Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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E Y (The Id2« ni College of Liberal Arts Dka.n William L. Rkay THE College of Liberal Arts is the oldest of the University ' s group of colleges, it being a continuatinn of the Genesee Col- leo-e which flourished at Lima. N. Y. from 1849 to 187L The college was opened in the Myers Block on September L 1871 with 41 stu dents. At present the enroll- ment is around 1400. This number com- prises about 22% of the total I ' niversity en- rollment. This college has grown with the University and at the same time has retained a relation which may aptly be described as the nucleus of the organization. The purpose of the College is to provide first of all a four years ' course in the Liberal .Arts and Sciences leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree with its implications as to culture, character, and fitness for leader- ship in service; to provide also a founda- tion for work in professional colleges and in the Graduate School. Dean William L. Bray of the Graduate School was appointed .Acting Dean in June 192. upon the resignation of Dean William II. IMetzler. s o 10

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I I I i College of Fine Arts TilK College of I ' iiu- Arts, one ni the largest schools of its kind in the country, has a faculty of 37 nienihers, and a student enrollment of nine hundred. The Music and Art departments entirely occupy the Crouse College building, with its forty- nine studios and classrooms. The .Archi- tecture department is located on the top floor of the Joseph Slocum College of Agri- culture building. During the present year, in addition to the regular work in music, the College of- fers three Master Classes conducted by musicians of international reputation. A Master Class in piano under Mme. Tina Lerner. the Russian ])ianist ; a Master Class in Conducting under Mr. X ' ladimir Shavitch. the conductor of the Syracuse Sym])hnny TJrchestra; and a Master Class in Singing imder Mr. Oscar .Seagle, noted baritone and co-teacher with .Mr. Jean de Reszke at Xice, I- ' rance. The course in conducting is the first ever offered in m American University. llAkiil.li 1. S ZSfZiS mm mi