University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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«M|t- t!ik M.mViIMS- iri,M . C School of Education school of education completes first year as separate school Dean of School of Education The School of Education, under the direction of Dean Stephen Romine, is in its first year as a separate school of the University. The School was formerly a department of the College of Arts and Sciences. Al- though the School enrolls only upper division and grad- uate students, freshmen and sophomores preparing to go into all phases of education are included in the more than 2,000 or more students involved each year in the teaching of education at all elevels, in all divisions of the University. The School maintains 20 faculty members during the academic year and 50 faculty members in the sum- mer session. The visiting faculty members are from all parts of the United States, and a number of foreign Undergraduate students in the School include ele- mentary education majors as well as distributed study majors preparing to teach in secondary schools. Students majoring in other divisions take professional courses in the School. Romine, as head of the School of Education, is re- sponsible for the coordination of the teacher education program carried on, in part, by the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business, the School of Educa- tion, and the College of Music. He is also responsible for the continued appraisal and improvement of the teacher education program. The School of Education includes the Bureau of Educational Research and Service, which does research and provides service to any schools in the state which need its assistance. Practice teaching Is important

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one-fourth of students seek engine degrees Engine students conducting experiment in electronics labs. College of Engineering Under the direction of dean Clarence Eckel, the College of Engineering has enrolled in it approximately one fourth of the University ' s student body. Engineering degrees are offered in fields such as aero- nautical, architectural, chemical, civil, electrical, and mechan- ical. Also conferred are degrees in physics, architecture, and applied mathematics. A faculty of 170 members instructs the 1,927 students in the different phases of engineering. The Associated Engineering Students, under the direction of George Strecker, president, maintains close contact be- tween faculty and students, and helps to formulate Engine School policy. In the fall, the organization sponsors the annual Slide Rule Follies, in which different engineering societies on campus compete against each other with hu- morous skits. Engineers ' Days climaxes tiie school year each spring. In this event the school displays the work of the students from the past year. An honors convocation at which honors and scholarships are presented initiates the weekend activi- ties. Festivities are completed with the Engine Ball and the crowning of the Engineering Queen. The College also publishes its own magazine, the Colo- rado Engineer, this year under the editorship of Dale Norblom. Sign of future engineer — his sliderule

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School of Business business and economic infor- nnation provided through bureau of business research The School of Business, under the supervision of Dean L. D. Coolidge, is an upper-division school with an approximate enrolhnent of 850 students. The School, under 48 full and part-time instructors, prepares students for various careers in the field of business and business administration. In addition to its regular academic program, the School maintains a Bureau of Business Research, which publishes magazines and pam- phlets to provide businessmen of Colorado with business and economic information about the state. It supports a Business Advisory Council, composed of prominent Colorado businessmen who aid the School through advice on its curriculum; and a student board, which represents the student body of the school by working closely with the faculty and Dean Coolidge in planning the activities of the School. Many members of the School ' s faculty work off campus in the University Extension Pro- gram, and aid in company training programs of various concerns through- out Colorado. Tools of business: graphs and figures