colleges and administration
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COLLEGES AND ADMINISTRATION
COLLEGES and
ADMINISTRATION
MAIN BUILDING
Old Main Resting ])rou(l]v on the
Hillside triuni])hant thru the xears....
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, I N S P I R . A T I O N
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THE PRESIDENT
DR. MORDECAI W. JOHNSON
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THE LONG WALK
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How can ye be full Cf)llege men AAdio never walked that lane— That Highwax' of all College dream.' From Clark Hall doxvn to IMain!
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E M M E T T J. SCOTT
Secretary-Treasurer
The ofifice of the Secretary-Treasurer—handling all the financial transactions of the University, and in many instances going afield to promote the welfare of the University in dixerse lines of outside publicitx- and community actix'ity—is contributing its part to the life and furtherance of the Uni\'er-sity's progress.
This office provides for the official ])ress releases of the school, collects all registration fees, arranges the finances iov all major athletic events, and oversees and arranges every program, of whatex'er nature, which is not directly planned and executed by the particular de])artment nearest the sphere of the activity.
The completion of the nexv stadium, the largest and most complete in any Negro school, and the nexv gymnasium, complete in every detail of structure and equipment, providing an indoor track and sxxdmming pool as special features of construction are monuments to the xvork of the Secretary-Treasurer's ofifice.
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dere mother O' bookes in leaving u we wanna pause to say you've been our refuge in many a storm you've helped us on our waye.
F. D. AVILKINSON
Registrar
Manx- inquiries haxe been made concerning the character of the work done in a registrar's office. To the Registrar alone is it gix-en to know certain points of contact of his ofifice with the x arious actixities of the institution of xx'hicb it is a i)art and \arious transactions of this institution xxith the outside AX'orld.
To the applicant the registrar's office is the testing fire through which his credentials must pass in order that they may insure his admission to his heart's desire. To the student the office is the originator of the fearful ordeal through which he has to pass at each registration day. By the faculty, it is often looked u])on as the source of much annoyance because of its fre([ucnt and insistent demands for information concerning the records of students and the origin of much red tape so abhorrent to the academic mind. To the high school princii)al, it is a necessary evil in its insistence ni)on complete and accurate records covering the entire secondarx' career of the student, and at the same time, a heli)ful influence in supphing information concerning the progress of his graduates after entering college.
Like the elephant xxhich the blind man came to see, the activities of the registrar's ofifice are judged too often !)}• the indix'idual circumstances of the interested party.
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N R_ A I O N
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J. W. LEWIS
Faculty Advisor to the
Bison of 1929
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D U D L E Y W. W O O D A R D
Dean
The College of Arts and Sciences
The College of .Arts and Sciences in the fulfillment of it> ])ur])ose to provide a liberal education, touching in some of its phases all of the fields of human thought and knoxvledge jjrovides a Mecca of student desire for diversity in education.
While ])roviding this diversity of contact in the xarious realms oi thought, the concentration so vitally necessary in one particular field is provided for as xvell, in order that the particular bent of the student's mind may be cultivated and thereby be made more readx' for the ])ursuit of his chosen field of endeavor.
The functif)n of this college is one of the most important and fundamental ones of the entire University scheme. Helping students to find themselves, i)reparing them to be of greater service to mankind and to more efficiently provide for their mental, spiritual and economic lixes, is the purpose to which this college is dedicated.
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E D W A R D A. BALLOCH
Dean
The College of Medicine
The College of Medicine is one of the most important units of the University, since in all the United States there are oid}- two medical schools with practically an entire Negro enrollment. Situated as it is, in the center of research and investigation of scientific problems, it affords singular opportunities to the Negro asi)irant to the profession; and xvith its highly trained staff, rigid requirements and clinical adxantages is able to graduate men of the highest technical abilitx".
Freedmen's Hospital, one of the most com]:)letel}' ec|ui]iped hosjjitals of its size in the country, affords clinical and operatixe adxantages xxhich can be secured at no other hospital in the country for this ])articular group.
The new building, now com])lete, will aflDrd ex'en greater laboratory facilities, and a far more pleasing atmosphere in lecture and class room.
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HOME OF PRESIDENT
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D W I G H T O. W . H O L M E S
Dean
The College of Education
b'rom its xery beginning, Hoxx'ard has maintained a de]^artment or school for the training of teachers. From 1870 to 1900 it xvas known as the Normal Department. During that period, there xvere graduated one hundred and eighty-nine persons. In 1900 the Teachers' College was established and continued until the x'ear 1919 as the teacher-training division of the University. It was of collegiate grade. The School of Education existed from 1919 to 1925. This t)rganization xvas one of the "senior schools" of the University, comprising the last txx-o years of collegiate work. The reorganization in 1925 increased the extent of the teacher-training activities to cover the entire four years of college, and changed the name to the College of Education.
The response that the colleges and unixersities have made to this change of attitude is indicated bx' the development of schools and colleges of education and by the rapidly increasing enrollment of the students doing professional work in education.
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LEWIS K. D O W N I N G
Dean
The College of Applied Science
.Students of history knoxx' that in Furo])e during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, civilization was remarkably enriched by the revixal of the fine arts. Architects, ])ainters and scul])tors xxere ann)ng the most indis-l)ensable servants of the glorx' of the age. A little later on. during the latter ])art of the eighteenth century, another great and significant age began its develo])ment. ddiis age is \x ell known as the age of the Industrial Revolution. Conceived in luigland, it s])read the xxorld over; turning the older and nex\-er theories of pure science to industrial and professional use. Cities grexv rapidly, like the enchanted musbrocnn; and more involved, like an uncharted trail in a forest maze. The factory sx'stem, xxith its intricate and indis])ensable machinery, was born to spread the industrial products of man's brain far and Axide.
Those engineers of you xxdio have learned your jirofessional rudiments at Howard L nix ersity may nexer build such a bridge, but your problems xxill be just as important to your own communities and to yourselves as is the great Delaxxare Rixer l-Sridge to Philadelphia, to Camden and its en-xdrons. Those artists and architects of you will find that xour opportunities are innumeralde—this is an age of building.
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.\ nightmare to timid souls—
A monument to those in cpiest
Of truth and ultimate realitx'—Science Hall.
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CHARLES J. F U H R M A N
Dean of the School of Pharmacy
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The syndx)l of an ideal—xxhich declares
for a fitting dwelling place for the human
soul—our "Gym."
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CLARENCE W. DAVIS
Director
The Department of Physical Education
The Dei)artnient of Physical Education finds itself better aide than ever before to correlate its program xvith that of the Department of Public Health. The new gymnasium and athletic field afford physical e(|uii)ment for this work. .Ml students of the University are ])rixileged to ])ursue the physical education course, which includes lectures in hygiene; practical educational, and recreational gymnastics, athletics, and swimming. All ot these activities are conducted under sanitary conditions, by an expert teaching personnel.
In addition to this, students are encouraged to folloxv a prescri])tion of xvork calculated to correct any i)hysical abnormalities, (iratifying results have been obtained in a large nundier of cases of flat feet, bad digestion. over-xveight and under-weight complaints. Improvement in academic schol-arshi]) is also revealed in a great many cases xvhere students have improved their physical conditions in the gxmnasium.
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The Sentinel of College years—The stillness of dreams-
.\ repose for tired sotils—Our Chapel.
DEAN DAVID B. PRATT
The College of Theology The Thecdogical College, although one of the least in nundier of students
enrolled of all the colleges of the University, proxddes a training of the highest type for the all-important xvork of the nunistrx'. Under the i)resent curriculum a lil)eral education is combined xxith the theological training; thus affording to those students \x ho otherwise might be unable to finance themselves thru the four years of liberal arts and theology, a most thorough training in the arts, xvhich is of course xitallx- necessarx" to the minister of this era.
The facultx- of the college are all men of the greatest al)ilit\". Professor Stuart Nelson, one of the most accomplished ministers of the race and a philosopher of rare strength, as well as a sjjeaker of grace, dignity and elo' quence, bolsters this strong facultx-, and Hoxx'ard is singidarly proud of him since he is one r)f her sons.
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MINER HALL
DINING HALL
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FENTON W. BOOTH
Dean of the Law School
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To Clark Hall an Ode must be xvritten
for this grand old hall was the College
residence of some of America's most illus
trious men.
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WILLIAM B. WEST Dean of Men
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MINER HALL
Of all the beautiful ])uildings
That will hang on memory's xxall.
\A ill be one that will alwaxs be cherished
And its name xxill be Miner Hall.
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LUCY D. S L O W E
Dean
The Dean of Women
The devcl()i)ment of the ideal woman is the moxing spirit behind the office of the Dean of Women. Supervising and directing the activities of the women of the Unix-ersity, inculcating the moral ideals of goodness, justness and s])iritual integrity, the task of properly administering the duties xxhich dexolxe upon the dean of women is no small one.
Adjusting the nexx' student to her new enxironment. heli)ing her to attain new heights of scholarship through a desire to a])i)roach the ideal is at all times a joyous task to any true-hearted xx'oman.
Insufficient dorndtorx' accommodations make it necessary to house some of the women students in the city. This office secures such acconnxlations in homes of the best txpe, sees that Unix'ersitx' regulations are obserx'ed by these students so housed and in general tries to promote their comfort and
xx'elfare.
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'Far Above the Lake so Blue'
EMORY B. SMITH Director of Public Information
The Department of Public Information
By action of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees on September 21, 1928, a Department of Public Information xvas authorized. The duty of the Department, acting- under the supervision of the President, is to collect, compile, and distribute official information regarding the i-egular work and special activities at Hoxvard University.
The nexv department occupies Room 413 in the Main Building. The office is equipped with suitable furniture and machines for the use of the Director and his assistant, Miss Ethel L. West. The department prepares a four-page news release which is sent, each week, to 150 Negro papers. The release contains both general and athletic news. Similar releases are sent to Washington Sunday papers each week, and occasionally to the leading dailies in other cities. Reports of unusual events are also released to the Associated Press.
One important feature of the department is a newspaper exchange, which provides clippings of Howard news as published in various sections of the country. The Department also has the advantage of the Romeike Clipping Service which provides a check-up of Howard news published in daily papers of different cities. The nature of the news sent out is constructive and relates to students, faculty, alumni, and administrative officers of the University.
In addition to news relaeses the Department publishes a monthly bulletin which is sent, free of charge, to parents of students, members of Congress, and friends of the University.
GEORGE W. COOK Alumni Secretary
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