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

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dents who complete in addition to the four-year academic course, a course in com- position and design and the History of Arts. Other phases of University organization which deserves mention are the State Geological and Natural History Survey under the efficient management of Elwood C. Perisho, State Geologist and professor of Geology. The object of this survey is to investigate the mineral wealth of the State and thus assist in promoting its material progress, to collect and preserve representatives of its materials, its fauna and and Hora. The results of the survey are published from time to time for the benefit of the people of the State. The Department will, dur- ing the coming year. publish another one of its valuable bulletins. The laboratories of the University deserve mention in this place. The Physi- cal Laboratory has an extensive equipment of the various apparatus used in physi- --19f .f

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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

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ART STUDIO cal investigation and experimentation. This laboratory occupies one-half of the nrst floor of Science Hall. The Chemical laboratory is also well supplied with the apparatus and materials for chemical experimentation and investigation and constitutes an important feature of the scientific equipment of the University.. The chemical laboratory occupies the north half of the first floor of Science Hall. The Biological laboratory is well equipped with apparatus adapted to its lines of inves- tigation and microscopes of both American and foreign make. This laboratory occupies the north half of the- second floor of Science Hall. The Department of Geology is establishing-a Geological laboratory with appropriate apparatus and the materials for geological testing and study. This occupies the south half of the second floor of Science Hall. One-half of the third floor of this building is devoted to the University Museum. This embodies extensive collections to illus- trate the work in geology and mineralogy. The University Museum is probably the most extensive and valuable collection of its kind in the State, and the Pro- fessor of Geology plans to make this a representative collection of the fauna and Hora, the minerals and the fossils of this and other States. All in all, the labora- tories of the University testify to the eificiency and ability of the men in charge of them and offer opportunities for scientific study and investigation unexcelled in the State. ' The library of the University consists of upwards of thirteen thousand vol- H20-