University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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DR. T. W. GLOCKER f SCHOOL OF COMMERCE The purposes of the School of Commerce are the teaching of students, voca- tional guidance of students and research. The teaching functions of the School of Commerce are: tn To give vocational training for business to resident students; Qi to provide information concerning business conditions and problems for stu- dents who are enrolled in the Colleges of Engineering, Agriculture, and Home Economics, or are preparing themselves for the College of Law; Bi to give in- formation concerning business activities to Liberal Arts students who are interested from the cultural point of View; 0! W wuyerate with the College of Education in training teachers of commercial subjects in high schools; Di to cooperate with the Division of University Extension in giving training to those already working at their jobs. A second broad purpose of the School of Commerce is vocational guidance. Students must he helped to select careers in which their abilities can be used most eHectively. The Bureau of Appointments and the School of Commerce are striving to carry out this function to the extent of their facilities, but these facilities are at present very limited. There is needed a survey to determine the types of occupa- tions in which there is a demand for college trained men, an adjustment of curricula to give better training for such groups of occupations and conferences with students to aid them in selecting the careers for which they are best fitted. A third broad purpose of the School of Commerce is research. Studies of eco- nomic conditions and problems furnish information useful to business men and give the teacher a background of detailed practical knowledge.

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THE COLLEGE OF LAN The College of Law, now in its forty-seventh year, is a member of the As- sociation of American Law Schools and is approved by the American Bar As- sociation. For admission two years of collegiate work are required. The period of law study covers three academic years, the calendar time for which may be shortened by attending summer sessions. The work during the summer session is planned so that there will be courses for those who are starting the study of law, as well as courses for advance students and practitioners. While considerable emphasis is placed on Tennessee law, the work is con- ducted with a View to give an acquaintance with the general principles and rules of American law so as to prepare students for the bar of any state. The work of the first year will be useful to persons intending to engage in banking and mercantile business. The mental training aflorded by the study of law is also becoming appreciated and sought by students who desire some intelligent occu- pation which will connect theoretical work with the facts of life, and enable them to apply their minds readily and correctly to such facts in any business or profession. A part of the training is moot court work. Here the student be- comes familiar with pleading incident to court work and gains an actual experi- ence in trying causes and arguing to the jury as well as to the court. DEAN H. B. WITHAM

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HOME ECONOMICS? The year 1936-37 is a red letter year in the history of the School of Home Economics because it marks the building of the east wing to the Home Eco- nomics building and the building of a nursery school. In the last decade the School of Home Economics has increased slightly more than 350 per cent. The School of Home Economics might be called the School of Family Life, since the major objective is training for home-making. However, the girls who graduate from the School or Home Economics are in a particu- larly fortunate position because they are not only trained for home-making but for entering some remunerative employment. So great has been the de- mand for graduates in home economics that up to the present time all grad- uates of the School of Home Economics who are interested in employment have had the opportunity for positions. The School of Home Economics is a major division of the College of Agriculture and consists of eight departments. The newest feature of the School of Home Economics was the Department of Craft Design, which was added in 1936-37. The total enrollment for the fall quarter of 1936-37 MISS J- W- HARRIS is 336 major students, which represents a 32 per cent increase over the fall of 1935.