Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Bertram Everett McProud, A. B., A. M. Dean of Teachers College The Teachers College is now finishing its twentieth year. Twenty years ago the Teachers College was organized out of the Normal Department of the Col lege of Liberal Arts. In the beginning the Teachers College employed but one professor and three critic teachers. The Dean of the College was the Professor of Education. The earliest Training School consisted of a Kindergarten De¬ partment and the first eight grades. In 1917 the Van Fleet Teachers College was erected and a large expansion very soon took place. The Teachers College High School was added a little later to furnish a complete laboratory school for teacher training. In 192(i the Teachers College, for the first time, began to issue the baccalaureate degree in Education. The number of candidates for the degree, Bachelor of Science in Education, has rapidly increased. At the present time the Teachers College enjoys its widest popularity. Its work in teacher training is attracting attention throughout the state and the nation. Further expansion in building and equipment must be supplied before the College can develop its fullest opportunities. Page Twenty-one

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Francis Asbury Alaeaeter, A. B., A. M., Lilt. D. Dean of College of Liberal Arts The College of Liberal Arts has eighteen departments, and thirty professors and instructors. It meets the needs of modern educat ' on in training for citizen¬ ship and service. Courses are offered, leading to the A. B., the B. S., and the B. S. in Business Administration. Pre-professional courses are also offered in dentistry, engineer¬ ing, medicine and nursing, the work in which is accepted toward the B. S. degree. Special courses are offered in preparation for the law and the ministry. For many years, the college has made adequate preparaton for scholar¬ ships, fellowships, and assistantships in some cf the best graduate schools of the country. Opportunities are offered for departmental and general honors, for mem¬ bership in departmental clubs, and for advanced study in chosen fields. Mem¬ bership in national honor societies is also afforded, representing scholarship, forensics, social science, dramatics, and the French language and literature. Ten years ago, the enrollment in the College of Liberal Arts was four hun¬ dred twenty-six. The increase during these years has been steady and normal. For the collegiate year, the enrollment is at the present time seven hundred seventy-six. Page Twenty

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Emma Crooks Gilbert Dean of Women “ The American College is not and never has been an institution primarily for the acquisition of knowledge or the attainment of a degree—It is a social organ with a very highly organized social structure.” Social guidance involves problems in the development of the moral and spiritual life. The Dean of Women is on the campus as an adviser for problems of individuals and of groups.