University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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Cooper, Haw, Alcott, llcnkle, Loupret High» Shoulder Arm»' Military TWO years of military training are required of all physically fit male students in the Uni- versity. After these two years of basic training, several men are allowed to enroll in advanced military courses as cadet officers. Cadet officers are paid by the hour for their services, but must buy their own tailor-made uniforms. Supervised by Colonel Robert K. Alcott. the five army officers who serve as professors of Mili- tary Science give instruction in Coast Artillery to men from the College of Technology and in- struction in Infantry to men from the rest of the University. There are 318 coast artillery students. 381 infantrymen, and 101 cadet officers, a total of 800 men from the four classes. In their study of the science of modern war- fare, the students are aided by $120,000 worth of equipment, including .22 caliber and .30 caliber rifles, automatic rifles, one pounders, infantry mortars, machine guns, a three-inch anti-aircraft gun with plotting room and range finders, and a 155 mm. howitzer. In the course of a year, the department uses about 90.000 rounds of .22 cali- ber ammunition and 5.0(H) rounds of machine- gun ammunition.

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Crawford, Dean Lutes. Chadhouriie. Jackman School of Education T HE School of Education was established in 1930 as an outgrowth from the College of Arts and Sciences. The primary purpose is to furnish professional training for secondary school teachers. Since 1930. a total of 201 bachelors’ degrees in Education have been conferred. Much of the work of the School of Education consists of training for teachers in service. This is carried on through the education extension service and Summer Session. To meet the needs of experienced teachers, a new graduate degree of Master of Education was authorized by the Trustees last year. This is entirely a professional degree, and was conceived csjxxiallv for the bene- fit of the summer students. The School of Education also confers de- grees of Bachelor of Science in Commercial Edu- cation, Fine Arts, and Music Education. The faculty comprises four professors and eight critic teachers. The latter are regular teach- ers in secondary schools, who make possible care- fully supervised practice teaching in various sec- ondary-school subjects. I here are forty-one men and twenty-nine women, or a total of seventy students, enrolled in the School of Education. 2.»

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Graduate Study GRADUATE STUDY at the University may be carried on during the school year, or during the Summer Session. The primary aim of the University in this field is not quantity, but quality. In the fall of 1939. there were (38 gradu- ate students enrolled. This enrollment will prob- ably not increase appreciably within the next few years, for the University has no desire to overload its facilities for graduate study. For the same reason. onl a Master's degree is con- ferred at the University of Maine. Health Service T1HE Health Department offers clinic diagno- ■ - sis and treatment to ailing students. Last year a staff of one doctor anil two nurses gave 12.315 treatments. Upon payment of one dollar ROY M. I'KTERSON Dean of Graduate Study DR. HALT. per semester, a student becomes entitled to receive whatever treatments he needs without additional expense. I'he equipment of the department comprises a modern clinic in Female! Hall, an isolation building, a women’s infirman in Balcniinc Hall, and a men’s infirman south of S.A.E. house.