1971 Utonian

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Dean George Hill refused to have his picture taken anywhere but in front of the new building that houses the College of Mines and Minerals. Only one indication of the general prosperity of his college, which receives a large chunk of its income from research grants. As a matter of fact, that same research has made Mines and Minerals extremely unpopular with ecology-minded students. The college is conducting an investigation of processes by which petroleum can be removed from oil shale which, if successful, would leave the road open for the rape of the Four Corners area, some of the best desert wilderness in the United States. On the whole, the College is one of the most orderly on campus. Students in it are hard-working and, for the most part, studious in the traditional sense-something of a bracing change from explosive education. By the same token, however, the pace in the college is often frustratingly slow to unconventional-minded members of the student body. While classes are small and instructors can work closely with students, there is still an academic gap between the ones who have "Made It" and the ones who have not that is not strictly a matter of more knowledge. Where the going is as rigorous as in Mines and Minerals, however, this may be a justifiable distinction to make. The College of Mines and Minerals offers the hard-working student concerned with doing a good job in the field of mineral/mining engineering many job opportunities, a real rarity in any of the technological disciplines this year. The College of Nursing has the distinction of being one of the leading colleges in the nation. Under the direction of Dean Mildred D. Quinn, the three hundred and seventy-four students (including seven males) work not only on scholastic projects, but do invaluable community work as well. Many of the students are involved in the Central City program as volunteers. They also have a project in Shiprock, New Mexico which helps people on the Navajo Indian Reservation, mainly as a Planned Parenthood Program which is financed by the Federal Government. Two-thirds of the funds in the college come from the Federal Government so the State Legislature does not have to appropriate any scholarship funds for Nursing. The Scholastic program set forth by Dean Quinn is so designed that upon reception of a B.S. in Nursing, one is a general practicioner of nursing. Upon graduating, one can take advantage of the excellent graduate school, which is broken down into four different fields. Midwifery, Psychiatric Nursing, Nursing and Care of Children, and finally Medical-Surgical Nursing. The demand for qualified nurses increases daily, and more and more students enter the college yearly, but after being in new facilities for almost two years, Dean Quinn feels that with new technicological improvements, and the eagerness to learn which the students presently show, the College of Nursing at the University of Utah will be able to meet the need for nursing in all fields. Dean Quinn has been in her position for seventeen years. She ought to know. The College of Science is not a por-fessional school. Its primary object is to provide counseling and curricula which enable the student to acquire depth in a given discipline but not at the expense of breadth encompassing other scientific and non-scientific disciplines. It is deeply committed to reducing to practice the concept of liberal education such that the graduate of the college will find himself equally at home in the laboratory, at a professional meeting or in a group of non-scientific individuals. The College of Science, under the direction of Dean Pete D. Gardner, includes the following departments: Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics. The college offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, M.A., M.S., degrees, M.Ph. and Ph.D. degrees. M.Ph. and Ph.D. degrees are offered through the Graduate School. The college has no admission requirements other than those of the University. However, the level of course work at which an entering freshman is counseled to begin in any department will be determined by his performance on the appropriate placement examination. A student has the opportunity of taking some of the lower division classes on a credit/no credit basis and more classes will be on this basis in the near future. The College of Science offers many of the courses which are usually required for admission to professional schools. The student planning to enter professional studies at the University will find himself well-prepared by Science's rigorous program.