University of Alabama - Corolla Yearbook (Tuscaloosa, AL)

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I g 3 I OO FR O L-.l School of Commerce The cardinal principle upon which this school is founded is the e |uipment of the student with such training that successfully fits him for the field of business endeavor. Thnugh started six years ago, it has in this brief span achieved an enviable record. It has grown until it is the second ta the largest in size of the schools of the University and is recognized as one of the lead- ing schools of the United States. Such growth and progress is not cnly phenomenal, but also serves as an inspiration to the students where not just the mechanics of business are learned, but also the ethics of business and civic responsibilities. Dean Bidgood College of Sngineering In the polytechnic field, the College of Engineering has few superiors. Since its establishment in 1881, this institution has steadily developed until it now embraces chemical, civil, elec- trical, and mechanical engineering, and a school of mines. A remarkably complete engineering station in a location which renders readily accessible a greater variety of mining operations than any other school in the country produces an excellent fusion of the practical and the theoretical in engineering. The type of work carried on at the University is demonstrated by the Secretary of War ' s including of the college in the list of ap- proved schools, and the establishment of the only branch of the V. S. Bureau of Mines in the South. Excellent instruction, the best equipment, and an ideal geographic location are dis- tinctive characteristics of the College of Engineering. Dean Davis College of Sducation The College of Education is a young but fast growing di- vision of the University, having been established two years ago by action of the State Board of Education and the trustees of the University. It replaces the School of Education organized in 1909 as an outgrowth of the Department of Philosophy and Education which had been established by the trustees in 1899. It has already taken rank among the larger divisions of the University from the standpoint of enrollment and is exerting a wide-felt influence upon the school system of the state. The College of Education, with its magnificent building and equipment, is a monument to the leadership of Dr. J. J. Doster, who was appointed Dean of the School of Education in 191 1 and has served continuously since that time. By his ambition, vision, foresight, and untiring zeal he has developed the teacher training function of the University to a full four-year college, and has made a lasting impression upon the entire euucational system of our State. Dean Doster 25

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■ E 1 g 3 I O O F= CD l l X College of oArts and Sciences The year 1831 witnessed the founding of the College of Arts and Sciences, which was for many years the only division of the University of Alabama. The growth of this centurian has been phenomenal. Beginning with a total enrollment of less than a hundred, it has gradually expanded until today the resultant Iniversity proudly exhibits more than four thousand students. A decade of superlative leadership and organization on the part of the present dean. Dr. Charles H. Barnwell, has placed the college at the head of all other Alabama institutions, and has given it nationally high rating, as well as more than trebling the number of students registered. The ideal training and background of the college can but produce not only men ■well worthy of the profession, but also intelligent, broad-minded citizens. Dean Barnwell Law School The School of Law was organized in 1871. It is centered at Farrah Hall, a beautiful three-story building, dedicated to Dean Albert J. Farrah, A.M., LL.B., LL.D., who has been the principal figure for eighteen years in the development of legal studv in Alabama. A member of the Association of American Law Schools and possessing the approved rating of the Amer- ican Bar Associaticn, the Law College is one of the leading instruments in the South for developing competent members of the bar. The Alabama Law School has as its aim not only theoretical and practical instruction of students in legal fields, but also the training of students in the ethics and principles of the legal profession. The best equipment and an excellent faculty have placed the Alabama Law School in the high posi- tion which it now maintains. Dean Farrah School of SMedicine This school at present offers only the first two years of medi- cine, but maintains such standards of admission and promotion as insure ready transfer for its students to the best four-year schools for the completion of their medical education. The thor- oughness of their training at Alabama has been proven by their uniform success elsewhere. Matriculants are carefully selected for character and general fitness as well as scholarship. En- rollment is limited. The net result is a small, high grade, con- genial student body which receives close individual attention from the faculty. Medicine is the only historic profession for which complete education is not now offered by Alabama. To the correction of this situation as soon as possible the University trustees, the Medical Alumni Association and the State Medical Association are formally committed. As a basis for this development the University is endeavoring to perfect its two-year school in con- formance with the highest standards. cSr Dean Graves 24

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E I Q 3 I OO F=RO l L W The Qraduate School This newly organized school has experienced remarkable growth under the guiding hand of Dean A. B. Moore. In 1925 a comparatively small number of students were enrolled, but by ably feeling a long-felt need it numbers its students by the hundreds. The chief aim of the Graduate School is the promotion of a spirit of research and the development of a power to do in- dependent work. It develops the habit of intensive study, re- sourcefulness and more mature judgment. It gives a more lib- eral culture than is acquired in undergraduate work. •4 Dean Moore ' Dean of SMen The position of Dean of Men at the University of Alabama was created in the fall of 1928. The first to hold this office was Dean Dabney S. Lancaster, who entered upon the per- formance of his duties in January, 1929. Dean Lancaster serves as the adviser of all men students, looks after their interests, and, at the same time, is charged with the responsibility of seeing that University regulations are enforced. Other obliga- tions of the Dean, alias the Students ' Friend, include the chair- manship of the Committee on Student Organizations and Social Activities, and of the Committee on Student Publications. All activities of student groups, as well as the supervision of social functions, are within the scope of his duties. Dean Lancaster €xeculire Secretary A University office of utmost importance is that of executive secretary. Of the many important duties involved, the registra- tion of all students stands first. In addition to acting as an assistant to the president, and authorizing all of the purchases of the numerous departments of the University, Mr. Ralph E. Adams, the gentleman who now occupies this position, holds the responsibility of serving on the Athletic Committee, the Social Committee, and a number of others. Mr. Adams is renowned for his miraculous faculty at unerringly remembering not only the faces, but also the names of all students with whom he comes in contact. His unusual efficiency in filling the capacity of executive secretary has made him an outstanding character on the Alabama campus. , J-- . Mr. Adams 26