University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL)

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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, with its enrollment of 2764 students, a faculty of about 350, and nineteen separate depart- ments, is the largest subdivision of the Univer- sity. Besides the very wide opportunity for thorough training in the humanities and sci- ences both for graduates and undergraduates, it includes the specialized curricula in chem- istry, journalism, entomology, home economics and dietetics, and furnishes opportunity for preliminary preparation for the profession of law, medicine, dentistry, theology, and social service. Under the present unified depart- mental organization of the University, this College provides instruction needed for the students of all the other colleges at Urbana in subjects like English, modern languages, chemistry, and mathematics. More than one- half the total energy devoted to teaching by the staff of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is spent upon students enrolled in other colleges. The work in the College of Commerce and Business Administration is intended to educate rather than to train. Chief stress is laid on the Why and not on the How ; on underlying principles and not on technique. To put the matter in another way, the College of Com- merce is organized to give its students a general education with a bias toward business. This it does by requiring all Commerce students to major in Kconomics, and to minor in Account- ing, Business Organization and Operation, and Business Law. In addition tn these required subjects, there are certain group requirements; also a wide range of free electi es from which students ma - choose. Thus it is e.xpected that CoEunicrce graduates will he more than sucessful business men.

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Dean Leonard Assistant Dean Pen All phases of the University woman ' s activities pass over the threshold of the office of the Dean of Women. These are of varied interest, encompassing the whole horizon of the University woman ' s life, her health, her home surroundings, her scholarship, her campus activities, and her social and spiritual life. The ob- ject of university training is to place the student in line with fundamentals which are realized through intellectual and spiritual awakening. The University seeks to do this, first, in giving attention to the living conditions of students to see that they are well housed in comfortable living quarters. This one thing is con- ducive to better health, good scholarship, and friendly relationships. The Administration seeks to help each University woman in her own develop- ment and in her adjustment to group life. Any undergraduate student may have an inter iew at any time in the office of the Dean of Women, wher e her personal problems are given special attention. The Dean of Women also directs student life on the campus which expresses itself in social activities as well as through organizations such as the Woman ' s League, the ' oung Women ' s Christian Association, and the Women ' s Athletic Association. These organizations have proved a manifold help to the Dean of Women in establishing and regulating fine traditions in student life — social, al- truistic, spiritual, and healthful. In a word, the office of the Dean of omen is a service station for the indi- vidual woman student, for the group, and for campus life in general.

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r ' :- 1 Dean Harno The primary object of the College of Law- is to train men for the legal profession. In various courses particular attention is paid to Illinois statutes and decisions, but this in no way lessens their value for students coming from other states. The curriculum is designed to give adequate preparation for the practice of law in any American state. The aim is, through the study and analysis of cases, to ground the student in legal principles and to develop a logical method of thinking. In this process law is not merely viewed as a means of gaining a livelihood, but its great underlying purposes and growth are detailed. The effort is not only to prepare men well for the practice of law, but to develop a professional character and to inspire an appreciation of the duties of a lawyer as a public servant. Secondarily the College of Law furnishes excellent training for business. The need for agricultural leadership was never greater than now. In addition to the usual hazardous conditions which surround ag- ricultural production, the farmer is confronted with widespread agricultural depression, with all the problems and difficulties it brings. The need for thorough training for agricul- tural leadership is o bvious. It is becoming more and more evident that the farther re- moved we get from a frontier type of agricul- ture, the greater the need of a broad, liberal, as well as a technical education of college grade for men engaged in agricultural pro- duction. Such an education the College of Agriculture offers. The Experiment Station is not only assisting in the solution of current agricultural problems but is also constantly adding to the body of facts and principles which form the basis of our agricultural teach- ing and practice.