 | The University of Virginia record March 15, 1927 |  |
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., PhD.
Dean of the Department of Education
| THOMAS FITZHUGH, M.A. | Professor of Latin |
| HARRY TAYLOR MARSHALL, B.A., M.D. | Walter Reed Professor of Pathology |
| 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 |
| ALFRED LAWRENCE KOCHER, M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Art and Architecture |
| CARL CASKEY SPEIDEL, Ph.B., Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Anatomy |
| WILLIAM SUMNER APPLETON POTT, M.A., Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Philosophy |
| WILLIAM EDWARD KNIGHT, M.E. | Associate Professor of Romanic Languages |
| GEORGE BASKERVILLE ZEHMER, B.S., M.A. | Associate Professor of Education |
| PAUL OTTO, B.P.E., M.P.E. | Assistant Professor of Physical Education |
| LUTHER CALVIN GILBERT, B.S., M.S. | Assistant Professor of Education |
| HENRY GRADY ACKER, B.S., M.S. | Instructor in Education |
| EDWARD WADSWORTH GREGORY, JR., B.A., M.A. | Instructor in Secondary Education |
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 $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
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
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
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.
OBSERVATION AND DIRECTED TEACHING
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.
Arrangements have been made whereby students in the Department
of Education will do observation work and directed teaching in the county
schools under the supervision of the Supervisor of Instruction in the
County High Schools, who is Assistant Professor of Education in the University
of Virginia.
This arrangement gives the Department adequate facilities for effective
practical work in secondary education by every candidate for a degree in
Education.
Besides work in observation and directed teaching, the county schools
are also available for studies in 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 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
study court; outdoor 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.
These arrangements give to students in the Department of Education
an excellent opportunity to study the problems of school organization and
administration.
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
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 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
passed as a resident student in the College of Arts and Sciences, exclusive
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 123. 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, Educational
Surveys, State, City and County; Education C3, Standard Tests in
School Subjects; Education C4, Problems in Secondary Education; Education
C5, Problems in Secondary 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.
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
average of at least eighty-five per cent., on at least fifteen session-hours
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
Three baccalaureate degrees are offered in the Department of Education:
Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of Science in Health Education,
and Bachelor of Science in Physical Education. The specific requirements,
together with suggested curricula for the various degrees, 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, 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. 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)[1] | 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)[1] | 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) |
||
| 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.) |
II. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH EDUCATION
Purpose. The curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science
in Health Education is organized to furnish the training deemed necessary for
the preparation of teachers of health education in teacher-training institutions
in Virginia attempting to meet the requirements of the West Law.
Curriculum. The curriculum leading to this degree covers four years
of training and includes a total of 63 session-hours of credit distributed by
years and subjects as follows:
| Session Hours |
|
| English | 3 |
| Mathematics | 2 |
| Biology | 6 |
| Chemistry | 4 |
| Physical Education | 1 ½ |
| Total | 16 ½ |
| Session Hours |
|
| English | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 3 |
| Medical Bacteriology | 2 |
| Anatomy and Physiology | 3 |
| General Psychology | 3 |
| Physical Education | 1 ½ |
| Total | 15 ½ |
| Session Hours |
|
| English | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 3 |
| Educational Administration | 3 |
| Public Health and Health Education | 4 |
| Methods of Teaching Health Education | 1 |
| Physical Education | 1 ½ |
| Total | 15 ½ |
| Session Hours |
|
| History and Principles of Health and Physical Education | 3 |
| Advanced Biology | 3 |
| Practice Teaching and field study | 2 |
| Educational Sociology | 3 |
| Nutrition and Foods | 1 |
| Home Nursing | 1 |
| First Aid | 1 |
| Physical Education | 1 ½ |
| Total | 15 ½ |
III. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Purpose. The curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in
Physical Education is organized specifically for the training of supervisors of
physical education.
Curriculum. The curriculum leading to this degree covers four years of
training and includes a total of 63 session-hours distributed by years and subjects
as follows:
| Session Hours |
|
| English | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 3 |
| Mathematics | 2 |
| Biology | 4 |
| Psychology | 3 |
| Educational Gymnastics | 1 ½ |
| Total | 16 ½ |
| Session Hours |
|
| English | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 3 |
| Chemistry | 4 |
| Advanced Biology | 3 |
| Medical Bacteriology | 2 |
| Educational Gymnastics | 1 ½ |
| Total | 16 ½ |
| Session Hours |
|
| English (Including Public Speaking) | 3 |
| Public Health and Health Education | 4 |
| Anatomy and Physiology | 3 |
| Methods of Teaching Physical Education | 1 |
| School Hygiene and Sanitation | 3 |
| Physical Training | 1 ½ |
| Total | 15 ½ |
| Session Hours |
|
| History and Principles of Health and Physical Education | 3 |
| Anthropometry, Med. Gymnastics | 2 |
| Applied Physical Education | 2 ½ |
| Practice Teaching | 2 |
| Educational Administration | 3 |
| Kinesiology | 2 |
| Total | 14 ½ |
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. Associate
Professor Pott. (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 B6: Planning and Equipment of School Buildings: Education
B5 or B7, prerequisite.—Lectures on school design, supplemented by
drawing room practice and field work. Assigned readings and reports. Third
Term. (Credit, 1 session-hour.) Professor Kocher. Hours to be arranged.
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: Junior high schools; their
organization, standardization and supervision. Third term: Aims and functions
of the secondary school in organized society, and its relation to elementary
and higher education.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
M. W. F., 11:30-12:30, P. H., 2. Professor Smithey.
Education B8: Principles of Secondary Education: Education B7, prerequisite.—First
Term: The high school as a social institution. Second
Term: Modern Methods in high school teaching. Third Term: Supervision
M. W. F., 10:30-11:30, P. H., 2. Professor Smithey.
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., 10:30-11:30, P. H., 7. Professor
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
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.
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.
(g): The Teaching of Physical Education: This course, a requirement
of the West Law, is an intensive study of the theory and practice of physical
activities suitable for pupils in city and rural schools, both elementary and
secondary. It includes systematic gymnastics, efficiency and achievement
of practice teaching. Open to both men and women. Hours to be arranged.
Assistant Professor Otto.
Education B11: Observation and Supervised Teaching. Senior standing
prerequisite.—Consists of a study of principles of teaching, observation of
class work, construction of lesson plans, and teaching, under supervision,
in the high schools of Albemarle County. Students do their supervised teaching
under the direction of the regular teachers of the school and the professor
in charge of this work. Under this plan students have an opportunity to
gain a valuable experience under favorable conditions. During the period
of supervised teaching, each student assumes responsibility for the instruction,
discipline and grading of one class in the high school. Required of all
candidates for the degree of B.S. in Education. This course must be taken
during the candidate's fourth year. Hours to be arranged. Assistant Professor
Gilbert.
Education B12: School Hygiene and Sanitation: Course prescribed by
the State Board of Education and State Board of Health for all students
desiring certificates to teach in public 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.—Associate Professor Speidel.
Health Education B1: History and Principles of Health and Physical
Education.—The history of health and physical education with particular
reference to progress in Europe and America within recent times. The purpose
of the course is to acquaint the student with the various programs of
health education and systems of physical education, with leaders in these
fields and with present-day conceptions of these subjects. It would also consider
the place of health and physical education in the general scheme of
present-day educational endeavor and the principles governing the organization
and administration of health and physical education study in order to
realize their aims, values and ideals. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)
Health Education B2: Public Health and Health Education: Biology
B1, Medical Bacteriology, Education B14, and Anatomy and Physiology, Education
B15, prerequisite.—First Term: The control of communicable diseases
and immunity. Second Term: The water supply and sewage disposal, refuse
mental hygiene, industrial hygiene, vital statistics, public health education, etc.
Journal Club. One class period each month will be devoted to meetings
of the Journal Club, at which time various public health topics, assigned by
the instructor, will be discussed by the class. (Credit, 4 session-hours.)
Health Education B3: Medical Bacteriology for Teachers of Health
Education: Biology B1, prerequisite.—Bacteria in nature; life habits of bacteria.
Elements of public health bacteriology. Cultural study of selected disease-producing
bacteria. Modes of transmission and portals of entry. Changes
produced during infection. Immunity. Modes of exit of bacteria from infected
body. Carriers. Given only during first term. (Credit, 2 session-hours.) Professor
Marshall.
Physical Education B1: Anatomy and Physiology.—(Lectures, demonstrations,
recitations and reports.) A study of the anatomy and physiology of
the human body, especially adapted for the student of physical education and
health. First and Second Terms: A brief general study of the structure and
function of the various parts of the body. Third Term: The work of the
first two terms is completed and is followed by detailed consideration of a
number of special topics. During the entire course there are frequent
demonstrations of anatomical dissection, models, microscopic preparations
and physiological experiments. (Credit, 3 session-hours.) M. W. F., 9:3010:30,
P. H., 7. Associate Professor Speidel.
Physical Education B2: Kinesiology.—Deals exclusively with the mechanical
problems of bodily movement of bones, joints and muscles. The
principal types of muscular exercise in gymnastics, athletics, etc., are studied
as to their reaction on the body, their relation in bodily development, efficiency
of movement, and the prevention and correction of certain physical
defects and deformities. (Credit, 2 session-hours.)
Physical Education B3: Anthropometry, Corrective and Medical Gymnastics.—The
influence of family and personal history upon the present condition
of the individual; laws of growth; bodily measurements and examinations
of special senses; practical work in measuring, testing, and recording,
and coördination with the physical inspection program of school children in
Virginia; examination of heart, lungs, and for hernia; prescription of exercise
for common structural and postural defects of trunk and feet; functional
defects and their treatment by exercise and massage; the use of massage in
health, athletics, and disease. (Credit, 2 session-hours.)
For Undergraduates and Graduates
Education C1: Advanced Educational Psychology: Psychology B1 and
one B course in Education, prerequisite.—An intensive study of fundamental
processes and problems, involving a survey of important modern contributions to
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: 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
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 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 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 Tests and their Applications: Psychology B1
and one 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.
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
teachers in the public schools of the State during the year. Applicants for
admission as teachers are required to send their names to the President of
the University not later than March 5.
EXTENSION CLASSES
Extension teaching courses are courses of instruction corresponding
closely with those regularly given in the University by members of the
Faculty, and are conducted for the benefit of persons unable to follow
courses in residence. The classes are under the administration, supervision
and control of the University. Each course represents a definite
amount of study corresponding to an equivalent amount of work done in
residence at the University, and when completed satisfactorily by persons
meeting the entrance requirements of the University, receives the same
degree of credit as if taken in residence.
Extension Teaching Courses will be organized upon application for
them in as many centers as possible, if a sufficient number (a minimum
of fifteen) apply for them. Application for such courses should be made
to the Director, University Extension Division, University, Virginia.
Three hundred and twenty persons enrolled in Extension classes in
the year 1925-1926; forty-nine of them enrolled in two classes. The
twenty-seven classes were held in ten centers. A report of Extension
Courses for 1925-1926 and catalogue for 1926-1927 is published for free
distribution as Extension Series, Vol. XI, No. 1.
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
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 1927.
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.
First Term begins June 20th and ends July 29th. Second Term begins
August 1st and ends September 2nd.
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, September 2nd, 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, Gilbert, 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
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
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 on page 135.
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
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 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 $360 a year upward, according to the mode
of living; for students from other States, $530 and upward. A fuller statement
of expenses will be found on page 129.
| The University of Virginia record March 15, 1927 | |