University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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College of Arts and Sciences A GREATER College of Arts and Sciences for the Uni¬ versity of Arkansas implies growth and development, not only in numbers, but also in material equipment, in the strength of its teaching force, and in a more important thing, the desire of those who are enrolled in it for a more abundant life. This College may not, before the last survivor of the Class of 1929 totters to his grave in 2009, attain the en¬ rollment of similar colleges in 1929, such as the University of California with her 9,700 students, or even the University of Texas with more than 3,400, but it will grow as the people of the state feel the need of a more rounded development for those who are to come after them. When the people are interested in their institution and feel that it is theirs, a part of them, then, it will gain momentum and every year will be more progressive than the year before. The material equipment will increase as rapidly as the loyal alumni acquaint the people of the state It will become truly great when its students are inspired by the desire to know and feel, not “lost causes” and “impossible loyalties,” but the best that man has been able to do in every domain of human endeavor and eternal hunger of the human heart for beauty, and to attempt to add to what our ancestors have left us. Numbers, palaces of stone, libraries, laboratories and gifted teachers are all machinery, immensely valuable if the inner fire exists; without it, they are as meaningless to progressive civilization as the Tower of Babel. However, as an incentive to this inner fire, the material resources of an institution are often necessary. An outward expression of progressiveness is an impetus to the inner expression in adding self-confidence and reliance, and for the doing away of mental complexes that may arise. The two factors, though, will go hand in hand in the building and making up of a “GREATER UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS.” Dean Virgil L. Jones with its desires and its demands. Page 29

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m W E DO not give a doctor’s degree, because we’re not prepared to do the work,” I told a distinguished scholar and administrator from a large state university, who visited at the University of Arkansas some months ago. “That notion,” he replied, “is something new. It affords me much pleasure to come into acquaintance with your institution. I hope you will pardon my presumption if I speak my mind on the subject.” I assured him that I was glad to hear him commend the policy of the Graduate Faculty; and that I should be pleased to have his further opinion as to our proper method of de¬ velopment. “Then briefly. You are right in thinking that a graduate school cannot be created out of hand. It must be a building upon a significant undergraduate life, and not something imposed from above. You can therefore give sound graduate work only in so far as you can give sound graduate training. The superstructure can be no sounder than its foundation.” I told my guest that we were only too conscious of our limitations in many of our departments of study, and that consequently through lack of library, or equipment, or of qualified staff, we were offering no graduate courses in a considerable number of our departments. I said, however, that, with all humility, I felt sure that some of our departments were prepared to offer work for the master’s degree, and do it well. “Of that,” he replied, “I have no doubt. Even so, you have a period of transition. You have adjustments to make in your teaching force; to release time and energy from accustomed duties for the initiation of new interests, new habits of thought, new problems arising from the presence of graduate students. It all amounts to this—for I must cut this preachment short and not transform a social call into a classroom lecture—the way to a greater graduate school is to proceed slowly but soundly.” For this page in the Razorback, which I understand is consecrated by the slogan, “A Greater University,” I have thought of nothing better than my illustrious visitor’s remarks. Dean John Clark Jordan Page 28

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A 2 € DRp 13 A C Dean J. S. Waterman F IVE years have passed since the School of Law of the University of Arkansas was established. In that short period it has become a member of the Association of American Law Schools, it has been placed on the approved list of the American Bar Association and its work fully accredited by the State Department of Education of New York. An excellent law library of nine thousand volumes has been acquired, a carefully planned curriculum adopted, and a spirit of loyalty to the school and of respect for legal scholar¬ ship developed among its students. Having made an excellent start in its initial task of laying a firm foundation for effectual classroom work, the School of Law now seeks further contact with the bar of the states so that its students may learn more of the traditions of the profession which they are about to enter. It also desires a medium of publication for the investigations con¬ ducted by its students and faculty in the case and statutory law of Arkansas. No more effective means to accomplish these ends can be found than a law bulletin. The issuance of such a journal ought to be the next step in the development of the Law School and its publication should stimulate the law students to further investigation, serve as a place for the discussion of local legal problems by members of our bar and law staff, and bring the School into closer relations with the profession in the state. So in conclusion, we should say, that the future outlook for the University of Arkansas Law Department is bright and it is expected to grow in the coming years, not only in enrollment, but in equipment, faculty staffs and laboratories for legal study. It was only in the fall of 1927 that the law students organized a separate student body known as the Associated Law Students. It, as an organization, has its officers, its business and general routine, yet, in addition to these functions the organization carries on legal discussions and current events pertaining to the legal profession. The evolution of the Law School is hoped and expected to be fast and grow in prest¬ ige with the growth and prestige of a “GREATER UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS.” Page 30