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

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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.

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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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School of B iisi ness l elm i nistration At THE launching of the University back in 1926, the School of Business Administration offered a few fundamental courses in Economics and Government, taught mostly by Dean John Thom Uoldsworth. who previously had been connected with some of the older universities in the North.—Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. Princeton, in addition to having had several years' practical experience. He thought he knew, therefore, what the business world wanted or needed in the way of training for its younger executives. Through the years the program of the School has been steadily expanded until today it affords the student planning to enter any department of business as broad and thorough preparation as it is possible to obtain anywhere. The staff of instructors teaching economics, accounting, business organization, etc. has been steadily augmented by specialists in different fields. Thus, this year Mr. Leon Henderson, formerly research director for the Russell Sage Foundation, and more recently assistant to General Hugh Johnston of N.R.A. fame, has given courses in advanced economic theory and in government and business. This latter course was supplemented by special lectures given by labor leaders, trade journalists, employers and others. Similarly, specialists in insurance, marketing, advertising and accounting, practical men daily engaged in these business activities, have been brought in to supplement theory with actual practice. One of the outstanding features of the School's program is the Department of Latin-American Relations, begun under the direction of Dr. Victor A. Belaunde. the distinguished Minister from Peru to several European governments and now Minister to Switzerland, and later continued by his brother. Rafael Belaunde. now Peruvian Minister to Mexico. For the past two years this department has been under the direction of Dr. J. C. Zamora, assisted by Mr. Rafael Belaunde and others, and now is offering some dozen courses in Spanish and English. Under Dr. Zamora there has been established the Latin-American Exchange plan through which some two dozen students from Cuba and other Sranish-speaking countries are enrolled in the University. This exchange plan gives both English-speaking and Latin-American students at the University the opportunity to broaden their cultural and social contacts and experiences in their formative years, and to lay the base of a better understanding among the young men who tomorrow will be the business executives and leaders of their respective countries. Sponsored by this Department also is the Latin-American Forum held annually for some years. Though omitted this year, plans are being made for its continuance. Recognizing that the world of business and affairs is ever changing. Dean Holds-worth is planning future development for the School. He hopes to continue and expand the exchange of students with Laiin-Amcrica and other countries, and to strengthen the Pan-American Forum. He is considering plans for a Winter Institute of Business. This contemplated institute or forum would bring to the University as lecturers and counsellors many of the leading business executives of the nation, and other leaders in business, government, and world affairs who visit in Miami during the winter months. Established as one of the University's major departments at the time of its founding. the School of Business Administration has kept, and will continue to keep, pace with the steady, progressive march of the University.