University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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I he Ochool ot Dusiness r dminisii cition Dean 1 hid E. Faville The chief objective of the school of business administra- tion is to turn out business executives. This necessitates giving a broad cultural background as well as a technical training, and students are encouraged to take a large amount of work in the college of liberal arts before specializ- ing in any given business field. The school is a member of the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business, and as such maintains a high standard of teaching efficiency and scholastic performance. The problem method of teaching has been adapted to undergraduate use in the school with a view to supplementing factual knowledge with an ability to think intelligently in meeting the ever changing problems of the business world. During the past year the enrollment of the department increased fifteen per cent, there being five hundred and forty-five business administration majors enrolled fall term. A feature of the current year has been the greatly expanded activity of the Bureau of Business Research. It is the purpose of the bureau to collect and interpret data relating to Oregon business conditions and problems, and to direct attention to experience-tested practices of good business management. By reason of legislative appropriation, funds have been made available for extensive studies in foreign trade and industrial fields. The findings of these studies are available to the business men of the state in bulletin form. As a by-product of the work, additional research fellowships and graduate assist- antships have become available, thus making it possible to expand the graduate work of the school along very practical lines. The matter of employment after graduation is of vital interest to the college stu- dent. While the school does not maintain an appointment bureau, it makes every effort to place those graduates who evidence qualities of business leadership. So far the school has experienced little diffi- culty in placing its students. Dean David E. Faville is head of the school of business administration and, under his capable supervision, that sec- tion has become one of the best in the United States. Sen OF Hi 5INESS ADMINISTR 1 ION

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I he Ochool of Architecture and Allied Art Pi w Ellis F. L wvri:: The aim of the school of architecture and allied arts is the development of creative faculties. The school itself is divided into three parts, those of architecture, fine arts, and normal arts. Probably there is no other school on the campus which allows the student to broaden out his own individual charac- ter as the school of architecture. It primarily endeavors to stimulate and encourage the student ' s best qualities and helps him to discover his own particular abilities. Contact with all the different departments of the school and special- ization in any one of them is an aid toward this aim. The department of architecture conducts courses in principles of construction and design, in the technique of pencil, pen and brush, essential to accurate and effective pre- sentation, with such courses in history and practice as may supply acquaintance with the best examples of historic architecture, and a proper sense of the applicability of the pre- cedents set therein to the design and purposes of modern buildings. The department of fine arts has classes in all forms of delineation, including oil and water color painting, pastel crayon and charcoal drawing, as well as modeling in clay or plastoline, from life, cast, or nature; also classes in decorative design with advanced work in mural painting and stained glass. The department of normal arts furnishes experience in designing and process of pro- duction of objects of the industrial arts, such as dress design, textile patterns and weav- ing, tile making and basketry, and the training of teachers for public school instruction in art. Members of the faculty of the school of architecture and allied arts have won distinc- tion in their various special- ized lines of work. Dean Ellis F. Lawrence, head of the school, is known as one of the finest architects on the „, Pacific coast. Special exhibits IS of painting and sculpt u r e throughout the United States have included representative works of the Oregon artists. Special attention is given to normal arts, and the students i nrolled in the courses create winks of beautiful and artis- tic natm e. Scho H of Architecture Wll A] I II D l I-

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I he Ochool of Lauccilion Dean Sheldon The general purpose of the school of education is to organize and correlate all the parts of the University which have for their goal the growth of the educational facilities of the state. Ample provisions for specialization are made in the school by means of the professional training offered in the various departments of education and academic instruction given in the University. The college of literature, science and the arts plays a large part in helping the individual to gain this goal. At the completion of undergraduate courses the student has the advantage of the model high school which the school of education has under its own supervision. This fur nishes an excellent laboratory for training teachers and for working out new meth- ods in educational practice, thus supplying the requirements for junior and senior high school positions. The school is the only one on the coast to have this facility. The school of education furnishes advanced training for experienced teachers, normal school graduates and those who desire administrative supervisory positions. These courses are closely connected with those of the student studying for a high school posi- tion. A general service bureau to supply information and help is also a feature of t h e school. Students not only do actual teaching under supervision here but have the opportunity of observing some of the best examples of educational work done in the state. There is also a wide field for research work in the well-equipped quarters of the school of educa- tion. Guidance along modern lines of improvement is another important factor. Besides these student aids the school has a bureau to help its graduates obtain positions. A job at teaching may be secured in this state or an- other, and the bureau helps both those students who are graduates and those who are graduating. School of Education m 26