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

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iness adminstration courses during liis first three years at the I diversity, at the end of which he enters the School of Law. The courses taken in law school serve as the elective courses in the School of Business Administration. so that upon completion of the first year in law school, the student earns his degree in Business Administration. When two additional years in law school have been completed. the degree of LL.B. is obtained. Even though the student does not wish to continue his law education after graduating from the School of Business Administration, the one year of law work will he an asset to him in the business world. Though recognizing the primary vocational and professional interest of the student, the faculty of this school attempts to keep in mind its conviction that positive success can he best assured on the basis of a well-rounded mental development. The curriculum, therefore. provides general and cultural courses such as English, history, and foreign languages. as well as those of a more technical or practical nature. Because of the increasing impact of gov- eminent upon American life, emphasis is laid upon relations between government and business and between government and the individual as a citizen. The faculty endeavors to help students cultivate those fundamental qualities which will enable them later to cooperate and work with others and to occupy successful positions of responsibility and trust. I)r. Jay F. W. Pearson, Dean of the Faculty, expresses the school's viewpoint in connection with the war: “The faculty of the School of Business Administration recognizes the responsibility laid upon it by this war and the peace that will follow, and will constantly attempt to carry through its teaching program with these obligations in mind.'' Joining the Business Administration teaching staff this year was Halph W. Williams, assistant professor of accounting. James J. Carney. Jr., assistant professor of economics, was called into defense work during the second semester. Ernest McCracken and Dr. John Thom Holdsworth ol tho (acuity ol the School ol Business Administration are soatod. while behind them stand colleagues Dr. Reinhold WoUL Joseph Young. Conley Addington. Ewing P. Shahan. and Dr Robert H. Williams. 19

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■ Th School of Business Administration al the I niversity of Miami has laid plans for streamlining its assembly line ami putting production on a war basis. First part of this new plan provides an accelerated program for students through the new twelve weeks summer session which will permit them to graduate in three years, as is being done in the College of Liberal Arts. The second part of the plan calls for revision of the school's curriculum for 1942-43. Combining and re-organizing its offerings by departments, the School now will permit its graduates to major in accounting, business, economics, government. Hispanic American studies, or a combination of business and economics. Minor subjects may be any of these, including secretarial studies. The School of Business Administration offers a complete four-year curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Business Administrail us iness will he perhaps the most practical of its majors, for it will he made tip of studies of actual business practices rather than theory. The major in government may be thought of by earlier graduates as similar to the old major in political science. Work leading to the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration is designed to provide basic training for successful careers in business and also to develop in the student an intelligent understanding of his responsibilities as a member of a changing industrial and social order. Many persons believe that the prospective student of law may find the most effective preliminary training in the School of Business Administration. The curriculum of the school is planned to provide this basic training. It is possible to take a combined six-year course which enables the student to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration degree ami also a Bachelor of Laws degree. Under this plan the student takes his required Inis- 18

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Mte Bertha Foster is dean o! the Music school. year, directed by Tom B. Steunenberg of the music faculty. Directed by John Hitter for a second season, the symphony orchestra was given full proof of its popularity by the record attendance of its concerts. At the regular Miami ■ With an increase in building space, a successful symphony season, organization of an opera guild, new additions to the faculty, participation in a national glee club competition, and numberless other activities, the music school has been its busiest during the 19H-42 academic year. Beginning its physical expansion last fall, the music school acquired the Granada Workshop to he used as a rehearsal hall for hand and orchestra as well as for music classrooms. Its name was changed to the University of Miami Music Workshop, ami it has since been used for small concerts ami for meetings of various clubs and organizations. March 8th another building was dedicated to the University. Known as the Koubek Memorial, the building houses spacious, convenient, studios and workrooms. Because of its facilities for applied work in the arts, much of the work of the Music school will he done there next 20