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

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Governor Harvey Parnell +i- -'-- - -f'-n------'---if--A-- -1-- -M-M- -1f- -m-- - 111- - ---- -------- ---1 --'--w--n--r--i--n-- .,-- -w------.---------.- -I.----+ HE present building and equipment of the University of Arkansas is of very inferior quality -one of the poorest of any state university in the country. Contrariwise, the faculty stands preeminent in the nation-it has no superior in quality. The faculty is not equaled in standard by any other Southern state university, but prac- tically all of them outrank it as to physical condi- tions. True, we are progressing, slowly and tor- tuously, as is evinced by the new Engineering and Agricultural buildings, which are inferior to none in the country, but there are multitudinous other features of the University that need building up badly. To accomplish this the expenditure of con- siderable money will be necessary. So fat the GOVERNOR HARVEY PARNEU- state legislature has not been over-benevolent in its appropriation of funds for the University. It is hoped that the next session will provide the requisite finances to enable the University to progress as it should. The main hope of the University lies in Governor Harvey Parnell, who is one of its strongest advo- cates. He has lived up to his promises and worked for a greater University of Arkansas in particular, and for the whole field of education in general. In the person of Governor Harvey Parnell, the University has not only a friend but an ardent supporter, and one that will mean much to the building up of the University of Arkansas educationally. The present building program entails the construction of a new library building, a building to house the law students, a new building for chemistry and physics, a student union building, a new dormitory, a new commerce building, a new gymnasium, and eventually a building to replace University Hall. When com- pleted, this will give the University of Arkansas one of the most complete plants of any university in the South.

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onrd Of rustoes HARVEY PARNELL, The Governor of Arkansas, Little Rock . . . Ex-Officio CLAUDE M. HIRST, The State Supt. Of Public Instruction, Little Rock . Ex-Officio Expiration of Term JOHN M. ANDREWS, Fort Smith . . . 1931 W. L. POPE, Pocahontas . . 1931 JOHN G. RAGSDALE, El Dorado 1931 ART T. LEWIS, Fayetteville . 1933 H. M. JACKSON, Marianna 1933 A. B. BANKS, Fordyce . 1935 FRED I. BROWN, Little Rock . 1935 OFFICERS GOVERNOR HARVEY PARNELL . . . . . CHAIRMAN T. C. CARLSON, Fayetteville . . . . . . SECRETARY AND AUDITOR COMMITTEES J MESSRS. BANKS, BROWN, AND POPE ...... Agricultural Extension THE COMMITTEE ON THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE ExPERIIvIENT SrATION . . . . . . . . Board of Control of the Agricultural Experiment Station MESSRS. LEWIS, POPE, AND JACKSON ...... Buildings and Grounds MESSRS. JACKSON, ANDREWS, AND BROWN . . . . College of Agriculture GOVERNOR PARNELL, MESSRS. LEWIS, RAGSDALE, AND POPE . . . Executive MESSRS. BANKS,'ANDREWS, AND RAGSDALE . . . . . Finance MESSRS. BROWN, HIRST, AND ANDREWS . Medical College MESSRS. BANKS, LEWIS, AND HIRST . ' . Teachers and Personnel NOTE-Name of the chairman stands first.

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President John Clinton Futrall -1----v-------------------------------------------------M--------------------I-----------------------.-...-.q. IT is with no inconsiderable degree of satisfac- tion that I look back over the eighteen years that have elapsed since I became the chief execu- tive of the University of Arkansas. I make this statement without apology, for the progress that has been made represents the achievements of many able and loyal men, not only in this period but of an earlier generation. During these years, in the face of the es- tablishment of almost a dozen other colleges in the State, and in spite of an elevation of standards for entrance and for graduation, the number of students on the campus has trcbled. The library has grown from a miscellaneous collection of 15,000 or 20,000 books to a well organized library I . of approximately 100,000 volumes, and is now pRES,DEN-1-JOHN CLINTON FU-TRALL rated as one of the best university libraries in the UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS South. Technical and scientific apparatus and equipment have increased in the same ratio. Two of the best and most beautiful educational buildings in the nation have been erected. In the general estimation of the public and of educators, and in accordance with a published report of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the quality of the faculty of the University of Arkansas is of an unusually high order. lum has been extended to include law, business administration, journalism, home economics, The curricu and other subjects. There has been a notable increase in the amount of research work done by faculty scholars. A graduate school has been established. The institutionhas begun to take on the atmosphere of a real university. The influence of the University has been widely extended through direct contacts made with thousands of citizens in all parts of the State. , The University has, however, still great problems to overcome before it can be the i-mportant factor in life and development of the State that a great university may be. For this purpose it needs money for build- ings,-for equipment, for better faculty salaries, for scholarships and student loans. The solving of these prob- lems is one that calls for the best efforts of the University governing board, the administration, the students, the alumni, and all friends of education in the State.