Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GREATER ROBERT W. CAMPBELL l,7'l'S1'!II'7lf of the Board of Truslees NORTHVVESTERN A survey of the past few years at Northwestern University reveals a decided period of achievement. The teaching and scientific staff have made very definite contributions to the educational and professional world and to society in general. The new lVIcKinlock campus with its stately buildings is now operating eiiiciently and its possibilities are unlimited. The accomplishments of Northwestern undergraduates have penetrated every branch of university life. Their activities have produced improved publications, competent debating teams and dramatic groups, athletic teams that have won often and established more than one world record, and with it all an organization and conduct that have merited the highest praise. The fact that Northwestern University is attracting to its campuses the most desirable young men and women from all over the country assures for the University a future of great promise for which the present 'fperiod of achievementw is only a foundationf' THE COLLEGE GF LIBERAL ARTS The College has for some time enrolled so many students that it is impossible for any single person to become acquainted with them all. The invitation to make this brief statement is accepted therefore as an unusual and welcome opportunity, since the Syllabus reaches the individual student with a definite interest of its own. Faculty .members and students are parts of one of those very large organizations which modern universities have become. None of us would, I feel sure, even if we could, change our institution in those aspects which make it really a university. Yet here as else- where the factors of greatest strength may become those of great Weakness. Fully aware of this truth, the College strives constantly to keep uppermost in its mind the fact that it is operated for the student, and not for the benefit of the curriculum nor the glory of the faculty. YVe wish that we of the administration of the College might know each of our 2,436 students personally, and advise with them individually. Although that is a manifest impossibility, let us not forget our mutual responsibility toward the true growth of our University. It will suffer from any careless and unfair criticism, while it can only be helped by that which is loyal and constructive. 1 RAYMOND A. ISTENT Dean of the College Tulzvlly-fvur A D M I N I S T R A T I O N

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I A, .-. ., ,g,lSQ'IQ::fig'D .4 ,,L,LL-at .. ..1,,,. l,1,,,gf I. 1. --1, ,, Y ,Y I . -. ,I 3 -Vg 0,5 -1 ,, - , 4, ., k 'J . - ' '- ' . . - Z ' . A 1 - . ' gt+....3i..fs .,. , ,-...., --. D. i W Wig- ' ' ' ..':l.m.z1.. 1-'Lim Q. if-..l...u. -aa-2.1 . . ,sagusfiegmr ' - is-:-'t' D, ww' .. ff l ' W11.1,1.xM A, DYCHE Busirzlfss :Uanrzgcr of the University OUR PRESIDENT 'flhfalter Dill Scott was born in Cooksville, Illinois, May 1, 1869. He graduated from Illinois State Normal in 18915 from Northwestern University, A.B., 1895, and from McCormick Theo- logical Seminary in 1898. I-Ie received his degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Leipsic in 1900, and was granted the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by Cornell College in 1921. Dr. Scott's life work has centered almost exclusively around Northwestern University. In 1901 he was appointed Associate Professor of Psychology, in 1908, Professor of Psychology, and in 1920 was elected President of the University by unanimous vote of the trustees. In 1916-17, on leave of absence, he was Director of the Bureau of Salesmanship Research at Carnegie Technical Institute. In 1919-21 he was president of the Scott Company, Consultants and Engineers in Industrial Personnel. I-Ie is the author of The Theory of Advertiring, Pfyehology of Public Speaking, Injfneneing .Men in Burineff, Inerearing Human Ejfeieney, Pryehology of Advertiring in Theory and Practice, Science and Coinmon Senre in Working with Mevi, Perronnel Management, and other books, all noted for thorough-going scholarship and practical value. From 1917 to 1919 Dr. Scott was Director of the Committee on Classification of Personnel in the United States Army. He started with a desk, a chair and one clerk. Under this committee 3,655,000 men were classified. For every job in the army there was an exact definition of duties, and for every man in the army there was an exact description of his abilities. For every unit in the army specifications were prepared showing just what each man must be able to do, and these tables were then used in selecting the right man for special organizations and units in line or staff corps. VVhen the committee went out of ofhce it turned back S25o,ooo of the fund which had been appropriated for its use. It was noted for its wise use of funds and for' its remarkable efhciency. President Scott's service to Northwestern University has been of priceless value. Educa- tional standards have been raised, faculties have been strengthened, students are selected with greatest care, personnel work with students has been installed, and his methods here are being copied elsewhere. Under his leadership a great campaign was conducted, by which the financial resources of the University were vastly increased. As a result of this and other work lVIcKinlock Memorial Campus with its magnificent buildings now houses the professional schools, the new stadium has been in use for three years, fourteen sorority houses and two open dormitories provide for almost ive hundred of the women of the University. Recently 53,000,000 has been given which will eventually yield a large sum for scholarships. And now the President is hard at Work to bring about a development on the Evanston Campus that will equal the progress made in Chicago. Walter Dill Scott is in his ninth year of service as President of the University. It is my hope that he may be our President as long as he lives,'for, to use his own slogan, we feel welhave the right man in the right place. ' ' ADMINISTRATION Twenty-three -.,.- -'.,,V V.,-V , 9 ,A -,V . .- v--. ,, . Y ff ..-D., -17 if? .F .e,, as .fu 1 r s -ff, . ' ,1 . - . 1 wif' igmjff ' 'X Q- 'X.f,I.-Y a. -., .nf nies- .,, ,N , .

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THE GRADUATE SCHOOL The majority of the readers of the Syllabus are scarcely aware of the existence of a Graduate School on the campus, except as they may see the name on the door of 206 Harris Hall. It will be a surprise therefore, to many, to learn that there are registered in this school during the current semester 450 students. It will be of interest also to learn that of this number S5 were graduated from Northwestern University, and that there are at the present time 145 candidates for advanced degrees in June. The Graduate School, as such, is one of the younger schools of the University, but definite provision for graduate work was made by the founders of the University. In the belief that the spirit of research within theUniversity is of primary importance in preserving the vitality of the institution, the Graduate School was organized in IQII. 'Aft is significant that of the students registered, while the larger number come from the College of Liberal Arts, there are also repre- sentatives from the Schools of hffedicine, Law, Speech, Commerce, Journalism, and Education. In a sense, then, the Graduate School really represents the University as a unit, instead of any separate school. The list of research problems carried on by graduate students in the several departments of the different schools of theUniversity is an extended one. Nfany of these have been published in the leading scientific journals of the country. A number of volumes have grown out of the researches carried on in the various graduate seminars. In this respect we are striving more nearly to realize some of the ideals of the founders and developers of Northwestern. After all, if we lack the spirit of scholarship we cannot be said to have a real Universityf' .IAMES AL'1'oN JAMES Dean ofthe Graduate School THE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE - RALPH E. PIEILMAN Dean of the School of Commerce ADMINISTRATION The School of Commerce functions both on the Evanston Cam- pus and on the NIcKinlock Campus. On the Evanston Campus is situated the Collegiate School, which offers a program of work cover- ing the Junior and Senior years of a four year college program, leading to the Bachelor's degree. This work is well co-ordinated with the Pre-Commerce program offered in the Freshman and Sophomore years by the College of Liberal Arts. UOn the lXffcKinlock Campus the School operates its part time, evening and Saturday courses. Here it offers many of the same courses which are offered in Evanston, with many of the same instruc- tors, and upholds the same standards which prevail in its Evanston classes. This year approximately 6,ooo students have been registered in these classes in Wieboldt Hall, which houses the Chicago classes. The Graduate Division of the School of Commerce, which is open to those who hold a Bachelor's degree from an approved college or university, operates on both campuses. The completion of the one year of graduate work leads to the degree Master of Business Administration. One of the most important developments of recent years has been the rapid development of the graduate work and the near future will doubtless witness a marked expansion in this direc- tion. The purpose of the School in all of its classes, both in Evanston and Chicago, is to offer definite, systematic and scientific instruction in business and to prepare its students for promotion, advancement and larger responsibilities in business. ' Twevzly-,ive