University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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THE GRADUATE SCHOOL Stephens JliVEN as early as 1803, the Laws of the College of Georgia make mention of resi- dent graduates. From 1804 to 1814 fifteen were admitted to the degree of Master of Arts. Among these were Elijah Clarke, William Prince, John Forsyth and Henry Meigs. At that time these degrees were seemingly honorary for no course of study is given. In the catalogue of 1868-69, we find the first statement that the M.A. de- gree will be granted only to those who shall pursue a prescribed course of study and in 1871, the catalogue states that Washington Dessau, Walter B. Hill, and Burgess Smith received the M.A. degree. These are prob- ably the first graduates who earned the de- gree in course. B The general requirements for the mas- ter ' s degree remained approximately unal- tered from 1869 until 1892. At the latter date the requirements became substantially what they are today except for the thesis. In the catalogue of 1872-73, the C.E. and the C. and M.E. degrees are mentioned for the first time and in 187 5 the degree of Master of Agriculture was introduced. The Master of Science degree was first offered in 1890, the Master of Science in Forestry in 1917, in Commerce in 1923, in Home Economics in 1924, and in Chemistry in 1932. The two-year course, leading to the degree Master of Education, was offered in 1930. In 1933, the Doctor of Philosophy degree was offered. In 1910, the Board of Trustees formally created the Graduate School and elected as Dean, Dr. W. H. Bocock, who remained at the head until 1928, during which time the success of the school was due to his high standards and to his earnest and efficient work. The growth of the Graduate School in numbers is shown by a few significant figures. The average enrollment for the five-year period, 1913-1918, for the regular session and the summer session combined, was only 36. The combined enrollment for the 1933-34 session, including the Summer Quarter, was 481. The total number graduating with master ' s degrees in June and August of 1934 was 62. There has been, during the past few years, a wonderful awakening of interest in higher education in Georgia. Graduate work will continue to grow in order to keep pace. The University will do its part in encouraging this growth by fostering its Graduate School. R. P. Stephens, Dean.

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THE COORDINATE COLLEGE Powell T HE Coordinate College is simply the de- liberate effort of the Board of Regents to offer to the young women of Georgia who desire it the university type of education, while preserving for them the personal comfort and social protection of the better type of woman ' s colleges. As the Univer- sity is divided for men into the Junior College division and the Senior College di- vision, so it is divided for women. The Junior College women live in the dormitories on the Coordinate campus and have their classes conducted on that campus. Senior College women reside on the other campuses and attend classes on those campuses. It was the spirit of high-minded manliness that made the old University a great school for men; it is the same spirit — substituting for the single term manliness the double term manliness and womanliness — -that is making the new University a great school for all the people of Georgia. R. H. Powell, Dcaii of the Coordinate College.

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a result of hopes that civilization. SCHOOL of LAW C OUNDED three-quarters of a century ago by the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, the Lumpkin Law School has a long and illustrious history. Its graduates have gone forth as the champions of Right and Justice to do battle with the forces of Greed, Dishonesty, Malice and Un- truth. On the roll of its alumni arc the names of lawyers, judges and statesmen famous in the history of the State and Nation. Inspired by the achievements of those who have gone out from its walls, the School strives constantly to pre- pare its students for positions of lead ership. The School teaches that a lawyer owes duties not only to his client but also to society and the State. It is not content, therefore, merely to prepare students to represent the private interests of clients. It seeks to equip them to grapple with the com- plex legal problems growing out of a changing social and economic order. It undertakes to give them an understand- ing of the questions with which they will be confronted as new conceptions of the functions of the State in modern society. In this way the School it may play a part in so designing our law that it may serve as the framework of a better H. W. Caldwell, Demi THE SCHOOL of COMMERCE JL HE School of Commerce of the University was established by resolution of the Board of Trustees in 1912 and began operations with the session of 1913-14. For fifteen years the School had very re- stricted quarters in the Academic Building. In 1928 it was moved into the handsome new Commerce- Journalism Building, presented by the alumni of the University, and since that time has had ample space for its purposes. The curriculum of the School of Commerce has been so constructed as to provide adequate training in the principles and practices of the business world and at the same time allow latitude for the traditional cultural subjects, such as sciences, language and literature. In recent years the curriculum of the University has been passed through revolutionary changes. This development has brought it about that the School of Commerce is now almost a purely professional school with the requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Commerce degree largely compressed into the last two of the normal four years of the college course. While there are several elementary courses in eco- nomics and business which come in the second year of the Junior College curriculum, it is now possible for students to transfer from Junior colleges and complete the degree require- ments in the two years of the Senior Division. Upon entering the Senior Division the candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Commerce degree have a choice among four fields of concentration. Accounting, Finance, General Economics, and Marketing. In each one of these fields the requirement is fourteen advanced courses. This requirement is in addition to the four elementary courses ordinarily taken in the Sophomore year. R. p. Brooks, Dcaii