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

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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS HDminiSTRflTiOfl The School of Business Administration is the largest professional school in the University. So rapid has the growth of the department been that the enroll- ment is now two and one-half times larger than in 1946. A student who has completed the two years of pre- busmess training required for entrance has an oppor- tunity to ma|or in eight fields: accounting, general business, marketing, economics, secretarial training, business administration, business and law, and bus ' ness and industrial engineering. That there is a local need for business administration ma|ors is evidenced in the fact that over forty per cent of the graduates of the School of Business find jobs right in South Dakota Within the school, special departments such as the Business Research Bureau and the Student Placement Service have grown greatly in scope and importance to the University and to the State. ] Dean, R. F. Patterson, not only takes a sincere interest in the School of Business but gives his wholehearted support to community and civic affairs. In 1947, he officiated as President of the Verm I lion Chamber of Commerce. An excellent public speaker, he usually makes from fifty to one hundred speeches every year before civic, educational, or business groups. This way, Pat, has come to know almost everyone in the state.

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COLLEGE OF FIOE ARTS An efficient Fine Arts College is the boast of University of South Dakota. Student enthusiasm in the fields of music, art, and dramatic art have increased the interest in this college. Students who pursue a musical career find ex- cellent instruction in composition, theory, counter- point, voice, and many other musical phases. Music majors gain valuable experience by listening to and performing in weekly student recitals. The choir, orchestra, and band also provide valuable opportunities to the student with artistic interests. The dramatic art department has two types of students: future actors and future instructors. Doc Lee ably sees that the business of plays, sets, costumes, and all other details in connection with the theater proceed as scheduled. Students acquire a fuller knowledge of the theater by building sets and making costumes. Professor Wilber Stillwell is the head man of the art department which includes instruction in water colors and oils, sculpturing, and charcoal drawings. Art students have the opportunity to exhibit their fine work in campus publications, posters, and stage settings. Dean W. R. Colton, able director of the University ' s College of Fine Arts, is more than a figurehead to the students he has trained in the field of music. Aside from his duties, which include arranging recitals and acting as student adviser, Dean Colton enjoys his leisure by gardening and hiking. His profound interest in the violin and other phases of music brings him closer to the Fine Arts students through the mutual love for the classics. 20

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The Law School of the University of South Dakota places par- ticular stress on local statute law although its general aim is to en- able students to practice in any state. Emphasis is also placed on their sphere as a citizen with a view of making them more responsive to the needs of their state. The Law Library, comprised of over sixteen thousand volumes, is employing for the first time in the school ' s history a full time librarian, George E. Trowsdale of Leeds, England, who has served for thirty years as Leeds ' Town Hall Librarian. Prominent graduates are: Governor George T. Mickelson, former Governor M. Q. Sharpe, Lt. Governor A, C. Miller, Royal C. Johnson, deceased, and William Williamson who were elected to the House of Representatives in our National Congress at one time. The late Lloyd Harding, former Governor of Iowa, and Buell Jones, former Attorney General for Standard Oil, are among other successful graduates. Attendance in the law school has this year reached an all time high. Versatile Marshall McKusick, Dean of the School of Law, has been an outstanding figure on the University campus since 1 902. Mc- Kusick had not intended to make teaching his profession, but he found university life to his liking and remained to become the Dean of Law. Dean Marshall McKusick has been a member of the Athletic Board of Control since 1903, and has held many important positions in the South Dakota Bar Associa- tion. The Dean has written articles for law encyclopedias and has pub- lished pamphlets on case law, and law reviews. 22