Washington University Saint Louis - Hatchet Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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The College of Liberal Arts HE College of Liberal Arts has the largest enrollment of all the schools in the University. Almost every' student at some time or other is a member of the College. At the present time about one student out of ten completes the fourfyear College course, as most students branch off into medicine, law, dentistry, and business. It is felt, however, that a time will come when a broader and more varied foundation will be required before a student may begin to specialize. An education to be entirely successful should stimulate an intelligent interest of the student in worthy subjects outside the field of his probable life work. It is in the College of Liberal Arts that every study, however, abstruse and at times even uninterestf ing in anticipation, may be found. This contributes greatly to manis intellectual equipment, if it awakens in him a curiosity, the T satisfaction of which is one of the keenest of human delights. The GEORGE O. JAMES College also aims to fit its students for relations with their neighbors Dean and the community at large. There is a growing need for a large and thoughtful number of men, with the ever increasing class struggles in the economic and political worlds. It must be a body of men bound neither to the claims of defects of radicals nor conservatives, but able to stand on its own feet and vote according to sound judgment. In very recent times it has become increasingly evident that a course in the College may only serve as a background for future work of a more specific nature. At present the percentage of students who complete the College course is somewhat higher than it has been in the past, for many students who have it definitely in mind to specialize in some school, such as medicine, complete four years in the College, and a good number have the A.B. degree as their only aim. Thus, to anyone who enters the College, the value of a liberal education becomes apparent. No matter what goal the student has in mind, a course in the College, the backbone of the University, will broaden his outlook and splendidly equip him for his work in the future. l Page Twenty OUT

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ge Twenryffour The School of Business-Public Administration School of Business and Public Administration. This is a professional school with ideals and standards similar to those that obtain in schools of law and medicine. Students first complete two years of work in the College, after which they enter this School for two years of specialized training leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and in Social Work respectively. RAINING for business and social work is provided in the The great development of large scale commercial and indusf trial organizations has created a demand for men and women who have been trained in the fundamental principles of business. Graduates of the School of Business and Public Administration have increasing opportunities for securing desirable positions with these organizations which afford them unusual facilities for securing practical experience to supplement their collegiate training. I - Similar conditions have influenced the demand for better . training for social work. The great complexity of social relations has made necessary the development of a special technique for the treatment of the problems of the poor, the-sick, the defective and the delinquent. In close cooperation with St. Louis social agencies this School is furnishing 'the training to meet the growing demands for competent social workers. An endowment of about S600,000, received ir? 1928 for the Department of Social Work, has made it possible to provide increased facilities in this field o tralnlng. Ismon Lora Dean V The fact that students are becoming aware of the unusual opportunities offered by the School of Business and Public Administration is indicated by the growth in enrollment. The registration for the session 1929450 shows an increase of 20 per cent over that of the preceding year. The man with business college education is receiving recognition of a new character. He is thoroughly grounded in the principles and fundamentals but is also given the opportunity to make himself perfect by practice and application in real problems encountered in actual transactions. Because of this and the fact that there are more openings for business men than for any other line of workers, the wonderful scope and possibilities of this School in the future will be seen. Page 'Twentyfflve + l il