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E i- business training today as compared with the more and more attention which is evidenced by
l A _ early 80’s. the _fact that the matter will be discussed at the _
, i V __ 4 The establishment of the College of Commerce spring meeting of the American Association of
J   ’ ‘ at the University of Kentucky is therefore a frui- Collegiate Schools of Business. The President of
z l tion of a nation-wide movement. Virtually `every the Association in his letter asking Doctor Wiest ·
i   e V important institution of higher learning in the to lead this discussion states that we cannot indef- _l
  V . United States has its school of business. Even in initely avoid the 1`€SD0llSibilitY ef D1`0Vl could not be taken care of in any other way. It €
and Dean Wleilh Of the College ef (;l°mlll€l`°?» and furthermore serves as technical adviser and as a  
  e ;;?Zfl’l;;r;etaIe€$V;; egglgelg eE)ll;e;;lFe?te§3neelee@le; fact-finding-agency for state offieials on business  
ei g   in economics having a large social-science content   Eglgoggliagigggzri.;5€;tE;·l;. Vggiiagigl ii;    
l e . as liberal arts courses, and to list such courses mw has done Splendid Worke l  
l E { , under the head of Economics in the Arts and Sci- · Teaching Personnel  
l | _ ence section of the catalog and also in the Sched- The teaching personnel gf the College of Com- ii. 
 A I   ule ef R€°ltatl°nS· The plan Virtually ?lmOl~llll$ merce consists this year of nine men. These men i
_ to Setting up tl D€P?ll“l?m€Yll? ef EC0ll0llli€S ill this are well trained. They have done graduate work l
l A _ l C°ll€ge ef Arte and Sciences admllllSl?€l“€€l j0illtlY at a variety of institutions. Altogether they rep-
l fi _ by the deans ef the two Colleges- resent seven different universities, which means C  
_ l Business Curricula that different points of view clash from time to  
 _ l The curriculum followed by students in the time and that theories proposed are constantly  
 =   ‘ College of C01lllll€1°€€ is €itll€1‘ the G€ll€l`&l·BuSi- challenged. This is a very wholesome situation L 
` l réess orglieiee or echel Combined Commerce--Law in the fields of social science and business sub- ,
l 0ui‘S€ 0 of W ifi lead to the degree of Bach- jects. In fact too much in-breeding in any de- t
  , elor of Science in Commerce. The General—Busi— partment of a university is undesirable. While i
=· ness Curriculum is flexible so that a student may we have not thus far deemed it advisable to GS-  
E 2 specialize in accounting and other fields. tablish departments in the College, we, however,  .
  Vt At this time the College is preparing to offer assign specialists to particular fields. For in-  `
  Z ’ also a course in Secretarial Training, a project stance, Professor McIntyre heads up merchandis- _
 ‘ that the schools of business generally have been ing; Professor Jennings is in charge of Economic  _
 _ averse to undertake. It is, however, receiving (Continued on Page Eleven) 1
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