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

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Education Born in Scandinavia, Hlisconsin, Dean ld. G. Hotz first absorbed higher learning at Ushkosh State Normal. Took Nl. A., Ph. B at University of VVisconsin, Ph. D. at Columbia. First tute- lage was in form of enlightening' students in a one-room country schoolhouse. After several years with schools in Vllisconsin, he taught at Vililliam and Nlary and from there arrived at Arkansas in 1919. Been with College of Edu- cation ever since except for two years spent as high school supervisor for Arkansas, 1923-1925. Made dean in 1934. A chess fiend, Dean llotz keeps a constant battle array in the mails with his brother who lives in Vvisconsin. Takes about a year to play a game, and the Dean is usually the winner. Also likes to putter around in his garden. ls now work- ing on a book, Tzfarlwm' iwmzzzal for Conser- wzlion for KIIJCLIIISLJS f':l87llt?1'Il6ll'j' and Secondary Sclzfmlx. DEAN H. G. HOTZ It was 1898 A.D. when the College of lfducation first saw the dawn under the erudite appellation, Department of Pedgagogy. ln 1918 it assumed the less pretentious name of Department of lfducation. and three years later became the present College of liducation. In the traditional red brick schoolhouse, Peabody llall, the future despots of desk and rod garner 'lbook larnin and theory from ljducation intelligentsia, Drs. Bent, Cross, Kronenberg, and Reinoehl. ln the University training school, student practice teachers discover why teachers turn gray, as they forget their theory and struggle with practice. Over a hundred students enroll each year for practice teaching, and several enroll for directed coaching. Annually the Teachers' Placement Bureau helps hnd schools for the graduates. ln spite of the war situation, the enrollment has not dropped appreciably, for there is still about the usual number of potential abecedarians to carry on in noble form the triple R curriculum. The aims and ideals of the education profession continue along their way: giving students a broad general education: teaching them to master the special subject or subjects they wish to teach, supple- menting this training with courses to give them skill in teaching techniques, and actual practice under supervised direction. Biggest headache of Dean Hotz is planning the annual summer school session. This year offers new problems since more courses are being offered. so that those who wish may get their degrees before the draft gets them.

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Arts and Sciences Although utilitarians scoff at the arts, and although the war has taken its toll to some extent, there still escapes from one end of the basement of Old Nlain, center of Arts and Sciences activities, the noise of clicking typewriter keys as would-be journalists and authors pound out their masterpieces. From the other end of the basement comes the grind of machinery as the physicist takes over. Up on the second floor the future statesmen still wrangle, and emulators of Herodotus ponder the weighty problems of politics and war. On the third floor the languages and art still reign supreme, from the Teutonic grunts of the German classes, the nasal phonetics of the French classes, the satirical comments on lfnglish themes, to the sculpture of a twenty-year-hence Nlichelangelo and the latest portrait of a modern Raphael. Considering the fact that between twenty-live and thirty percent of University students are enrolled in Arts and Sciences, and that some eighty professors instruct them, it would seem that the arts and sciences are not dead, nor even dying. The College tends to give the student a well-rounded personal development by enrolling him in pre-professional curricula, and providing him with the resources of a liberal education. Factors that contribute to a general knowledge and interpretation of forces, tendencies, conflicts, and problems of life are emphasized. From her desk in the Dean's office, Nlrs. Fred F. Borden, vivacious trouble-shooter for Dean Hosford, struggles with schedules and students who f'aren't doing so well . She likes music, classical and religious, but has to admit those South American pieces have something . Three years head of the College of Arts and Sciences and still Dean H. NI. Hosford does not consider himself a veteran demagogue. Very modest and retiring, the Dean, although any- thing but loquacious when talking of himself, waxes lyrical about his college. The dean hails from Vvaxahachie, Texas, 'a little bit south of Dallas . Qbtained the rudi- ments of higher learning' at SNIU when that school was in its infancy. Took Nl. A. and Ph. D. at lllinois. Then returned to SNIU to teach six years before coming to Arkansas as a mathe- matics instructor. lnsists he has no hobbies unless you call read- ing a hobby . A sports fan, he is particularly fond of baseball, but claims he has no favorite team or player. lixcept, of course, in football and basketball. Then it's: Let's go, Razorbacks! DIZ.-XX Il. NI. IIOSFURIJ Page 27

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Engineering There will be no pavement pounding for graduates of the lifngineering school. jobs are waiting for these students, and many recommendations are asked by the government and such big-name concerns as DuPont. The College of 1fll1Q1l1CCl'll1g is the one school on the campus most likely to keep its enrollment near the peace-time peak. For the lfngineers are exempted from military service as long as they do satisfactory work. Dean Stocker reports their progress to federal authorities. During YYorld Xvar I in 1918. the enrollment actually increased. The freshman class of that year was larger than all four classes had been in preceding years. And oflicials look for history to repeat itself. Doing its part in the national emergency. the College of Engineering has charge of the defense courses offered in cooperation with the goyernment's defense program. Training in drafting and machine shop work is given to high school graduates in preparation for war-time industries. Since its establishment in 1872 the University has housed some kind of engineering department. The first departments were civil and mining. Nlechanical engineering was added and the mining depart- ment dropped. ln 1895 electrical engineering became a part of the curriculum. Chemical engineering is the newest department. All phases were welded into the College of Engineering in 1912, with Professor Knoech at its head. Dean G. P. Stocker is a busy man these days since the national emergency has caused a demand for all the engineers that can be trained. He came to the University one war ago as head of the civil department. Served in that capacity until 1936 when he became dean of the Engineering school. Has no hobbies: hobbles he says, instead. Says he isn't old enough to play golf yet. Got his college degree at the University of Wvisconsinz his master's from lowa State. Did graduate work at Cornell and went on to teach at New Nlexico State College and Nlississippi A and NI. lYas also head of the department of civil engineering at Swarthmore College. Belongs to the Newcomen Society of London, group of prominent engineers from all over the world. DEAN G. P. S'1'UC'KIiR Page 29