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

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Shown above are some of the lab workers, majoring in various fields of the Arts and Sciences department-from home economics to chemistry, physics, applied science, and biochemistry. Many students earn part of their way through college, serving as lab assistants in the basic courses offered in this department— gain much valuable experience in these fields. Eleven

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■ ffl COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES DEAN ARTHUR M. PARDEE With more than half of the student body enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences, in- creased emphasis has been laid in the development of courses taught in this field, especially in the defense courses, mathematics, physics, and chemistry. A majority of the students entering the University come without having definitely decided what course they intend to follow, merely want an education, fall naturally into this division, and to that end, the College has promoted a guid- ance program which enables them to map their courses for the rest of their college careers. Being a standard liberal arts college, it divides itself into three natural groups: study of arts, languages, and cultures; exact sciences; and social sciences. Its purpose is to educate generally as well as to provide practical training for later employment. More than any other school on the campus, it realizes the cultural values of education, awards B.A. degrees. English courses comprise a major portion of the language majors, most English majors plan on teaching in high schools. French, German, and Spanish courses are followed for just the two basic years required for a degree. Journalism courses are arranged to provide for future work, students write for all three University publications, are placed in good jobs soon after leaving school. Speech and dramatic arts courses are becoming increasingly popular, particularly intro- ductory speech. The exact sciences emphasize the importance of lab work, train the student in general scientific knowledge of the field, offer advanced courses for graduate and professional work. Many students in this f ield go on to medicine. Over a third of the Arts students major in one of the exact sciences. The social science courses, economics, history, sociology, and psychology, occupy approximately one-fourth of the liberal arts students. Courses are primarily theoretical in nature, advanced work much more specific. Head of the College with its 70-odd instructors and assistants is exacting, nervous, bespecta- cled Arthur M. Pardee, himself a lecturer in the advanced organic fields. Dr. Pardee assumed the leadership of the College in 1929, has built it to the place where it is now the best College of Arts and Sciences in the state. ■ ! Ten

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FINE ARTS ' mi Under the guidance of Dean Colton, the College of Fine Arts has steadily grown, boasts of the numher of its graduates employed in colleges and universities, with emphasis on music. Work of the school falls into three divisions, painting and drawing, music, dramatic art. First division students major in painting or public school art, with work directed largely to lab, including lettering, sketching, painting, life drawing, design. A faculty of eight teaches course work in music, directs choir, orchestra, University band. Fine Arts students give weekly recitals, present annual program of their original compositions. One full-time instructor teaches work in dramatic art and acts as director of dramatics. Courses include history and principles, stage design, lighting, makeup, play production. The de- partment presented five full-length plays this year, numerous one-act plays. A large numher of University students take part in these plays, exclusive of dramatics students, either in stage work or acting. i DEAN W. R. COLTON n i Twelve