Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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» NEEDHAM Y. GULLEY, M.A., LL.D. Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law THE SCHOOL OF LAW Since the Wake Forest College School of Law was founded in 1895 with Dr. Needham Y. Gulley as the only professor, it has grown until there are six pro- fessors teaching. In all, the school has graduated 1,504 lawyers. There are approximately 1,900 practicing attor- neys in North Carolina. Dr. Gulley has during his forty years as active dean established a record — both with regard to long tenure of office and guality of work done — probably without equal in the history of American legal education. Dr. Dale F. Stansbury has taken over the administrative reins this year with commendable smoothness and effi- ciency. After hearing him and seeing him at work a year. North Carolinians feel confidence in Dr. Stansbury ' s ability to step into the shoes of his venerable predecessor. This year eight out of the twenty-five who passed the state bar were Wake Foresters. This session also the number of volumes in the law library was trebled, and the school was recognized in every respect by the American Bar Association and other accrediting agencies. Among the law school ' s illustrious alumni are all three Federal Judges in this state E. Yates Webb, Isaac M. Meekins, and Johnson J. Hayes. United States Senator Josiah William Bailey and the late Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt are likewise Wake Forest men. DALE F. STANSBURY, B.S., LL.B., J.S.D. Dean of Law and Professor of Law 22 W L E R

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THE SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS The largest division of the college, the School of Liberal Arts, embraces a total of thirteen distinct departments of instruction with a student enrollment of 852 and a faculty of 34 including five teaching fellows. The oldest unit of Wake Forest, this division has operated since the founding of the college in 1834. During the 102 years since the doors of the institution were first opened thousands of men have gone away to make brilliant records as teachers, ministers, journalists, men of business and as citizens of the state and nation. Sixty-four years of successfully training men elapsed before the college ' s first professional school — the School of Law — was added in 1894. Eight years later, in 1902, the second professional unit of operation — the School of Medicine — was established. Despite the fact that the two professional schools have grown to amazing propor- tions during their comparatively short period of existence, the School of Liberal Arts has grown along with them in both prestige and numbers. The faculty has enjoyed numerous additions, and the student enrollment has kept pace. The following distinct departments with separate heads and faculty groups comprise the present school: The Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Education, English, Greek Language and Literature, Latin Language and Literature, Mathe- matics, Modern Languages, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology and Phi- losophy, Religion, and Social Sciences. The largest student registration by departments is in the department of English with a total of 672 students. There are enrolled in the History division of the Department of Social Sciences 435 men, and in the Department of Mathematics, 406. Graduates of the school are required to have a major and a minor in any two of the departments. Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science are awarded at each Commencement. Physical equipment is altogether complete, numerous additions in buildings and in work materials having been made within recent years. The newest additions are Wait Hall, housing the administrative offices and classrooms, a remodeled old gymnasium that now serves as headquarters for the Social Science Department, and a new gymnasium serving students in all three college divisions. H O W LE 21 1

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THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE The Wake Forest College School of Medicine, threatened with abolition after thirty-three fruitful years of existence, came up to all requirements and is now accredited by every related standard- izing agency in America. Although there are only half as many medical schools in America as there were in 1908, the school at Wake Forest has held its own, largely through the efforts of President Thurman D. Kitchin. About five hundred doctors have been turned out by the School of Medicine, and most of them are making high marks in further study and practice. By com- bining academic and professional study, it is possible for a student to gain the baccalaureate and medical degrees of Wake Forest in seven years. Standards are so high that only about one-sixth of those who apply gain admittance into the medical school. The first dean, in 1902, was Dr. Fred Cooke. He was succeeded by Dr. W. S. Rankin, now with the Duke Foundation, who served until he was made secretary of the State Board of Health. Dr. Thur- man D. Kitchin now serves in the ca- pacity of dean, with Dr. C. C. Carpenter as his friendly and efficient assistant. In addition to shouldering his share of administrative duties. Dr. Carpenter has made valuable contacts which should result in a better medical school for Wake Forest. The physical plant is admirably suited for first class study and research. In 1933 the new William Amos Johnson COY C. CARPENTER, B.A., M.D., F.A.C.P. Assistant Dean of Medicine and Professor of Pathology medical building was erected, with the highest type of classroom and laboratory facilities. Work here is supplemented by practical instructions in the Rex Hospital, Raleigh. In the last two years the faculty of the Medical School has been increased by the addition of Dr. Hubert Benbury Haywood, professor of Medicine; Dr. Edward E. Herring, instructor in Sur- gery; Dr. Ivan M. Proctor, professor of Obstetrics; Dr. William B. Dewar, professor of Medicine; Dr. Hubert A. Royster, professor of Surgery; Dr. Joseph John Combs, instructor in Medicine; Dr. N. Henry McLeod, Jr., instructor in Medicine, and Dr. Robert L. McGee, Instructor in Medicine, and with this larger staff of highly trained instructors the Wake Forest Medical School is prepared for even higher usefulness. HOW li f 23