University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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john Straub Dean of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. In this position Professor Straub comes in touch with the men and women from whom, in ever increasing numbers, Oregon's leading newspaper men, teach- ers, lawyers, and all other professional men, rise. The college of which he is dean includes six regular courses, besides a col- legiate course preparatory to Law or journalism, and a School of Com- merce. The six regular courses lead to the A. B. degree, and vary from the strictly classical to the semi-scientific nature. The Gen- eral Classical Group has its mojor credits in Greek and Latin under Professors Straub and Dunng the General Literary Group takes up Anglo-Saxon and Modern Lan- guages and Literatures under Pro- fessors Carson, Glen and Schmidt and their assistantsg the freshman and sophomore years of the General Scientific Course are essentially like corresponding years in the courses already described, but the elective credits in the advanced years are required in scienceg Professors Young and Schafer furnish the work in the major credits in the Civic Historical Groupg the Educational' Group is designed especially for those who would fit themselves to teach master- fully, and the work under President Campbell and Doctor Sheldon is fascinating. The Mathematics-Science Group differs most widely from the classic nature, but is broader than the purely scientific courses. 16

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iiuella Clog Carson Dean of Women. Every woman who has registered in the University of Oregon since 1888 has met, and in some degree been influenced by, Professor Carson. Those women who have taken courses in her department have had the advantage over women in all other departments in knowing her as an interesting though thorough, an exact- ing though optimistic instructor in the rhetoric and English courses. But her influence is not bounded by the walls of her class-room: freshmen who have a habit of skipping gymnasium and fall- ing below the passing grade in trigo- nometry come to know her as well as those other women who, in their fresh- man and sophomore years, delight in escapades from which the timorous shrink abashed. These latter, tc-o, find a helper in a woman quick to see the right course and seldom failing to guide the untrained into the line of study for which she has special apti- tude. Many students grow weary of the constant persevering toil long before the course is finished and to these Professor Carson is ever an example of hopeful ambition. High ideals of scholarship and character are set be- fore thge women of the institution. Not slothful in business might well be the motto under which they work. Through four years of college training Professor Carson labors earnestly to give to the state young women who may take their place in any position bringing to it helpful personalities and firmly grounded ideals of the life beautiful. 15

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Srcbcrich 05. Lloung Dean of the Graduate School The Graduate School of the University of Oregon was organized to offer ad- vanced instruction upon the basis of work completed in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the College of Science and Engineering, and the School of Mines and Mining. Its purpose is threefold: to extend general culture, for which the Degree Master of Arts is granted: to encourage the mastery of a specialty, for which the degrees Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy and the vari- ous engineering degrees are grantedg and to provide for those who desire a more thorough acquaintance with particular subjects than is offered in undergraduate work, but who are not candidates for degrees. Since its organization the demand for the work has constantly increas- ed, thus attesting the wisdom of the faculty in establishing such a school. The advancement of the high schools throughout the state has relieved the University of all preparatory courses so that greater attention can be given to higher branches. This fact shows not only the growth of the University, as such, but also the devel- opment of the schools throughout the state. It is a source of satisfaction to her citizens, that Oregon has been able tor take up the work of the great eastern universities, and that there is, as the dean of this school, a man of untiring faithfulness to the highest interest of the state. 17