University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION I The besT evidence OT The recogniTion oT The value oT The kind oT Training which The College oT Business AdminisTraTIon gives is The recenT grow+h in The number oT sTudenTs enrolled in This college. The College oT Business AdminisTraTion has increased in enroll- menT more rapidly Than has any oTher school oT The UniversiTy in The pasT Tive years. AT The presenT Time iT is abouT The same size as The College OT Engineering which is The IargesT separaTe school oTher Than The College oT ArTs and Sciences. The broad aim oT The College oT Business AdminisTraTion is TwoTold: FirsT, To give college sTudenTs sysTemaTic preparaTion Tor business careers so as To enable Them To advance more rapidly in The business world aTTer graduaTIong second, To give sTudenTs such Training as will enable Them To undersTand The public problems, parTicularly Those having To do wiTh The inTerrelaTionships beTween diTTerenT businesses, beTween business and The governmenT, and beTween employer and employee. ln compliance wiTh The TirsT aim, The College oT Business AdminisTraTion endeavors To meeT The needs of The prospecTive business men in The same way ThaT schools oT engi- neering, law, medicine, and Theology have been organized To meeT The proicessional needs oT prospecTive engineers, lawyers, physicians, and minisTers. Business knowledge and experience have become so sysTemaTized in mosT branches ThaT They can be TaughT in classrooms: so ThaT business in iTs higher Term has come To be as much a learned pro- Tession as engineering, law, medicine, or oTher similar proTessionq and business demands OT Those who make a success in The Tield a Thorough scienTiTic and pracTical Training. ln compliance wiTh The second aim, The College OT Business AdminisTraTion sTresses The social and culTural side oT Training: iT endeavors To Turn ouT noT only Technically Trained sTudenTs in business subiecTs, buT also men and women oT broad vision and cul- Ture. For This reason sTudenTs are required To Take courses oT a broad TundamenTal char- acTer as well as Technical business courses in order To compleTe The reguiremenTs Tor graduaTion. ARTI-IUR B. ADAMS P4329 s

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THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES OldesT oT The Schools and Colleges, The College oT ArTs and Sciences was esTab- lished in l892, wiTh The incepTion oT The UniversiTy iTselT. AT ThaT Time, This College, which, wiTh a preparaTory course, made up The UniversiTy, had approximaTely IOO sTu- denTs and Tour TaculTy members, including Dr. Boyd, Then PresidenT oT The UniversiTy, ProTessor Amos, now Teaching governmenT in The UniversiTy, Dr. DeBarr, and ProTessor Rice. Erom This small beginning, The College has grown unTil aT The presenT Time iT has an enrollmenT oT 2200 sTudenTs. The College oTTers a wide choice oT subiecTs in Three general groups: English and Foreign Languages: lv1aThemaTics and NaTural Sciences: and The Social Sciences. The sTudenT is enabled To TesT himselT along several lines oT endeavor beTore he decides on his special Tield oT acTiviTy. Included in The College are The Schools oT CiTizenship and Public ATFairs, Geology, T-Tome Economics, Journalism, Library Science, Physical Educa- Tion, and Social Service. Each School leads To a separaTe degree or cerTiTicaTe and each is under The supervision oT a direcTor. This College is The cenTer oT The UniversiTy around which The proTessional schools are grouped. A large parT oT iTs work is TundamenTal Tor The besT worlc in proTessional schools. Work in The College leads To eiTher The degree oT Bachelor oT ArTs or ThaT oT Bach- elor oT Sciences. The highesT requiremenTs Tor graduaTion have always been mainTained and The degrees granTed by The College are recognized in all oTher insTiTuTions. Beginning wiTh The school year oT T934-l935, The College will be divided inTo an Upper Division and a Lower Division. ln order To gain admiTTance inTo The Upper Divi- sion a sTudenT musT have compleTed as much as 56 hours in The Lower Division wiTh aT leasT a C average. l-le also musT have worked oTT all Ereshman reguiremenTs, any high school deTiciencies, and prereguisiTe courses Tor his maior subiecT, and musT pass The Junior English exam. STudenTs in The Upper Division musT carry Upper Division courses To The exTenT oT Two-Thirds oT Their ToTal enrollmenT and aT leasT 48 hours musT be com- pleTed in This division beTore a degree may be granTed. S. W. REAVES Pag 28

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THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE From a Two-year course in Medicine TirsT oTTered in I900 on The campus oT The UniversiTy, The School oT Medicine has grown inTo one oT The TinesT insTiTu- Tions Tor medical sTudy in The MidwesT. Only Two years oT The work were oTTered unTil I9I0 when arrangemenTs were made Tor The Third and TourTh, oTTen known as The clinical years, oT The work To be done in Oklahoma CiTy. The School conTinued iTs sTeady growTh, acquiring a new I-IospiTal, in Okla- homa CiTy, in I9 I9 and a Medical Building aT Norman in I925. Finally, in I928, The building aT Norman was given over To The Pharmacy School and The enTire School oT Medicine was moved To Oklahoma CiTy where iT was housed in anoTher new building. A The School has a TacuITy oT TorTy-Three proTessors and eighTy-Two lecTurers and assisTanTs. The enroll- menT is close To 300. Admission reguiremenTs con- Torm wiTh Those seT ouT by The AssociaTion oT American Medical Colleges oT which The School is a member. Two years oT premedical college work are an absoluTe minimum and very Tew sTudenTs are admiTTed wITh less Than Three years. The UniversiTy I-IospiTal. which was provided Tor by The LegislaTure by a granT oT fb200,000, in I9I7, was opened in AugusT, I9 I9, wiTh 46 paTienTs. The consTrucTion oT an AdminisTraTion Building was Tinanced by The appropriaTion, in I92I, oT 575,000 In I927, S300,000 was appropriaTed Tor The consTrucTion oT a I-IospiTaI Tor Crippled Chil- dren and an addiTionaI SI50,000 was appropriaTed in I929 To Tinish This building. AT presenT, The UniversiTy I-IospiTaI is one oT The largesT Teaching hospiTaIs in The SouThwesT, wiTh a normal bed capaciTy oT 425. There is an average oT 400 paTienTs aT all Times and In addiTion There are Trom I50 To 200 ambuIaTory paTienTs daily cared Tor in The OuT-PaTienT I-IospiTaI. The hospiTals have all TaciliTies Tor diagnosTic and TherapeuTic work. There is a dieTeTics deparTmenT, giving Training in This imporTanT Tield. There are always appren- Tices in The laboraTory and X-ray deparTmenTs, and There are some sixTeen graduaTe physicians Taking posT-graduaTe work aT all Times in The Torm oT junior and senior inTerne- ships. IT Is one oT The comparaTively Tew hospiTals accrediTed Tor boTh iunior and senior inTerneships. L. J. MOORMAN Pg 30