University of Alberta - Evergreen and Gold Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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I Q I FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE The UniversiTy oT AlberTa saw The creaTion oT The FaculTy oT AgriculTure in May I9I5. This embryonic organizaTion advanced by leaps and bounds, soon To become one oT The besT esTablished and mosT popular TaculTies on The campus. Today, wiTh a permanenT sTaTT oT Zl and an enroImenT oT over 300, The EaculTy oT AgriculTure is Turning ouT high-calibre personnel To manage our naTion's chieT indusTry. FurThermore, iT is conducTing exTensive research programmes in such Tields as Animal l-lusbandry, Dairying, Field Crops and Soils. Dean R. D. Sinclair, The presenT man behind The scenes has seen his TaculTy Through good Times and bad since I94I. Under The capable leadership oT an individual so deeply concerned wiTh The progress oT AgriculTure in our province, The TuTure oT This EaculTy is assured. FACULTY OF LAW The EaculTy oT Law was esTablished in I9I9 wiTh sixTy sTudenTs enrolled. Wi+h The adopTion of The unique case sysTem oT Teaching, sTudenTs have learned Their law by reading and discussing acTual cases. Each sTudenT is given The op- porTuniTy To argue a MooT each year, The bench consisTing oT Seniors and over- Town lawyers. Dean W. F. Bowlcer succeeded Dean M. M. MacInTyre in I945 and wiTh limiTed sTaTT and TaciliTies has proven his meTal in puTTing Through an ever- increasing number oT sTudenTs in This already overcrowded TacuITy. FACULTY OF MEDICINE In OcTober I9I3, insTrucTion began in The EaculTy oT Medicine. buT iT was noT unTil I924 ThaT a compleTe Tive year course leading To The degree oT MD. was oTTered. The same year The School oT Nursing was added To The EaculTy. Classes conTinued To swell unTil in I945 DenTisTry was separaTed Trom The I:aCUlTy OT Medicine, becoming a TaculTy in iTselT. During The Second World War an acceleraTed course in Medicine was designed To meeT The increased demand Tor MO's in The armed Torces. The relenTless eTTorTs oT Dr. Ranlcin The TirsT dean. coupled wiTh The generosiTy oT The Rocldeller FounclaTion in placing halT a million dollars aT The disposal oT The UniversiTy Tor medical Teaching purposes, are in a large degree responsible Tor The repuTable sTaTus oT AlberTa's FaculTy oT Medicine. WiTh The largesT classes on record in aTTend- ance This session, and The Pre-Medical years Tilled To overTlowing, iT is expecTed ThaT The FaculTy oT Medicine will assume an even greaTer role on The campus in The near TuTure. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING The FaculTy oT Applied Science was separaTed Trom The FaculTy oT ArTs and Science in The auTumn oT I9I3. During The TirsT Two years oT iTs exisTence The TaculTy held classes in AThabasca I'lall. ln l9I5 classrooms were moved To The ArTs Building, which had iusT reached compleTion, and in l9I9 The engineering laboraTories were added To The lisT oT Temporary UniversiTy Buildings. Dean I-Iardy now heads The progressive TaculTy. The recenT expansion oT The oil indusTry in AlberTa wiTh The discovery oT The Leduc Tield has produced inTensiTied eTTorTs wiThin The TaculTy To add a course in PeTroIeum Engineering To an already exTensive curriculum including Chemical, Civil, ElecTrical and Mining Engineering. Twenty-two

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::::::::: PQf5Qn11QI:::::::: EXTENSION DEPARTMENT-DONALD CAMERON. The Deparfmenf of Exfensions primary purpose is fo make available fo fhe province fhe educafional benefifs of fhe Universify. The sfaff of over fwenfy people is kepf busy providing exfension service in fhe form of films, records, and prinfed informafion. The Deparfmenf publishes fhe monfhly drama magazine Sfage Door as well as arranging for fhe adiudicafion of drama and musical fesfivals. If also offers shorf lecfure courses fo inferesfed drama groups fhrough- ouf fhe province. The famous Banff School of Fine Arfs, a very imporfanf branch of fhe Deparfmenf, affracfs sfudenfs from far and wide, who gafher fo sfudy under beaufiful surroundings during fhe summer monfhs. Donald Cameron, Direcfor of fhe Deparfmenf of Exfension is rendering bofh fhe Universify and fha Province a valuable service fhrough his energefic and progressive leadership. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR-MR. CAIRNS. Mr. Cairns, fhe Assisfanf Regisfrar enjoys dufies closely connecfed fo fhose of fhe Regisfrar. By shouldering some of fhe vasf responsibilify of fhe Regisfrans Office, fhis office makes possible fhe efficienf handling of fhe heavy adminisfrafive work of fhe Universify. Three former classrooms on fhe second floor of fhe Arfs Building now house fhe Assisfanfs Office-a far cry from fhe old cramped guarfers in Afhabasca I'IaIl. Amongsf fhe maze of files in fhese offices may be found records varying all fhe way from pre-universify works fo General Faculfy Council informafion which is used in mainfaining provincial professional sfandards. PROVOST-MR. H. P. SPARBY. lvlr. I'I. P. Sparby is fhe U. of Afs fhird Provosf. The office of provosf was firsf held by Dr. Ivlacbachran, who accepfed fhe posifion in I9I4, affer having been disciplinarian for Afhabasca I-Iall for a number of years. I'lis successor, Col. P. S. Warren, was provosf from I945 unfil his refiremenf fhis year, when Mr. Sparby fook over. The provosfls primary dufy is fo acf as a mediafor befween fhe sfudenfs and adminisfrafors of fhe Universify. Moreover, he is responsible for discipline, and exercises general supervision over conducf and welfare of fhe sfudenfs, especially fhose in residence. ln cases of serious breach of discipline, fhe provosf acfs as head of fhe Commiffee of lnvesfigafion. Ivlr. Sparby came from Calgary fwo years ago, fo fill a vacancy on fhe Faculfy of Educafion, and now enioys fhe fwo-fold fask of affending fo his dufies as provosf as well as delivering Iecfures fo sfudenf feachers. EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT-DR. JOHNS. As assisfanf fo fhe Presidenf, Dr. Johns shoulders fhe numerous and varied dufies which may from fime fo fime be assigned by Dr. Newfon. Such maffers as fhe preparafion of fhe budgef, allocafion of space for feaching, preparafion of cerfain porfions of fhe calendar, and fhe mainfenance of records, fake up a good porfion of Dr. Johns' fime. In addifion fo handling fhese and fhe many ofher infricacies involved in fhe direcfion of fhe Universify, fhis amiable and efficienf adminisfrafor is an accomplished lecfurer in fhe Deparfmenf of Classics of fhe Faculfy of Arfs and Science. Twenty-Una I I i I Ill J- ., 'ZS i I I I I I

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FACULTY OF DENTISTRY , AlThough The FaculTy oT DenTisTry is a comparaTively new TaculTy on The campus, plans are already under way To expand presenT TaciliTies. IT is hoped ThaT in The noT Too disTanT TuTure The FaculTy will Take over one oT The mosT modern and besT equipped universiTy denTal clinics in Canada. The courses in DenTisTry are so planned as To provide a sound educaTional baclcgroundq and a Thorough knowledge oT The various diagnosTic and TreaTmenT Techniques. Through The unTiring eTTorTs oT Dean W. S. l-lamilTon and his capable sTaTT, The FaculTy oT DenTisTry has aTTained a very prominenT posiTion among Canadian and American denTal Training insTiTuTions. FACULTY or ARTS AND science T T Dean J. MacDonald heads The l5aculTy which has been The mainsTay oT The i i N 6- UniversiTy since iTs origin in I908. During This period oT Time, many oTher TaculTies have been born wiThin The FaculTy oT ArTs and Science, and have been guided along unTil such Time as They were able To carry on alone. The UniversiTy's iiMoTher l:aculTy aT presenT is experiencing growing pains resulTing Trom The huge inTlux oT sTudenTs Tollowing The mosT recenT World War. Classes and laboraTories in boTh The ArTs and Medical Buildings are Tilled To overTlowing. WiTh hope Tor relieT sTiIl ouT oT sighT, Dean MacDonald is doing a Truly crediTable iob in lqeeping This iiawl-,ward' TaculTy rolling during so diTTiculT a period. ADVISOR T0 WOMEN STUDENTS Miss Simpson, Advisor To Women STudenTs, noT unliTe her predecessors, has discovered ThaT The undeTined duTies oT her posiTion are maniTold, and ThaT They oTTer greaT scope Tor real service To universiTy sTudenTs. An exTremely energeTic person, Miss Simpson reTuses To adhere To oTTice hours, being ready and willing To help any sTudenT aT any Time. While her chieT capaciTy is Advisor To WomenT STudenTs, one can resT assured ThaT no mere man has ever been Turned away Trom her door. lT has been said ThaT Miss Simpson has played The parT oT MoTher Con- Tessor and a True Triend To innumerable sTudenTs, ranging all The way Trom The lowly TresheTTe aT The coTTee parTy To The club execuTive planning a special social aTTair. ln addiTion To her oTher duTies, Miss Simpson Tinds Time To lecTure in The FaculTy oT EducaTion. EDUCATION Dr. E. M. l.aZerTe, Dean oT The FaculTy oT EducaTion, is head oT a TaculTy in which evoluTion and expansion have characTerized iTs Teacher Training program in The UniversiTy since iTs beginnings abouT TwenTy years ago. ln l93O The School oT EducaTion was esTablished wiTh a TaculTy oT Two, and a sTudenT enrolmenT oT eighT. STudenTs regisTered in The School oT EducaTion aTTer graduaTion Trom The l3aculTy oT ArTs and Science, and gualiTied Tor a l-ligh School CerTiTicaTe in one year. During l94O and l94l The Teacher Training insTiTuTion was called The College oT EducaTion. The graduaTing class had increased To approximaTely sixTy by l942. FaculTy, auThorized by The SenaTe in IQZ8, was Tinally compleTed in l942, and a program oT Training leading To a Bachelors degree was inTroduced. The closing oT AlberTais Normal Schools in 1945 and The inTegraTion oT all Teacher Training under The FaculTy oT EducaTion resulTed in a sudden increase in The number oT EducaTion sTudenTs, unTil Today There are over 950 sTudenTs in The TaculTy. Twenty-three 6.23 , 'ls ' A mini- T 5