University of Houston - Houstonian Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Ezekiel W. Cullen Building The College of Arts and Sciences is the central unit of the University. There are approximately 3,200 students who are majoring in one of the 21 departments of Arts and Sciences, and most of the students in other colleges of the University take their core curriculum and other basic subjects in this college. There are 199 full-time and 89 part-time faculty members. ln addition to the basic liberal arts courses, pre-professional training for students planning to enter the legal, medical, dental, optometric, theological, teaching, pharmaceutical, and other professions is offered. The college provides preparation for graduate work as well as pro- grams leading to the Bachelor of Arts, Science, N Fine Arts and Music degrees, the Master of Arts and Sciences degrees, and the Doctor of Philo- sophy degree in Psychology. The special facilities available to stu- dents include KUHT-TV and KUHF-FM, the laboratories of the Radio-TV department, which also broadcast telecourses, the COUGAR and HOUSTONIAN, combining laboratory ex- perience with intra-university communication, and the labs of the science and language depart- ments. Students may participate in the debate team, drama department productions, and the concerts and recitals of the music department. DR. ALFRED R. NEUMANN, Dean, Col- lege of Arts and Sciences, and Assistant to the President. Counselor Sally Horton and DR. FRANK STOVALL, Director, Counseling and Testing.

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The Placement Center. which has lneen in existence since l946, is one of the largest and most efficient in the nation. The Center, housed in a suite of offices in the Recreation Building, is operated free of charge and serves the entire student body and alumni. Miss Lou Russell, head of the Center, believes that anyone who wishes to obtain a college education can do so if he is willing to work. The Center fills a definite need at the University of Houston where nearly 80? of the students enrolled work full or part time. The staff of seventeen persons at the Placement Center gives professional assist- ance in choosing the right job for a student in his special field of interest. Over 5,000 employers in the Houston arca cooperate with the Placement Center. DR. HOWARD F. McGAW Librarian I 1 M. D. Anderson Memorial Library Mrs. Faye Kendall, Acting Assistant Directorg Howard Deehon, Counsclorg MISS LOU RUSSELL, Directorg Mrs. Jane Barefoot, Counselor. 9 5 -rf ff

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Architecture Building Housed in a modern, air-conditioned building, students of architecture study all phases of architectural instruction in four channelsg design, construction, aesthetics, and graphics. ln the fall of l958, the annual Featherlite Competition of the Texas Society of Architects was held. The University of Houston School of Architecture won first, second, and third places. This is the first time that all places were Won by students from a single institution. The School of Architecture was host for the first national meeting of the Building Research Institute in the southwest area. ,tl RICHARD W. LILLIOTT, JR., Di- rector, School of Architecture in , My Psychology Building