Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY Alfred Archin ' Ard Leefe, D.D.S. Dean There is nothing which has caused more regret to the Board of Administrators of Tulane University than the necessity of discontinuing temporarily the Dental School. It was found that in order to meet the raised standards of dental education in a way which the Board regarded as commensurate with the work of the Uni- versity in other professional fields, the budget required for the school would create a constantly increasing annual deficit which would in a few years amount to approximately $100,000.00. The administration is will- ing neither to compromise the position which it has constantly maintained for high standards of education nor to embark on the ultimately ruinous policy of ac- cumulating deficits. This explains why the Board has been compelled to suspend temporarily its School of Dentistry. It is hoped that at least the dental clinic, which has been operated so successfulh , may be continued for it would be nothing less than a calamity to be .obliged to abandon this outstanding service to the poor people of New Orleans. THE GRADUATE SCHOOL John McL. ren McBrvde, Litt.D. Dean The Graduate School offers to men and women the opportunity of extending and rendering more thorough the scholarship obtained in undergraduate courses, and of advancing the boundaries of knowledge by special- ized work and research. The privileges of this school are extended to grad- uates of this University and of other institutions of equal grade. The general scope of the graduate in- struction offered in any subject may be gathered from the statements describing the Courses of Instruction. The work of graduate students is expected, however, to be in a measure independent of the regular courses of instruction.

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THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Denegre MartiNj M.D. Dean The Graduate School of Medicine is the Post-Graduate Department of the College of Medicine of the Tulane University of Louis- iana. It is the Mecca for the physicians who wish to take short review courses, or those leading to a specialty. During the forenoon instructions are given by men of train- ing and experiences in the Clinics of the Charity Hospital, Touro Infirmary and the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, and in the afternoon and evening didactic lectures are delivered at the Hutchinson Memorial, covering all of the branches of Medicine.

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,v, ..■■..,. jj- t} mmimamimii ' imamiMJim m 1 COURSES FOR TEACHERS James Adair Lvon, A.M., D.Sc. Dea7i For many years Tulane Univeriity lias operated a number of courses to meet the need of those whose hours of employment will not permit attendance upon regular classes. The classes are scheduled in the after- noon hours and on Saturdays, thus making it possible for teachers especially, if they so desire, to add to their equipment in many subjects. These courses are of full college grade, conducted by regular members of the faculty, and in the case of students who have satisfactorily fulfilled the entrance requirements, credits obtained may be applied towards a degree. SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK Garret Polhemus Wvckoff Director For seven years the Department of Sociology of the Tulane University of Louisiana has been giving courses intended for those expecting to make social work their profession. Two years ago these w ere organized into a one-year course for the training of social workers. In June, 1927, the Board of Administrators of Tu- lane University ' voted to authorize the expansion of the course into the School of Social Work. The school is a member of the Association of Schools of Professional Social Work. The particular phase of social work for which train- ing is at present offered are Family Social Work, Chil- dren ' s Case Work, Medical Social Work, Community Organization, Vocational Guidance, and Social Re- search. Field work with a social agency doing good work in its line is required of each student and occupies two full days of each week. Supervision of this work is in charge of a member of the faculty in order to make certain that it is really educative to the student. The School of Social Work is on a strictly graduate basis and has in its student body this year graduates of universities as far distant as Texas, Florida, and New York.