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

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BAILEY Brewer Zumbrunnen EXECUT VE STAFF, OFFICERS LAYTON WEVER BAILEY . . . . . Busineu Manager ROBERT LEE BREWER . . . . . . . . Registrar VVIGGs N. BABB . . . . . . . . . Juditor ALBERT CLAY ZUMBRUNNEN . . . . 9mm of Students MARY RANDLE HAY . . . . . . wean of Women The Business lV'Ianager supervises the handling of some $800,000 to $1,000,000 annually received by the University in gifts, tuitionJ and income from endowments. He is secretary of the Appropriations Committee, Board of Trustees, Executive Committee, Athletic Council, and Student Activities Scholarship Committee. The Registrar is the custodian of the scholastic records of every student Who ever attended the University; answers requests for catalogs and information; sends and receives transcripts of credits from colleges and high schools; and compiles fraternity and sorority averages. The Auditor acts as assistant to the Business Manager, and has general charge of the oHice. He handles all records pertaining to the accounting and bookkeeping involved in receiving and disbursing University funds. The Dean of Students has sponsored a study of social life on the campus this year. In his ca- pacity as executive secretary on the Student Loans and Employment Committee, he has adminis tered the ERA funds from the Federal Government. Mrs. Hay is concerned generally With the academic, social, physical and spiritual welfare of women students on the campus. She presides over Snider and Virginia Halls, women,s dormitories. s 15s

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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES The academic standards of Southern Methodist University won the approval of the College Association of Texas during the very first year of the institution. Then, in 1922, the school was admitted to membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and in 1929 was put on the approved list of the Association of American Universities and at the same time was admitted to membership in the American Association of University Women. Hence, the students enter the universities of the world Without question. The institution has had students in various graduate schools over America and in foreign coun- tries. A check made several years ago showed that more than hfty of its graduates up to that date had attended the thirteen largest graduate schools in America and that not a single one had failed in his work. More than half of them had made higher grades in the graduate schools than they had at Southern Methodist University. Several eX-students have already won distinction. One of these is now on the art staff of The Saturday Evening Post,- another won the world-famous art prize, the prix de Rome; and another made the discovery of the long-lost Mayan capital in British Hon- duras, and thus received the compliments of scientists and journalists over the continent. One stu- dent is now With the Byrd Expedition. The number of students becoming prominent in the professions and other lines of work is rapidly increasing. The University offers scholarships each year to the highest ranking students of both sexes in each Texas high school aHiliated to the extent of fifteen units. These entitle the holders to exemption both semesters of one year from their tuition in the College of Arts and Sciences. Similar awards are made to graduates of Junior Colleges in the N orth Texas territory surrounding S. M. U. In ad- dition, there are fifty student activity scholarships, and also twenty undergraduate scholarships, ten for men and ten for women, awarded to Juniors in the University Who make the highest averages in their classes during their freshman and sophomore years. N umerous endowed scholarships are also available. In accordance With the policy of the modern university, 8. M. U. makes every effort to safeguard the health of students during their stay on the campus. Before matriculation, each student is re- quired to undergo a thorough physical examination. In case of sudden illness, competent physicians are provided, Who may also be consulted at any time by regularly enrolled students. Two years credit in Physical Education is required by the University for all degrees in the College of Arts and Sciences. To make the fulfillment of this requirement as desirable as possible, many interesting and different forms of athletics are offered by the department. Golf, basketball, tennis, swimming, hand- ball, tumbling, and aesthetic dancing are some of the activities Which may be pursued in certain cases in place of the regular Physical Education classes. To enhance still further the attractiveness of the Physical Education requirement, the department sponsors a program of intramural sports, Which finds practically every student in the University eagerly participating. The list of faculty members holding the Doctor,s degree has constantly increased from 6 in 1915 to 30 in 1933, and the amount of research work done by them as represented by publications, books, etc, has reached considerable proportions. Some of the books written are used as college texts all about over the United States. A check of IIVVhols Who in America,J shows listed twenty-six mem- bers of the faculty of Southern Methodist University-a very fine showing When compared With that of larger and older faculties. The student enrollment in Arts and Sciences rose gradually from 522 in 1915-16 to 1669 in 1925-26, but by 1933 had dropped to 1286. However, the return of upper-classmen has been very gratifying, as the number of degrees conferred indicates. These numbers have increased from 25 in 1915-16 to 208 in 1932-33. The session of 1933-34 shows good resistance to the depression. a 17 a