University of Houston - Houstonian Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Technology Technology Training Valuable to Industry The College of Technolog)’ offers curricula emphasizing the understanding of basic principles of mathematics and science rather than the acquisition of manual skills. Programs of instruction arc similar in nature to, but briefer and more completely technical in content than professional engineering curricula. The major purpose is to provide engineering and scientific technicians who function as production and construction supervisors, aides to professional engineers and architects or who operate their own technical businesses. Each curriculum produces practical production and construction men who are available for employment immediately after graduation. These men have acquired the vocabulary of the engineer, understand the basic principles of the fundamental sciences and arc able to supervise and assist the skilled craftsmen in the production and construction of engineering works. ACADEMIC 1 DEAN—A. Ray Sims has a B.A. from Hardin-Simmons University and an M.S. from the University of Houston. Dean Sims is regarded as an authority on technical institutes education. A. Ray Sims Drafting requires many hours of work in the average day of the technology student- 30 Designing becomes more important as the ideas are passed on to the engineers.

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Pharmacy ACADEMIC College Offers Excellent Facilities Trained pharmacists, of whom there is a shortage, arc-found engaged in research, manufacturing, wholesale distribution and teaching. The College of Pharmacy, through high standards for admission and limited enrollment, attempts to produce the most outstanding student; possible. Quartered in the Fred J. Heync Building the College facilities include the Mading Prescription laboratory, the Women’s Auxiliary Pharmacognosy Laboratory, the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory anil the Operative Pharmacy Laboratory. Additional research facilities are available to advanced students and faculty in the Texas Wholesale Druggists Phytochemistry Laboratory, as well as in the Ralston Staff Research Laboratory. DEAN—Dr. Noel M. Ferguson received his Ph.G. degree and Ph.C. degrees from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and a B.S., M.S. and a Ph.D. from Washington University. 29

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Over 1,600 students arc served by the University’s Downtown School, located at 925 Caroline. Many of these students come from the professional and business world, studying only specialized courses. The majority of these course, are from the College of Business Administration, with the next largest portion being from the College of Arts and Sciences. For the student interested in retailing as a career, the school offers a unique combination of supervised job experience and academic training leading to a B.B.A. degree. DFAN—James C. Taylor received his LL.B. from Baylor University and an M.L. from the University of Houston. He is regarded as an outstanding leader in civic work. ACADEMIC Graduate School Gains UH Merit The great expansion of knowledge in the twentieth century and the introduction of many specialized techniques in business, industry and the professions have increased immeasurably the importance of studies beyond the Bachelor's degree. An increasing number of men and women are finding study and research, leading to a Master’s or a Doctor’s degree, necessary not only to the development of their cultural life-hut also to keep them abreast of current trends in their businesses and professions. Professional degrees arc gamed with stress on basic academic preparation upon admission, and an increasing trend toward thesis and dissertation requirements. Graduate work was first offered at UH in 1939. DI-AN—Dr. R. Balfour Daniels received a B.A. from Princeton and an LL.B., M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale. Also a professor of Fnglish, Dr. Daniels was formerly dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Graduate School Dr. R. Balfour Daniels Downtown School School Combines Work and Studies James C. Taylor 31