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

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THE C O I. 1. E G E S who wish to continue their degree, as well as to undergraduates. In line with the interest and participation of the students in the growth of the University of Miami, social organizations on campus have voluntarily contributed funds for the university library, in place of using their entire finances for social events. Also under the same direction of Dean Henry S. West, tlx School of Education maintains a worthy position in the university. It offers the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. The courses are so arranged as to give the student a well-rounded and finished training for the profession of teaching. Each year the university work in education has been recognized by the state for issuance of certificates without state examinations. Dr. Colin English, new superintendent of public instruction, has given notice that again this year all educational work of the University of Miami will be approved for teaching purposes, and that all graduates will receive aate certificates. A great majority of teachers in Dade county hold degrees which they obtained from the University of Miami. .V C HOOI. OE HU SI N ESS A D SI I N I S 7 liA I IO N At the launching of the University in 1926. the School of Business Administration offered a few fundamental courses in Economics and Government, taught mostly by Dean John Thom Holdsworth. 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. Tlx regular class room instruction is supplemented and enriched by appro-

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THE COLLEGES COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS ami SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Along with the continual and natural growth of the University of Miami, the College of Liberal Arts has expanded yearly under the capable and enthusiastic guidance of Dean Henry S. West. Always the root of learning in the university, the College of Liberal Arts has steadily increased the selection in all its courses to meet the diverse demands and tastes of a growing student body. Revisions and additions have been made to keep up with the latest in education. A number of courses in English. Educa tion. History, Dramatics. Psychology. Language. Mathematics. Chemistry. Physics and Natural Science are offered. The English department has included among its instructors such outstanding people in the field of literature and art as Mary and Padraic Colum. Edward Davison and Virgil Barker. The Winter Institute of Literature has brought a host of literary figures to tlx students and the Miami public. The course of Journalism has been recently added to tlx regular curriculum. Plans for tlx near future arc to increase the courses in journalism to enable the student to obtain a major or minor in tlx field. Future hopes are for the establishment of a School of Jounalism. Distinctive features of the University of Miami lie. for one. in the dramatics department. There, a student has the opportunity to take part in the putting on of a play, in addition to merely learning his lines and performing before a public. Students have the actual experience of designing and constructing sets and costumes. They practice the art of make-up and stage mechanics. Distinctive, too. is the course in Marine Zoology offered to a limited group and enjoyed each Spring at tlx University of Miami. Few universities have the unique privilege of offering their students direct study of marine habitation. Late afternoon and evening classes are offered to instructors in South Florida

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THE COLLEGES priate lectures, round table discussions and by executives and managers of local concerns. This contact and cooperation between leaders of business and the more academic work of the class room has the double advantage of acquainting the student with business personnel and of getting practical points of view, and on the other hand, of affording opportunity to the business executive, always looking for bright well-trained employees, to meet and appraise the quality of a number of students. This kind of balancing of theory and practice, and of contact between business executives and students preparing for business will be expanded as time goes on. Several of the larger concerns in South Florida in employing new men and women are looking to our graduates. 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 more recently arbitrator in long-standing boundary disputes among South American countries. The fundamental work thus ably begun has been carried forward by Dr. J. C. Zamora. Mr. Rafael Belaunde and others. While some of the courses in this department have been reduced temporarily owing to the absence of faculty members serving their home countries in official capacities, expansion of this department is being planned. Under Dr. Zamora there has been established the Latin-American Exchange plan through which some two dozen students from Cuba and other Spanish-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 tin basis 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 curtailed this year, plans are being made for its continuance. Recognizing that the world of business and affairs is ever changing. Dean Holdsworth is planning future development for the School. He hopes to continue and expand tin exchange of students with Latin-America 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 Miami during the winter months.