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6ligious congregation in Norman will encouragethe students to attend Sunday school and churchregularly .The fact that the enrollment in the universitycontinues to increase year after year is an indicationthat the people of the state and nationhave confidence in the people of Norman tomaintain a wholesome environment for the studentsenrolled in the university. Let us rememberthat eternal vigilance is the price we pay forcivic character.COLLEGE OF BUSINESSADMINISTRATIONBy LEONARD LOGAN,'14With the resumption of class work inSoonerland this fall returning students ofthe school of business will find its statushas been changed by the board of regentsduring the summer to a college of businessadministration with three new instructorsin the professional branches .Freshmen enrolling with the intention ofsecuring a B .S . degree in business willconfront a new freshman committee becausethe college of business administrationnow has a full four year program insteadof two.The organization of the college on afour year basis simplifies administrativedetails and makes it possible for the studentto co-ordinate his work to better advantagein the preparation for such occupationsas investment and commercialbanking, accountancy, federal and stategovernment service, foreign trade, secretarialwork, insurance, personnel management,and merchandising.The remarkable growth of the universityhas been reflected in the developmentof the college of business administration .It was in recognition of his services to theuniversity in the building of this collegethat its dean, Dr . A. B. Adams, was electedto honorary membership in the Universityof Oklahoma Association June 3.For it is largely due to his efforts andwork that this college has attained theoutstanding rank that it has among thecollegiate schools of business in the UnitedStates . The college of business administrationhas for some time maintained aclass A rating in the Association of CollegiateSchools of Business . Not only hasDean Adams been instrumental in developingthe college of business administrationbut largely through his effortsthe Faculty club was enabled to build itshouse in 1926. Dean Adams has been oneof the most consistent friends of the alumniassociation, and has given generouslyof his time to the association and manyother extra-curricular activities of the university.In 1917 the school of public and privatebusiness with a faculty of four was cretaedas a subdivision of the college of artsand sciences . With a faculty of nine in1923 the school was made a separate degreegranting institution with the title ofschool of business offering a two yeartechnical course with Doctor Adams asdean . Now through the recent action ofthe board of regents its status has beenchanged to a college with a full four yearcurriculum .The technical departments of th,_ collegeof business administration are listedas follows : economics, finance, business administration,business law, accounting,secretarial science, and bureau of businessresearch .From 1917 to 1923 graduates of theschool of public and private business weregiven a certificate with their diploma fromthe college of arts and sciences . Since 1923the graduates from this department of theJ. F. FINDLAYNew clean of men . His job is no easy one(See page eight)university have been awarded the degreeof bachelor of science in business . The degreesoffered now by the newly created collegeof business administration are bachelorof science in business and master ofbusiness administration .The true test of any institution is thecharacter of its products . By this testthe college of business administrationstands highly recommended. Since 1917beginning with the school of public andprivate business there have been morethan a thousand graduates . Accordingto records on file in Dean Adam's officethe average annual income of these graduatesranges from $1,850 the first year outof college to about $5,000 the fifth yearfrom graduation .But money is not the total measure ofsuccess . The alumni are scattered all overOklahoma and the United States . Practicallyall of them are following the vocationsfor which they studied. In the localitieswhere they live they are knownfor the service they render their respectivecommunities and the public spirit thatdominates their activities .THE SOONER MAGAZINECOLLEGE OF EDUCATIONBy DR . ELLSWORTH COLLINGSThe continuous expansion of the schoolof education during the past few yearsand the policy of President Bizzell for agreater University of Oklahoma led to thereorganization of this school into thecollege of education early this spring.The program includes four years ofundergraduate study and three years ofgraduate study with two very definite objectives. The first objective is to educateteachers, supervisors and administratorson both the undergraduate and graduatelevels for the schools of Oklahoma . Definiteprograms are planned for kindergartenteachers, senior high school teachers,college teachers, elementary supervisingprincipals, high school supervisingprin-cipals, county and city superintendents,and college administrators .The second objective is to add to thefund of professional knowledge. In thisconnection research in teaching, supervisionand administration is carried on as aregular part of the work .The work of the new college of educationis organized around the three majordivisions of the training school, the teachingand administrative fields and the professionalcourses .The plan of instruction of the college ofeducation is unique in the sense that it includespractice of the principles of moderneducation in the training of teachers, supervisorsand administrators . The samefundamental principle that underlies learningin the classroom prevails in the educationof teachers, supervisors and administrators. Children learn by doing-so doteachers, supervisors and administrators .This principle determines the type ofinstruction provided by the college of education. Teachers, for example, do apprenticeteaching under guidance of expertsupervisors in the type of teaching theyplan to pursue in schools of the state .Along with teaching they pursue both professionaland academic courses that arerelated to their teaching experiences . Thisplan includes three lines of work, apprenticeteaching, teaching fields, and professionalcourses, which are followed simultaneously.With this plan the college of education,like medicine or engineering, turns outexperienced and trained teachers . Thesame type of education is provided forsupervisors and administrators . They toobecome supervisors and administratorsthrough engaging in the process of supervisionand administration in the trainingschool at the same time they pursue .professional and subject matter courses re--lated to their work .The training school is the foundationof the college of education . It providesa laboratory for teachers, supervisors andadministrators to learn at first hand how