Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK IN NAME, THE SCHOOL or SOCIAL WORK is the youngest ol' the Uni- versityis departments. It was organized as a graduate school in 1940 to train young men and women for positions as professional welktre and social workers. The School is an outgrowth of the School ol Religious and Social Work which was discontinued last year. Pre- viously, the department oH'ered both graduate and undergraduate courses in religious and social work. But with the discontinuance Of the department and establishment of the School of Social Work, the new department was made a purely graduate school. The courses in religious education are now being offered jointly by the School ol Education and the School of Theology. - Dean Emeritus Henry H. Meyer of the School of Religious and Social Work is now director of the courses in religious education, While Richard K. Conant, previously director of the division oi Social work is dean of the School. Dean Conant was graduated from Harvard University in 1905 with the degree 0f'A.B., and in 1908 received his LL.B. degree from Harvard. Dean Conant has been a member of the University faculty Since 1937 when he was appointed a lecturer on social work. He was promoted to professorship in 1938, and in the same year was named director of the division of social work. With the academic revamping ofthe School in 1940 into its present structure, Dean Conant was chosen by the Trustees of the University for his present position. 9 Richard K Conant AB LLB Dean l P291 Weeeeeeer

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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION was established as a department ofthe University in 1918. From an unauspicious start, when Dr. Arthur H. Wilde, first dean ofthe School,oH'ered courses in education, down to the present, the School has had a phenomenal growth.To Dr. Wilde must go much ofthe credit for the position in the field of edu- cation which the School now holds. One ofthe greatest contribu- tions ofthe department to modern instruction is the new college curriculum which was introduced in 1937. This plan seeks to bring about improved methods of' selection of students for higher educa- tion, the use of a two, rather than a four-year curriculum, and through systematic guidance, to provide programs of study suited for the individual student's ability and plans for the future. At the time of its founding, the School was a senior college and graduate school of education. In response to other demands, the School extended its offerings to include work for the degree of Ed.D. and various undergraduate programs leading to the degree of B.S. in Ed. Jesse B. Davis has been dean ofthe School since 1935. He was graduated from Colgate University with the degree of A.B. in 1895. In 1911 he received the degree of A.M., and in 1922, the degree of Litt.D. from Colgate. He also received a second degree ol' A.M. from the University of Michigan in 1916. Dean Davis is a member of Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Delta Kappa. He is also serving as acting dean of Sargent College. Jesse B. Davis, A.B., A.M., Litt.D., Dean l23l

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GRADUATE SCHOOL THE GRADUATE SCHOOL wAs FOUNDED in 1874 as the School of All Sciences. The early history of the School is closely allied with the life of Dr. Borden Parker Bowne, who served as dean from 1888 until his death in 1910. Through his many books on social philosophy and the relation of science to religion he gained an international reputation for the School. In honor of Dr. Bowne's many services, a chair of philosophy in the Graduate School was named for him. The faculty of the School includes men from all departments ofthe University. Since its founding, the School has granted only two de- grees, those of A.M. and Ph.D., conforming to the practice of most graduate schools in granting degrees for purely cultural rather than professional studies, leaving the latter studies to schools of a professional nature. In this way the Graduate School has become a department for fitting young men and women for advanced positions as instructors in higher educational institutions and for high posts in the arts and sciences. Howard M. LeSourd has served as dean of the School since 1933. He was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1911 with the degree of A.B. He received the degree of A.M. from Columbia Uni- versity in 1913, and the degree ofPh.D. in 1929, also from Columbia. Dean LeSourd served as a member of the faculty of Ohio State University, Western Theological Seminary, and Duke University beforejoining the Boston University faculty in 1929. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Kappa. Howard M. LeSourd, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Dean l30l