University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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li H1 1 :s world-famous -Qfiibfc. rstablished as the Rf World under the Walter Williams, HU the laboratory 5 PUFDOSC the Co- ' newspaper, was :hc first classes in jr product of the :hc school are en- zmalistic work in Columbia, Alaska, xemy-three foreign Qezgf prize winner kan of the Faculfl' Df, Mott! as a A an Army School ict. in 1945' Page 29 Education Missouri was the iirst state in the Union to provide a teachers' college as a division of its state university. The department of education was created in 1856, but Went through several stages of re- organization before it took the form of the School of Education in 1909. iAl1 student teachers graduating from the School of Education receive practical experience teaching in the University laboratory school which includes classes ranging from kinder- garten to high school. Loran G. Townsend is dean of the School of Education. -

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ournali m The School of Journalism is world-famous and its history is long and honorable. Since 1908, when it was established as the first School of Journalism in the world under the direction of the late Dean Walter Williams, emphasis has been placed on the laboratory method of teaching. For this purpose the Co- lumbia Missourian, a daily newspaper, was started simultaneously with the iirst classes in journalism as the laboratory product of the school. Over 3000 graduates of the school are en- gaged in some form of journalistic work in every state, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippines, and twenty-three foreign countries. Frank Luther Mott, Pulitzer prize winner and distinguished scholar, is Dean of the Faculty of the School of Journalism. Dr. Mott, asa Lieutenant Colonel, established an Army School of Journalism in Biarritz, France, in 1945. Page 23 Edl Missouri HS 5 provide a teacher! state unis'ersitj.'. The depazm 1856, but wen: 2 Organization bcfon Ofliduearion in 19 Au Smdeni ze Schoolofiducab teaching in thc which includes Q Zartentomgh sd: Loon o. rw Education'

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raduate The major objective of the Graduate School is the encouragement of creative scholarship and productive research by students and members of the faculty. The school offers instruction in classical languages and archaeology, social sciences, modern languages, journalism, philosophy, psy- chology, education, mathematical and physical sciences, biological sciences, the fine arts, agri- culture, home economics and engineering. As early as 1846 advanced degrees were being conferred, but records of these beginnings of the Graduate School have not been kept. In 1892 a woman received the first earned master's degree from the University. Henry E. Bent has been dean of the Graduate School since 1938. Bible The Elie Q12 lishment in 1895. non-sectarian att academic frmder: the beliefs held Although i1 5 functionally ha of the versity mmm: , Dm gg Slew.