Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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DR. BURROWS MARK D. BURROWS, Ped.D., Dean The School of Secretarial Preparation, which is associated with the school of Commerce, but inde- pendent of it, was established to offer a course which would prepare the students, particubrly girls, for work in offices. The curriculum covers the ordinary territory of a business course, but places special emphasis on typing, shorthand, and office practice. Under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Wells Sanders, an Oglethorpe graduate, few of the girls who enroll in the school as freshmen go on to get their degrees, for the reason that the demand for train- ed office workers is so great that the average girl is working at the end of her second year. Assisting Miss Sanders in the instruction in typing and shorthand are a number of student assist- ants, chief of whom this year is Hazel Josey, a senior in the school of Secretarial Preparation. MRS. SANDERS l

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PJidfUcal ZAucaiixut J. W. PATRICK JOHN W. PATRICK, M.A., Dean As well as being the head football coach of the Stormy Petrels, John Patrick is also head of the department of Physical education. The training if men and women for work as coaches and physical instructors is the primary task of Coach Patrick and his staff. The work is mode as much as possible actual experience in the sports in which the individual desires to later work. An important specialized branch of physical education has been uncovered recently in the demand of the Army and Navy for trained men and women to conduct programs of physical training in army camps and in civilian work in the nation. Already 18 former Petrels are enrolled in the Services as Physical instructors. Dean Patrick is assisted in his department by Professor Davis, Dr. Meadows, o.id Martin Kelly. DR. MEADOWS PROF. DAVIS

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Zja44jcati04 DR. GAERTNER HERMAN J. GAERTNER, Ped.D., Dean Work in the school of education is designed to prepare students for a career in the teaching profes- sion. Consequently the program is intended to give the student a grounding in teaching practice and various phases of the psychology of teaching. Dean Gaarrner himself teaches psychology, and is assisted by T. B. Meadows, Ph.D. Professor Woodward and Professor Davis also are members of the faculty of this department. One of the important branches of the school of education is the adult education department, which offers practicing teachers in Georgia schools an opportunity through Saturday class work on the campus or in field centers to work for higher degrees. The number enrolled in this work yearly is around 400 students. Professor Morris Hardwick assists Dr. Gaertner in the organization of class- es, and in teaching in the field. f .: f 1H 7 ■M s W ■ ■--. s i t HARDWICK GAERTNER WOODWARD