Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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Endless questions and requests are answered by Mrs. Betty DeSwarte, who has been North- western's social calender secretary since 1937- All men and women's social affairs are scheduled months in advance in the huge blue notebook which Mrs. DeSwarte keeps in her office 111 Scott Hall. Besides working closely with Mrs. Ruth McCarn, dean of women, scheduling all university parties and checking to see that chaperons are present, Mrs. DeSwarte still finds time to act as advisor for the Professional Panhellenic Association, the Red Cross College Unit and Shi-Ai. Northwestern's counselor to men, Ronald F- McGuigan, is a man who holds the respect of the men on campus, and, at the same time, hls informal air makes them feel that they are with a friend. His background in personnel guidance has been extensive, and this year he is pr0VlUg his ability here. Mr. McGuigan graduated from the University of Wisconsin and went on to the University of California for graduate Work- During the war, he served as a naval oflicer. Mr. McGuigan advises any N. U. man about academic or social problems. COLI.EGE 0F LIBERAL ARTS September arrives . . . and school . . . registration at Deering . . . courses in Shake- Spfiafei economics, Spanish . . - PSYCh010gY, Milton, western civ. . . . long lines lessen . . . red'taPe is finished . . . it's on to classes . . . and the College of Liberal Arts begins another year. The return of men to the Northwestern cam- Pus results in an all-time high enrollment for the College of Liberal Arts. Leading other schools with registration of 2,811 undergraduate students, the College sets its standard high and gives its students a broad education. The impressive enrollment figure served as 2. welcome sign for the newly-elected dean of the college, Dr. Simeon E. Leland. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate from DePauw University, Dean Leland was formerly chairman of economics at the University of Chicago and has also served as special adviser to the United States Secretary of the Treasury. His vigorous spirit is exemplified by his sense of humor and his twinkling eyes. N I if Q ,sg I A! g I il? . an- . lf 1.42 ' s x - Wu. fai l ll Numerous new members have been added to the Liberal Arts faculty. These educators were carefully selected and represent the results of excellent educational training, background, and experience. Appointments were made to almost every department in the school. The aim of the College of Liberal Arts is to implant intellectual habits in the minds of its students that will mark them as trulyeducated men and women. The best in art, history, science, and literature is opened to the Liberal Arts student. The collegeis equipped to provide limitless opportunities to every student. A course in home economics was instituted this year and has now been awarded the status of a regular department. The college offers a four-year program leading either to the degree of Bachelor of Arts or the degree of Bachelor of Science. For the pre- professional students a minimum number of hours is required in the College, three years work for those entering Medical School or the School of Law, two years for those entering Dental School. There is also a five-year nursing program, three years of which are spent at Wesley Memorial Hospital or the Evanston Hospital. .To understand the culture of other nations, students take at least two years of a foreign language. Also, at least two years of work in 17

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management of Willard, Hobart, Rogers, and Goodrich dining halls, as well as Scott Hall grill. William K. Selden, director of admissions, holds one of the most trying positions in North- western University. Upon his final judgement rests the decision of determining the potential- ities of every applicant for admission to North- western University. The skill with which he and his office have performed their task is evidenced by the fine standards that the university is achieving in numerous fields. Mr. Selden joined the faculty as admissions director in April of 1945, and has since worked constantly. The university may feel justifiable pride for the manner in which this important job is managed by William K. Selden. Chester E. Willard, veteran's coordinator, heads one of the most vital groups in the uni- versity with the office of veteran's education. Professor Willard is a veteran of World War I himself and he had three sons in service, one of whom will not return. Considering these facts, there is perhaps not any person in the university today that is more capable of understanding the problems of the returning veteran. He firmly believes that no liner group of young men and young women has ever walked our campus than that which is composed of the veterans who now comprise such a large portion of our student body. In her three years as director of all women's housing at Northwestern, Miss Lucille Scheuer has had many interesting requests for rooms. Other than her duties as director of women's housing, Miss Scheuer still finds time to act as adviser for the inter-house council, serve on an adult YWCA board, and be a sponsor for Shi-Ai. Poised and gracious, Miss Scheuer lives at Willard Hall, enjoys counselling the girls and loves fashion shows. Miss E. Leone Littlehales rates a place in the address book of every Northwestern man. As director of men's housing, she placed about 1,400 boys in open houses, dorms, steel-frame huts, quonsets, or approved,oH -campus rooms this year. Miss Littlehales came to N.U. as a Willard hostess and took her present job in 1945. 16 N.U.'s men are grateful to her for her sincere desire to help them. Student Counselors F. George Seulberger, dean of students,co- ordinates from his Scott hall office the manifold activities of the student counselors, the student affairs director and the director of admissions. In this busy position as middle man he also keeps an eye on university housing, enrollment, and personnel. In his own student days, he won a commercial engineering degree at the Uni- versity of Cincinnati. He worked in New York city before coming to Northwestern. Away from Scott, at his Sheridan Square home in Evanston, he enjoys listening to good music and swimming in the lake. J, i f K y I A A The door in Scott Hall with the name Mrs. Ruth O. McCarn upon it is never closed to a Northwestern Woman, for the tall, pleasant lady who has been counselor to Northwestern women for ten years is never too busy to counsel one of her women. Mrs. McCarn is one of the best known figures on campus. Anything that concerns Northwestern women also concerns Mrs. McCarn. Among her varied responsibilities is the assignment of counselors to all women's groups and the general supervision of dormitories and women's activities.

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the scientific fields is required for the student to understand the order and system of the physical world. A student also takes courses in the field of social studies. Main emphasis is placed on a field of con- centration, but ample time is devoted to subjects of related value to the special topic in the pro- gram for the Bachelor of Science which is de- veloped around departmental courses in the col- lege. Outstanding students may work for the Honors Degree or undertake independent study programs with faculty members in their fields of concentration. The success of the new, well-integrated Bach- elor of Arts program can be measured in part by the increasing freshman enrollment, 104 students in 1944, 161 in 1945, and 185 in 1946. In their four years of undergraduate work students take six one-year units of prescribed work, six units to be elected within a limited field and four units for specialization. In this way a balance is maintained between the general and specific interests of each student. At the end of four years, each student takes a comprehensive examination covering the fields represented by his work. Dean Leland describes the Bachelor of Arts program as one of the outstanding achieve- ments in American education. Northwestern has pioneered in developing a broad, yet solid program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The program provides for the integration of the student's work at all levels, and re- emphasizes the vital position and advantage of the four-year college. The atomic age rushes on . . . and the College of' Liberal Arts adjusts itself to the swiftness of our age . . . giving its students a liberal and valuable education . . . teaching them to meet their world with knowledge . . . eagerness . . . determination. scnool. 01, .HDURNALISM The staccato pounding of typewriters . . . the Hash of photo bulbs . . . advertising 18 layouts . . . typography lab . . .WEAW . . . headline writing . . . as J School students spend many hours . . . learning the art of fine journalism. The most recent milestone in the progress of the Medill School of Journalism is the new FM radio station WEAW, an example of the emphasis that has always been placed on excellence through practical experience. WEAW gives the north shore listeners complete cover- ages of local, national, and world news, with many Medill students in the daily news reporting classes assisting in blanketing Evanston's news sources. All news programs are prepared under the direction of Baskett Mosse, former NBC news editor in Chicago and now assistant pro- fessor in the School of Journalism. Mr. Mosse was recently named a director of' the Chicago Radio Correspondents Association. The year 1946-47 saw Dean Kenneth Olson back in his F ayerweather ofiice for the first full school year in some time. He returned the previous March from eight months overseas in- structing GI's in journalism in the temporary universities. But Dean Olson did not come back to a slower life. Besides his usual busy round of activities, he's been particularly interested this year in an organization to examine and accredit schools of journalism throughout the United States. The dean has not always been on the educational side of journalism, however, and for some years was a reporter and editor of' several papers. He became the second deanlfof Medill in 1938, succeeding the late Harry F rank- lin Harrington.