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

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we guriinexn ,STAOJ There is a section of Wash- ington University, known as Duncker l-lall, where the fu- ture businessmen of the coun- try are getting their training. Since l9l7, when the School of Commerce and Finance was founded, students have been studying Accounting, Political Science, and Eco- nomics, just to name a few, with an ambition to advance towards successful practice in commercial and industrial fields. ln l926, the school's name was changed to the School of Business cmd Public Admin- istration, but the name is the only thing that has stood still these past 24 years. For, since the small beginning that the school had, it has grown to a total of more than 770 stu- dents, and a full-time faculty of twenty members. DLLIIQACE 'l -quid . W . W xv, ' Q.: ll - V-X FN., t F.. X -, wt ,9- V - W5 ' ' Q - 1 x up . if .- 1 t 51 1 ml rl As one might expect, the Business School still has an eye for the future. An advisory committee of twenty-one prominent St. Louis businessmen has been appointed to help formulate plans for the future. This job of expan- sion is bigger than it sounds, but the nucleus has already been formed, and things are beginning to pop. A graduate program in business and public administra- tion, leading to a Masters degree, is being planned. The Business School is under the able direction of Dean Leslie I. Buchan, who came to us this year from Tulane 'University No beginner in the administrative line, he held the position of Dean at Tulane for a number of years before coming to Washington University.

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.SQAOJ of gofany -One of the best known schools of its kind, the Henry Shaw School of Botany draws students from many parts of the world toftebstock Hall and the Missouri Botan- ical Garden. Endowed by Mr. Shaw, the school serves to integrate the scientific efforts of Wash- ington University with those of the Garden. On the undergraduate level, courses are offered in several fields: botany, horticulture and microbiology, to name a few. A bit more Dean Henry N. Andrews, Ir. fffff - M. Pecpie who live in QHISS h:uses sricpiiari' , . . diversified, however, is the graduate curricu- lum which includes work in genetics, mycol- ogy, paleobotany, physiology and taxonomy. Various phases of investigation and research are also offered the graduate students, who are able to use the excellent Missouri Botan' ical Garden Herbarium and Library to great advantage in their work. Social life and fun are not forgotten in the School of Botany. Work and play are com- bined on the many field trips, picnics, weekend camping trips, and general get- togethers enjoyed by staff and students alike. During the past 53 years, 74 doctorates have been granted by the School of Botany, and while a large portion of the recipients have taken teaching positions in colleges and universities, others have become engaged in industrial work, governmental appointments, and museum positions. Heading this department of Washington University is Acting Dean Henry N. Andrew, lr., a well known paleobotanist of this area. 7

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jlze mfaigng 3600! After four previous years under the wing of the Business School, the School of Retailing has now blossomed forth on its own. The school began with 35 undergraduate stu- dents, and now has an enrollment of 246 undergraduates and l2 graduate students. The School of Retailing was initiated by downtown retailers, who saw a need for such a school to give students the fundamentals of retailing. These retailers gave the school a grant of 375,000 to obtain a faculty and to get the school' started. However, college courses in retailing are not substitutes for practical experience. There- fore, in addition to classwork, retailing stu- dents work two days a week, on a part-time basis. They also work full-time during Thanksgiving and Christmas. At the present time, there are 100 students working in store service, as each student does this only three semesters of the four in retailing school. As to plans for the future, the retailing school is planning an expansion of the grad- uate program, and development of research work Csuch as job analysis and job evaluationi. The guestion might arise: Are there enough jobs for those who desire to go into retailing? The answer is an emphatic Yes. Retailing employs the third largest group of people in the country- 7,500,000 -and ten percent of these are executives. The retailing school trains its students so that they will be able to make rapid progress toward one of these executive careers. The retailing school is under the guidance of Dr. Wenzil K. Dolva, who came to us in l946 from the University of Denver where he was head of the University College program. Previous to that, he had been Dean of the Pace lnstitute Business College. l-le is assisted by an executive committee of six men, and an advisory committee of thirty men, all of whom are outstanding retailers in this area. Strictly business. A piiture of a pony. bw fy