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

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College or Libera 1 Arts SlNCF. THE FOUNDING of (he University of Miami in 1926. the central unit of the whole University, the College of Liberal Arts, under the able and progressive guidance of Dean Henry S. West, has expanded steadily. Nearly every year new courses have been added and the scope of the College has been correspondingly widened. In this, the tenth year, it is possible for a student to make selection from more than triple the number of courses ofTered in the first year. Then tlx College of Liberal Arts consisted of English. Education. History. Dramatics. Psychology. Language. Mathematics. Chemistry, Physics, and Natural Science. Each of these departments offered a limited number of courses. Now the English department alone offers thirty-two courses, among which are Criticism. Contemporary Continental Literature. Shakespeare, and many other special courses, as well as the usual foundation courses in composition and literary history. One of the features of the school year is the Winter Institute of Literature which has brought to the University many literary personages, including Robert Frost. Padraic and Mary Colum. Carl Sandburg. Zona Gale, Bernard de Voto and Hervey Allen. Educational courses have been, since tlx school's inception, under the capable supervision of Dean Henry S. West. The work is so arranged and conducted that students are prepared to go directly into teaching positions. Furthermore, graduates who have fulfilled the Florida State requirements are awarded the official State certificate without the requirement of passing the special State teachers' examination. Nearly four-fifths of the teachers holding degrees in Dade County have obtained them at the University of Miami. The History department has been augmented by the addition of a number of new courses. They include the study of European History. United States History. Latin American History, and a unique course in Florida History. The Psychology department has grown from two courses to nine. Several of the outstanding activities in this field are the psychological tests being

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★ As president of the student body for the past year and a member of the Graduating Class of 1936. I wish to extend to the faculty and to the student body this farewell message. It is a message of appreciation and gratitude for the inspiration that we have derived from the University, both by instruction and by example. But more than that it is a message of loyalty: a promise that by our lives in the community we shall endeavor to reflect by word and reputation that for which our University stands. HARRY VETTER PRESIDENT OP THE STUDENT BODY

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given all pre-medical students, the experiment now being conducted by Dr. Max Meyer with deaf mutes, and the cooperation of this department with the Psychological Association in New York City. One of tin- most noteworthy successes in the University work has come in the language department, where it is now possible by means of concentrated courses to cover in one college year the work of three years in other universities. The foreign language library now consists of nearly three hundred volumes. A new feature of this department is the presentation of foreign films. In the field of Mathematics the University offers seven pre-engineering and science courses. University of Miami Mathematics credits arc accepted in many leading Universities all over the country. The department plans to add five courses especially designed for Liberal Arts students. In the realm of science much has been done in the ten years since the founding of the University. Thirteen courses arc available in the department of Physics alone, while five years of undergraduate Chemistry may be obtained. In the field of Chemistry, one of the outstanding projects has been a soil survey of Dade County. The Natural Science department is the possessor of the University of Miami Herbarium and the Charles T. Simpson Shell collection. In February of this year the University of Miami Science department joined with other scientific colleges and organizations to form the Florida Academy of Sciences. In the past few years one of the most interesting features of the Science department has been the course offered in the spring in Marine Zoology. The Dramatics department and the University Players, in spite of material handicaps, have made considerable progress since the founding of the University. Whereas one play was given in the course of a year, now the department offers full-length plays in five-week intervals throughout the year. The division of late afternoon, evening, and Saturday classes was formed primarily for the benefit of instructors in South Florida who wish to continue courses toward an A.B. degree. However, its classes are available to undergraduate students. The regular classes are supplemented by radio talks, prepared by professors of the various departments, and by playlets given by the Dramatics department in the University Classroom of the Air. The College of Literal Arts has been a moving spirit in the march of progress of these first ten years.