University of Wisconsin Madison - Badger Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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Bascom Hall Letters and Science G||| HE College of Letters and Science is the old original part of the - ' - university edifice. It was built many years ago, out of tried, dependable materials, by men of wisdom and skill — the found, ers of the university. It has been kept abreast of the times — ■ modernized — again and again by successors of equal and sometimes of greater merit. Those who go out from its protect- ing roof on graduation not infrequently think that the old college is not what it used to be. But seen in proper per- spective, after the lapse of years, the old grad will discover, with pride, that the old academic home was a center of light, that It strengthened purposes, shaped ideals, equipped with knowledge, and furnished an opportunity for the growth of wisdom. May the old grads of 1928 find this to be true. G. C. Sellery Dean t-3}

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The Law School The Law School I, Harry S. Rilharus Dean THE Law School, the oldest professional school in the University, IS now in Its sixtieth year. It has been sixty years of striving and attainment. With the growth of the state and the conse- quent increasing demands on the legal profession, the Law School has broadened its curriculum, and raised its standards. It has been a pioneer in insisting on a broader educational background for the lawyer. It was the first of the long estab- lished schools west of the Atlantic Seaboard to require college work of its candidates for degrees. It has witnessed the ac- ceptance of these standards by the sixty-seven law schools in the American Law School Association comprising all law schools connected with first rank universities. The American Bar Association has approved these standards for all persons seeking admission to the bar. The Supreme Court has adopted them for admission to the bar in this state. The coming year will see many important changes, both in the requirements for admission and in the scope of its activities. After January ist, 1920, all candidates for its degree must present three years of prelegal college work, and special students two years of college work. Changes in the methods and scope of the program are also planned, which it is believed will make the instruction more effective, as it will provide opportunities for third year and graduate students to go more deeply into certain subjects than is now possible. It opens the way for more graduate instruction and investigation to be carried on in cc-operation with the social science group in the university. This co-operation is a distinctive step, which is full of promise towards a better understanding of the factors in social and economic problems. Graduates with such background will have a better grasp of legal problems, and will be in a position to render greater service to their clients and to the state. . ii»» ije [22I

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Librarv Library School C. B. Lester Director T: HE Library School is part of the Larger Campus. It looks for- ward to the day when a new building to house the university library will make a place for it on university ground. In the meantime, in its present location, midway between the Capitol and the Hill, as well as in its organisation, it symbolises that close relationship between University, and State that has always been uniquely characteristic of Wisconsin. The Director of the School, Clarence B. Lester, is also Secretary of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission, and another link is formed by the fact that the Chairman of the Commission, Miss Zona Gale, is a member of the Board of Regents of the University. The School works in a close co-operation with the libraries of the state. Like the School of Medicine and the School of Journalism, the Library School sends its students out into the state for observation, study and practical experience. During two months of the school year the students work under close supervision in selected libraries, giving service in return for experience. The Library School shares another characteristic of the University as a whole. In addition to fulfilling the ideal of service to the state, it attracts to its ranks students from all parts of the country and from foreign lands as well. The present class, the largest m the history of the School, has representatives from eleven states, the District ot Columbia, Canada, and Nor- way. And the graduates ot the School have carried the Wis- consin spirit into thirty-eight states, the District of Columbia, the Canal Zone, the Philippine Islands, Hawaii, Canada, China, Denmark, Italy, and Norway. (ty . u 5241