University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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LAWRENCE R. QUARLE$ Dean of the School of Engineering BERYL C. STICKLEY ROYALL B. FERGUSON Prtxidtnt Fitr-Prmidrn! 24 SCHOOLOF What is today known as Civil Engineering was included in Jeffersonk educational plan for the University of Vit- ginia, but was originally called Civil Architecture. Under Charles S. Venable, the School of Applied Mathe- matics, the first permanent School of Engineering was es- tablished in 1867, and in 1890 the first engineering degrees awarded in the South were granted to four Civil Engineer- ing graduates of the University. In 1905 William M. Thorn- ton, for many years the guiding spirit of engineering edu- cation at the University, was appointed as the first Dean of the School of Engineering and held that position until 1926. Under Dean Lawrence R. Quarles, graduate programs in Chemical, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering have been instituted. Having once been the smallest professional school in the University, the School of Engineering recently has become the largest. Present indications are that its growth will continue. Engineering students find an outlet for extta-cutticuia interest through participation in the several professional fraternities connected with the School and in the two po- litical societies which administer student affairs. The Engi- neering Open House, and the Southern Regional Con- vention of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers were the highlights of the 1956-1957 session for the School of Engineering. OFFICERS BERYL C. STICKLEY ............................... Presidrnl ROYALL B. FERGIVSON ......................... I'lirf-Prml'dfnl ARTHUR B. HANCOCK ............................. Sl'ert'fary ROBERT E. ANEVVALT ............................. Trrasun'r

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RALPH CHERRY Dam 0f llu' Silmol 0f Etlumliun Blii 'JAMIN Pli'I'RlLLl BARNEY COl lKlC Pn'xidrnl I'iu'-Prr:itlrnl 26 SCHOOLOF Founded in 1905, the Curry Memorial School of Educa- tion was endowed by gifts of $100,000 from John D. Rocke- feller and $50,000 from the General Education Board. Orig- inally there were only two professorships in the school, the Curry Memorial Professorship of Education and the Professorship of Secondary Education. A Chair of Educa- tional Psychology and Principles of Teaching was added in 191.4, and two years later a Professorship of School Ad- ministration was established. In 1919 the School of Education was placed on a profes- sional basis similar to that of the schools of Law, Medicine, and Engineering. The relation of the School to the different divisions of the University has always remained close be- cause the academic training of students in education is ob- tained in the academic departments. At present the School of Education is considering limit- ing the enrollment to sixty students each year, both in the two-year and four-year plans, to provide better instruction for the individual in his need for practice in teaching fields. Also, ideas are formulated whereby the School will offer more laboratory work with lecture meetings. The School continues to function as one of the departments in the School of Graduate Studies, offering the Masters of Arts and Doc. tor of Philosophy degrees. OFFICERS BENJAMIN PETRILLI ............................... Prfsidt'nt BARNEY COOKE ............................... l'iu'-Prr1idml JAMES FIDLER ...................................... Sl'rn'lary BETTY jO VVllITTEN .............................. Truuurer