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

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services. A premium thus may be placed upon the graduates. Under the administration of the School of Business Administration is the Pan-American relations. Under the direction of Doctor Victor Belaunde. a Peruvian diplomat, the work first began. Since the organization in 1926 there has been a change in faculty as the distinguished chosen were called away for diplomatic service. This year the work has been under Dr. Robert McNicoll. The University at the present time offers courses in Spanish-American lit erature. in the Spanish language which is the basis of better relations with the South, in the History. Culture and Ec ononiic Geography of I.atin America. Of special interest is the attempt to build up a detailed study of specific business relations, of the political and economic DEAN POSTER The School of Music At the inception of the Uni versity in 1926 Miss Bertha Foster be came the Dean of the School of Music. problems of the component countries which make up Latin America. This year a notable advance is being made in the acquisition of a special library of books on Spanish-American subjects and in several courses leading to advanced study in the history of the diplomatic relations with Latin-Amcrica. The progress of the School of Business Administration is steadily onward. The needs of the students are ever-changing and Dr. Holdsworth and the teaching force realize that they must be ever alert to meet the demands and needs of the students. Expansion will be in the direction of more specialized courses, increases in practice of promoting friendly Pan-American relations by strengthening the Pan-American Forum. Plans for a Winter Institute of Business has long been under contemplation. Through her background in her own schools both here and in Jacksonville, as well as in teaching. Miss Foster has been able to help organize a department that offers a varied and comprehensive course to its students, with special cm phasis on preparation for concert work and for teaching. In many ways the school of Music has influenced and guided the growth of musical culture in south Florida. This year has brought many new developments in improved curricula Well known musicians have been added to the faculty for special courses, such as that offered by Reinald Werrenrath. dean of American singers, in voice study, and tlx seminar in modern composition under Carl Ruggles. eminent American composer of the new school. Steunen berg has been added to the faculty to take charge of tlx courses in theory. The school of Music has continued and broadened its fields of concert activities. Monthly patrons' concerts have presented members of the faculty and other artists, and weekly radio concerts

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teaching in any type of school. Very definite professional training is given through courses in education, psychology, and sociology, including child study, elementary school teaching, adolescence. secondary education, high school teaching, special methods, and principles of philosophy of education. And through certain required and elective courses chosen from the Liberal Arts program, the students obtain their advanced command of the subjects to be taught in the schools. Every year since the opening of the University of Miami 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 a University degree or normal certificate have received, without the requirement of passing state teachers' examinations, the Florida Graduate State Teacher's Certificates. The work in this school is carried on by Dean Henry S. West who is directly in charge of the Education school work. The progress in the school is steadily forward to expansion and the offering of a wider cultural background and the ultimate formation of a graduate school. The growth of the School of Business Administration has been marked each year by the increase of courses available and the enrollment of students. In 1926 under the guidance of Dean John Thom Holdsworth the school was first organized offering only a few basic courses in Economics and Government which were taught by tlx Dean. Dr. Holdsworth came to the University with an experience that particularly fitted him for formulating a curriculum which would expand and contract as the needs of a growing student body and changes in times came about. He had been on faculties of some of the oldest universities in the North such as Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, and Princeton, had been associated with banking institutions in the country, and is the author of several standard texts and reference books on Economics, particularly banking. The year 1937-38 saw the printing of the “Sixth Edition-' of Dr. Holds-worth's Money and Banking, a standard text here and at other universities. This fact is only a standard by which the value of the work done can be measured. Through the years increased courses DEAN HOLDSWORTH School of Business Administration have been offered. Specialization in every branch of economic and business administration has thus been made possible. The course of study has been so adjusted that it is composed of lecture, discussion, and practical experience through speakers who are outstanding men in their fields. The result has been that students graduating have found organizations looking forward to their

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have brought to the public many of the school’s outstanding student artists. Both the women's chorus, with Miss Bertha Poster as director, and the men’s chorus, under the leadership of Robert Reinert, have appeared. The Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Arnold Volpe, and the Symphonic Band, directed by Walter SheafTer. have presented a scries of concerts which brought to Miami as soloists many musicians of international reputation, such as Joseph and Rosina Lhevinne. pianists: Gregor Piatigorsky. ’cellist: Julia Peters, soprano: Joseph Hofmann, pianist: Ernest Hutcheson, pianist: Josephine Antoine, soprano: Reinald Werrenrath. baritone: Hannah Asher, pianist: and Sarah Pol well, so prano. The varied activities of the School of Music are manifold and far reaching. Students assist at many programs during the season, at clubs, meetings, churches. The first professional courses to be offered at the University of Miami were in the School of Law. which was organized in 1926. The late Richmond Austin Rasco was the first Dean of the School of Law and was responsible for much of its progress and for its early recognition by the Supreme Court of the State of Florida. The work has been ably carried forward by his son the present Dean Russell A. Rasco. Prom-the beginning, the School of Law required that candidates for its degree must have previously taken two years of college work. No special courses are required but from the first, certain courses in English, history, economics public speaking, etc. were recommended. The course of study of the School of Law of the University of Miami having been approved by the Supreme Court of the state of Plorida. graduates of the School of Law will be licensed and ad and all of the community gatherings. They have always been anxious to cooperate. through attendance at various civic meetings, concerts and recitals at the University and conservatory, and courses given by tin’ University Symphony orchestra and Symphonic Band. During the winter term credit was given for the students in other schools of the University who wished to attend the Symphony concerts and to write reports on their impressions of the concerts. Stress is laid on the academic work in the well-balanced course of study for music students. This has been furthered through the instruction of fine teachers particularly suited for their duties. The students are from all parts of the United States and enter into their work with tin- greatest enthusiasm. They are surrounded by the atmosphere of love and respect for music and take a great pride in their work. DI-AN RASCO The School of Law mitted to practice without examination in the courts of Florida, provided such