West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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CLYDE L. COLSON. LLB.. S.J.D. Dean The College of Law, which is the oldest profes- sional school in the University, was established in 1898. The College offers a three year course of professional training for lawyers. Graduates of the College are admitted to tne practice of law in the state without taking the State Bar Exanninations. Students are now admitted to the College with three years of satisfactory college work, but with the fall class of 1959 a baccalaureate degree will be required. A section of the College will move into new quar- ters when it occupies the space now taken by the Bookstore. The space will be used for two seminar rooms and a student lounge. The College is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and is on the list of schools approved by the American Bar Association. COLLEGE OF LAW COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING y CHESTER A. ARENTS, M.E. Dean The College of Engineering was founded in 1887. The Department of Mining Engineering was formed in 1908 but became a part of the School of Mines in 1930. The first home of the college of Engineering was destroyed by fire in 1899. Mechanical hiall, built In 1902, was the home of the College until 1956 when it was destroyed by fire. It is now housed in two prefabricated buildings, one on the corner of Prospect and hHigh and the other on Beechurst Ave- nue near the Field LHouse. New facilities are now being designed for the College on the Evansdale Campus. Clement R. Jones was the first Dean of the Col- lege followed by Roland P. Davis, William W. hlodge and the present Dean, Chester A. Arents.

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%% ARMAND RENE COLLETT, Ph.D. Dean o ♦ ' ' r ,3i The College of Arts and Sciences, the largest unit of the University, accounts for approxinnately forty-five per cent of the total University enroll- ment. It offers instruction in some tv enty or more subject matter fields from the broad areas of the biological sciences, the humanities, the physical and social sciences. Students enrolled in the college devote the first two years follovi ing a program of studies designed to complete the student ' s general education and the last two years of the undergraduate program is intended to provide intensive study in one or more fields of knowledge. In addition to granting baccalaureate degrees, programs leading to a master ' s degree in art and science are available in almost all departments. Several of the departments also include curricula leading to degrees in specialized professional fields as well as to the doctorate in philosophy. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES SCHOOL OF MEDICINE EDWARD JERALD VAN LIERE, M.D., Ph.D. Dean A ground breaking ceremony was held December 9, 1952 at the site of the present heating plant for the new Medical Center. It was provided for by an Act of the West Virginia Legislature on March 9, 1951. The 1250-room Basic Sciences Building was erected on a 145-acre tract next to the Monon- galia General hfospital. The Basic Sciences Building was occupied the last week of June, 1957 and the first classes began last September for medical, dental, and medical technology students. Pharmacy courses are also giv- en in the building. A 400-bed teaching hospital was coordinated with the planning of the Basic Sciences Building to which it will be connected. The contract for the hospital was let on July 3, 1957 and construction began in August with completion scheduled for the Spring of 1960.

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A. H. VanLANDINGHAM, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Acting Dean Established in 1895 as a separate college in the University, the College of Agriculture, in addition to instruction of students in these fields, reaches into every county in the state with its Extension arm. The Agricultural Experiment Station, also a part of the College, carries on a vast agricultural research program both here at the University and at strategic points throughout the .state. A total of 593 students are enrolled in the College — 218 in agriculture, 204 in Forestry, and 171 in home economics. In adcJition, several graduate stu- dents are working toward advanced degrees. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE • FORESTRY • HOME EC COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ESTON KERMIT FEASTER, Ed.D. Dean The College of Education, a two-year college en- rolling upper-division students, was established in 1927 by the Board of Governors of the University to unify professional training for school service. The college offers undergraduate programs In teacher training for both elementary and secondary school teachers. As a department of the Graduate School, the College of Education offers the Mas- ter ' s Degree in Education for the school superin- tendent, high-school and elementary-.school elemen- tary-school principal, general and special supervisor, secondary and elementary-school classroom teacher, home economics, counselor, and industrial arts. The University hiigh School offers opportunities for ob- servation, .student teaching, directed supervision, and experimentation. Both in enrollment and in the scope of its offerings and services, the College of Education has expe- rienced a steady growth during recent years. In addition to the regular course offerings, the Col- lege of Education renders field services to the pub- lic schools of West Virginia.