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Show L Y CH RO N I l i c Social Work School Accepts 88 Graduates E ' j. a -f - -at ' Eighty-eight students will be initiated today into the Graduate School of Social Work. Dr. Rex A. Skidmore, Dean of the department, will address the students on the value of their chosen profession. In a Chronicle interview, Dr. Skidmore said "Social Work is unique. It combines classwork with field work." In the first year, the students have three days of classes and two of field work and in the second year, two days of classes and three of field work. Worked in School The field worker may be in attendance at a hospital, a school, or working with one of the community services. Joyce Higashi, a second-year student, said she worked in a school handling six children which had been referred to the social workers work-ers because "they had problems." prob-lems." She worked with the stu dents individually and in a group, while she was supervised by a graduated social worker. The Graduate School of Social So-cial Work is a two-year program dealing with human behavior and social environment. The school is basically oriented orient-ed toward three types of activities, activi-ties, case workers, group workers work-ers and community organiza- New Building Planned In his orientation speech, Dr. Skidmore will tell about the new Social Work Building to be completed com-pleted in 1968, the need for qualified quali-fied social workers, and the National Na-tional Association of Social Workers. At the ceremony today, speeches will be given by Dr. Charles H. Monson, Deputy Academic Aca-demic Vice President, who will welcome the students to the University, Uni-versity, John A. Florez, the President Pres-ident of the Utah Chapter of the National Association of Social Rex Skidmore Social Workers Dean Workers. An introduction to Alumni Association will be by Charles M. Patterson J ciation president. A speecu Commissioner of Utah fW Welfare Algie E. Ballif wiuJ light the Orientation Day w eon. On October 1st, there w? be an informal student picnie i |