University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING DEAN E. W. COMINGS Dr. Edward YW. Comings, Dean and Professor of Engineering, is one of the maost recent additions te the University's faculty. He came to the University in June, 1959, after having been head of the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Enginecering at Purdue University since 1951, Prior to joining the Purdue f;ixllilj.'. he taught at the University of Illincis, where he setved from 1936 to 1951. This year at Delaware, there were approximately 425 undergraduates enrolled in the School of Engineering. There are four different departments in the engineering school: electrical, mechanical, chemical, and civil, among which the Electrical Engineering Department is the largest. The new equipment and buildings which have been acquiwd in recent years, together with an ;-nhl.t:niing fac Lll!;h have made our School of Engineering one of the finest in the country. DUPONT HALL

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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DEAN WILLIAM PENROSE The School of Education, under the leadership of Dean William Penrose, has a broad program for training future teachers for the primary and secondary schools. There are approximately 300 students in elementary education, and 90 in semndarl-,' education. Students in the latter group can choose among the following major fields: fine arts, music, physical education, social science, and general science. The School of Education, housed in Alison Hall, believes in training teachers in two ways. The first area consists of mastery of the subject material to be taught, and learning the newest methods of teaching. The second part is concerned with studj.'ing the child in the learning situation by obseevation in the classroom and eight weeks of student teaching. 16