Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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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

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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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- a COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS To further culture, to fit the student for a professional or educational career in the arts, and to foster worthwhile entertainment for the Ohio University campus is the purpose of the College of Fine Arts, under the keen and intelligent direc- tion of Dean Earl C. Seigfred. The schools of Dramatic Art, Music, Painting and Allied Arts comprised the general divisions of the Fine Arts College until a few years ago, when the Department of Photography was added to the Fine Arts curricula; students may major in any one of the four fields, and in the case of Dramatics, Music, and Painting and Allied Arts, must fill the requirements of a 12-hour minor in the two remaining fields. Last year the University Theatre produced such plays as Arsenic and Old Lace, Lost Horizon, The Song of Bernadette, a beautifully-done dramatiza- tion of the Werfel novel, and Junior Miss, plus monthly Playshop bills of two or more one-acts, and a presentation of Our Town, sponsored by National Collegiate Players, senior dramatics honorary. Voice and instrumental recitals gave music students an opportunity to appear before the public several times during both semesters; exhibits of oil paintings, water colors, sculp- ture, and designs on display at inter- vals in the Edwin Watts Chubb Library, as well as photography ex- hibits in the Photography Laboratory in the Fine Arts building mark the progress of students majoring in Painting and Allied Arts, and Photo- graphy, respectively. WOUB, the Ohio University radio station of the Intercollegiate Broad- casting System, is another proving ground for artistic talents and ener- gies.