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

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S I N C E I 9 I 7 DEAN I-1. B. BROWN, JR. .qi i THE LYCEUM BUILDING he BSC School was The nexf To The lasf professional school founded on This campus, in I9I7. ITs origin may be Traced To courses in bookkeeping Taughf aT fhe universify beginning wiTh The session of I87I-72. This division did noi af Thai' Time play a significeni' role in The universify curriculm buf was as The cafalogue for Thaf session nofed considered a highly imporfani' branch of knowledge in which a course of insTrucTion lwasl given in all The various deparTmenTs of commerical science . This deparTmenT did noT really come info iTs own unfil iT was esfablished as a separafe school wiTh iTs purpose The Turning ouf of broadly Trained men who would be capable of meefing The increasing demands of The more modern business world. As The business world has become more involved and The necessify of business educafion has become more evidenf, so has The school broadened nfs field of sTudy. In The beginning a general course only was offered in banking, Transporfafion, and merchandising: while noi' affempiing To differenfiaTe in These separafe subiecfs. The group of courses also included The subiecfs of polifical science, economics, shorfhand and Typing, accounfing, and filing. These subiecfs were covered in sixfeen courses. Today over six Times as many courses are offered in The business school. AfTer The preliminary degree has been obfained in This de- parlmeni' following four years work, The degree of MasTer of Business Adminisfrafion may be had wifh an addiTional year of sfudy. The school is accredifed wifh The American AssociaTion of Collegiaie Schools of Business and The Nafional Conference of Sfafe Universify Schools of Business: being a full member of each, The School of Commerce and Business AdminisTraTion has, since iTs founding, experienced The largesf growlh of any universify deparTmenT. This school's enrollmenf Today is second only To Thai of fhe College of Liberal ArTs. Dean Horace B. Brown, Jr., is in charge of This school.

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THE PHARMACY BUILDING he School of Pharmacy was esTablished aT The Uni- versiTy in July, l908. For The TirsT session, There was applicaTion for admission of TiTTeen sTudenTsq a graTiTying number consider- ing The deparTmenT had been only Two monThs before school opened. The HisTorical CaTalogue of l909 noTes ThaT Thai' de- parTmenT was well-equipped Tor doing excellenT worlr. lTs Three laboraTories were equipped wiTh The necessary TixTures and con- veniences Tor all general purposes. However, suTTicienT faciliTies were noT available during The TirsT Tew years of operaTion for as varied a field of sTudy as The auThoriTies had infended. The Pharmacy DeparTmenT began To experience iTs largesT period of expansion wiTh The erecTion of The ChemisTry and Pharmacy Building in I923. Prior To This Time, The deparTmenT had been operaTing in inadequaTe, overcrowded quarTers, which made im- provemenl' and expansion pracTically impossible. WiTh The acquisi- Tion of The new building, The Pharmacy School was able To increase The number of laborafories and insTall new and improved equip- menT. The degree granTed by The School of Pharmacy Tor The successful compleTion of The Tour years worlc is ThaT of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. This school is now a member of The American AssociaTion of Colleges of Pharmacy and is accrediTed by The American Council on PharmaceuTical EducaTion. The presenT Dean of The School of Pharmacy is Elmer Lionel Hammond. ,-4 .,,, ,- ,A . . --.- .. SINCEI908 DEAN ELMER L. HAMMOND '4'bx

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'UQ t -rg. 2' THE SCIENCE BUILDING AND THE CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL onorary M.A. Degrees were conferred on disfinguished graduafes from I848 unfil I870g and courses of graduafe level were firsf offered in I870. The Graduafe School was esfablished in I927. ln fhe reorganizafion plan of I870, fhere were six courses of sfudy from which fhe sfudenf could choose. Included in fhese were fwo fhaf led fo posf gracluafe degrees, one fhe degree of Masfer of Arfs and fhe ofher fhaf of Docfor of Philosophy. Wifh fhe larger variefy of sfudies offered by fhis reshuffling plan of I870. more sfudenfs were affracfed fo fhe universify and consequenfly fhere were more who were desirous of fairing pos? graduafe courses. A definife program of graduafe sfudy wifh minimum residence requiremenfs of one academic year was sef up in I890. Fellow- ships in fhis deparfmenf began fo be awarded af fhis fimeg and since l909 fhe number fhaf has received fhe Masfers Degree has increased ouf of all proporfions fo fhe number in fhe fhirfy nine years before. Before fhe official esfablishmenf of fhe school in I927 graduafe worlr was clone under fhe direcfion of fhe general faculfy acfing fhru a graduafe commiffee, buf fhe Board of Trusfees elecfed a Dean charged wifh fhe responsibilify for fhis worlc. While The sfudenf doing graduafe level worlr from I870 for a considerable period was hindered by a field sfudy rafher limifed in scope, Ihe sfudenf of foday has an almosf unlimifed field of sfudies from which fo choose. The Graduafe School confers 'rhe degree: of Masfer of Arfs, Masler of Science and Masfer of Business Adminisfrafion. The cenfer of graduafe sfudies is fhe Alexander L. Bonduranf Graduafe Building which was consfrucfed soon affer The school was officially esfablished. The Graduafe School is headed by Dean Dudley R. Hufcherson. SINCE I92 DEAN D. R. Huron-mason vs f '3s- pu YM 1.