University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Yackety Yack Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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FACULTY 1935 YACKETY YACK 37 THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC The Music Department was organized in 1919 under the direction of Professor Paul J. Weaver. In 1921-22 courses in the various hranches of Apphcd Music were added, and in 1929 the special (le.i ree A.l!. in Music was instituted. Durini;- the entire history of the Department the various musical organizations have gained dis- tinction throughout the nation for the high qual- it - (if their work. With the completion of the Hill Music Hall in 1930, excellent physical equip- ment was made available to the Department, in- cluding an auditorium with a modern four man- ual organ, together with class-rooms and facilities for practice. Since the beginning the faculty has gradually been increased until now the Department is pre- pared to give a course covering all the principal fields of musical instruction. The musical organi- zations now include a band, orchestra, Men ' s Glee Club, Women ' s Glee Club, and the Chapel I-Iill Choral Club. THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA The Department of Drama is designed to give a good background in the literature of the drama and the theatre, and training in the theatre arts and playwriting. The fellowship of Playmakers evolved as a distinct group in the fall of 1918, when Dr. Edwin Greenlaw, then Head of the Department of Eng- lish, realized that the State of North Carolina was a rich field for the making of a native folk drama. The Carolina Playmakers was founde at this time by Dr. Frederick H. Koch, who is an outstanding figure in the field of drama. Since 1918, the work in the theatre arts has advanced rapidly and stands today as one of the outstand- ing departments of the University.

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36 1935 YACKETY YACK FACULTY ■ E 1 Nsk H v 1 1 THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION The School of Public Administration is an ex- tension and an enlargement of the School of Pub- lic Welfare, which was established at the Univer- sity of North Carolina in 1920, and whose main objective was the training of public welfare offi- cials and social workers. In 1931, President Graham, upon the recommendation of Dr. How- ard W. Odom, Director of the School of Public Welfare, urged the establishment of a new School of Public Administration in which the work in Public Welfare and Social Work would be con- tinued as an important division, with still higher standards. The proposal received the hearty sup- port of the Governor of the State and of the Legislature, and the new School of Public Ad- ministration was authorized by the Board of Trustees in June, 1932. THE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY SCIENCE The School of Library Science of the Univer- sity of North Carolina opened as a separate unit of the University in September, 1931. Courses in Library Science have been offered since 1904. but a grant from the Carnegie Corporation has made it possible for this division to function as a School of the University. It is a ]3rofessionai school offering a one-year course for the training of public school, college, and university librarians. The principal requirements for admission are a bachelor ' s degree from an accredited college or university or senior standing in the vmiversity. The School is fully accredited by the Board of Education for Librarianship of the American Library Association.

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38 1935 YACKETY YACK ALUMNI THE GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION A University may be said to be divided, like all Gaul, into three parts: student, faculty, and alumni. The living alumni of the Univer- sity of North Carolina number now approximately twenty thousand. About three-fourths of this group live inside North Carolina. Approx- imately one-fourth of the entire number are graduates, others being former students who did not com- plete their courses of study. The alumni are organized into permanent classes and into alumni clubs, these two groups forming the base stones for the organization of the General Alumni Association. While all former students are con- sidered alumni of the University, membership into the General Alumni Association is confined to that group which supports through membership dues the organized pro- gram of the Association. Alumni, while they may hold membership in a class organization and in a local club group, are affiliated directly with the Alumni Association. The activities of the Alumni As- sociation may be grouped into five divisions: (1) The Alumni Reznew, (2) Central Alumni Office. (3 ) Local Alumni Clubs, (4) Perma- nent Classes, (5) Student Survey. The Alumni Review is the official magazine of the Association and is published monthly during the year with the exception of the months of August and September. In the fall there are weekly football supple- ments that cover the varsity foot- ball games. The magazine is sent to the membership of the Associa- tion without cost and to subscribers as well. The Association maintains in Chapel Hill the Central Alumni Of- fice. This Office is in effect the Family Bible of Carolina men and women. In the office are kept rec- ords of the alumni — up-to-date address lists, class lists, biographical material about each alumnus, etc. The Central Office serves as a clear- ing house for the activities of the Association and supplies continuity in the almrini program. There are approximately sixty liTcal alumni clubs, organized in various counties of North Carolina and in centers of alumni population outside the State. Membership in these clubs is automatic with resi- dence in the territory covered by the organization. Local alumni clubs elect officers, hold alumni meetings at various times during the year, and supply means of promoting University good will, understanding and interpretation. All University classes have per- manent officers who attend to vari- ous class matters — reunions, rec- ords, etc. The individual alumnus may select the class with which he prefers to affiliate, although gener- ally his affiliation is with that class with which he would graduate in four years from the time he entered as a freshman. Through the Student Survey the Central Alumni office engages in a program of encouraging the enroll- ment at Chapel Hill of prospective students of unusual promise. Co- operation with students now en- rolled in the University, through the University Club, and with local alumni groups help make this pro- gram effective. The governing body of the Gen- eral Alumni Association is the membership which meets as the General Alumni Assembly each winter in Chapel Hill. Attending this meeting are representatives of the various classes and clubs as well as individual members of the Asso- ciation who wish to attend. The executive group of the Association is the Board of Directors composed of alumni elected by classes, clubs, and membership at large. Officers of the Alumni Associa- tion for 1935 are: Dr. Howard E. Rondthaler, Winston-Salem, Presi- dent ; J. Harper Erwin, Jr.. Dur- ham, First Vice-President ; Robert C. deRossett, Raleigh, Second Vice- President : George Watts Hill, Dur- ham, General Treasurer; and J. Maryon Saunders. Chapel Hill, Ex- ecutive Secretary. Mr. Saunders is also editor of The Alumni Review. Another organization working among the alumni is the Alumni I oyalty Fund Council, directed by a board which is appointed jointly by the President of the University and the President of the Alumni As- sociation. Felix A. Grisette, Chapel Hill, is the Director and Executive Secretary of the Alumni Loyalty Fund. This organization is the fund-raising organization of the University, seeking through annual contributions from alumni, wills, and escheats, and larger donations, the supplementing of the LTniver- sity ' s income from student receipts and State appropriations. There are chairmen in the Council ' s organiza- tion for each class, and there are local committees in the various alumni geographical groups.