New York University School of Education - Education Violet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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brought a striking increase in the School of Education. They established for the first time the following divisions: 1. Department of Business Education. 2. Department of Vocational Education. 3. Department of Personnel Administration. 4. Department of Teachers College and Normal School Education. 5. Department of Physical Education and Health. 6. Department of Music Education. 7. Department of Art Education. Four of these departments, Vocational Education, Business Education, Music Educa- tion and Physical Education, were established for the first time in the history of the school on the freshman and sophomore level. In 1924 the University bought and remodeled the present Commerce Building, and in 1925 the School of Education Realty Corporation purchased for use of the School of Education three buildings and Square front. This was made possible for' use by sale of Realty Corporation bonds to faculty, students, and alumni of School of Education. This -brought in :l5250,000. Departments were added and included in plan of 1924 but established later were Creative Education, Religious Education, English Education, Mathematic Education, Social Studios, Science, Foreign Language and Literature. There was a tremendous increase in faculty. In 1920, besides Dean Witllers, there were four members of faculty, in 1930 there are exactly eighty-eight in the School of Education faculty. Registration for year of 1921 was 141 students, there are now over 7,500 registered in the School of Education. In 1928 new land was purchased and building started. The construction was started in March, 1929, and in the year 1950 the College School of Education has come to the front and today it is occupying the building that it desired above all others. 16

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Hislory o'F +he School of Educalion The School of Education was opened forty-one years ago in 1890. It was then called the School of Pedagogy, and for the first twenty years it granted Doctor of Pedagogy and Master of Pedagogy degrees. At this time the school occupied the ninth floor of the Main Building, where it remained until 1922. From 1890 to 1903 the Bachelors degree was not required, that is, the school was giving graduate degrees to undergraduate students. In 1903 this practice was stopped and the School of Pedagogy admitted only those with baccalaureate degrees. Registration wavered between 250 and 400 students. The School of Pedagogy granted Bachelor degrees up until 1912, when Wasliington Square College was established. At this time the school was purely graduate and rarely exceeded 500 students. The Dean of the School from 1903-1918 was Thomas M. Ealliat, now Dean of Meritus College. From 1918 to 1921 the position of dean was unoccupied. On February 13, 1921, Dean Marshall M. Brown took oflice. During these two years the School of Education almost disappeared, for in 1920 there were only 121 registered. Dean john W. Withers became dean of the School of Education coming from St. Louis public schools. In his first year he made three vital changes: 1. He changed the name of School of Pedagogy to School of Education. 2. He changed the degrees to Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy. 3. He established an undergraduate division and a program leading to Bacca- laureate 'degree in Bachelor of Science in Education. The undergraduate division was wholly concerned with the last two years of college courses. There were no courses at freshman and sophomore level .until 1925. This I5

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