 | The University of Virginia record February 15, 1923 |  |
THE CURRY MEMORIAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Edwin Anderson Alderman, Ph.B., D.C.L., LL.D.
President.
John Levi Manahan, M.A., Ph.D.
Dean.
| CHARLES GILMORE MAPHIS | Professor of Education |
| IVEY FOREMAN LEWIS, B.A., 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 |
| WILLIAM ROYALL SMITHEY, M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Secondary Education |
| GEORGE OSCAR FERGUSON, JR., M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Psychology and Education |
| W. PATTON GRAHAM, M.A. | Associate Professor of Romanic Languages |
| JAMES SUGARS McLEMORE, M.A., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Latin and Instructor in Greek |
| WILLIAM EDWARD KNIGHT, M.E. | Assistant Professor of Romanic Languages |
| WILLIAM SUMNER APPLETON POTT, M.A. | Assistant Professor of Philosophy |
| WILLIAM SHIREY KEISTER, A.B., A.M., M.D. | Assistant Professor of Public Health |
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 Mr. John D. Rockefeller and $50,000 from the General Education
Board, and was named in honor of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the Southern
educator. There were originally two professorships in the School, the
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
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 Mr. 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
the leading authorities on school architecture in this country who were consulted
before its erection. 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 volumes 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 $2000 from Mr. Alfred W. Erickson of New York City will
enable the Department so to strengthen its professional library as to offer
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 superintendent's
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.
OBSERVATION, DIRECTED TEACHING AND RESEARCH
STUDIES.
Laboratory facilities are made available through the coöperation of the
school systems of the County of Albemarle and the City of Winchester, the
local school boards in each case having approved such coöperation. This
arrangement gives to students in the Department of Education a splendid
opportunity to study the problems of both city and county school organization
and administration.
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.
During the session of 1922-23 there are 4500 white pupils enrolled. These
are taught by 130 elementary school teachers and 36 high school teachers.
The supervision of the county schools is under the direction of the county
superintendent and four full time supervisors.
The total value of sites, buildings and equipment is $435,000. This includes
several new buildings of modern construction.
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 except in the case
of the supervisor of the junior high school, who does part time teaching
temporarily. There are twelve teachers in the primary department, ten in
the elementary department, and seventeen in the junior and senior high
school departments.
At present the Winchester schools are housed in temporary quarters
awaiting the completion of a new school plant which is under contract to
be ready for occupancy by September, 1923.
The new plant when completed will provide many features in addition
a covered play court with fresh air ventilation for year-round use; a nature
study court; out-door classrooms for convalescent and anemic children; and
facilities 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.
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.
Two courses in Education (Education B2 and Education B3) are especially
suited to the needs of first-year students. These courses count as
electives toward any degree offered in the College.
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,
they are more than twenty years old or, if they are not Virginians, they
are 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
to make up their 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.
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, The Learning Process and Individual Differences; Education
C2, Educational Surveys, State, City and County; Education C3, Standard
Tests in School Subjects; Education C4, Problems in Secondary Education;
Education C5, Sociology and Education; Education C6, Mental Tests and
their Applications; Education D1, Seminar in Educational Psychology; Education
D2, Seminar in School Administration; and Education D3, Seminar
in Secondary Education.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF 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, B10 and B11. Candidates having had successful experience in
teaching may be permitted to substitute other work for Education
B11. It should be noted that Education B10 and B11 give one session-hour
and two session-hours credit, respectively, thus leaving one
course in Education to be elected. Students taking Education B1 to
fill the requirement in Philosophical Science will elect some course
other than Education.
C. Electives-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.)
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 Pott. (Not open to first-year students.)
Education B2: Educational Psychology.—First term: The learning
process. Second term: General methods of teaching and study. Third
term: Psychological factors in school management.—(B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 12:30-1:30, P. H. 8. Professor Ferguson.
Education B3: Educational Sociology.—First and second terms: Principles
of sociology. Third term: Educational Sociology.—(B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.) T. Th. S., 9:30-10:30, P. H. 2. Professor Smithey.
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: Principles of Secondary Education.—(A course intended
primarily for students who expect to teach or to occupy some administrative
position in the high school or general educational work.) First
term: Historical development of the secondary school; its social principles
and its present tendencies. Second term: Aims and functions of the secondary
school in organized society, and its relation to elementary and higher
education. Its program of studies. Third term: Junior high schools: Their
T. Th. S., 10:30-11:30, P. H. 2. Professor Smithey.
Education B8: Hygiene and Education.—First term: Personal and
community hygiene. Second term: Characteristics, defects and hygiene of
physical development. Third term: Hygiene of school buildings; equipment
and management.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor
Smithey. (Omitted in 1923-1924.)
Education B9: Elementary School Administration and Supervision.—
First term: Organization of the elementary school and its relation to the
high school. Second term: Duties and qualifications of elementary school
principals and teachers; the training of teachers in service. Third term:
The curriculum of the elementary school and its reorganization.—(B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) T. Th. S., 12:30-1:30, P. H. 7. Professor
Manahan.
Education B10: Methods of Teaching High-School Subjects.—Unit
courses of six weeks each in methods of teaching high-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 the B.S. 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
of familiarizing the prospective teacher with the materials he will be
called upon 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.
Associate Professor Graham.
(d): The Teaching of Latin in Secondary Schools: Latin A1 prerequisite.—Hours
to be arranged. Assistant Professor McLemore.
(e): The Teaching of Spanish in Secondary Schools: Spanish A and
B prerequisite.—Lectures, assigned reading, class reports. Hours to be arranged.
Assistant Professor Knight.
As demand develops for courses in the teaching of other academic subjects,
such courses will be organized.
Education B11: Directed Teaching: Education B10, prerequisite.—
(For candidates for the B.S. in Education and must be taken during the
candidate's fourth year.) Students will be grouped in pairs and will teach
one class each day in their major or minor subjects for 18 weeks, one student
teaching the first half of the school year and the other student teaching
the second half. The student not teaching will serve as an assistant
and critic of his associate who will in turn become an assistant and critic
when his period of teaching is completed.—(Credit, 2 session-hours toward
the B.S. in Education.) Hours to be arranged.
Education B12: Physical Education and Health Examination of School
Children.—Course prescribed by the State Board of Education and State
Board of Health for all students desiring certificates to teach in secondary
schools. The following topics are considered:
1. General Public Health and Medical Inspection of Schools.
2. Physical Defects and their Control.
3. Personal Hygiene.
4. Communicable Diseases and their Control.
5. First Aid.
6. The Sanitary School.
7. Community Health.
Credit will be apportioned on the basis of the time and work prescribed.
Hours to be arranged.—Dr. Keister.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Education C1: The Learning Process and Individual Differences:
Psychology B1 or Education B2 and one other "B" course in Education, prerequisite.—A
study of the nature and laws of learning and of individual and
group differences due to such factors as sex, race, heredity, environment.
M. W. F., 10:30-11:30, P. H. 8. To be given in alternate years with Education
C6. Professor Ferguson.
Education C2: Educational Surveys: State, City and County: Education
B5 and one other B course in Education, 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: Standard Tests in School Subjects: Education B5 and
one other B course in Education, 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 Secondary Education: Education B7 and
one other B course in Education, prerequisite.—An advanced course in secondary
education. Students will be required to make original investigations of
special problems relating to secondary education. T. Th. S., 11-12, P. H. 2.
Professor Smithey.
Education C5: Sociology and Education: Education B3 and one other
B course in Education, prerequisite.—First term: The family as a social and
educational institution. Second term: Poverty and Dependency. Third
term: Social Education. Hours to be arranged. Professor Smithey.
Education C6: Mental Tests and Their Applications: Psychology B1
or Education B2 and one other "B" course in Education, prerequisite.—A study
of the more important mental tests and intelligence scales, with practice in
their administration and interpretation. 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 reported for class discussion by each student. Hours by appointment.
Professor 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.
SUGGESTED CURRICULA LEADING TO BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN EDUCATION.
| First Year | Second Year | Third Year | Fourth Year |
| English A1—(3)[1] | Eng. Lit. B2, or Eng. B2—(3) |
Science (6), or Math. (3) and Hist. B2 (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. B2, or Eng. Lit. B2—(3) |
Educ. B5—(3) |
| Educ. B2—(3) | one elective.—(3) | ||
| Foreign Lang.— (3) |
Phil. B3, 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)[1] | Eng. Lit. B2—(3) | English B2—(3) | Hist. C1, or Eng. C1—(3) |
| Math. A1—(3) | Hist. B1—(3) | Hist. B2, or Gov. B1—(3) |
Educ. B11—(2) |
| Biology B1—(6) | Foreign Lang.—(6) | Educ. B2—(3) | Educ. B5—(3) |
| Eng. A1—(3) | Phil. B3, 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 Language —(3)[1] |
Foreign Lang.—(6) (continue language begun in first yr. and begin another.) |
Foreign Lang.—(3) | Foreign Lang.—(3) |
| Math. A1—(3) | Science (6), or Math. B2 (3) and English B2 (3)—(6) |
Science (6), or Math. B2 (3) and English B2 (3)—(6) |
|
| Eng. A1—(3) | Eng. Lit. B2, or Eng. B2—(3) |
Educ. B2—(3) | Educ. B11—(2) |
| Biology B1—(6) | |||
| Phys. Tr. B1—(1½) | Phil. B3, or Educ. B1—(3) |
Educ. B7—(3) | Educ. B5—(3) |
| Total 16½ hrs. | Hist. B2, or Gov. B1—(3) |
Educ. B10—(1) | (14 hrs.) |
| (16 hrs.) | |||
| Phys. Tr. B1—(1½) | |||
| (16½ hrs.) |
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 Virginia 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 teachers in the public schools of the State during the year. Applicants
for admission as teachers are required to send in their names to
the President of the University not later than March 5.
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION TEACHING COURSES.
Extension teaching courses are courses of instruction corresponding
closely with those regularly given in the University by regular members
of the faculty, and are under the administration, supervision and control of
the University, for the benefit of persons unable to attend the regular
courses of instruction and to take work in residence. Each course represents
a definite amount of study corresponding to an equivalent amount of
by persons meeting the entrance requirements of the University, receives
the same credit as if taken in residence.
Extension teaching classes in Education, conducted by members of the
faculty of the Department of Education, were organized in the session of
1922-23, under the Bureau of Extension of the University, in Arlington
County, Clifton Forge, Staunton and Waynesboro.
Additional Extension Teaching classes were conducted by members of
the regular faculty of the University and by instructors in the Extension
Division of the University in Richmond, Petersburg, Lynchburg, Roanoke,
Staunton, Shawsville, and Christiansburg.
Extension Teaching Courses will be organized upon application for
them in as many centers as possible, if a sufficient number (usually not
fewer than fifteen) apply for them. Application for such courses should be
made to the Director of University Extension, Box 149, University, Virginia.
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 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. Sixty-three session-hours of undergraduate
courses, taken in conformity with the requirements published herewith, are
required for the Bachelor's degree. 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 degrees 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 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 1923.
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
work for which college credit is desired. Blanks for this purpose will be
mailed upon application.
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 J. L. Manahan, W. R.
Smithey, J. C. Metcalf and I. F. 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
membership who expect to make teaching or administration of schools a permanent
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.
In order to encourage the training of teachers, the General Assembly
of Virginia, in 1918, founded one hundred and nineteen Virginia State
Teachers' Scholarships, one for each School Division in the State. The
emolument is free lodging, heat, light and janitor service in the university
dormitories. The holder of one of these scholarships must be a Virginian
needing financial assistance in order to attend the University, and
he must pledge himself to engage in some form of school work in the
State for at least two years, or, failing this, to repay to the University the
value of the scholarship. Appointments are made prior to September 1,
upon the recommendation of Division Superintendents of Schools. If any
Superintendent fails to make a recommendation, the vacancy thus created
may be filled from the State at large by the President of the University.
Blank forms of application will be sent upon request.
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 in the General Catalogue
of the University.
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 student before he reaches the University, but it may be
stated that any student 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 expense for the rest of the academic year. Information
as to employment may be obtained from the secretary of the Committee
on Student Self-Help, Madison Hall, University, Virginia.
EXPENSES.
The necessary expenses of a Virginia student in the Department of
Education may be estimated at from $320 a year upward, according to the
mode of living; for students from other States, $510 upward. A fuller statement
of expenses will be found in the General Catalogue of the University.
| The University of Virginia record February 15, 1923 | |