Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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College of Fine Arts This year marks the initiation nl the College of Fine Arts as a separate and distinct scliool. During tiie past few years the growtli of the Music. Dramatic Art, Modern Language and Art Depart- ments has been so great that it became necessary to place them under a sep- arate deanship in order to handle them efficiently. During this hrst year of its existence the registration has approached yery near the hundred mark and the depart- ment is becoming so popular that next year ' s registration will no doubt far ex- ceed this number. In the selection of Gerrit de Jong as Dean, splendid judgment has been shown. His versatility of knowledge, his keen sense of humor, his alert and ready mind combine in making him the well rounded out personality that he is — a type superbly qualified to be Dean of the College of Fine Arts. Ill cil i. wooDW i;i) Projesaur o) I ' hilosophy of Kiluration Dean of thr Sumnwr Session Supervisor of Grailuitte K ork in Education A.B., 1911. Bricliani Young Univer! ity .M.A.. 191H. University of Utah Ph.D., 1920. University of California GflRRlT DE JONG Associate Professor of Moilern Languages Dean uj College of Fine Arts A.B.. 1920. University of Utah .Student at National University of Mexico I.A.. 1924. University of Utah Summer School Unless one has attended the summer sessions at Brigham Young I ' niversity. he has not found the spirit of the ' in its entirety. A spirit entirely ditlerent from that of the regular school prevades the siunmer school. Many of our most prominent people interested in educa- tion come to the summer sessions to search enthusiastically for the inspira- tion of educational leaders from all parts of the count r . Dean X dodward has made a iiatne for himself by his keen judgment in selecting and securing for the summer :essions many of the leading men of th? country in a variety of fields, thus making oin- summer school comparable ill opportuiiilN to many of the largest schools in (he country. Not oidy is he to b? recognized for this valuable serv- ice but he is furlhermore a friend and confiilent lo everyone with whom he comes in contact. 19

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hAKRISON V. HOYT Professor of Business Administration Dean of College of Commerce and Business Administration B.S., 1913. Purdue University M.B.A.. 1917. Harvard University College of Education Education today is not the hit and miss proposition that it was in years past. The day of the old Hoosier school master is no more. The candidate for a teacher ' s job now must have a rich back- ground of technical training. The Brigham Young University is at- tempting to furnish the various districts with teachers who will be qualified to efficiently teach and exemplify. That success is being attained is evidenced in the increased demand by school boards for teachers trained at this institution. Under the able direction of Dean L. John Nuttall this department has reached a marked degree of efficiency. The splendid technical training he has received; the broad and varied prac- tical experience that has been his, com- bined with his unusual native ability, all contribute to making him well quali- fied to fill the position of Dean of the College of Education. College of Commerce The demand for efficient business leadership is ever increasing. Economic problems are becoming so complex that only tlie trained man or woman can long survive in the field of commerce. There are a few schools in America that provide education in business ad- ministration of a practical as well as of a theoretical nature. Among them the Brigham Young University is not the least. Indeed, because of the advance made since its organization, there has been an increasing demand for its stu- dents in the business world. The success of this college may be traced directly to Dean Harrison V. Hoyt. whose broad business experience together with his practical and analyti- cal mind, make him the efficient and wholly capable man that he is for the position of Dean of the College of Com- merce and Business Administration. L.JOHNiNUTTALL. JK. Professor of Educational Administration Dean of the College of Education B. S.. 1911. Columbia University M.A.. 1912, Columbia University S;udent at University of Chicago [ 18

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, - . . JOHN C. SWENSON Professor of Economics and Sociology Acting Dean of the Summer Session A.B.. 1898. Stanford University M.A.. 1921. Columbia University Dean Nettie Smart Mrs. Smart ' s primary endeavor has been to become intimately acquainted with all of the girls. She has fully real- ized the urgent need girls have of a friend who understands the problems with which most every girl meets when she enters a university. Mrs. Smart has felt that the girls of the student body have been her children and that she has been responsible for representing them. During this her first year of association with the girls. Mrs. Smart has made friends with most all of the girls. e all feel confident in her because she has made us feel that she is not merely oc- cupying a position, but that she does her service with a true love and devotion which can be none other than that which comes directlv from her deep sympa- thetic soul. John C. Swenson In the absence of Dr. Woodward, who is sometimes called to teach in the sum- mer schools of other universities. Pro- fessor John C. Swenson acts as dean of the summer school. Professor Swenson because of his wide range of experience with prominent men and women has been of invaluable service in making our summer sessions among the very best in the west. His interest in human beings, inquiring nature, and close ob- servation have contributed to making him an unusuallv well-informed teacher and a most interesting person with whom to be associated. NETTIE NEFF SMART Dean of Women [20]