Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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WALTER SHEPARD Dean COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES HUNTLEY DUPRE Junior Dean he untimely passing away of Dean Walter A. Shepard on January 25 deprived the College of Arts and Sciences of the man who had been its head since 1928. Dean Shepard constantly urged and worked for high standard in the curriculum, methods of procedure, and aims of the College. The two-fold purpose of the Arts College is to lay a liberal foundation for liberal professions and to educate for critical and enlightened citizenship. The College seeks to interpret modern civilization to the youth who are to play an active role of leadership in the world today. Through its wide variety of courses the Arts College tries to give the student an understanding of scientific methods and problems and to develop in him a social outlook on life by acquainting him with great movements in history and the social and economic questions of our time. The College is concerned with helping him work out a scheme of values by giving him an apprehension of the currents of human thought and the prob'ems of human conduct; to develop an appreciation of the best in literature and art; and to acquaint him with languages other than his own so that he may be able to communicate with his fellows. The primary purpose of a liberal education is not the accumulation of a mass of factual information, but the development of intellectual proficiencies and capacities. It should secure a mind free from bias and prejudice, an eagerness for truth, a skepticism which insists upon testing every proposal before giving it adherence, ability to recognize and ana'yze a problem, a keen appreciation of the emotional and aesthetic values of life, a deep respect for human institutions and conventions and a fearless willingness to attack them when they have ceased to serve a useful purpose, and a ready use of spoken and written language as instruments of communication. It does not turn out specialists in any fie!d, ‘but its graduate understands the scientific method and spirit; he has developed a social outlook on life, he has acquired from reading, study, and experience an apprecia- The broadness of the Arts education tion of the best in literature and art, and equips the graduate well-rounded under- is able to communicate in an intelligent standing. Study of natural sciences, lan- guages, and history are important in the curriculum. One of the most popular members of the faculty is “Billy” Graves. and intelligible fashion with his fellows.

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¢ + . pe a ‘eo JOHN CUNNINGHAM Dean COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE HERSCHEL NISONGER Junior Dean ust as farming was the earliest vocation in what is now Ohio, so agricultural education 1 the original activity of what is now the Ohio State University, which was founded as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. Starting with matter-of-fact instruction in farm practices, the scheme of education in the College of Agriculture has broadened and deepened until today it embraces the essentials of the social sciences as well as the natural sciences. Anyone receiving a degree in the College of Agriculture may be regarded as having enjoyed the benefits of a program of instruction that is broad as well as specific. The work of the College may be described as being a program of the sciences that have a direct bearing on the vocation that we call agriculture. The College of Agriculture includes the School of Home Economics. Thus are brought together in the same college young men and young women who are interested in the fundamental practical arts. This is also one reason why the social side of general college life is so well developed in the College of Agriculture. In fact, the coliege administration emphasizes the importance of general organization and social activity as a part of coliege training. Ag college courses offer instruction in the more liberal fields as well as special and technical training in the various branches of agriculture. They form a broad foundation for specialized training. The college covers a multitude of fields, as may be ascertained from a glance at the departments it includes: Agricultural Education, which prepares vocational agriculture teachers for rural high school; Agricultural chemistry, a field which is becoming increasingly important with the development of more efficient farming methods; Agricultural engineering; agronomy, the study of soi's and their man- agement, animal husbandry, resulting in the la fing with thomerand siatoreereCallcass) beautiful animals found on modern farms; the Ag student receives practical training Botany, dairy technology, horticulture and in modern farm and dairy methods. The forestry, poultry husbandry, rural economics, Home Economics School trains students in the art of being successful home managers. zoology, and entomology.

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WALTER WEIDLER Dean COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ADMINISTRATION CHARLES REEDER Junior Dean he College of Commerce and Administration provides professional training in Busi- Apee Administration, Publi c Service, Journalism, and Social Service. The remarkable increase in the enrollment of the College during the past three years is evidence of the excellence of the curriculum and of the type of instruction offered. Several! valuable research enterprises are also carried on. Among these are the Bureau of Business Research and the Department of Extension. The Bureau of Business Research serves as a laboratory for students and faculty members and makes cooperative studies in business and industry, which will be useful in the commercial and industrial develop- ment of the State. The Department of Extension carries university training to adult men and women of the State. In many of the courses in Business Administration and Sociology, trips are p!anned each year to supplement the regular classroom work. The students are taken to manu- facturing plants, banking houses, and penal, charitable, and philanthropic institutions in the State where they may observe the method of organization of these establishments and may learn the aim and nature of the type of work carried on. The Schoo!s of Social Administration and Journalism are also an integral part of the College. ; The College of Commerce and Administration has been growing steadily in size and scope. It is now the second largest school of commerce in the United States, and is already rated by many the most outstanding of its kind in many ways. The School of Journalism prides itse!f on the Daily Lantern, which is one of the foremost daily papers of any University. This College serves to fit the student for almost any type of business he may wish to enter. The fields of specialization are many, , and the student has a wide range of studies The action of the modern newspaper ‘ : copy room is duplicated in the offices of to choose from. This College tries to help the Daily Lantern. Similarly, practical ex- place its graduates in positions, by keeping perience in accounting methods is a in contact with available employers, and ar- basic part of the Commerce student’s curriculum. Radio has extended the in- fluence of the College. students. ranging interviews between them and the