University of South Dakota - Coyote Yearbook (Vermillion, SD)

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Commerce is established in the University is a new departure in educational procedure. It is in answer to the demand for educat- ed inen anclwomen in the place of businessresponsibility. The world of business has come to a realiza- tion of the fact that the college trained man has superior quali- Hcations, and thus in the lines of business management profes- sionally educated men and wo- men are in such demand that the modern school of commerce finds a large field for its work. The College of Arts and Sci- ences has in addition to the above a Department of Peda- gogy giving a Five-year course specially planned to Ht students for the work of teaching and which, when completed, entitle the graduate to a five-year's State certificate. The xvorl: of this department carries the stu- dent through the freshman year of regular work. In addition to this. those who finish the col- lege coure, taking work in Ped- agogy are enabled, under fthe laws of the State to secure a 'ife diploma. The College of Arts and Sei- ences has had a steady growth. Last year the total enrollment of college students was one hundred and sixty-eight. For the present year it is one hundred and sev- enty. The College of Law, organiz-

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supervision and by whose direction the educa- T tional policy of the institution is formulated and carried out. In addition to these general features of the organization, the University maintains a preparatory course, fitting students for entrance to the freshman year in the College of Arts and Sciences. The steady decline of the sub-fresh- man department marks the increased efficiency of the high schools of the State, but under existing . conditions it will probably be many years before the University will be able to dispense with its preparatory or sub-freshman department. As an additional evidence of the progress of we T the institution toward the status of a university in fact, there should be mentionacl the Depart- ment of Engineering and the School of Com- merce. The Department of Engineering was organized in 1902, and now numbers thirty students and six instructors. including Doctor Alexander Pell, the Director. FLIRTATION WALK lt hasa complete equipment of wood and iron working machinery, and besides this it has extensive laboratory facilites for testing the strength of materials, for electrical measurement and electric testing of all kinds which give adequate in- struction and preparation for the work of electrical engineering. The -courses of study in this Department lead to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil, Elec- trical and Mechanical Engineering. An appropriation of ten thousand dollars for the next biennial period, made by the legislature just adjourned, insures this Department ample equipment to meet its needs in the near future. Additional in- structors will-be provided and the full four yearls course of professional work in Engineering lines will now be given. The Department of Engineering has met with a popular reception, as its rapid growth testifies, and that it has a large fu- ture before it is assured. The practical demands of the day for men thoroughly trained in the various lines of engineering are such as to make a constantly in- creasing opportunity for this line of professional study. The School of Commerce was organized in IQOO, and now has an attendance of seventy-three students. lts faculty numbers fourteen persons, including Pro- fessor C. W. Thompson, Director of the S-chool. giving a part or the whole of their time to the work. The School of Commerce gives three years of prepara- tory worlc practically equivalent to the work in the academic sub-freshman pre- paratory department of the University, and in addition two years of solid college work. Lines of Economics, theory of banking and finance leading to the degree of,Bachelor of Commerce. Students who have completed this line of work can secure the A. B. degree by taking two additional years of study. The School of

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ed in Igor, has developed in the short space of six years in- l to a professional school of high standing and fine reputation under the leadership of Dean Sterling. The enrollment of the present year is fifty. The College has a faculty of seven professors and lecturers. The l graduating class of the pres- ent year numbers nineteen, the largest number ever graduat- ing in any one year since the establishment of the College. A The recent legislature made an appropriation of fifty thou- sand dollars for the erection of a law building. Vtfhen this building shall have been erected upon our campus, as it will be within the next twelve months, and when the law school shall have been established in its own building with its library of ample proportions. it will rank second to no law school in the Northwest. The College of Music, under the efficient management of Dean Grabill, main- tains a high musical standard. It has developed with a steady and regular stride until today it has achieved a reputation in the Northwest which insures its steady growth in the future. The College of Music together with the Department of Engineering will be the next candidates before another legislature for buildings in which to accommodate the growth in numbers and equipment which is inevi- table. The total enrollment of the College of Music for the present year is one hundred. It has a faculty of five members whose entire time is given to the work of musical instruction. In addition to this various members of the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences give courses supplementary to those required in this college. The most thorough theoretical courses given in any institution west of Chicago are here offered, thus giving exceptional opportunities for those who wish to fit themselves for the teaching of music. The college maintains the fol- lowing musical organizations: A chorus and an orchestra under the immediate direction of the Dean, a glee club and various other ensemble organizations, all of which are in a flourishing condition. The Department of Art is another feature of the College of Arts and Sciences. It offers extensive' courses in various phases of art, including Caj an academic course in drawing and paintingg Cbb Decorative composition and designg Qcj Historyuof Art and Cdj Elementary Drawing. A diploma is granted to its stu- FUSSORIAL PARLOR