University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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H ,W I I l I I I I i I I I I I I I I I I I jkbd OLLEGE OF ARTS The College of Arts and Sciences, es- tablished in 1892 when the University was founded, is the center out of which the graduate and the professional schools have grown. With an enrollment totaling more than 2,000, it is easily the largest single college within the University. The College offers the student an oppor- AND SCIENCES tunity to test himself before deciding whether to select a major subject in the College, or enter one of the schools organ- ized within it, which are the following: Applied Botany, Citizenship and Public Affairs, Geology, Home Economics, Jour- nalism, Letters, Library Science, Physical Education, and Social Vvork. Dr. Samuel W. Reaves, Who became a mathematics professor at the University in 1905, is now head of the de- partment, as well as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, and Sigma Xi, national scientific re- search fraternity. Page 1 6

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Counselor of W omen One who has influenced the thought, feeling, and the character of the social life on the Campus, and who has, through kindly eye and sympathetic tone, engendered into activities a high interpretation of life, is Nliss Nlar- garet Stephenson, now in her third year as Counselor of lvomen at the University. Her ollice is responsible for the housing of women students, for maintaining correct social conduct of University women, and for the supervision of sorority rushing and pledging. Problems of employment, psychological adjustment, personality development, and adaptation to University life are all met and solved by this understanding counselor and friend. The Associated lvomen Students ado ted its res- P P ent name in 1939 at the suggestion of its sponsor, bliss MARGARET S'm 'EY50X Nlargaret Stevenson, who helped it organize as an affiliate of the lntercollegiate Association of VVomen Students. Prior to this time the organization had been known as the lVomen's Self-Government Association. Administrative guide ol' A. XV. S. is its lfxecutive Board composed of the president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, one representative from each xvomen's organiza- tion, and six representatives at large. The Association assists University clubs and organiza- tions in meritorious endeavors, sponsors the annual co-ed ball, and presents loving cups each year to the dormitory, l the sorority, and the organized house having the best MARMRFT D ms scholastic averages. Nlargaret Davis, Norman, senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, is pres- ident of A. XV. S. Other ollicers are Phyllis lVlcCoy, vice-presidentg Nlary Beth Smith, secretary, and .lo Ann Smythe, treasurer. Front rofw, lfft fa rigfhi-Mary Lee Lyon, Kathleen Haws, Maury' Beth Smith, Margaret Davis, -Io Anne Smythe, Emily Anne Moore, and Betty Chown- mg. Second rofw-Elizabeth Thomas, Ruth, Stith, Catherine Cooke, Dorothy Mur- dock, Jeanne Mullman, and Dorothy McMillan.

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SCHOOL OF PHARMACY The School of Pharmacy, established in 1893, was the first professional school or- ganized at the University. The school, with an enrollment of 107, offers thorough and practical courses which prepare its graduates to enter any branch of the pro- fession. Dr. Edwin DeBarr organized the first class in pharmacy and developed the school in conjunction with his chemistry depart- ment. The school is fully equipped to meet the requirements of the thirty-six states which require college training for pharmacists. Dr. D. B. R. Johnson, dean of the School of Pharmacy since 1919, was business manager of his college yearbook and is a member of the Uni- versity Board of Publi- cations . . . owns a farm that occupies much of his spare time-does a lot of Work on it him- self . . . keepsawatch- ful eye on all pharma- ceutical legislation . . . is past president of the A m e r i c an Pharma- ceutical Association. Page 1 7 3564?