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

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Dr. Donald Slaughter, Dean of the Medical School and professor of Pharmacology, is a man well qualified to fill these positions. He has been a professor at the Universities of Iowa, Baylor, and Vermont, and acting dean at Southwestern Medical College. Dean Slaughter began his teach- ing at the University of South Da- kota in July, 1946. Under his able guidance the Medical School has expanded, and the teaching faculty has increased. Dean Slaughter is listed in Who ' s Who, Who ' s Who in Amer- ican Education, Who ' s Important in Medicine, American Men of Science, World Biography, and Leaders in Education. When Dean Slaughter is not busy wielding the scalpel over the future M.D. ' s, he can be found re- laxing with one of the many pipes from his collection. SCHOOL OF 01ED The Medical School was established in 1901. During this time and including this year 658 students have been transferred to four year medical schools. In the entire his- tory of the Medical School, only one student has not been transferred to a four year school. The students transfer to such schools as Northwestern, Colorado, Southwestern, Nebraska, Temple, and many more. This year ' s class is made up of 97 ' i South Dakota students, although 225 applied for admittance from out of state The medical faculty now consists of 17 full time members, 16 part-time instructors, and 25 clinical associates who are responsible for the clinical clerkship program. Until 1947 there were no hospitals in South Dakota which were approved for internship. The Medical School in conjunction with the hospitals succeeded in getting Sacred Heart, Mc- Kennan, and Sioux Valley approved for internship. An appropriation of $600,000 by the State Legislature this year has insured a new Medical and Science building for the School. It is hoped that this structure will be ready for occupancy in the fall of 1950. 23

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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

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Dr, William H. Batson, head of the School of Education at the University, is one of the most prominent educators in the state of South Dakota. His position in the educational field often requi res him to represent the University at various state educational meetings. Since he received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, he has been listed in Who ' s Who and was also elected president of the South Dakota Education Association in 1930. Though his administrative position keeps him well occupied, he also teaches Introductory Education, School Problems, Educational Statistics, Guidance Testing, Educational Psychology, and Seminar. SCHOOL OF EDUCflT Founded in 1927, the School of Education has become one of the most necessary and important divisions in the University. Since its establishment, approximately 100 teachers each year have been granted certificates. In 1935 a testing program, known as the High School Scholastic Contest, was sponsored by the School of Education When these tests were first given, only 250 students from 45 schools participated. This figure has increased yearly until it reached its present peak of 4,460 students from 209 schools. The purposes of the school are to train administrators and supervisors of education, to serve as a research base for the educational development problems of the state, to co- ordinate the many lines of teacher training work on the campus, and to train teachers for useful positions in colleges, teacher ' s colleges, high schools, and junior high schools. 24