Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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I:m UKr i ,T. Sciitt S« or l»ry-Tivasnror Cljr ccfctarp rcasurer’s (Office The office of the Secretary-Treasurer—handling all the financial transactions of the University, and in many instances going afield to promote the welfare of the University in diverse lines of outside publicity and community activity—is contributing its part to the life and futherance of the University's progress. This office provides for the official press releases of the school, collects all registration fees, arranges the finances for all major athletic events, and oversees and arranges every program, of whatever nature, which is not directly planned and executed bv the particular department nearest the sphere of the activity. The completion of the new stadium, the largest and most complete in any Negro school, and the new gymnasium, complete in every detail of structure and equipment, providing an indoor track and swimming pool as special features of construction, are monuments to the work of the Secretary-Treasurer’s office.

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cDljr Dean of IPomcn The development of the ideal woman is the moving spirit behind tin office of the Dent} of Women. Supervising and directing the activities of the women of the University, inc.Tcatinp the moral ideals of goodness, justiii ss and spiritual integrity, the task of properly administering the duties which devolve upon the dean of women is no small one. Adiusting the new strdent to her new environment, helping her to attain new heights ot scholarship through a desire to approach the ideal is at all times a joyous task to any true-hearted woman. Insufficient dormitory accommodations make it necessary to house some of the women students in the city. This office secures such accommodations in homes of the best types, sees that University regulations are observed by these students so housed and in general seeks to promute their comfort and welfare.

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 tElje Collcgr of €bucation From its very beginning, Howard has maintained a department or school for the training of teachers. From 1870 to 1900 it was known as the Normal Department. During that period, there were graduated one hundred and eighty-nine persons. In 1900 the Teachers' College was established and continued until the year 1919 as the teacher-training division of the University. It was of collegiate grade. During this nineteen years a total of four hundred and thirty-eight students were graduated. The School of F.udcation existed from i919 to 1925. This organization was one of the “senior schools of the University, comprising the last two years of collegiate work. The reorganization in 1925 increased the extent of the teacher-training activities to cover the entire four years of college. and changed the name to the College of Education. That there has been a growing interest in the professional training of teachers, especially for work of secondary grade, during the past twentv-tive years is manifested by the changes in the requirements made by the state boards of education and the city school systems for certificates to teach in high schools. The responses that the colleges and universities have made to this change of attitude is indicated by the development of schools and colleges of education and by the rapidly increasing enrollment of the students doing professional work in education.