University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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DEANS Botany classes, drug assayers and research workers use the botanical garden maintained on the campus by the School of Pharmacy headed by Dean Charles Johnson. Graduates are trained for hospital , drug store, pharmaceutical manufacturing and government work. Encouragement of research and creative work on the part of both students and faculty IS the policy of the Engineering College under Dean Edgar Allen Loev The college equips Its students for successful application of the forces and vast resources of nature to the convenience of men. Development of students ' intellectual independence and encouragement of research is the object of the graduate school, under Dean Frederick Padelford. Thrown largely upon his own, the graduate student must attain a higher standard than the undergraduate. X Cooperating with the United States Bureau of Mines, the College of Mines, directed by Dean Mi LNOR Roberts, is investigating problems in the mineral industry of the State. The Law School faculty, under Dean PIarold Shepherd, is compiling a Washington annotation on the restatement of law. Condon Hall is the best equipped law building on the coast, ancf the library contains the largest collection of legal texts west of the Mississippi. V The School of Education, under the guidance of Dean Willis L. Uhl, is one of the few authorized to issue graduate degrees. Six faculty members have books on the press concerning curriculum construction, school administration, typing, and music education. • 20

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DEANS Part al rcyhcancnt oj the lecture system hy lutiii ' itluai study and conjennc:s was a loca ' .ed ())■ President Sic in his address to oiteruii students last fall. The new plan allcws the stucknt. with his instructor ' s vermission, to concentrate on the .siihcct most interesting to him each ijuarter. The University College offers training for leadership or professions to those with majors. Those without majors return whence they came — be it farm or factory — well-rounded in education and versed in many fields of knowledge, according to Dean Edward Henry Lauer, who is also Dean of Faculties, handling the University ' s administrative matters. Dean Henry Landes, vice dean of the University College and chairman of the com- mittee on course of study, handles all changes and revisions in the curricula of the 5700 University College students. Dean David Thomson aids students in planning their schedules and assists them in academic difficulties. With his staff of faculty advisors he is especially concerned w ith freshmen and those who have not chosen their majors. The College of Economics and Business, headed by Dean Shirley J. Coon, promotes research in the common problems of the business world. More than 150 speeches on w orld problems were given by faculty members last year. 19 •

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DEANS Six hundred lumber and forestry problems are handled annually by the College of Forestry under Dean Hugo Winkenwerder. The college educates its students to become technical foresters and to be of special service to the timber industries. Lectures bv visiting professors from all parts of the country are offered to students, graduates, and teachers attending summer school, which is directed by Henry A. Burd. In the words of Registrar E. B. Stevens, The registrar ' s office is the front door of the University, for through it the freshman enters and senior leaves. Pre-registration, since adopted by other Universities, was pioneered at Washington. Henry Coblirn Allen has complete management of the University ' s financial system. He administers the purchasing of supplies, overhead expenses, and accounting which concerns the University. Physically and intellectually the center of the campus, the Henry Suzzallo Library, directed by Charles W. Smith, contains more than 300,000 volumes, including manv rare books. The Extension Service, directed bv Harry E. Smith, enables students to get credit for home studv and fosters adult education. 21 • .