University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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George Rehec, Ph.D. Dean A. B., Michixzun, 1891: student at Stl'ilHHlJlll'K, 1893-04: Ph.D., Mich- igan, 1897: student in Florence, Italy, 1908-9: faculty, Michigan, 1894-1909: Orcxzon. 1912-18: direc- tor, Portland Extension Center, 1918-203 professor of education, Reed College, 1920-215 head of de- partment of philosophy and dean of Graduate School, O1'UK0Il1 from 1911. The Graduate School The aims of the Graduate School may be approximately described under four heads. First, there is the endeavor to have the stu- dent both deepen and widen his scholarship. By having him put his energies into a major and a minor field of study, he is diverted from a loose scattering of his interests over things more or less in general, at the same time that the taking of courses is transformed into an approach on the whole body of those subjects, and the attempt is made to achieve the be- ginnings of a real mastership in them. Second, in place of the habit oi obediently 'itakingu the contents of lectures and text books and more or less faithfully giving them back in quizzes and examinations, the student is challenged and expected to take a critically active and investigative attitude towards knowledge and ideas. Third, and above all else, the Graduate School wishes to be animated by the idea of research, in the very broadest meaning ot that term. lt is a place steadily and eagerly de- voted to thc pushing forward of the houn- daries of knowledge, and the training and in- spiring oi the young men and women who are to continue this culminating portion of a uni- versityis service. Finally, the Graduate School of the 'Uni- versity of Oregon endeavors not only to build this active and creative habit oi mind above and as a supplement to, the ordinary college course, but strives, by its presence on the cam- pus and by its example to stimulate it within the undergraduate years themselves. l FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE DEPAR'l'lVlEN'l' William P. Boynton F. G. Schmidt Harry Beal Torrey Edmund S. Conklin Henry D. Sheldon Frederic G. Young Warren D. Smith Tfwmzly-four

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College of Literature, Science, and the Arts This is 1935. Ten years have passed since you of '25 were seniors, and you of '26 were juniors. You have surely grown more mature in thinking, no matter how much you may have esteemed yourselves in the fargone days of the 1925 Oreganag the eye that looks back to the under- graduate life is still affectionate, but, behold! it is now critical also, peering into the vista of a decade ago. So, now in 1935, one whom you may recol- lect as an animadverter upon the kind of lives you lived, desires to address to you these few questions: Did you learn in high school the fine art of study? Wlieii you came to the University did you begin building at once upon the four years just past? Or was it like going through the gateway of a new world, and beginning all over? ln the University did you have time for reflectiong for scaling the difficult height that men call General Cultureg for leisurely do- ing? Or did you tumble into the eddy called University Life, to be whirlqd around end- lessly, until Time struck the gong for Com- mencement? Did the Usysteml, get the better of you, or you of the system ? I ask these questions of you to the end that when you go to high schools, or come to the campus in this year of grace 1935, and here- after, you may speak warningly to the students of today. For the system'l which holds in bondage the high school and University under- graduate bodies cannot be killed in a day. Colin V. Dyment, B. A. Dean B. A., Toronto, 1900: news- pupurmun, 1000-13. Faculty, Ore- gon, 1013-17: head of the depart- ment of journalism, Washington, 1917-18: director oi' School of Journalism, 1918-1113 present po- sition from 1920, DEPARTMENTS OF THE COLLEGE Botany and Bacteriology Greek Philosophy Chemistry History Physics Drama and the Speech Arts Household Arts Political Science Economics ' Latin Pre-engineering English Mathematics . - Psychology Geology Mechanics and Astronomy Romance Languages Germanic Languages Medicine Zoology Military Science Tfwrfzly-thru'

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Romance Languages Ten full-time teachers are employed in the department of Romance Languages and there is a ten per cent increase in the enrollment of students every year. The demand for well- prepared teachers of French and Spanish ex- ceeds the supply. The educational and prac- tical value of the Romance Languages is very great. French books are read by large numbers in all the cultural centers of the World. The rapid and amazing development of Latin America offers splendid opportunities for technically trained men, who have a re- spectable knowledge of the Spanish language, which is acquiring extraordinary importance in all the schools of the United States. Practical courses in conversation, composition and pro- nunciation may be taken in the upper division. Advanced and Graduate work in the languages and literatures is open to qualified students. There are two classes in commercial Spanish and one course is devoted to Latin America. Portuguese, spoken in the vast territory of the Republic of Brazil, is becoming more and more indispensable. Students who have had three years of Spanish are given some work in this language. ltalian is studied for its litera- ture as well as for the beautiful language. El Circulo Castellano and Le Foyer Fran- cais a1'e clubs for practical training in Spanish and French. FACULTY MEMBERS OF Tl-IE Anna M. Thompson Rosalia Cuevas Italia Dallera Gertrude Espinosa Lois E. Gray Henriette Gouy Tfwcnly--fifurr Timothy Cloran, Ph. IJ. Ilmld of lJcj1art1r1cnt B. A.,Wes1.ern Reserve, 18912 stu- dent, University of Berlin, 1897- 98: University ol' Strassburgr, 1808-09: Ph.D., Strnssburgr, 1901: student, University of Paris, 100-1- 05: University of Madrid, 1005- 00: faculty, Shurtlefl' College, 1803-07: Idaho, 1809-1000: Vander- bilt, 1000-011: Oruxon, from 1906. DEPARTM ENT Germaine Cornier Anrlree Pellion Helen Duliuy Manerucl