Texas Christian University - Horned Frog Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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Dean of Brite College of the Bible Roy C. Snodgrass Roy C. Snodgrass enrolled in Valparaiso Univer- sity in Indiana in 1901 to study law, but he never registered for a single pre-law course. Ten days before school opened the pastor of the local church, Dr. G. H. O. Smith, met young Roy and convinced him he should enter the ministry. The next Sunday Roy Snodgrass preached in a nearby country church, and the sermon was such a success that the following week Roy changed his course to liberal arts with op- portunity for graduate work in ministerial study. Since his youthful days at Valparaiso Univer- sity, Dr. Snodgrass has been closely associated with the Disciples of Christ. For the 20 years preceding his coming to TCU, Dean Snodgrass was pastor of the First Christian Church of Amarillo. Now he is dean of one of the brotherhood's most important semi- naries. An inveterate fly fisherman, Dr. Snodgrass has failed only once in the last 50 years to make a pack- horse trip in Southern Colorado. Both in his role as a modern counterpart of lzaak Walton and as administrator, he has had success due in large degree to the fact that he never became a lawyer. Dean of the School of Education Otto R. Nielsen The career of Otto R. Nielsen has followed a strange pattern at TCU. He earned his B.A. degree from the University in 1953 and was appointed dean of men the fall after his graduation. Dr. Nielsen was dean of men and teacher in the department of psychology until 1940. During the ten years after 1940 he served as assistant dean of men at the University of Texas, Dean of Men at Texas A and l and graduate profes- sor at the University of Chicago. In 1950 Dr. Nielsen returned to TCU as execu- tive vice-president but resigned that post two years later to become dean of the School of Education. He wanted to re-enter directly the field of teacher educa- tion for which his career had been originally planned. Dean Nielsen, who received a BD. degree from TCU in 1957, dedicates much time to the church. For five years he served as minister of the First Christian Church at Kaufman. Now he is an elder in the University Christian Church and chairman of the budget committee. On weekends Dr. Nielsen finds time to retreat to a shop built into his garage. Page 1 7

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Dean of Addfian College of Arts and Sciences Jerome A. Moore Dr. Jerome A. Moore, who was a premedical student during his undergraduate years at TCU, is dean of the Universityls largest and most varied school. Dean Moore, who came to TCU as dean of AddRan College of Arts and Sciences in 1945, has traveled thousands of miles in Europe and North America. Countries he has visited include England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy, Switzer- land, the Canary Islands, Spain, the West Indies and Mexico. Dr. Moore is particularly interested in Span- ish-speaking countries. For two years he served as honorary consul to Mexico and has been made an honorary life member of the Good Neighbor Commission of Texas. As interesting as Dean Moores travel exper- iences are his religious activities. He has served as pastor of many congregations and worked with D. Ray Lindley, who was then dean of Brite College of the Bible, in organizing the present undergraduate department of religion. It is significant that he has been a Brotherhood Week speaker in various Texas cities for four years. Dean Moore's activities indicate his intrinsical be- lief in the Brotherhood of Man. Page 16 Dean of the Graduate School A. T. DeGroot Each month more than 200 religious periodicals pour into the TCU Post Office and are gleefully accepted by Dr. A. T. DeGroot, dean of the gradu- ate school. Dr. DeGroot has one of the worlds most extensive collections of old and new religious maga- zines, Among the magazines, which represent almost every known Christian creed, is the largest collection of Disciples of Christ periodicals in the hands of a member of the denomination. When Dr. DeGroot was elected archivist for the World Council of Churches in 1955, his oppor- tunities for enlarging his collection was increased. His job is to collect and file all publications produced by the World Council. He came to TCU in his present capacity in 1949. During the 1955-54 school year he was also named chairman of the department of church history in Brite College of the Bible. Dean DeGroot frequently fills pastorates when he is needed. The epitome of his philosophy of life was presented in a volume published in the fall of 1955 entitled You Can Live Forever. The book is an outgrowth of his experiences as student, teach- er, historian and minister. lail KF 'gi y 1 p . 1 - 1 Nm... 1.

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Former Dean of the School of Business Ellis M. Sowell On Feb. l, l954, Dr. Ellis M. Sowell, who had been clean of the School of Business since its organi- zation in 1944, left TCU. The School of Business had grown from 65 business majors in l944 to 572 majors in the spring semester of 1954. TCU lost not only a brilliant administrator but also a top lay church leader when Dean Sowell re- signed. He was an elder in the University Christian Church and superintendent of the churchls Sunday school. Dr. Sowell, active in the state program of the Disciples of Christ, was president of the Texas Christian Missionary Society, board member for the Disciples Pension Fund and board member for the Texas Missionary Permanent Fund. When Dr. Sowell left TCU, the University lost a master administrator and an active church leader- qualifications which will assure him success in his new endeavors. Acting dean of the School of Business after Dr. Sowell's resignation was james H. Key. Page 18 Dean of the School of Fine Arts T. Smith lVIcCorkle As silent epics flirted across the screen of one of Fort Worth's early movie houses, a Texas Wes- leyan College student, violin tucked beneath his chin, provided mood music. The young violinist who played background music for the antics of john Barrymore and Mary Pickford was Tom McCorkle, who played for the theater to help finance his study of music at TWC. After he was graduated, he progressed from the pit to the stage, and, accompanied on the piano by his wife, launched a series of violin concerts. Since then music and the violin have played major roles in the life of T. Smith McCorkle, dean of the School of Fine Arts. Before he came to TCU in 1942, Dr. McCorkle played in several symphony orchestras, wrote musical criticisms for newspapers and acquired other degrees-M.A. from SMU and Ph.D. from the University of Texas. Son of a devoted Methodist layman, Dean Mc- Corkle has given much time to religious work. ln addition to serving 18 years as a church choir director he has taught Sunday school classes and served as chairman of music and on the Board of Stewards. His life has been tuned to the vibrations of the violin string, but his favorite diversion is working around his home.