University of North Texas - Yucca Yearbook (Denton, TX)

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Administration C 'Ca O I I O O O DR. L. A. SHARP ....... . . . . Chairman Graduate Council The North Texas State Teachers College recognizes a steadily in- creasing demand for a fuller and more complete professional prep- aration in the field of teacher training than the requirements for Bachelor's degree affords. To meet this demand, the graduate work leadinglto the degrees of Master of Arts and Master of Science is offered. The Board of Begents of the State Teachers Colleges of Texas, at its june, l935, meeting, authorized the Teachers College at Denton to offer graduate work, leading to the master's degree, beginning in Sep- tember of the current year. Seventy-eight students have reg- istered in the graduate division. This number is approximately double the number that was ex- pected when plans for the division were made in the summer. The general policies of the grad- uate division are determined by the graduate council, of which Dr. L. A. Sharp is chairman. lncluded on the council are Dr. jack lohnson, Dr. j. C. Matthews, Dr. S. B. Mc- Alister, Dr. l.. W. Newton, Dr. Cf. A. Odom, and Dr. Floyd Stovall. Ex- officio members of the council are Dr. W. l. McConnel, President, Dr. B. B. l-larris, Dean of the Collegeg and Mr. P. E. McDonald, Begistrar and Associate Dean. The candidate for the degree of Master of Science must offer a min- imum graduate credit' of thirty semester hours. This total must include a major of not fewer than twelve hours in addition to a thesis of three or six hours, and a minor of not less than six hours in a re- lated field. A minimum of six hours graduate credit in education must be included. A thesis must be prepared by the student under the supervision of the major professor. lt must be ap- proved by the major and minor professors and the director of the major department. The candidate for the Master of Arts degree must meet these re- Page 16

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. . . . . . Mfccemenlf :Service Where do We go from here? lf We expect to teach, We take our prob- lems to Mr. Farrington in the Place- ment Office, and he helps us solve them as he has helped hundreds of others who have preceded us. We go there as Seniors, hoping for con- tacts With school officials which Will lead to teaching positions. And the Placement Service has been and is amazingly successful, too, in secur- ing jobs for those just starting out into the teaching field, in promoting those who are teaching and in help- ing teachers over the bumps and tribulations of their jobs. As a clear- ing house and contact agency for teachers and positions, this depart- ment is a safeguard for teachers, employers, and the College, seeing that those properly qualified are recommended to positions, follow- ing up teachers to see that they prove and furthering the training program of the College by prevent- ing, so far as possible, misfits in jobs. The Placement Service also keeps an annual record of the location, Page 15 MR. E. H. PARRINGTON . . . . . . . Director of Placement Service occupation- and professional ad- vancement of the graduates of the College, and in that Way is enabled to promote those deserving. Since the Alumni are extensions of the Col- lege faculty, student body and train- ing program, it is of greatest im- portance that they not only make good as teachers but, what is of equal importance, that they keep the Placement Office posted as to the progress they are making or have made professionally. Administration I

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guirements, and must also show toreign language credit equivalent to the requirement ot the Bachelor oi Arts degree in the Teachers College. The Denton Teachers College enters the graduate field with a physical plant, library, a faculty, and a base of alumni oi sutiicient size and strength to make it com- parable to many institutions throughout the nation which have been for many years doing grad- uate Worlc oi excellent quality and high esteem. The physical plant oi the College is valued at approximately a mil- mime Cmmgz lion and a halt dollars. An elab- orate building program is now under Way. The iaculty, when complete, will be composed ot more than one hundred men and Women trained in the best uni- versities oi this and ioreign coun- tries. The College library is Well selected and numbers more than 00,000 volumes, soon to be housed in a new comrnodious building. The number graduated by this institution has steadily increased from 1919, when tive degrees were conferred, to l935, when more than six hundred men and Women re- ceived degrees. F'rst row: Dr. lack Johnson, Dr. Matthews, Dr. McA1ister, Dr. Newton . S d W: Dr. Odom, Dr. Stovall, Dr. Webb. Page 17 Administration