University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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LIBERAL iRTS Since the founding of the University of Miami in 1926, the College of Liberal Arts, under the progressive guidance of Dean Henry S. West, has constituted the central unit of the whole university organization. With the steady expansion of the program of studies, the work required for the training of teachers was in 1929 coordinated into a School of Education. Meantime a Division of Late Afternoon, Evening, and Saturday Classes had been in operation for the benefit of teachers in service; and later the very dean west interesting Winter Institute of Literature was inaugurated. C The College of Liberal Arts offers the regular course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science, and a two-year curriculum of preengineering and pre-medical work. C The School of Education offers two distinct courses for students desirous of teaching, whether in the elementary field, junior high, or senior high schools. The curriculum incorporating requirements for the A. B. degree is a four-year course, but a two-year course is also offered which leads to the L.I. certificate. In both fields, students obtain definite professional training and an advanced command of the subjects taught in the schools. Presentation of the University diploma or certificate enables a graduate to teach in any Florida public school without further examination, by authorization of the Florida State Department of Education, fl Perhaps the most outstanding feature of the Liberal Arts School is the Winter Institute of Literature which brings before the students noted men and women distinguished in the fields of literature and art. Among the well-known authors who have lectured here are Carl Sandburg, Zona Gale, Padraic Colum, Percival Wilde, Walter Pritchard Eaton, Hervey Allen, Eunice Tietjens, and Cloyd Head. |[ The Division of Late Afternoon, Evening and Saturday Classes is intended primarily for instructors of South Florida who wish to continue courses toward an A. B. degree, but its classes are also open to undergraduate students of the university. Radio talks from the University Studio, prepared by professors of various departments, supplement these classes with interesting lectures presented in a novel way.

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T A C U L T Y

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Business Ibministmtioh The school of business administration offers a wide variety of courses covering four years and leading to the degree of Bachelor Science in Business Administration. It aims to combine a liberal education and practical preparation for business — accounting, insurance, finance, credits, business, journalism, etc. C Dr. John Thom Holdsworth, Dean of the School, nationally-known economist, author and lecturer, on many phases of business science, conducts the advanced courses. dean holdsworth giving to the students the advantage of personal interpretation by the author of such widely-used textbooks as Money and Banking, Business Economics, and others used in the majority of colleges. C A comprehensive study of present day economic questions is presented in courses dealing with the establishing and financing of business enterprises; investments and procedures; public finance; foreign trade; marketing; labor problems; the new partnership of government and business; and related courses, several of which deal especially with practical application to Florida problems. CSpecial attention is given by the School to Pan-American relations and courses offered in this field comprise almost a separate school. These courses acquaint the student not only with the business methods, but with the history, culture, psychology, and philosophy of the South American countries, thus preparing for future successful business relationships. The subjects range from courses in the Spanish language to Latin-American culture, literature and economic geography, with special emphasis on the leading staples-producing countries of South America and their relationship to trade with the United States. C In this Pan-American policy, the University of Miami is unique and has already shown its importance as a medium for the exchange of cultures to the mutual advantage of the two continents.