Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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School 0 f Business The School of Business, under the direction of Dean H. C. Dale, has justified its existence as a separate department of the University this year. In October of 1928 the School Of Business Ad- ministration was formally inaugurated and Dean H. C. Dale appointed at its head. Previous to that time a special professional. business course had been offered leading to the degree of Bach- elor of Science in Business- It is not the purpose of the school to Offer highly specialized instruction in various tech- niques but rather, by emphasizing the fundamen- tals common to all. business, to lay a substantial DEAN H. C. DALE f oundation upon Which graduates of the school may build advantageously regard- less of the particular field Which they may enter. Consequently the maj or portion of the professional instruction offered by the school lies in the primary helds of business economics, finance, production administration, marketing, and control. The enrollment in the school increased this year from 329 to 418 students. This increase indicates that the school is attracting an increasing number of students to its three departments, Business Administration, Economics, and Secretarial Studies. Twenty-On e

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DEAN ERNEST J. ASHBAUGH School of Education The achievements of the School of Education have been many and varied this past year. The administration of the Schools affairs passed from the guidance of Dean Harvey C. Minnich to that of Dean Ernest J. Ashbaugh. Dean Ashbaugh, Who came to Miami from Ohio State University, is vitally interested in all educational problems and is an authority on educational guidance, One of the most important changesmade this year Was the establishment of a Bureau of Ree- ommendations to take the place of the old, system for placing graduates in teaching posi- tions. This bureau is expected to operatemuch more effectually than the old system in placing graduates of the B. S. curriculum in desirable positions. With the increased facilities for meeting placement prob- lems and the data located in this bureau, obtaining positions for all the graduates should be a comparatively simple matter. This new bureau is located in the McGuffey Building next to Dean Ashbaughis offices. To meet the increased enrollment in summer sessions and extension schools, a separate department has been established for their administration. In thus separating the functions of the School of Education, it is hoped to keep in step With its ever-Widening sphere of activity. Twenty

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School 0 f Fine Arts The School of Fine Arts as a separate college was established at the beginning of the present year. Dean Theodore Kratt, who was formerly 0n the faculty at the University of Idaho, was brought to lVIiami to act as head of the new schooL The purpose of the college is to train talented young men and women for professional. and cul- tural purposes in the fields of Music, Art, and Architecture. The School will ultimatelyinclude instruction in all the fine arts. The courses of study include not only systematic and progres- DEAN THEODORE KRATT sive instruction in the theory, history, and prac- tice 0f the arts to which they severally relate, but also in those branches of philo- sophy, history, mathematics, language, and criticism which bear most directly on those arts. The School of Fine Arts is made up of three departments offering courses which cover a period of four years and lead respectively to the degrees of Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of F ine Arts, and Bachelor of Architecture. The same stan- dards of entrance, scholarship, discipline, and examinations are maintained as prevail in the other schools and colleges of the University. This year only the freshman course of the various curricula were offered. Freshman and sophomOre courses will be Offered next year, freshman, sophomore and junior courses the year following, and thereafter the full four-year schedule will be open. This new school exemplifies the progressive attitude of the University, em- bracing more specialized subjects than are ordinarily found in the Liberal Arts College but which are nevertheless Closely connected with a liberal education. Departmental H Edd! READ BAIN, PH.D., Socialogy; EDGAR E. BRANDON, PH.D., Romantic Languages; HARVEY CLAYTON BRILL, PH.D., Chemistry; H. C. CHRISTOFFERSON, A. M., M athematics; H. C. DALE, A.M., Business; BERTHA METCALF EMERSON, A. M., Secretarial Studies; A. T. EVANS, PH.D., Botany;H. H. HIESTAND, M. A.I. A., Architecture; E. W.KING, A.M., Library Science; THEODORE KRATT,M.MUS., M usic; MAR- GARET E. PHILLIPS, A.B., Physical Education; FRANCES G. RICHARD, A.M., English; G. W. SPENCELEY, A.M., Mathematics tAeting Headl; AMY M. SWISHER, A.M., Art, ArtEdmafion; E. S. TODD, PH. D., Economics , are the Departmental Heads not in the following Panels. Twenty- Two