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

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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.

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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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ion HE School of Education offers the degree of Bachelor of Science in Educa- tion. All those who plan on entering the teaching profession, be it elementary, junior high, or senior high, enroll in this branch of the University. A special two-year curriculum is also offered that terminates in graduation with the normal certificate. (Licentiate of Instruction). the L.I. Diploma of Florida. The student who takes courses in education, psychology, sociology, including child study, elementary school teaching, adolescent psychology, high school teaching, and the principles of education, obtains a professional training of a finished and rounded nature. Through certain required and selected courses chosen from the other colleges of the University, the student is able to acquire a command of the subjects to be subsequently taught by him in the schools. The Adult Education division is placed under the direction of the School of Education. Courses offered in this division arc intended primarily to give an opportunity to teachers in active service to revise and extend their professional equipment. These couries are offered late in the afternoon and in the evenings. They arc open to University students who are given full credit for their work in this Division. Under the deanship of Henry S. West, the school is fortunate in possessing a capable and qualifying faculty. Each year since the opening of the University in 1926 the work of the School of Education has been given official recognition by the Florida State Department of Education, so that graduates with the University of Miami dcgr:e or certificates have received, without further examination, the Florida Graduate State Teacher's Certificate, and are thereby legally qualified to teach in any of the public schools of the state. Nearly four-fifths of the teachers in Dade county holding degrees today obtained them at the University of Miami.