University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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BLUEC GOLD W! ILLIAM w. KEMP came to the University in 1923 as Professor of Education and Dean of the School of Education. Dean Kemp received his B. A. degree from Stanford University in 1898, after which he spent several years in study, part of which time was devoted to research in the Archives of London. In 1912 he was granted a Ph. D. from Columbia University. Since that time the Dean has held numerous positions such as Professor of Education at the University of Montana from 1912 to 1915; Professor of School administration at the University of California from 1915 to 1920; and President of the San Jose State Teachers ' College from 1920 until 1923 at which time he left there to take up his position with us. During summer sessions he has lectured at several uni- versities, including Stanford, University of California at Los Angeles, and Brigham Young University in Utah. During the next summer session he will lecture at the Territorial Normal School and University of Hawaii at Honolulu. Educationally speaking, Dean Kemp has been called the father of the new Hawaii. As a member of a committee for a survey of the standards of elementary and secondary education in the Hawaiian Islands, Dean Kemp had, as his special duty the investiga- tion of the teachers ' training school. Here he found the standards very low, but, due to political opposition, it was difficult to raise them. It was said that higher standards would cause fewer natives to train and hence be detrimental. However, Dean Kemp, in his survey report, stood firmly behind his plea for raising the standards and finally he succeeded in winning the point. As a result the Nor- mal School in Hawaii has advanced until it is now a modern training school. As Dean of the School of Education, Dr. Kemp also supervises the professional training of school executives of all kinds. He has been very influential in organizing the Men ' s and Women ' s Education Clubs. WILLIAM W. KEMP DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION HAVILAND HALL 26

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BLUE GOLD AERSONAL interest in the affairs and problems of the stu- dents enrolled in the College of Commerce has charac- terized the administration of Stuart Daggett, who was appointed Dean of that College in 1918. Not only have individuals received assistance and encour- agement from him, but many of the college organizations have benefited by his interest and suggestions. The Commtnia, the monthly publication of the Commerce students, first moved from a needed storeroom in Budd Hall to a single desk in the Commerce office, and finally found a permanent home through the efforts of Dean Daggett. When the Physics Department was moved to its present quarters, leaving South Hall to be occupied by the Department of Economics and College of Com- merce, the present Commerce Club Rooms building was being used as the physics machine shop. This Dean Daggett suc- ceeded in procuring as an office for the Commercia, and as club rooms for the Commerce Association, the foremost social or- ganization of the college. By some effort, the club house has been kept sacred to the students of the College of Commerce. During the campaign for Amendment 10, when the University was looking for some central location from which to conduct the drive, the Commerce Association offered the use of their rooms to President Campbell, thus furnishing a convenient location. Dr. Daggett attended Harvard University, from which institution he received the degrees of A. B. in 1903, and M. A. the next year, and a Ph. D. in 1906. He instructed in economics at the same uni- versity for two years after receiving the last degree. In 1909, he became an assistant professor on the University of California faculty; in 1913 was made associate professor; and finally, in 1917, became pro- fessor of railway economics on the Flood Foundation. The next year he succeeded Henry R. Hatheld as Dean of the College of Commerce. STUAKT DAGGETT DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE COMMERCE CLUB ROOMS 25

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BLUE GOLD AER receiving his Ph. D. degree from the University of California in 1890, and his LL. B. in 1893, Orrin K. McMurray, Dean of the School of Jurisprudence, prac- ticed law in San Francisco for several years. Later he taught law at Hastings College of Law and in 1904 he became a mem- ber of the faculty here. Since then he has at different times been professor of law at the University of Michigan and again at Columbia University. In 1923 he was appointed Dean of the School of Jurisprudence at California. The School of Jurisprudence was established by an order of the Board of Regents in 1912. It offers a complete profes- sional course in law, as well as an opportunity to study the cultural aspects of our legal system. Opportunities for stu- dents are exceptional in both respects in this school. The school has a life of its own, centering in Boalt Hall, a hand- some building containing a law r library of more than 35,000 volumes, a large reading room, lecture rooms, offices, and rooms for students. Legal fraternities and similar associa- tions tend to foster the cooperative spirit which is so marked a feature of the school. The interest of the graduates is main- tained after leaving the school through the Alumni Association of the School of Jurisprudence, which has done much for its progress. The student body is at present almost entirely composed of graduates of the college of Letters and Science, or some other colleges whose degrees are recognized by this University. The maturity of the students and the standard of general education possessed by them make the School, it is believed, one of the strongest in the United States. The interest of the people of the State in the work which the school performs in educating the future leaders of our bench and bar is indicated by t he generosity of the endowments made by benefactors. The most recent is that made by Mrs. Clara Hellman Heller, who, during the past year, established the Emanuel S. Heller Chair of Law in honor of her husband. O K McMciRAY DEAN- OF THE SCHOOL or JUKISPKVDENCE EOALT HALL STEPS