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

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Since the College of Agri- culture was established in 1905, the development of the various colleges and de¬ partments has been steady. In 1911, the Medical school hich had been operated rom 1879, became a part of the University. Expansion since then has — included the College of En¬ gineering, the Agricultural xtension Service, College of Education, General X ension Service, the Engineering Experiment ation, the Law School, the School of Business ministration, and the Graduate School. The Branch Agri Experiment Stations, which ccame University projects in 1925 are located in arianna, where cotton is grown, in Hope where nuit and truck garden is cultivated, and in i ttgart where rice is raised. Year before last, station for livestock and grazing experimenta- lion was established in Batesville. Since its founding shortly after the middle the nineteenth century, the University has come a long way. The sun-bonneted predecessor the 1939 campus ' ‘slick chick, ' ' would scarce- i ized today. And the naive interest orse and buggy varieties of fun has disappear- ferinoWment w 11 Ui iversity has changed quantitatively as sh Qualitatively. This year, the enrollment and eight per cent increase over last year J a 50 per cent increase over the last five ears. The degrees conferred in 1938 were 398, of fu ere granted the entire first 35 years c University ' s existence. unusually rapid increase in the stu- im mirollment in recent years has come also an Por ant change in the character of enrollment. administrators are generally agreed inst t ' uble for the different classes in an thp higher education to contain about same number of students. 43 13 years ago, the freshman class had about uumh students while the sophomores leav cent, a total for the two classes cliiH - ur the upper classes in- mg the Graduate school. iucrea years, the enrollment has Grad f junior and senior classes and cent until now approximately 45 per e students are upper classmen. cter guificant that this change in the char- e enrollment in the University has been accompanied by the emergence of the University from the ranks of what some satirical writers call fresh water colleges. Hazing is gone from the campus, including even the milder forms of com¬ pelling freshmen to wear silly little green caps and keep off certain walks. The old-fashioned ripla zip la, dip la du collegiate hysteria has gone the way of other an¬ tiquated customs, seemingly indicating a new ma¬ turity of University students. Though the freshman class of the University is much smaller altogether than of former years, yet it is still a large class. This year ' s freshman class is larger than the total student enrollment of any other institution of higher education in Arkansas. The increased enrollment of graduate stu¬ dents is particularly striking. Since most of them teach in the public schools of the state, they at¬ tend the University during the summer. Last year there were over 300 enrolled in summer school. One of the signs of progress for the Univers¬ ity of Arkansas is the marked increase in transfer students here in the last few years. Apparently they are finding out that Arkansas is not such a hick joint after all. Most recent addition to the rolls of transfer students is a Chinese citizen sent here by his government to do graduate work in the field of chemistry. From a small staff of 37 county and home demonstration agents serving 20,000 farm fami¬ lies in 1914, the Agricultural Extension has ex¬ panded to a large staff of workers, providing at least two agents to each county, and giving serv¬ ice to approximately 200,000 farm families. The service is developing rural leaders and en¬ couraging farm people who are being taught to raise their standard of living through in¬ telligent planning. General Extension Service classes are de¬ signed to give Univer¬ sity work to students unable to come to the campus, and to give courses for in-service workers who are not inter¬ ested in credits but need specific information in their field. Short courses, a third activity, are designed to meet the particular needs of occupa¬ tional groups, and this past year ' s program has included a variety of them—for bankers, legisla¬ tors, engineers, and waterworks superintendents. ( 25 )

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Of The State Opened anuani 22,1872, HA ltk n oak (Putnam ( ateii ilt4 Head; oun. (Pn.o|e4L4oTi4 By Alice Peninger Back in 1862, while the boys in gray and the boys in blue were still thumbing their noses at each other across the Mason-Dixon line, President Lincoln signed the Morrill Act donating public land for the establishment of state universities. Two years later, the Arkansas legislature under Gov¬ ernor Murphy accepted the provisions of the na¬ tional act, but congress refused to recognize Re¬ publican Murphy’s administration. It was not until March 27, 1871, that reconstruction govern¬ ment in the state was able to secure approval for the act. With a board of trustees whose first names were forbiddingly puritanical—Elishas and Abra¬ hams and Gustaves—and a catalogue which ad¬ monished students to “walk in the paths of rec¬ titude,” the University was opened at Fayetteville on January 22, 1872. Noah Putnam Gates was president. The first entrance requirements were unlike those of our present day, requiring less than one year of high school work. In the beginning of the institution there were only four instructors and the main part of the curriculum was Latin, Greek, and Mathematics. CCotklritj HA a-ii (PneAculked The clothes worn by the University Eds and Co-Eds of the early days were prescribed by the school authorities. The catalogue of 1880 describ¬ ed the military uniform as, “A neat suit of gray jeans with brass buttons and black trimmings to be worn by all males.” For Spring and Autumn, “females,” were in¬ structed to wear “gray dresses, white aprons, and blue gingham sunbonnets”; for Winter, “black dresses, white aprons, scarlet Zephyr hoods, and black wraps”; in all seasons, “Sailor hats for Sab¬ bath wear.” Such fabrics as silks and satins were not to be tolerated and every girl was advised to equip herself with a “comfortable waterproof, a pair of arctic shoes, and an umbrella.” With the faculty and trustees frowning up¬ on association of the young ladies and the young men, social life of the period would necessarily seem to be somewhat limited. There was no Shulertown, no athletic field, no depot, no thea¬ ter, no movies, no cafe, no restaurants and only one or two places where one could take his girl for a soda—just plain soda water with lemon syrup. Moreover, there was a regulation forbidding the sale of “Ardent Spirits” within three miles of the Arkan.sas Industrial University, ninety-six rules for student conduct, in addition to compul¬ sory prayer meeting and church attendance! Yet, as in any age, even Victorian youth ser¬ ious in its high, celluloid collars and voluminous skirts, found plenty of ways of having a good time. Frequently, dramatic organizations pre¬ sented such heart-rending dramas as “The Lady of Lyons” and “The Two Orphans.” Driving parties, usually downtown, picnics, and winter skating out¬ ings on White river were most thrilling recreation. Almost as soon as the University was estab¬ lished, clubs and Literary societies became a vital part of its organization. From the dignified De- mostheans and Pericleans of the ’80s, the club¬ bing idea rapidly gained popularity, until at the turn of the century, every interest group imag¬ inable was represented in an organization. Sl jkln. (Romeos Among them., were the “Rooster, Pudding and Pie Devourers,” “Mandolin Club,” “Sighing Ro¬ meos,” “The Cunning Clan of Cutters,” and “Fed¬ eration of Fudge Fiends. A more serious poli¬ tical group called “Independent Organization of Reformers” was probably the brain-child of New Dealian forebears. In the absence of fraternity houses, students lived in private homes which they nicknamed “ranches.” Hours were strict, and residents care¬ fully supervised. Student activity tickets more than likely had their beginning in the former “University Chap¬ el Ticket” and the “Bath House Ticket,” the lat¬ ter being good for twenty baths without towels or soap. During the pioneering days of the school, courses were offered in engineering, agriculture, and teacher training, as well as in the liberal arts. The Board was required to establish other colleges when there was sufficient demand. The agricultural experiment station was started in 1887. However, it was not until 32 years after it opened that the University really had more than one college. ( 24 )

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Student SenatoTi L (Enatt ed oCoud 34nd J2on( Ouen ”62 (Eio4l4loV ' Committeemen fppoLntmentii Bob Stout . President Alice Henry . Vice-President Phil Alston . Secretary Elsijane Trimble . Treasurer You remember last Spring, don’t you? How the election came out? The Independent party was sitting around adding up the gravy, because there was no other party in existence. Then, the BOB STOUT, Student President night after the Publications Board met and se¬ lected the candidates for each of the publica¬ tions offices (Gad, what a dismal night that was—raining, thunder . . . ), up popped a sem¬ blance of an organization that looked like it might be another party. That was down around that neighborhood where the AGR ' s and the Kappa Sigs live. Yes, the KA ' s were in on it, too. Gail Borden was the reason there. Well, talk about mushrooms! That was on Tuesday night and by ten p. m., Wednesday there was a pretty good looking party organized. They called it the New Deal and started scouting for the best man on the campus to run for Prexy of the Associated students. They had their publica¬ tions candidates—Borden, Locke, Kipple. No, not Pleitz, they were going to jduII an unheard of trick and back the Traveler editor of the other party because they thought he was the best man. The New Dealers just needed a man to run for President, someone they could center the party around. cs Were Heated They found him, all right! Lanky Bob Stout, from down in the basement of the PiKA house. Of course the PiKA ' s were in the Inde¬ pendent party then, but that was all right; for the New Dealers anyway. Came the election, came the returns. PiKA ' s quaked in their shoes. If they’d all voted a straight Independent ticket, like they claimed they did, it rnight have been a different story. Bob Stout won the President’s race by twelve votes. Naturally opponent Nathan Gordon called for a recount which only served to show that Stout really won by only ELEVEN votes. But no matter, he won, as did all that origi¬ nal group of publications candidates except little Jimmy Kipple. He went down in defeat to Bes¬ sie B., a good ole girl, and Bohlinger is now busi¬ ness manager of this, yearbook. What didn’t look so good for Stout, however, was the way his senate turned out. Even last fall vvhen we got back to school and the sororities voted all their transfer pledges in the Freshman elec¬ tion, Stout only got one more senate representa¬ tive that he felt he could count on. It later turned out that he couldn’t and besides the fel¬ low never came to a senate meeting anyway. The line-up against the president was just about six- to-one, and to top it all off there was Phil Al¬ ston, (‘‘Governor” or “Googlepuss,” as you will) sitting in there as secretary of the senate. REPRESENTATIVES — Arts and Science, Carolyn Rainey, Joella Berry; Education, Earline Upchurch Little; Law, P. K. Holmes; Agricul¬ ture, Virginia Wilmuth; Engineering, Mac Roe¬ buck; Commerce, Bill Campbell; Junior Class: A. B. Chapman, Marigene Howell, Robert L. Hud¬ son, Glenn Smith; Sophomore Class, Jimmy Du- Bard, Doris Mills, Otis McCraw; Freshman Class, Jack Tuck, Oggie Bolin. Even some of his enemies felt sorry for “El Bosso” when he faced a group like that. When he went in for the first meeting of the year to get his appointments approved, it looked like open season on presidents. Oh, not that every indi¬ vidual in the senate was trying to get him down. It was just the way the senate was acting as a whole. Procedure: Stout read a list of appoint¬ ments; asked for a vote upon their approval; the entire senate sat dumbly; until at long last “Gov¬ ernor” Alston arose, wishing to say a few words; after many words, Mr. Alsto n succeeded in in¬ forming the members of the Senate, either by di¬ rect statement or allusions, what the party want¬ ed. Usually it was what the party did not want. Then enlightened senate members betook them¬ selves to vote. NO, repeatedly the vote was NO. ( 26 )