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

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PALETTE AND TEST TUBE By DEAN VIRGIL L. JONES ' T ' HE year 1934-35 is marked by the largest enrollment in the history of the College of Arts and Sciences. It has seen progress upon the splendid buildings that are to house the library, the museum, and much of the scientific equipment of the University. On the material side it has been a year of ex¬ pansion. Of the spirit it is not so easy to speak conclusively, but I believe that no preceding student group has been more inter¬ ested in all that concerns the basic interests oi humanity. Those who attend the Uni¬ versity are in themselves evidence of the deep and growing American belief that in some way college education will make the paths of life smoother for the children than they have been for the fathers, that college education contains the key that may open the door to a greater mastery of life than has before been o j known. To some, to many, the mastery of life is largely in terms of material rewards; to others it is primarily in the fulfilment, the development, of all the latent powers with which they are endowed; to still others it is grounded in the high hope of helping hu¬ manity take a step forward. In most, in varying degrees, these aspirations are com¬ bined. To those who are attending the Uni¬ versity for the last time we wish Godspeed. We hope that the dreams of today may be the realities of tomorrow, but, above all, we hope that whatever other success you may attain you will unto the end be pioneers of the new frontiers of truth and social justice. Page 25

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To Dean John Clark Jordan, departmental leader of the Graduate School, we dedicate the Graduate Section of the 1935 RAZORBACIC, for the untiring effort which he has put, forth, with success, for the advancement and betterment of the Graduate School. Page 24

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DEAN VIRGIL L. JONES—The University is merely a means to an end, an institution where the accumulated wisdom of the world is accessible to those who would acquire a part of it. The role of the Arts and Science School is one of broadening of experience and knowledge in the fine arts, that life may be happier and more complete. It is to these ends that Dean Jones faithfully devotes his work.