Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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F- jr SllllC CCDMMISSIOHQ-Ill CDF QDUCllllCDll S.M.S. has reason to be proud of alumnus Hubert Wheeler, State Commissioner of Education since l947. Graduated from here in l93l, Mr. Wheeler later received his M. A. degree from the University of Missouri in l939. Before being appointed to his present position, he served first as elementary principal at Aurora, later moving on to super- intendent of schools in Lawrence County. He then took over the task of Superintendent of Schools in Butler, Missouri, from which position he moved on to the job of Superintendent of Schools in Marshall, Mis- souri, a job he held until his appointment as State Commissioner of Education. Mr. Wheeler also holds the distinction of being the first State Commissioner of Education appointed by the lay State Board of Education provided for in the new state constitution. SETH V. CONROD R. W. ANDERSON Marshfield Neosho HUBERT WHEELER Q09 l2D Oli IZQQQ HTS L. F. RICHARDSON RALPH E. BURLEY Nevada Lebanon IFA' 1 . LON S. HAYMES T. H. DOUGLAS Springfield Bolivar 9 The Board of Regents of S.M.S. have a most important function in the administration of the college. They receive their authority through the chief executive of the state of Missouri, whose appointments to the Board for six year periods must be approved by the state Senate. Besides helping to determine the policies of the school, they also elect the president of the col- lege, who serves as their executive officer. Through the president's recommendations they also confirm appointments to the faculty, and other employees of the school. Although the members of the Board of Regents represent other professions and have many other responsibilities, they still contribute generously and willingly of their time and energy, without compensation, to the successful operation and continued improvement of our college.

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.5 'vt i. ' 351 - .',l,., .iz ,I l9llQ5lDQlll i QLLIS l Vsfe of Southwest Missouri State College have reason to be proud of our 1 President, Dr. Roy Ellis. Dr. Ellis has held this position since l926, and dur- ing his administration the enrollment i of S.M.S. has been more than doubled, new departments and services have is been frequently added, and the build- ing and expansion program has been progressing steadily until today the very best facilities can be offered to students of S.M.S. Last year saw the completion of a new and well-equipped Industrial Arts Building, and this year work has begun on a girl's dormitory located on the campus, with plans for a student union building being perfect- ed for construction in the near future. Dr. Ellis is well equipped to under- stand and cope with the problems of this district, being himself a product of this area. He was born in Seymour, DR. RQY ELLIS Missouri, and attended this school from l909 to l9l l. He received his A.B. and B.S. in Education degrees from the University of Missouri in l9l4, and then interrupted his career to serve in World War I. He received his M.A. degree from Har- vard before he came here as an instructor in the history department in l9l7. Later he was appointed head of the Sociology and Economics Department, a position he held until he became president. He re- ceived his Ph. D. at Columbia University in l93O. we Supreme va ue of glclucafion There have been innumerable evaluations of education in terms of economic productivity and intellec- tual output. There have been many lengthy and labored definitions of education by renowned experts on the subject. What seemed to me to be one of the simplest and most meaninfgul statements which I have ever heard concerning the function of education was expressed by a venerable college president under whose instruction it was my privilege to sit as a freshman. The function of education , said he, is to teach people to understand and to appreciate the world in which we live and the laws and forces by which it operates . There is little point to understanding unless appreciation follows and appreciation without understanding is impossible. Education should widen one's mental and spiritual horizons and free him from the dark and cloistered vault of fear and ignorance. A cherished hoard of knowledge alone, however large, will not suffice for the enrichment of life. After knowledge must come that wisdom without which we shall walk alone in a strange world. 0 , , idea ll