Southern Methodist University - Rotunda Yearbook (University Park, TX)

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School of Law E l JUDGE JOSEPH E. COCKRELL Deanflilect S. M. U. is to have a School of Law, which will be organized in time to start classes next Fall, beginning with the session of 192526. So much has been decided by the University, working in co-operation with the Bar of Dallas. At a meeting held at the City Club, Judge joseph E. Cockrell, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, announced to an informal gathering of Dallas lawyers that the Executive Committee of the Board had been authorized to establish a School of Law, provided the plan met with the endorsement of the local Bar Association. Two queries were addressed to the lawyers. First, is there a demand for a Law School in Dallas? And, second, is it possible to get ready to offer courses of instruction by September, 1925? The response to both queries was very enthusiastic. Every attorney present was called upon for an expression of opinion. Assurances were given the University heads that an adequate library could be secured, that suitable quarters for lecture rooms could be found down town, that distinguished members of the Dallas Bar would readily respond to calls for lectures, and that hnancial assistance would be forthcoming. Sevf eral prominent firms volunteered liberal subscriptions. With this encouragement, Judge Coclcrell deinitely announced, on behalf of the Executive Committee, that the Law School would be established. One ideal has been insisted on from the beginning. Members of the Dallas Bar Association say they are interested in this Law School only on condition that it be conducted in accordance with standards maintained by the best law schools of the country. For admission, two years of college work will be required. judge Joseph E. Cockrell, B. A., LL. B., LL. D., has been elected Dean. Page 20

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Registration R. L. BREWER Registrar Southern Methodist University has a record of growth with which few colleges in the United States can compare. So far as it can be discovered, the initial enrollment of 706 is the largest of any new school in the country. From this remarkable begin' ning there has been a steady increase, with the exception of the year 1917f18, when the loss was occasioned by the number of college students in the army. The record of enrollment is as follows: 'Year 1915916 . 1916f17 . 1917f18 . 191849 . 191920 . 192021 . 192122 . 192223 192324 . 192425 S. M. U. owes much to the very and his staff of able assistants. Total Enrollment Seniors . 706 32 . 823 86 . 779 94 . 874 89 . 1150 91 . 1341 98 . 1710 100 . 2011 131 . 2425' 166 . 2530 187 efficient work of Mr. R. L. Brewer, Registrar, Page 2Q

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School of 5 n gineerin cg and Qffrohiteotnre E. H. FLAT1-1 Director An Engineering College on the cofoperative plan will be opened at Southern Methodist University in September, 1925. One month a student will be in the classf room. The next month he will be working in some industry that employs engineers, such as public utilities, railroads, machinery and mechanical equipment companies, foun' dries, construction companies, textile mills, etc. The course continues eleven and one' half months in the year for five years. Courses will be offered for those who desire to become civil, mechanical and elecf trical engineers and for architects. This form of engineering training is attractive to young men who must contribute to their own support. Students while at work are paid at the current rate of wages. During the first two years, students do not usually make all of their expenses. In the last three years the average student makes more than the amount necessary to stay in school. The Technical Club of Dallas, composed of about two hundred engineers who represent many different branches of the profession, strongly endorses this cofoperative course. In fact, it is at the suggestion of the Club that the University is opening its Engineering College. T The Department of Architecture is sponsored by the North Texas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. E. H. Flath, who is at present the Director of Cofoperative Courses in the Georgia School of Technology at Atlanta, will take up his duties here in the Fall as Director. Page 31