University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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ARCHITECTURE Dean John W. Hill The School of Architecture, the University ' s newest col- lege, opened this fall with a faculty of four and an enroll- ment of 54 first-year students. The school is now located in building DD in the gulch; however, a new building will tentatively be completed by September, 1970. No oflBcial curriculum has been set up for the five-year architectural program as yet, but a studio course in the processes of design is now being offered and more courses will be added next year. Dean John W. Hill hopes to limit required courses to create a wide selection of professional electives from the School of Architecture and other colleges. In giving stu- dents as much freedom as possible, they are able to de- velop their own interests and still remain within the range of the program. Instituting a master ' s program is also part of Dean Hill ' s future plans. The growth of the school will reflect the changing role of the architect in modem society. Architecture does not refer just to the planning of a single building, but in- volves complex systems of community plarming, Hill said. The goal is not just the creation of a single work of beauty, but the enhancement of the quality of life. 27

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Dean Charles A. Manning With its diversity of departments and course offerings, the College of Arts and Sciences is a university within a university. An undergraduate enrollment of approximately 10,000 students (or one third of the university population) gives A S a wider cross-section of student-types than many of the other colleges. The 29 possible majors, ranging from the almost totally aesthetic fine arts to the extremely prac- tical physical and biological sciences, belie the possibility of the stereotype A S student. The responsibility of satisfying varying needs and demands, stemming from the broad spectrum of interests and temperaments of the students, is the real problem of the College of Arts and Sciences, noted Dr. Norman C. Laffer, associate dean of the college. Besides being a university in itself, the college has an- other unique aspect. More than any other college, Laffer said, A S is a service college. Since all students must take the basic University requirements of history, mathe- matics and speech offered through A S, the college per- forms what Laffer termed the dual role of providing a service program for all students while maintaining an identity all its own.