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

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5, Education

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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

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7 LEWIS M. HAMMOND Dean of the School of Graduate Studies GEORGE M1 VAN SANT ROBERT A. DARBY Prwldrnt I'itr-Prwitlrnt 28 SCHOOL OF The original organizational plans which Thomas Jeffer- son prepared for the University included graduate study in each of the Academic Schools, but the first graduate de- partment in the modern sense was not established until 1859- 60 when the post-graduate courses in the School of Greek were offered. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy was of- fered at the University of Virginia as early as 1880. The formal departmental organization for graduate study was effected in 1904 by the establishment of the Graduate School as a coordinate division of the University. Under the immediate direction of Dean Lewis M. Ham- mond and an Administrative Committee of five faculty members, the Graduate School consists of approximately three hundred and fifty students working toward advanced degrees. The extracurricular interests of the students are largely centered in the various graduate clubs. These so- cieties, composed of graduate students, professors, and often under-graduates, are actively engaged in stimulating in- vestigation and publications in their respective fields of physical, medical, and social sciences and humanistic studies. Three years ago the Graduate Students Center was opened. This redecorated and handsomely furnished room at 59 West Range is managed by a representative committee of graduate students and a faculty adviser. The room con- tains a supply of writing materials, books, magazines, and facilities for making coffee and tea. Above all, the Center provides a convenient meeting place for graduate students of all departments and enables them in their discussions to further their common aims of intellectual discovery and development. OFFICERS GEORGE M. VAN SANT ............................ President ROBERT A. DARBY ............................ Vint-Presidenl RICHARD MEELHEIM ..................... Srcrrlary-Trmmn'r