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

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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.

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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 Ketchu.m The College of Engineering is the organiza- tion through which the University administers its work in the fields of engineering education and engineering research. The College of Engineering has ten departments of instruction and it offers fifteen specialized curricula, in- cluding architecture, architectural engineer- ing, ceramic chemistry, ceramic engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, gas engineering, general engineering, mechanical engineering, mining engineering, municipal and sanitary engineering, general engineering phys- ics, railway civil engineering, railway electrical engineering, and railway mechanical engineer- ing. The Engineering Experiment Station is well organized, and its work is known wherever engineering is practiced. The Station has al- ready published 135 bulletins and 10 circulars, and in addition, numerous manuscripts have been accepted for publication. The instructional staff and the equipment of the College of Engineering offer opportuni- ties for instruction and research that are un- excelled. The combination of the instructional and research staffs offers unusual opportuni- ties for graduate study in engineering. Dean Chadsey The skillful, successful teacher must be one who not only has secured an excellent general education with special training in a given field of knowledge, but who also has given careful attention to the technic of teaching. The College of Education attempts to add to the academic and cultural preparation of the stu- dents of the University who are planning to become teachers, a specific professional equip- ment to prevent the waste of time and energy which so often characterizes the teaching of university graduates who have not had courses in Education. In addition to the technical training of high school teachers, the college is offering many courses designed for those plan- ning to become elementary or high school principals, supervisors or school superintend- ents. Education claims recognition as a real profession and the College of Education, or- ganized as one of the professional schools along lines comparable to those followed in Law and Medicine, is attempting to do its share in improving educational conditions. Pagf 24