 | The University of Virginia record March 15, 1928 |  |
THE CURRY MEMORIAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Edwin Anderson Alderman, Ph.B., D.C.L., LL.D.
President of the University
John Levi Manahan, M.A., Ph.D.
Dean of the Department of Education
| THOMAS FITZHUGH, M.A. | Professor of Latin |
| WILLIAM HARRISON FAULKNER, M.A., Ph.D | Professor of Germanic Languages |
| CHARLES GILMORE MAPHIS, Ped.D., LL.D. | Professor of Education |
| IVEY FOREMAN LEWIS, M.S., Ph.D. | Miller Professor of Biology and Agriculture |
| JOHN LEVI MANAHAN, M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Educational Administration |
| WILLIAM ALLISON KEPNER, M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Biology |
| GEORGE OSCAR FERGUSON, JR., M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Psychology and Education |
| WILLIAM ROYALL SMITHEY, M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Secondary Education |
| W. PATTON GRAHAM, M.A. | Professor of Romanic Languages |
| CARL CASKEY SPEIDEL, Ph.B., Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Anatomy |
| WILLIAM EDWARD KNIGHT, M.E. | Associate Professor of Romanic Languages |
| GEORGE BASKERVILLE ZEHMER, B.S., M.A. | Associate Professor of Education |
| EUSTACE EVANS WINDES, B.S., M.S. | Assistant Professor of Secondary Education |
| JAMES REESE McKELDIN, B.A. | Assistant Professor of Philosophy |
| HENRY GRADY ACKER, B.S., M.S. | Instructor in Education |
| R. CLAUDE GRAHAM, B.A. | Instructor in Secondary Education and Educational Sociology |
| FLOYD FRANK SWERTFEGER, B.S., M.S. | Instructor in Philosophy and Psychology |
HISTORY
The Curry Memorial School of Education was founded in 1905 as one
of the academic schools of the University. It was endowed by gifts of
$100,000 from John D. Rockefeller and $0,000 from the General Education
Board, and was named in honor of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the Southern
Curry Memorial Professorship of Education and the Professorship of Secondary
Education. In 1914 a chair of Educational Psychology and Principles
of Teaching was added to the School, and two years later a Professorship
of School Administration was established.
In 1919 the School was organized into a Department of the University,
with four professorships, and was placed upon a professional basis similar
to that of the Departments of Law, Medicine and Engineering. The relation
of the Department of Education to the various academic schools of the
University remains close, however, since the academic training of students
of Education is obtained in the academic schools, and courses in Education
are credited toward the academic degrees.
PURPOSE
The rapid development of educational science and practice has made
it necessary that ample provision be made for the professional training of
those who expect to teach or to administer school affairs. It is the main purpose
of the Department of Education to provide opportunity for such professional
training. Since education is of great importance as an agency
of Democracy and as an aspect of civilization, the Department also aims to
provide courses of cultural value for citizens generally. In addition to affording
opportunities for study and training, the Department, as a part of the
State University, offers its services to school authorities throughout Virginia,
with a desire to coöperate in the solution of practical educational problems
and in the furtherance of public education.
PEABODY HALL
Peabody Hall, the Education Building, was named in honor of George
Peabody, who in 1867 made his great gift to the cause of education in the
South. The building was made possible through a gift of $40,000 from the
trustees of the Peabody Education Fund. This amount was supplemented
by an appropriation of $12,000 from the Rector and Visitors of the University.
The building was completed in 1912, and is the home of the Curry
Memorial Department of Education.
The plans were drawn by a modern school architect, and approved by
some of the leading authorities on school architecture in this country. It
is, therefore, a model of excellence in this regard. It is one of the best
equipped buildings in the University, and has ample classroom and laboratory
facilities, and an excellent auditorium equipped with a modern motion
picture machine. Modern requirements in heating, lighting and ventilation
are exemplified in its construction without sacrificing conformity to the
general style of classic architecture prevailing in the University.
THE HECK MEMORIAL LIBRARY
The Department of Education maintains its own library in Peabody
Hall, named in honor of the first professor of Education in the University,
the late Professor William Harry Heck. The library was made possible
through the gift by Mrs. Anna Tuttle Heck of Professor Heck's private library
containing approximately 2000 well-selected books on Education, and
the transfer of all books on Education from the General Library of the University.
Splendid equipment was procured through a gift of money from
students in Education, the Education Club and friends of Professor Heck.
A recent gift of $3000 from Mr. Alfred W. Erickson of New York City will
enable the Department so to strengthen its professional library as to offer
very superior facilities to its rapidly growing student body, by making possible
the enrichment of every course now offered. At present the library
consists of several thousand select books covering most fields of Education,
a complete file of publications of the United States Bureau of Education,
various national, state and foreign documents, state school laws, annual reports
of state superintendents of public instruction, city superintendents' reports,
etc. Files of the leading educational magazines are available for free
use of the students. Exhibits of elementary and high school texts for comparative
studies are made available through the generosity of various publishers.
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
Requirements for the Admission of Men.—To be admitted to regular
standing in the Department of Education, men must have satisfied the entrance
requirements of the College. Students who have decided to enter the
teaching profession at the time of entering college should register with the
Dean of the Department of Education in order to be advised in planning
their curricula. Holders of State Teachers' Scholarships are required to
register in the Department of Education.
Requirements for the Admission of Women.—To be admitted to regular
standing in the Department of Education, women must be twenty years of
age, must meet the entrance requirements of the University and must have
completed two years of college work aggregating thirty session-hours in
academic subjects. Candidates not able to meet these requirements may
make up their deficiencies during the summer quarter.
Special Students.—(a) Graduates of colleges and universities other than
the University of Virginia, desiring to secure the necessary professional
training to qualify for the Collegiate Professional Certificate, may register
in the Department of Education and upon completion of the required courses
receive a certificate which will entitle them to the Collegiate Professional
Certificate issued by the State Board of Education.
(b) Men may be admitted as special students without fulfilling the entrance
requirements above specified, provided that, if they are Virginians,
more than twenty-three years old, on the day of registration, and give adequate
evidence of serious purpose and of the training needed to pursue with
profit the courses for which they are registered. No special student may
be a candidate for a degree; but such students are permitted and encouraged
to make up deficiencies by private study or by taking courses in the Summer
Quarter. They will then be admitted as regular students, and may be accepted
as applicants for degrees, provided all entrance requirements are met
at least one academic year before the date of graduation.
(c) Women, twenty-five years of age, giving satisfactory evidence that
they are qualified to pursue courses in Education successfully, may be admitted
as special students, even though they fail to show credit for the 30
session-hours of academic work required of women for admission to regular
standing.
In addition to the above, each candidate must pass at the University a
qualifying examination in English before his registration can be completed.
This examination will be held on Monday of the first week of the session.
Any student who fails to maintain a reasonable standard of English in
all of his college work will be required to take an additional course in English
composition or to repeat a course in order to make up his deficiency.
Advanced Standing is given to any candidate who, in addition to meeting
the minimum requirements for entrance above stated, can show by passing
an examination given sometime during the first month of his first session
that he has done work equivalent to that covered by any of the following
courses offered in the college: Latin A1, Greek A1, Greek A2, English
A1 or A2 or A3, German A1, Mathematics A1, French A, Spanish A.
Candidates who apply for examination for advanced standing must present
a special certificate showing that the full content of the course, on which
advanced standing is sought, has been covered in a systematic manner in
the preparatory school, and in addition must present the specific recommendation
of the principal of the school that the candidate be admitted to the
advanced standing examination in question.
College Credit.—Candidates who desire credit for work done at other
colleges, must satisfy the entrance requirements for regular students, and
must, in addition, file with the Dean of the Department a certificate covering
the courses for which college credit is desired. The certificate must
bear the official signature of the head of the candidate's college, must specify
the character and content of the courses passed by the candidate, and
must give his grades. The final validation of such certificates is effected by
the successful completion of not less than 12 session-hours of work during
his first session. In no case will credit be given on more than forty-five
session-hours of work done elsewhere, and any candidate who receives this
maximum amount of credit can count among the remaining fifteen session-hours
required for his degree only the credit value of the courses he has
of any credit for work done in the Summer Quarter or in any of the professional
departments. In every case the candidate must spend the last session
of his candidacy, which must be a regular session of nine months, exclusively
in college work in this university; and the courses offered as major
electives must all have been completed in residence in this university. A
maximum of 15 session-hours may be granted for one year of college work,
and 33 hours for two years.
Conditioned Students.—A candidate for entrance must offer fifteen
units as defined by the Southern Commission on Accredited Schools. At
least thirteen of the units offered must be included in the list of units accepted
for admission on page 130. A student who, while able to offer fifteen
units, cannot offer fifteen units as defined in this list, may be conditioned
on any two units not including English A, B, or C, or Mathematics
A1. All conditions should be absolved before the beginning of the session
following initial registration. This may be done by passing entrance examinations
or by passing equivalent courses in the Summer Quarter. But
no course taken to remove a condition may be counted as part of the work
credited toward a degree. No conditioned student may be later registered
as a special student.
GRADUATE WORK IN EDUCATION
Graduate work in Education leading to the degrees of Master of Arts,
Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy may be pursued in the Department
of Graduate Studies. Graduate students who choose Education as
their major for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy must meet the entrance
requirements of the Department of Graduate Studies, and, in addition, must
pass, at least two terms prior to receiving the degree, preliminary written
examinations in each of the following fields: History of Education, Educational
Psychology, Educational Administration, Secondary Education, and
Educational Sociology. The candidate must also pass a final oral examination
upon his dissertation and the general fields of his major and minor subjects.
The Department of Education offers the following graduate courses:
Education C1, Advanced Educational Psychology; Education C2, Problems
in School Administration; Education C3, Problems in Elementary School
Supervision; Education C4, Problems in High School Administration; Education
C5, Problems in High School Supervision; Education C6, Mental
Measurement; Education D1, Seminar in Educational Psychology; Education
D2, Seminar in School Administration; and Education D3, Seminar in
Secondary Education.
The Dean's List.—A student who passes on not less than fifteen session-hours
during a session with an average of at least eighty-five per cent.,
and with no session grade less than seventy-five per cent., will be placed
on the Dean's List, and will remain on the List as long as he receives an
per term and receives no term grade less than seventy-five per cent. in any
course. Any student on the Dean's List failing to maintain this standard
of excellence will be automatically dropped from the List. A student once
dropped from the List can again make the Dean's List by meeting the above
standard for entire session. A student on the Dean's List is not subject to
the regulations limiting the issuance of leaves of absence from the University,
nor does absence from any class entail on such student any penalty, affecting
class standing, imposed for absence alone.
REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION
The Department of Education offers only one degree, the Bachelor of
Science in Education. The specific degree requirements, together with suggested
curricula, are herewith presented.
I. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education must
complete 63 session-hours, divided among Required Subjects, Education, and
Electives-at-large.
A. Required Subjects.—33 session-hours distributed as follows:
1. Foreign Languages. 6 session-hours, in two subjects.
2. Mathematics. 3 session-hours in Mathematics A1 or Mathematics A2.
3. Natural Science. 6 session-hours.
4. Social Science. 6 session-hours.
5. English. 9 session-hours, of which 3 must be English A1 or English
A2.6. Philosophical Science. 3 session-hours in Psychology B1 or Education
B1.
B. Education:
15 session-hours in Education, which must include Education B2, B5,
B7, and B11. Students preparing for high school principalships should
take Education B8, also.
C. Elective-at-Large: Exclusive of Education:
15 session-hours, of which 3 should be in Physical Training B1.
(Not less than 9 session-hours, including one C course, of required subjects
and electives must be in some one subject to be known as the candidate's
Academic Major.)
SUGGESTED CURRICULA LEADING TO BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
| First Year | Second Year | Third Year | Fourth Year |
| English A1 or A2— (3)[1] |
Eng. Lit. B1 or B2— (3) |
Science (6), or Math. (3) and Hist. (3)—(6) |
Social Science (3) and Math. (3), or Science (6)—(6) |
| Mathematics A1— (3) |
Chemistry B1, or Physics B1—(6) |
Educ. B11—(2) | |
| Biology B1—(6) | Math. B1, or Foreign Lang.—(3) |
Eng. B, or Eng. Lit. B2—(3) |
Educ. B5—(3) |
| Educ. B2—(3) | one elective.—(3) | ||
| Foreign Lang.—(3) | Psych. B1, or Educ. B1—(3) |
Educ. B7—(3) | (14 hrs.) |
| Physical Tr. B1— (1½) |
Phys. Tr. B1—(1½) | Educ. B10—(1) | |
| Total 16½ hrs. | (16½ hrs.) | (16 hrs.) |
| First Year | Second Year | Third Year | Fourth Year |
| Foreign Lang.—(3)[2] | Eng. Lit. B1 or B2— (3) |
English B1—(3) | Hist. C, or Eng. C1—(3) |
| Math. A1—(3) | Hist. B—(3) | Hist. B, or Gov. B—(3) |
Educ. B11—(2) |
| Biology B1—(6) | Foreign Lang.—(6) | Educ. B2—(3) | Educ. B5—(3) |
| Eng. A1 or A2—(3) | Psych. B1, or Educ. B1—(3) |
Educ. B7—(3) | 3 to 6 hrs. electives. |
| Phys. Tr. B1—(1½) | Phys. Tr. B1—(1½) | Educ. B10—(1) | (11 to 14 hrs.) |
| Total 16½ hrs. | (16½ hrs.) | 3 to 6 hrs. electives | |
| (16 to 19 hrs.) |
| First Year | Second Year | Third Year | Fourth Year |
| Foreign Lang.—(3)[3] | Foreign Lang.—(6) (continue language begun in first yr. and begin another.) |
Foreign Lang.—(3) | Foreign Lang.—(3) |
| Science (6), or Math. B2 (3) and English B1 (3)—(6) |
Science (6), or Math. B2 (3) and Eng. B1 (3)—(6) |
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| Math. A1—(3) | Eng. Lit. B1 or B2 —(3) |
Educ. B2—(3) | Educ. B11—(2) |
| Eng. A1 or A2—(3) | Psych. B1 or Educ. B1—(3) |
Educ. B7—(3) | Educ. B5—(3) |
| Biology B1—(6) | Hist. B2, or Gov. B1 —(3) |
Educ. B10—(1) | (14 hrs.) |
| Phys. Tr. B1—(1½) | Phys. Tr. B1—(1½) | (16 hrs.) | |
| Total 16½ hrs. | (16½ hrs.) |
DESCRIPTION OF COURSES
For Undergraduates.
Education B1: History and Philosophy of Education.—A study of the
chief educational ideals of mankind in relation to their social and historical
conditions, and as the expression of corresponding philosophies of life.—(B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 10:30-11:30, P. H., 2. Assistant
Professor McKeldin. (Not open to first-year students.)
Education B2: Educational Psychology.—Psychology B1, prerequisite.—
Original tendencies; the nature and laws of learning; principles of teaching.—
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 12:30-1:30, P. H., 8. Professor
Ferguson.
Education B5: Educational Administration and Supervision.—First
term: State and county school organization. Second term: City school
systems. Third term: State and local school organization in Virginia. A
study of State laws.—(B.A. or B.S., credit, 3 session-hours.) T. Th. S.,
11:30-12:30, P. H., 4. Professor Manahan.
Education B7: Modern Secondary Education.—First term: History
and principles of modern secondary education. Second term: The program of
studies of modern secondary schools with special reference to the principal types
of high schools in Virginia. Third term: Modern methods of high school instruction
and classroom management.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
M. W. F., 11:30-12:30, P. H. 2. Professor Smithey.
Education B8: School Administration and Supervision.—First term:
Statistical methods applied to education. Measurements in education. Professor
Smithey. Second term: School administration. The first half of the
term will be devoted to high school administration; the second half of the term
to elementary school administration. Professors Smithey and Manahan.
Third term: School supervision with special reference to the practical use of
standard tests in both elementary and high school subjects. Professor Manahan.—(B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 10:30-11:30, P. H. 2.
Professors Smithey and Manahan.
Education B10: Methods of Teaching High-School Subjects.—Unit
courses of six weeks each in methods of teaching school subjects will be
given by representatives of the various academic schools concerned. These
courses will be required of third-year students who are candidates for degrees
in Education. Each student must take the methods courses in at least
two subjects, his major and minor, which he expects to teach in high school.
—(Credit toward the B.S. in Education.) Hours to be arranged.
In meeting the requirements of Education B10 the student may select
any two of the following courses in the teaching of high school subjects:
(a): The Teaching of Biology in Secondary Schools: Biology B1, prerequisite.—Field
and laboratory study of local fauna and flora with the object
to use, by means of an ecological and systematic study of native animals and
plants. Weekly field trips with laboratory study of the specimens collected.
Course given from September 15 to November 1, and from April 1 to May 15.
Written and graphic reports and assigned reading are required. Credit: 2
session-hours. Professors Kepner and Lewis.
(b): A brief course on the Teaching of English in Secondary Schools
will be offered if conditions permit.
(c): The Teaching of French in Secondary Schools: French A and B,
prerequisite.—Lectures, assigned reading, class reports. Hours to be arranged.
Professor Graham.
(d): The Teaching of Latin in Secondary Schools: Latin A1, prerequisite.—Hours
to be arranged. Professor FitzHugh.
(e): The Teaching of Spanish in Secondary Schools: Spanish A and
B, prerequisite.—Lectures, assigned reading, class reports. Hours to be arranged.
Associate Professor Knight.
(f): Methods of Modern Language Teaching: For students in Education
only. One hour a week throughout the session. Credit, one session-hour.
Saturday, 9:30-10:30, P. H., 7. Professor Faulkner.
Education B11: Observation and Directed Teaching: Senior standing,
prerequisite.—Directed observation and study in Charlottesville city schools of
a pupil group, problems of subject matter selection and organization, and problems
of directing pupil learning leading to graded participation in teaching activities
under supervision. Students are assigned individually to one recitation
section in the subject-matter field of their academic major. An effort is made
to give sufficient practice that skill may be acquired in the essential teaching activities
which are the principal source of difficulties to beginning teachers. Provision
is also made for those in training for high school administrative and supervisory
positions whereby directed participation in administrative and
supervisory tasks may be secured. Required of all candidates for the degree of
B.S. in Education. Hours to be arranged. Assistant Professor Windes.
Education B12: School Hygiene and Sanitation: Course prescribed by
the Virginia State Board of Education and State Board of Health for all students
desiring certificates to teach in public schools. After a preliminary consideration
of normal anatomy and physiology, the following topics are discussed:
Physical defects and their control, personal hygiene, communicable diseases, physical
inspection of school children, first aid, the sanitary school, and public
health.—(Credit, 3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 9:30-10:30, P. H. 7. Associate
Professor Speidel.
For Undergraduates and Graduates
Education C1: Advanced Educational Psychology: Psychology B1 and
one B course in Education, prerequisite.—An intensive study of fundamental
psychological literature, with emphasis upon a systematic formulation of results.
M. W. F., 10:30-11:30, P. H., 8. To be given in alternate years with
Education C6. Professor Ferguson.
Education C2: Problems in School Administration: Education B5 and
Education B7 or B8, prerequisite.—First term: Organization, aims, scope and
methods of school surveys. Second term: A detailed study of selected school
surveys. Third term: The limitations and possibilities of educational surveys in
the fields of elementary and secondary education. M. W. F., 3-4:30, P. H., 4.
To be given in alternate years with Education C3. Professor Manahan.
Education C3: Problems in Elementary School Supervision: Education
B8 and Education B5 or B7, prerequisite.—First term: Problems in the application
of the principles of scientific management to education. Second term:
Standard tests in school subjects; their derivation and standardization. Third
term: Application of educational tests, and the interpretation of the results.
M. W. F., 3-4:30, P. H., 4. To be given in alternate years with Education C2.
Professor Manahan.
Education C4: Problems in High School Administration: Education
B7 and Education B5 or B8, prerequisite.—An advanced course in secondary
education. Students will be required to make original investigations of
the problems in the field of secondary education. First Term: Problems
of reorganization and control of the high school. Second Term: Problems
in the junior high school. Third Term: Curriculum problems.
M. W. F., 9:30-10:30, P. H., 2. To be given in alternate years with Education
C5. Professor Smithey.
Education C5: Problems in High School Supervision: Education B8
and Education B7 or B5, prerequisite.—An advanced course in secondary education.
Students will be required to make original investigations of problems relating
to secondary education. First Term: Problems of the high school teacher.
Second Term: Problems of educational and vocational guidance. Third Term:
Problems of high school supervision. M. W. F., 9:30-10:30, P. H., 2. To be
given in alternate years with Education C4. Professor Smithey.
Education C6: Mental Measurement: Psychology B1 and one B course
in Education, prerequisite.—A study of the more important mental tests and
intelligence scales, of the statistical methods involved in their use, and of the
results obtained. M. W. F., 10:30-11:30, P. H., 8. To be given in alternate
years with Education C1. Professor Ferguson.
For Graduates
Education D1: Seminar in Educational Psychology: Research studies.
Hours by appointment. Professor Ferguson.
Education D2: Seminar in School Administration: Research studies
in state, city and county school organization and administration will be made and
Manahan.
Education D3: Seminar in Secondary Education: Research studies in
secondary education. Each student will be given a special problem which will
be reported to the class for discussion. Hours by appointment. Professor
Smithey.
COLLEGIATE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE
Recipients of the Bachelor of Science in Education will receive the Collegiate
Professional Certificate, the highest form of certificate for high-school
teachers issued by the State Board of Education. This certificate is valid for
ten years, renewable for a similar period, and entitles the holder to teach in
both high and elementary schools in Virginia.
Holders of Collegiate Certificates, the certificates of second rank issued
by the State Board of Education, may obtain the Collegiate Professional
Certificate by attending the University one session and taking four three-session-hour
courses in Education.
Curricula organized to meet the requirements for the degree of Bachelor
of Science in Education fulfill both academic and professional requirements
for the highest grade of professional high school certificates issued without
examination by the various state departments of Education to holders of
baccalaureate degrees. The graduate courses in Education are recognized
in states requiring graduate study for professional certificates.
SPECIAL CERTIFICATES IN HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS
Students who find it necessary to leave college to teach before completing
their full course may be issued special certificates by the State Board
of Education to teach any high-school subjects in which they have completed
six session-hours of study of college grade. These students should
plan to take two courses in Education during their second year in order to
become familiar with school problems.
COURSES FOR TEACHERS IN SERVICE
Saturday courses in any subject offered in the Department of Education
will be arranged at the University for teachers in service, if requested
by at least five teachers. Degree credit will be allowed on the same basis
as in the regular courses, provided that not more than one and one-half
session-hours' credit shall be given for the work in any course for one year.
Superintendents and Teachers of Public Schools Exempt from Fees.—
White male teachers and superintendents of the public schools of Virginia
will be admitted, during the last three months of the session, to the Academic
Schools of the University without payment of fees (except those charged in
laboratory courses), upon presentation of certificates that they have been
admission as teachers are required to send their names to the President of
the University not later than March 5.
OBSERVATION AND DIRECTED TEACHING
Laboratory facilities for observation and directed teaching and for practical
research in Secondary Education are made available through the co-operation
of the school systems of the city of Charlottesville, the county of
Albemarle, and the city of Winchester. Students of the Department of Education
will do observation and directed teaching in the high school of the
city of Charlottesville under the supervision of critic teachers selected from
the city high school staff and the supervisor of instruction who is Assistant
Professor of Secondary Education in the University of Virginia.
The schools of the city of Charlottesville and the city of Winchester are
also available for practical research and experimentation in the fields of
school administration, secondary education and educational psychology.
Certain well-qualified students will be assigned special problems to study
under the direction of the Superintendent of Schools and the Education
faculty.
The schools of the city of Charlottesville are organized on the prevailing
7 — 4 plan of the State of Virginia and afford an accessible working laboratory
which reflects the actual working conditions in high schools of the
State.
The school system of Albemarle County is now organized on the county
unit basis. It consists of the following schools for white pupils: seven accredited
four-year high schools, four junior high schools, five four-room
schools, four three-room schools, fourteen two-room schools and twenty-one
one-room schools. A number of the small schools are recognized by the
State Department of Education as standard in their respective grades. The
supervision of the county schools is under the direction of the county superintendent
and three full time supervisors.
Arrangements have been made with the Superintendent and School
Board of the City of Charlottesville for members of the Faculty of the Department
of Education to direct such studies in the fields of Educational
Psychology, Secondary Education and School Administration as shall be
requested by the Superintendent of City Schools.
The school system of the city of Winchester is open for observation,
research and experiment by students of the Department of Education. This
school system is divided into four departments: Primary, consisting of kindergarten
and Grades 1, 2 and 3; Elementary, consisting of Grades 4, 5 and
6; Junior High School, consisting of Grades 7, 8 and 9; and Senior High
School consisting of Grades 10, 11 and 12. Each department is in charge of
a supervisor who gives all of his or her time to supervision.
The new school plant in Winchester, opened in 1923, provides many features in
addition to the regular classrooms. For the elementary school division there will
be a covered play court with fresh air ventilation for year-round use; a nature
for hot lunch provided in the high school cafeteria. In the junior and senior
high school division, besides the regular classrooms equipped with movable
desks, there will be a business department with special equipment; science
laboratories and science lecture rooms; sewing and cooking laboratories with
special equipment; art studios; music studios; industrial shops for woodworking,
metal working, electrical working and agriculture; library study and
reference room; gymnasium and swimming pool; teachers' work room and library.
For recreation and community service there will be provided an art
gallery exhibit and history museum, auditorium seating twelve hundred, an
athletic stadium, tennis courts, golf course, arboretum, and public park.
These arrangements give to students in the Department of Education
an excellent opportunity to study the problems of school organization and
administration.
THE SUMMER QUARTER
The Summer Quarter is an integral part of the University year. Courses
in the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as in the Department of Education,
are the same in character and in credit value as in any other Quarter
of the University. Degrees are conferred upon men and women upon exactly
the same terms for work done in the Summer Quarter when the degree
requirements are fully met. Those who contemplate completing their
degree requirements in the Summer Quarter should keep clearly in mind,
in estimating the time that will be required, that the normal amount of credit
which may be taken in one Summer Quarter is six session-hours.
Candidates for a degree who desire credit for work done at other colleges
must satisfy the entrance requirements for regular students and must,
in addition, file with the Dean of the Summer Quarter a certificate covering
the courses for which college credit is desired. This certificate must be acceptable
both to the Dean of the Summer Quarter and to the Dean of the
Department in which the degree will be obtained. The certificate must bear
the official signature of the head of the candidate's college and must specify
the character and content of the courses passed by the candidate and must
give his grade. In every case the candidate must spend at least three full
Summer Quarters or an equivalent time at the University in order to meet
the residence requirements.
The Master's degree may be obtained by properly qualified persons in
three Summer Quarters. In no case is this degree to be conferred upon any
person who has not attended and done graduate work three full Summer
Quarters or the equivalent time in the regular session of the University and
the Summer Quarter.
On account of the increasing demand for graduate work in the Summer
Quarter, the number of graduate courses will be enlarged in 1928.
All persons who are looking forward ultimately to taking a degree
through summer work are urgently requested to file with the Dean of the
Summer Quarter an official statement of their entrance requirements and
mailed upon application.
First Term begins June 18th and ends July 28th. Second Term begins
July 30th and ends August 31st.
In order to provide for the increasing number of students who complete
the requirements for their degrees during the Summer Quarter, a
convocation exercise will be held Friday evening, August 31st, at 8 o'clock,
when the degrees will be conferred.
Catalogue and further information may be obtained by addressing Secretary
Summer Quarter, Box 149, University, Virginia.
BUREAU OF TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS
Educational Tests.—The Department of Education maintains a Bureau
of Tests and Measurements as a feature of its extra-University service. Select
standard tests in school subjects will be supplied to cities, counties and
individual schools at cost. Members of the Faculty of Education will visit
the schools to be tested, train teachers in the use of the tests and personally
direct the giving and scoring of them, provided the necessary traveling expenses
are borne by the schools served.
Mental Tests.—In connection with its work in educational psychology,
the Department undertakes to assist school authorities in the diagnosis and
training of backward and gifted children. Assistance will be rendered in
the making of mental surveys and the establishment of special classes. A
clinic will be maintained for the study of cases accessible to the University
and the services of the professor in charge will be available to any community
in Virginia at the cost of the necessary test materials and traveling expenses.
Any school official desiring the services of the Bureau of Tests and
Measurements should address the Dean of the Department of Education.
BUREAU OF APPOINTMENTS
The University of Virginia maintains a Bureau of Appointments in
charge of a committee consisting of Professors Manahan, Windes, Smithey,
Metcalf and Lewis. The services of the bureau are free to all teachers and
prospective teachers seeking positions in secondary schools (both public
and private), normal schools, and colleges. Correspondence with regard
to appointment should be addressed to the Bureau of Appointments (J. L.
Manahan, Director), University, Virginia.
PHI DELTA KAPPA FRATERNITY
A chapter of the national honorary educational fraternity of Phi Delta
Kappa has been organized in connection with the Department of Education.
Under the constitution of the fraternity, only those students are eligible to
vocation, and who give evidence of superior qualities of character,
scholarship and initiative. The standards of scholarship governing election
to membership in the fraternity are similar to those prescribed for election
to Phi Beta Kappa.
The purpose of the fraternity as stated in its constitution is "to develop
among the students of Education at the University of Virginia the spirit of
`Research, Service and Leadership,' " and to endeavor by every worthy means
at its command to create and foster fellowship and true fraternalism among
the members of the society.
EDUCATION CLUB
An Education Club is conducted for the purpose of fostering a scientific
study of educational problems. Membership is open to all students taking
courses in Education, teachers, principals and superintendents now in service,
and members of the faculty of the University who are willing to lend
their influence and efforts toward placing the teaching profession in Virginia
and the South on a professional basis.
SCHOLARSHIPS
The Virginia State Teachers' Scholarships in the Department of Education
and the College: fifty scholarships annually, each with a value of
$100. Founded in 1918 by action of the General Assembly of Virginia.
The holder must be a Virginian in need of financial assistance in order to
attend the University; and he must pledge himself to teach or engage in
some other form of public school work in Virginia for at least two years,
or, failing this, to repay to the University the full value of the scholarship.
Blank forms of application may be had upon request to Dean John L.
Manahan, Chairman of the Committee on State Teachers' Scholarships.
Appointments prior to September 1 of each year are made upon the recommendation
of division superintendents. Any scholarships unassigned on
September 1 are open to applicants from the State at large.
In addition to the Virginia State Teachers' Scholarships, there are a
number of other scholarships in the University available for students of
Education. A detailed description of them is given at page 142.
LOAN FUNDS AND STUDENT SELF-HELP
The University is in possession of funds from which loans are made to
deserving students in need of such assistance. An account of these loans is
given in the General Catalogue. Inquiries concerning them should be addressed
to the Bursar.
Opportunities for obtaining remunerative employment are afforded to
students who are desirous by this means of partially paying their way through
the University. It is difficult to give definite assurance of employment to a
with sufficient resources to carry him through the first half of the session
can be reasonably sure of obtaining work which will help defray his expenses
for the rest of the academic year. Information as to employment may
be obtained from the Secretary of the Committee on Student Help, Madison
Hall, University, Virginia.
EXPENSES
The necessary expenses of a Virginia student in the Department of Education
may be estimated at from $370 a year upward, according to the mode
of living; for students from other States, $545 and upward. A fuller statement
of expenses will be found on page 136.
| The University of Virginia record March 15, 1928 | |