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i o` . ture and the radio. In his own right the historian has an unlimited
i field for teaching, research, and writing.
* HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
;. The functions of the department are threefold; namely,
T medical service to the students, teaching, and research. In the
performance of each of these functions primary emphasis is placed
upon the prevention of disease and the promotion of health.
The medical service consists of complete physical examina-
tions of all entering students, the maintenance of a Student Health
Service on the campus, and calls by physicians of the staff to
boarding and rooming students who are ill in their rooms.
1 The department offers courses in health open to students in
· the various colleges of the University. A full year of work is of-
fered to graduate nurses in preparation for public health nursing.
Also, courses leading to the degree of Master of Science in Public
Health are offered especially for the preparation of medical officers
of Health.
{ JOURNALISM
The Department of Journalism is one of the 34 members of The
American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism.
Since 1931 the department has been accredited by this body which
is composed of the leading schools of journalism in the United
States.
General reference materials, representative daily newspapers,
and recognized trade journals of the publishing industry are avail-
able in the department. In the general library are hundreds of
volumes dealing with all phases of the communications industry.
A daily 10-hour teletype service of the United Press supplies
latest news dispatches for students and provides laboratory mate-
rials for news editing and radio news writing. The department,
which supervises student publication activities has standard
equipment to print a modern community newspaper and to pro-
H vide high-grade commercial job printing for the campus. In the
/   extensive plant is a type laboratory for instruction in typography,
’ li make-up, and the mechanics of publishing and advertising.
Various campus-based publications, such as the Kentucky
Kernel (student newspaper), The Kentuckian (student yearbook),
The Kentucky Press (official publication of The Kentucky Press
` Association, which maintains its state headquarters in the depart-
ment), and The KHSPA News (bulletin of the Kentucky High
  School Press Association), present opportunities for student prac-
;   tice in the publication field.