University of North Dakota - Dacotah Yearbook (Grand Forks, ND)

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DEAN E. T. TOWNE lellilili was a time when the nations future business men, large and small, received their Commercial training in the form of an apprentice- ship behind the corner stores cracker barrel and on the seat of a delivery bicycle. But times have changed. and with thc cracker barrel has gone this type of business preparation. lfor years the doctors. lawyers and engineers have had compulsory higher education, and today the insurance or business man is just as much in need of a college education as is the profes- sional man. 'lihe Unix'ersity's tfoinmerce School prepares the student for general business, accounting, banking and finance. insurance, merchandising, public administration, consular service, foreign trade and the teaching of commercial subjects. Gunderson ponders Prexy's house Just so simple School af e Dean of the school since its foundation as a separate unit in T925 has been li. T. 'liou'ue, who is also the author of several widely used text books on economics. Dean Towne graduated from State Normal at Oshkosh, XYiscousiu, received a B. L. degree from the University of XYisconsin. and did graduate work at the New York School of Philanthropy and the University of Nllisconsiu. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Halle. Germany. His fraternities are Phi Beta Kappa, scholarship, and lfleta ,Gamma Sigma, commerce.

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eaffege of Science, ' amldfuix HE COLLEGE UI LIBERAL ARTS, nuw the College of Science, Literature anul Arts, in 1884 was the main tlepartnient uf the infant University of North Dakota. Dr. AVillia1n Blaclchurn, the lirst president, served as professor of metaphysics. Henry AiOIltgOl1lC1'A' taught natural sciences, AYebster Merrifield taught Greek and Latin, and Mrs. E. H. Scott was instructor in niatheniatics anrl English. These fuur faculty menihers served the seventy-nine stnclents that niacle up the Univer- DEAN WNI. G. BEK sity's twtal enrtilhnent. This was the heginning nf the Cwllege of Science, Literature anil Arts ancl, inmleeil, uf the entire University. Pre-requisites in law, cwnnnercc, clentistry anrl inerlicine are taught, as the sturlent wht: enters une uf these heltls inust cumplete twu years in Science, literature anal Arts. The schtml grants three unilergrafluate tlegrees - llacheliir inf Arts. Bachelur uf Science, anfl Bachelwr of Pliilusmpliy. A Alaster's clegree in Arts nr Science is grantecl upwn the g'ratluatc's cunipletirin uf a S21TiSfZlCfU1'A' year's xyiwk. Dean AA'illian1 fl. liek, heatl uf the ctillege, receiyerl his ll. A. ilegree ancl his Al. A. frinn the University uf Alissnuri. The University tif Pennsylvania granted hini his Ph.lJ. Dean liek succeetlerl Dean Yeriitui Squires, veteran faculty nieniher, in IQAO. Merrifield in summer Pearl Riveland helps out in geology A mathematician in the crowd? f19l

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sczmzaf MillQl'Q and more little red school houses, once the symbol of the prairie states. are disap- pearing trom Xorth Dakota. lhey are being replaced by both consolidated and single school systems. The teachers have changed, too. lt is no longer possible for a high school graduate to enter the teaching field. Largely responsible for these changes have been the teachers colleges at Minot, Mayville. Dickinson and Valley City. But the pioneer in DEAN J. V. BREITWIESER North llalcota was the School of Education at the University, which was established in the school's charter in 1885. Graduates of the school today receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. and the Bachelor's Diploma in Teaching. This diploma is accredited by the State Superintendent of Public lnstruction and is a lirst grade profes- sional certihcate in this state. The public high school, through an arrange- ment with the city of Grand Forks, serves as a laboratory for the department of education, aifording an excellent chance for practice and observation. bl. V. Breitwieser, dean of the school, is also director of the graduate division and the summer session Dean lireitxvieser, known for his work in educational psycliolog-y, has been xvith the University since IQ27. Registration for Education profs Prof. Rowland and his Nladrigai singers Know how to bind a book? l2l