Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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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.

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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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Established in 1921, the Medill School of Journ alism is an independent professional school, offering in cooperation with the College of Lib- eral Arts and the School of Commerce, a five- year program of study in preparation for all types of newspaper work. This five-year course is divided into three years of pre-professional training and two years of professional work. The program aims to provide its students with the broad background essential today for suc- cess in newspaper work and other journalistic fields, plus a realistic professional training under seasoned journalists. Publishers and business managers who are hiring men and women for the business side of the newspaper feel that the occupation today needs people who are broadly trained. Medill's program, therefore, places great stress on educational background. Its students have a chance to acquire the equivalent of a liberal arts education plus graduate professional training. The friendly support of Chicago newspapers and periodicals as well as the leading press associations of the country has long been ac- corded to the school. Journalists of rank and achievement cooperate with the school by serv- ing as special lecturers. Two large news rooms, equipped like the city room of any daily newspaper, with type- writer desks for reporters and copy desks for wire and local news, sports, financial and wo- men's departments, are used by the basic classes. Here students get a realistic initiation into news- paper work. Student reporters working under experienced city editors receive the training necessary to produce a complete newspaper. The press photo laboratory, with its five darkrooms, its developing, printing, and en- larging rooms, and its studio, is more nearly complete than that found in any but the largest newspapers in the country. Adjoining this laboratory is the typography laboratory, equipped with type cabinets, a Wide range of advertising and news faces, and news- paper make-up tables and presses. The purp0SC of this laboratory is not to teach printing, but to give students a practical knowledge Of the principles of typography. The journalist of today . . . has a vital role in our world . . . he must give us the truth . . . based on a background of events . . . integrated with an analysis of contemporary life . . . an accurate . . . through . . . complete truth. SCll00L 0F EDUCATl0N Readin' . . . writin' . . . rithmetic . . . ethics of the profession . . . practise teaching . . . but no hickory stick . . . the sense of accomplishment . . . as knowledge is com- municated to young minds . . . and the school of Education has turned out another successful teacher. A gray frame structure with a bright red door has been a sign of American education for decades. Symbolic of the development of the Northwestern University School of Education is the present use of Old College , the first uni- versity building. Once utilized as a dormitory as well as a college, this building now remains as a link between the original concepts of education and the new programs for the education of teachers. Instrumental in carrying out the policies of this school is Dean J. Monroe Hughes. An educator all his life, he is wholly concerned with American education, principally with the train- ing of worthy teachers. Dean Hughes joined the Northwestern faculty as an assistant pro- fessor in secondary education after twelve years of training in his native state of Indiana. As a result of his sincere effort and accomplishment, Dr. Hughes was chosen dean in 1942. Last fall the education classes were inaugu- rated into the Bachelor of Arts courses. The new teacher-education program is designed to make the prospective teacher an educated citizen as well as a successful teacher. These objectives are achieved by balanced effort upon three features. During the four years about half of the student's time is devoted to liberal education, an addi- tional one-fifth, to the acquisition of professional knowledge and skill, the remainder to specific 19