Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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llDlvlllWlSTl2-ll IVQ DQQH Another highly successful graduate of S.M.S. is Dean Wil- liard j. Graff, Administrative Dean since August, l946, the first person to hold this position. Activities falling under his juris- diction include general supervision of student personnel service, the supervision of field service, placement service, alumni activi- ties and records, mail service, and the coordination of public relations. The position of Administrative Dean here is another step up in his career in the field of education. His position just previous to his arrival here was that of superintendent of schools in lndependence, Kansas, a job he held for five years. Before that he held similar positions at Marshall, Butler, and Dixon, Missouri. Dean Graff was born and reared on a farm near Carthage, Missouri, and attended high school in Sarcoxie, Missouri. He graduated from S.M.S. in l93O, with a degree of B. S. in Educa- tion, and he received his Masters degree at the University of Missouri in l934. He later did further graduate work at the University of Colorado. l DEAN WlLLARD j. GRAFF DQllll Di LUOMQD DEAN BERTHA WELLS A familiar figure around S.M.S. is Dean Bertha Wells wh has held the position of Dean of Women since l92O. In th intervening years she has gradually assumed more and mor duties until now her office is a combination bureau for schedul ing social events, a vast lost and found department ,and a studen housing service. When any social organization wishes t schedule an event, the date is assigned from Dean Wells' office When one loses anything around campus, it's sure to turn up i the Dean's Lost and Found closet. Not only that, but she als dispenses lockers and locker keys at the beginning of each term Dean Wells is, too, a native of Missouri, being originally resident of north Missouri, where she attended Kirksville Hig School. She received her A. B. degree from Drury in l9l5 and then taught Creek and Latin in Lamar High School befor coming here to teach languages. l2

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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

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ma, , A+. ' l2U5lll-Q55 MllllllGQl2 L. H. MORRIS Business Manager QUDITCDIX Presiding in the college auditor's office is Mr. W. l. Baker, ho has for some time successfully handled the money on this ampus. Those first-of-the-term incidental fees are received his office, as well as special fees collected from music students those taking laboratory work. ln addition to collecting the fees, he also acts as a disbursing and depositing agent the school. All checks from the college go through his and departmental funds are deposited there, along with of campus organizations. Mr. Baker makes a quarterly report to both state and national officials, acts as of the Board of Regents, audits institutional and group is the administrator of staff retirement funds and the ization plan, and handles other details relating to I records of the college. l3 Mr. Lee H. Morris has held the position of business manager of S.M.S. for a number of years, and during this time he has capably executed the duties which fall under his jurisdiction These duties are numerous and varied, such as custodian of physical property of the college, supervisor of the plant system director of the operating staff, purchasing agent for the college and general supervisor of the cafeteria, the college bookstore and similar auxiliary enterprises. Another duty which brings him into closer contact with the student body is that of director of student employment. I-le is responsible for the hiring of the student help necessary to the successful operation of the school ln addition to the afore-mentioned jobs, Mr. Morris also serves as Treasurer of the Board of Regents. W. I. BAKER Auditor