie Bar, publishes four 'limes a year fhe Mississippi Law Journal. The Nafion's fwo leading legal fraiernifies have chapiers here, These Della Phi and Phi Alpha Delia. Roberf J. Farley is +he presenf Dean of ihe School of Law. sn- ,al 3-. is , ,. ,.. , us -s - 4: , , , ,. Y , . vi fr, . . ,,,.-,,,- . L THE LAW BUILDING SINCE l854 DEAN R. J. FARLEY Lv

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'N S his school was organized in I903. However before fhaf lime +here had been a Chair of Pedagogy esfablished in IB93. The annual cafalogue shows progress and a growfh in fhis deparf- menf which led fo fhe creaiion of ihe school ifself. The firsf Dean of 'lhe School of Educaiion was J. G. Deupree. In i906 lhe Deparfmenf of Educafion was femporarly abolished because of a deficiency of funds. This move mei wifh so much opposifion 'lhaf 'lhe school reesfablished lhe deparfmenf afler an inacfive period of four weelcs. The Chancellor of 'Phe Universify in I908 aslred fhe Dean lo underialre ihe exfensive faslr of developing fhe High School syslem of fhe Sfafe in connec+ion wifh and wiih ihe cooperafion of ihe General Educafion Board. This worl being begun fhe Dean added 'lo his 'lille of Professor of Physchology lhaf of Professor of secondary Educafion. The plan launched mef wifh greal' suc- cess, ihanlrs fo fhe spiril of cooperafion wilh which if was received by lhe many fo whom ifs provisions would apply. From 'lhe lime The Chancellor suggesfed fhis funcfioning of fhe Educafion School down fo fhe presenf, if has developed wifh ihe Public School sysfem of Mississippi and expanded so besf fo serve and im- prove fhis sysfem. One noi To be overloolred branch of fhe Educafion School is fhe deparfmenf of Healih and Physical Educafion, fhe funciions of which are of vifal imporfance lo fhe Universily as a whole. ln accordance wifh fhe desire of fhe School of Educafion fo lreep up fo dale in all mailers perfaining fo Educafion, fhe same deparimenl' now boasfs e well equipped Audio-Visual Educalional laboralory. This division provides services lo Public Schools and various organizafions as well as fo deparfmenfs of fhe Universily. ln I947 fhe Bureau of Educafional Research was esfablished. Hs chief purpose is ihe analysis of educafional problems of special inferesf +o 'lhis sfafe. The School of Educalion is now headed by Dean Forresf W. Murphy. PEABODY BUILDING SlNCEI90 v,,..,. 3, . v..4f1, 7 A M DEAN F. W. MURPHY -f,.V.s -.f,,,. .Nw-av :.,..-. ie.. ' ?:. , 'Q 1 'fvaa...s :eff -- '11 ' ff 7Gv '?.3 M' . 'r 51 'i' 'L . :- R ' 'K L .- 1-. 421- 1',?f1-fvem, . S s , . L. ii:'i':sf -53535 9 so 5 ' H-Ms A' 1? yzlwswgfir if if ,zz 'gqf S '-A-4.1, Q. V if: -. .- ,,.. , - '-'l:-- P' :IT . ' ' , .'54 -QF.. . E S ,Y 4