University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES THE College of Arts and Sciences was organized at this University in 1892. lt has grown since this date into one of the most important colleges in this University, It offers courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Sciences. It affords the student an opportunity to test himself in several lines of endeavor before he decides upon his special Held of work. A wide choice of work is offered from three groups of subjects: English and Foreign Languages, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and the Social Sciences. Within this college are organized the Schools of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Geology, Home Economics, Iour- nalism, Library Science, Physical Education, and Social Service, Each leads to a separate degree or certificate and each is under the supervision of a director. This college is the center of the University. It is very fundamental for the best work in the professional schools. This college has always maintained requirements for graduation as high as those of the better colleges of the United States and its degrees have always been accepted at other uni- versities. DEAN S. W. REAVES Page 22

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, Q r vw H H O THE SCHOCL OF MEDHCINE THE School of Medicine was organized at Norman in 1900. Only the preclinical courses were given prior to 1910, when the clinical years were added. The latter were 'given in Oklahoma City because of the hospital advantages and the abundance of clinical material. In spite of the separation of the preclinical and the clinical years the school made rapid progress. Clinical teaching .was greatly facilitated by the addition of the University Hospital in 1919. There was a growinglconviction on the part ofa the University authorities that the four years should be given in Oklahoma City. This seemed advisable not only from the standpoint of economy, but extremely desirable in order that the work ol the four years might be 'arranged and correlated to meet the changing demands of medical school curricula. ln 1928 the splendid new medical building was ready for occupancy and the first two years were moved from Norman to Oklahoma City. With the addition of the Crippled Children's Hospital over four hundred beds were made available for teaching purposes. There is also a great abundance of clinical material in the Out-patient Department and in other affiliated hospitals. , The Medical Building and the two great hospitals were constructed primarily for teaching purposes. However, since medicine cannot be properly taught without practice and since the practice of medicine means service to humanity, the hospitals with their respective staff members are to be classed among the State's greatest benefactors. H A very conservative estimate, based upon a minimal fee scale, indicates that the value of this free service to the citizens of the State amounts to more than three-quarters of a million dollars and more than one and one-half times the amount appropriated by the State for the School of Medicine and the two hospitals combined. ii' ' ' Though somewhat less tangible, a much greater service is being carried to every cor- ner of the State by the worthy alumni of the School of Medicine. ,iz DEAN LEWIS I. MOORMAN 9 ii' vu Page 21 Q l , .

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,,.. DEAN OF ADMINISTRATION THE University of Oklahoma was founded by authority of a legislative act approved l 1' g December 19, 1890. Instruction began in I I September, 1892. During the first year only 119 students were enrolled and these were all of preparatory or high school rank. 'iii1 . Within a few years the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Pharmacy were I . developed and the preparatory school gradu- I ally became less important until it was dis- L I mm continued. 1 W 1 iw -s :C wigs 5 f . 1 It f f eff ,.:f nn. 1 I I 1 -A 9 I WI Courses in education, engineering, and I - fine arts were offered early. Graduate in- struction began in 1899. Courses in law and in medicine were soon added and profes- sional work in business administration and I in journalism somewhat later. Enrollment I increased slowly and it was not until 1913 that the registration reached 1000, but this ' number was more than doubled in the next five years. At present the registration each semester is over 5000. The annual registra- Ngg' tion, including all students in residence either I semester ofthe summer session. now reaches I 14 .. , . - . . T I .1 lf. , , ,W ' fi. , c , ,. as c14u,f,:,2,-Q5':?:, , ,f , Q., . . . , , ,. . 5. '., a total of approximately 7500. Instruction is I C DEAN ROY GITTINGER offered in five colleges and four independent schools besides the Graduate School. The first graduating classes were very small, The first class numbering as many as one hundred was graduated in 1913. The present senior class totals approximately 100.0.' With the class of 1932 the number of graduates will reach a total of more than11,000. These live in forty-eight states and twenty-nine foreign countries. Although a few students left school on account of financial difficulties, there were many others who were more than willing to take their place and secure a sound university education. , v Q Page 23