University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION The College of Education, reorganized with its present name in 1929, has two basic purposes: first, to educate teachers, supervisors, and administrators for state schools, second, to add to the fund of pro- fessional knowledge. The University Demonstration Schools, the foundation of the college, provide op- portunities for teachers, supervisors, and administrators to prepare themselves for their chosen work by the apprentice method. The college's enrollment now is 435. Dr. Ellsworth Col- lings, dean of the College of Education, is an alum- nus of the University of Missouri and of Colum- bia University-a mem- ber of the University of Oklahoma faculty since 1922. The author of several books on the sub- ject of education, he is also a member of the Oklahoma Academy of Science. His hobby is hunting and fishing on his Bar C Ranch in the Arbuckles. Page 21

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l l l l L SCHOOL OF LAW The School of Law was organized in 1909 to meet the need for specialized study of jurisprudence. The aim of the school is to inculcate a sound knowledge of common law and equity, of English and American modifications of law, of consti- tutional law and federal procedure, and of the statutes, decisions and practice of the state of Oklahoma. Practice court, a prescribed course for seniors, is maintained to qualify students to enter active law practice upon leaving school. More than 300 lawyers are now in training. C77f0ww7T Julien C. Monnet, dean of the School of Law since 1909, is the oldest dean in the Uni- versity from the stand- point of service. A grad- uate of Harvard, he was awarded the cum laude degree by that university in 1908. Was a prose- cuting attorney in North Dakota before coming to the University of Oklahoma. 1s still an inveterate sportsman and plays an excellent game of golf. Page 20

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Q-as !32.Q,a,..... College of Business Administration The College of Business Administra- tion, established in 1929, developed from a subordinate school in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Business Administra- tion Building, new home of the College, was first occupied in September, 1936. The broad aim of the College is two- fold: first, to give students systematic preparation for business careers, second, to give them such training as will enable them to understand public problems, par- ticularly those having to do with interrela- tionships between businesses, between gov- ernment and business, and between em- ployer and employee. Dr. Arthur B. Adams, dean of the College of Business Administration since 1927, Was appoint- ed to the faculty in 1913. He is a prolific writer on economic subjects . . . studied economic condi- tions in Europe for the Carnegie Foundation in 1931. ls a Phi Beta Kappa. Likes to play golf and billiards. Page 22