University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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'- .. I'l fTL'.: Z' Wi 'J 'Trier ,fIm'l?5'i'.'ffCfJ- J 192 fi' i V v ' COLLEGE OF EDUCATTON ......... .... .... ............... ....... ....... ,,.. ..,., 6. 1f?'ifgy..7 ...-.. . .. ,.. . ...,. . ....... .... . . .. .. ...-.....-. A A4 WCG .......... ...... - ,,..,,.,.., ..,A ---,..,..,s.,..,..,-...-,,.-.-..,. aw XX: HY call teacher-training schools Col- . leges of Education? The name is not an accident, but a well-conceived philosophy is back of the christening. Courses for the preparation of teachers were first offered in a T State University by Professor Payne in l879. Much has happened since then, and his noblest of professions is emerging in the minds of the world. And the keynote of its nobility is in the fact that we are more and more realizing that the function of this type of university work is to educate rather than merely train teachers. University education has steadily main- tained that real education is to free men from the hampering influence of tradition. A college of education undertakes this. lt is far more than a mere training or finishing school. It emphasizes a broad education as a basis for professional preparation, which is DEAN CREAGER to be conceived in the most liberal terms. No real College of Education offers a set of recipes for the guaranty of success in teaching school. The work in practice teaching does give the novice a chance to catch the pace of a trained apprentice. But by the time that he is ready to teach, it is to be hoped that the future teacher may work out his craftmanship successfully, free from servile imitation of traditional practice. The College of Education of the University of Arkansas sets itself to the task of furnishing theState with well-educated teachers, and tries to prepare educational leaders for the State in various lines of work other than classroom teacher. -J. O. CREAGER. J tt , .1 Page 27

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COLLEGE OE AGRICULTURE kb. .......... Wi H.. IWW 1- H ...,...........,. .. ... . . . . . . 'FN5 42133213115 A M A A ' feliiizzzzizzizzfimtzit:::::1:::::: A A ,..... 3 11111211212 ViZfZ2W42fJi4l?sdl'Zfiiwwwvmczzgzzzzzzzzgzzff''im1 3'f'f ffSmL' 1:::::::,f3f:fQ Q f fa v f..- .....,. ,..,....... ,.., , ....,......,,,.. . . .... . ..... . .... .........., - ..,,... ,.., ,,... . .....,., LX! Hli College of Agriculture of the Uni- versity of Arkansas does three things, and its work is divided into three main divisions. Une of these divisions is known as the Agricultural Experiment Station, and its - main object is to discover new facts. Those scientists that belong to the staff of the Station devote their time to solving problems which are beyond the individual farmers and their wives. These problems concern plant and animal diseases, fertilizers, products, marketing. and other problems of the farm and home. In all, the College has approxi- mately thirty-Iive workers associated with the Experiment Station, each official devoting at least a part of his time to ClCl:1l1ltC research A problems. Another division is the college proper- DEAN GRM' this having to do with teaching resident stu- dents. This phase is the one with which the students of the University are most familiar. The college proper deals with resident students, and undertakes to discover and develop new leadership for the rural people of the state. The third division deals with extension work in agriculture and home economics, and consists of nothing but simple teaching. The students are not taught, however, upon our campus and in our classrooms. They are out in the rural districts, and consist of those who, for various reasons, can not come to the University. The function of this faculty is to teach the farm men and women over the state the principle of better farming and better home-making. -DAN T. GllAV. H v'v-'1' ri-ol ' ,gem . L xg I Page 26 X

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f - .1 1lyi1'.i1.'- . , THE SCI-IIOOII.. OF LAW 1 INli'I'liliN 'l'XVliN'I'Y-SEVEN had pe- culiar significance for the School of Law. In the spring of 1927, the first class of eight nien graduated, and in the fall two more received degrees. Nine of these ten graduates entered the practice in the State, In the fall, the School of Law began work under more favorable conditions, as two especially equipped classrooms and additional library space were provided. The law library was increased to 8,500 volumes. As a result of a systematic program for the purchase of law boolcs, the present law library represents a careful selection now easily available at all times for the students. In the fall of 1927, the law students for xi the first time organized a separate student - body. A law school council was elected, and a definite student association effected. DEAN WA'i'1cmmN In December of 1927, the School of Law was admitted to membership in the Associa- tion of American Law Schools, an organization in which only eleven other Southern law schools are members, and which consists of the fifty leading law schools of America. While marked gains were made by the School of l.aw, the passing of judge Wlilliam Armistead Falconer, Professor of Law, in November, 1927, was a great loss. I-Ie was an able teacher, a profound student of the law, a recognized scholar in the classics, a noble example of the best traditions of the Old South, and a lovable companion. --I. S. VVA'1'1f:RMrxN. V ' . ' I . A . ff- L.-. ' ' ' . Page .YH f