Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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COLLEGE OF COMMERCE With a comprehensive understanding of the problems of a peacetime America 1 , the College of Commerce, headed by Dean A. H. Armbruster, seeks to fit students for places in a highly-specialized business world, by means of such courses as Secretarial Studies, Pre-Law, Commercial Teacher Training, and in such fields of specialization as Business Law, Management, Finance, and Stat- istics. These programs of study in business and in economics lead to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Commerce. Since it is deemed essential to teach students the art of living side-by-side with more practical subjects, and since it is a duty of every college graduate to participate in and, if possible, to assume responsibility for intelligent leadership in civic, governmental, professional, and social activities, the College of Com- merce requires each student to take some courses offered by the other colleges of the university in order to widen his scope of knowledge and interest. The College of Commerce cooperates with the College of Education in of- fering commercial teacher training, and with the College of Applied Sci- ence, for industrial engineering sub- jects; such relationship between the colleges gives a noteworthy breadth of combinations in education. Under the College of Commerce is included the School of Journalism, headed by Professor G. S. Lasher, which offers not only classroom courses to potential fourth-estaters, but also actual experience on the staff of the Athens Messenger; this program has given invaluable in- struction in many journalism techni- ques and fields of related interest to those Ohio University students seek- ing a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism.

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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Since a liberal education as well as vocational training in various fields is its ultimate end and purpose, the College of Arts and Science offers an extensive program to students working towards either a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree. The old and new humanities, such as English, foreign lan- guages and literature, and the social sciences are emphasized for the Bachelor of Arts degree; whereas, for the Bachelor of Science degree, impetus is placed upon the natural sciences and mathematics. Requirements of both call for a considerable distribution of studies, yet permitting, at the same time, a high degree of specialization in special fields of interest. As a service college to the entire University, the College of Arts and Sciences admits students from other colleges on the same basis as stude nts registered in Arts and Sciences. New courses offered last year include Slavic languages and Russian History, while wartime conditions reduced premedical and predental en- trance requirements to four semesters or sixty hours of college credit. Special curricula are not prescribed for stu- dents who are preparing for public administration, government foreign service, or the ministry; a broad cul- tural education with emphasis on the student ' s interests is recommended as the preparation for these vocational fields. During the winter semester, the College of Arts and Sciences func- tioned under the leadership of Acting Dean G. W. Starcher, but with the advent of semester II, Dr. Walter S. Gamertsfelder again resumed his duties as dean. 18

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COLLEGE OE EDUCATION Educational theory, under accredited and experienced University professors, plus actual teaching practice in the classrooms of the Athens district elementary and high schools are the two chief emphases in the academic program of the College of Education. Headed by Dean T. C. McCracken, the College success- fully keeps pace with the changes in educational practice wrought by the war; an extreme dearth of public school teachers at the present time permits the College of Education to grant temporary certificates with two years of prepara- tion. Students elegible for these temporary certificates must have completed requirements in English, educational psychology, teaching technique, observa- tion, and participation before or with student teaching. The degree, Bachelor of Science in Education, is granted upon the completion of the general graduation requirements and one of the curricula covering courses of four years with specialization in elementary education, high school teaching, or in the special subjects of art, industrial arts, home economics, phy- sical welfare, commerce, or music. This program of academic and prof es sional study, including laboratory practice, is built about a fundamental belief in high standards designed to prepare teachers for active participa- tion in the world of tomorrow; an ade- quate knowledge of their special fields, an understanding of profes- sional theory and a degree of skill in practical application are the chief qualities of a good teacher, and the primary aim of the College of Educa- tion in preparing good teachers for American schools. 20