University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL)

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DEAN HERBERT W. MUh1FORD Agriculture has always been one of the chief indus- tries of the State of Illinois. The College of Agricul- ture, which had its beginning in 1867 with the estab- lishment of the Illinois Industrial University, has the duty and privilege of serving this industry. As we become farther removed from a frontier type of farming, it becomes increasingly evident that in order to have a permanent agriculture, we must have intelli- gent agricultural planning. Such planning requires men with a broad liberal education, thoroughly trained in the newest and best methods of agriculture. The Col- lege of Agriculture offers just this kind of an educa- tion. The curriculum in agriculture aims to fit the stu- dent for the profession of farming, for technical posi- tions in industries closely allied to agriculture, for pub- lic service or extension service relating to agriculture, or for the teaching of agriculture. HERBIiRT XKIYIJSUR Mtxrroun, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Dr- rector of the Agricultural Fxperirnrnt Station and Agricultural Fxtensron Service, was born in lNlttscUW, ltlichigan, February 26, IHTI. Albion K'iillt'gc was the first college attended bv Mr. lNlunil'ord. From this, ht- transferred to the Michigan State College uhere he received his llachelor of Science degree. This college also bestowed upon him the honorari degree uf Doctor of Agriculture in 1927. Re- turning to his Alina Mater in IKV5, he strvt-tl :is an instructor :intl assistant in the Agricultural and Fxperrrntntal Station, attaining his full proft-ssorship in IWW. Professor of Anirnal llushzrndry and fhitf of tht- Anirnal lluslranrlrr Fxperirrrerrtal Station were his tirst positions at Illinois. He r't-ceivt-rl the dt-anship in 1922. lle has written numerous articles and too books on agritulrure and ls a rntrnhtr' til' many scientific and agricultural organizations. One of his most noted positions was that of rnembrrship in the Anrtriczni Stutlv Coninrissron for tierrnan .-Xgrrtulture in 1928. Illia- I OFTPX Qu ?-'mlflg lv ff , YQ, ,,,,, ,,,' ' -.70 tr s -ffe -1 O 2 z i Z' ,sw N l r r- r sy 2 D -Wy - X x 0 r ,,' x gf ,t 0421 i ' Q5 I' 5- TERED ,l' 'OIIIIII 'Illlf lilllflili Ill: !llillIClll'I IKE The afiiliation, effected in l8S8, of the .-Xgricultrrral Experiment Station with the College of Agriculture enables the University to support a larger faculty and permits a higher degree of specialization than would otherwise be possible. The research projects of the Sta- tion not only help solve the practical and scientific prob- lems confronting the farmers individually and col- lectively, but also serve to increase the body of facts and principles which form the basis of our agricultural teaching. It is through the Agricultural Extension Ser- vice that the College is able to offer to the people of the state the results of its investigations in agriculture and home economics. The aim of the College is to make available, through instruction, the discoveries of science and the experience of the best farmers of all time. The new facts discovered by experimental research are put into teachable form for the benefit of students and farmers. The Old Agriculture Huilding nas the first building afttr llnivtrsrti' ll.rll In be located on the Quadrangle. It nas realli more luck than tort-sight that this building was located there to give a basis for the location of the other buildings, Presicleiit Draper made the following statement concerning the sllt' .intl lrurltlrng. Frm-ct a group ol' agricultural buildings to the south and east of University ll.tll. . . The architecture of this group of buildings should be srrnrnetrical and picturistgut-, and all of the interior niav he inatlc, and should be rnade, attrattrre, nhtn corn- pleterl, the agricultural group should be proven crtn nrorr l':isctn.tting to tht slu- dents and visitors than other Urirversiti' buildings, The Old Agriculture Huilrlirig nas dedtcatr-d ln l'lllll ,intl uas tht niuin lrurltling ol the College of Agriculture until 1915 nhen the New Agriculture liurltlrng uns completed. Although the offices of the L'nlIt-ge were rnoved to tht- ntn building, the offices of the Departriu-nts of Agronornx, Dani llusbantlri, .intl tht llnrttd States Dc-partnient of Agriculture Soil Frosion Sc-rxice are still located rn 'l'ht Old Agriculture Building. lblfftr T11-fvitr-fe A

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llll0,o 'll OF .1 014' ait'9st Q Qz. 'vw Zi i sa' 0 :D it -- X l' 1 X q' f M N ' BQ' f 4 ' Q - X ll X I a- 4Q ' QB '- s Timm I ,'0Jlll1,, Tlllf lllllflilf lWllWllfllClf Alllll llllSIllllfSS ilIllIlIlllISfIRA'IIlllll As a separate unit, the College of Commerce and Business Administration dates from 1914. However, courses in business and commercial training were offered as early as 1902 under the jurisdiction of Dr. David Kinley, Dean of the College of Literature and Arts. Until 1926, when the present Commerce Building was dedicated, this unit occupied the east Wing of what is now the Administration Building. The College of Commerce and Business Administra- tion offers training in the principles underlying busi- ness With special training for particular business callings. It does not attempt to prepare students for clerical or similar occupations as employees, but to lay a founda- tion upon which successful careers in managerial and administrative positions may be built. To further this end, the development of fundamental theories rather Although the College of Connneice was not made a separate unit until 191-1, the Legislatuit granted an appropriation of Sl2i,ll1l0 in 1911 for the erection of a Coiiiriit-ice Building which nas completed and occupied in 1913. That building is now the east ning of the Administration Building. The enrollment in the College of Commerce increased until the need for larger quarters necessitated the construction of the present Commerce Building, which uas completed in 1926 at a cost of approximately i50ll,lltl0 including equipment. It is an imposing structure in Georgian architecture, veiv similar in appearance to the New Agriculture Building which faces it. Although the plans included a Com- nnrte Reading Room they wtie abandoned since the library is nearby. The Offices of the College of Connnerce and a large lecture room are located on the nest side of the building, Following the modern trend, the classrooms are small with tln, titctption of tuo accounting laboratoiits and the lecture room. 'ia A f A , ' jan , 'os-, ' f .i fr- , fllifll 4 'N' ,. . i .4-.re - 9 Ill m , ff gg ' '5 ' fic? ,ea flag: s W gm- 1. it 1- digg 1 f E Al 1 li.,-, agygjlltml I it '1 V A , U, ,.,. ff' jk ff' If? 1- refs 1.15 VY , 1, ' 'Q ' l 2 ,.,.,., f , m tl ll - -4eg',,,'17f.u1 - 1 . t i-A -riltfetlial ku ,, 1 Q, I 'ilfj ,,' ggi .3fa.I!k, . 1 , . , f V, ...Am fr, -, - ., .. ,' J Tv4j1le':'z'nzr' ' f r f ' ' 'i --7 .ga 111 ' llllllf 4' .' 'i .1 Q2 it Q rum, 5: H tl I HI f B it W , . v3t.,3-JTQ, ,v ws 1 5. -.pe 1'.,,- 'iv . E W -. f A 'AI ,.VV. D' V A '-if Vw .ff I 3 2' ' . ,f,.4 ' 165 DEAN CHARLES M. '1iH01V11'SON than practices are taught in the classroom. Also, the curricula of the College are so arranged as to furnish an orderly progress in the student's development from the time he enters as a freshman until he is graduated at the end of the senior year. The work is divided into two departments: Economics and Business Organization and Gperation. The former includes foreign and domestic commerce, labor and statistics, public and private Enance, banking and in- surance, theory and history of economics, public utilities, and transportation. Business Qrganization and Operation includes accountancy, business law, business writing, and industrial administration. In addition to these commercial courses, the student is required to include in his curri- culum elective courses in social science, natural science, literature, language, mathematics, and law. L'ltARI.t.s MAN!-'Ri-n '1i1lUX1I'SUN, '09, Dean of the College of Commerce and Director of the Bureau of Business Research, was horn in Fairfield, Illinois, on November 10, 1877. Receiving his A.B. and A.M. degrees here in 1909 and 1910, respectively, he went to Harvard University to continue his study. In 1911 he returned to the University of Illinois to continue his graduate study. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1913 from the University of Illinois and has since that time served continuously on the faculty. Promotions followed rapidly and in 1919 he was elevated to the rank of professor and at the same time was appointed Dean of the College of Commerce. The Bureau of Busi- ness Research was established in 1921, and llean Thompson was made Director. In 1911 he accepted the McKinley Professorship of the Economics of Puhlic Utili' ties and Transportation. Too honorary degrees, a LL.D. from Muskingum College and a Litt.D. from McKendree College were bestowed upon him. The Urbana Association of Commerce conferred upon him its Distinguished Citizenship Award in 1934.

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1lllI0,. ll' OF .1 ', , 9940, fl If . Jlff +R Q N i t 9. 3 f WI ffm N ff ii' S X f' 0' Of, 2,6 ,v' XRTERED I I' o IIllll, TIIIZ Illllflilf UCATIO 'lihe origin of the College of Education dates hack to ISQX, when the influence of Charles tle Garmo, Pro- fessor of Psychology, who had shown a special interest in education, resulted in the creation of a chair of Peda- gogics and the selection of Dr. Frank Martin lWclVlurray as its First occupant. The chair expanded in IQIIII into the Ilepartment of Education, which, in turn, hecame the School of Education in l9lI7, and at length, in 1918, received its present title, the College of Educa- tion. .-Xt the same time, the Bureau of Educational Re- search was estahlished for the specific purpose of con- ducting research investigations in the field of education. From its heginning the ma-ior ohligation of the Col- lege has heen the training of high school teachers, princi- pals, supervisors, and superintendents. Illinois, heing the third state in population, has a puhlic school system en- rolling one and one-half million pupils who are taught hy forty-eight thousand teachers. Also, there has heen 'Ihr ,Xdnnnisttation Ilullding, last, ullith nas tht Old Vtunintitt Iilllltllllll, was dfdltatid on tht tutnts-tiist ul' Mat, l'JI2. 'liht Illllltllllg uas nrigtnallt inttntltd for 'he ust of the Lolltgt of komineitt, and nas used as such until th- tnnstiuttion ot tht' neu Lonnntitt Iiuilding. In I'lIi, the lloaid of 'Iitustees madt an approtniation for an addition In tht Old CIUIIIIIIUICL Building to he used lot adnvliilsli.ttl ' Iltllltlrsts, 'Ihr' addition IIlLllltIL'tI a IWLIIIIIIIII1 to the west, of the sana sin and saint' plans as the fast huilding, and a fottl tnnnecting thttn, with I-thus lldlllilllll it, lot thi ust of tht Rtgistial, In llllo, the name was changed ffonx Uld L'oinirt-rt: Illlllllllltf lu .tttltninlstiation Iluilding, Fast. Ihf olilttts ol' the Plesidtnt, tht Iltan ol Yxltn, the Business tltltlllllllellls, Lllll- , . . iftsitt I'14ss, and thi Ihtsltal I'lalit alt' lntatvd ln the ut-st Ixulltllng. It ls the dutx ol the Phtsltal Plant otntt lo direct tht mainttntnct- ol' all Universltt huilds ings .nal ytotlliils and In t.ll'l't on all nnploxtnnnts. 'I'ht Reglsllilfs otlice, locate! in tht .oonftting toxii, hanll-s all int-wining students and their unit't'isitt trcdits, uhilf th' lluts.o's ornu handlts all tht ftts and dtpostts ieteiyetl llllllllll it,g1sti.ltlotl I IMAX Tnoat.-ts E. III-'ssl-'iz a steady increase in the preparation required of teachers for the increasingly complex demands made upon them, particularly at the junior and senior high school levels. These facts account, in a large part, for the rapid growth of the College of Education. However, a large pro- portion of recent graduates of the College have entered into teaching ol education in other colleffes and uni- C D X versities. V The main curriculum of the College is, of course, general education. ln addition, there are special curri- cula ofjfered in agricultural education, industrial educa- tion, and home economics education. The laboratory work of the college centers around the work of the University High School, with its limited enrollment of two hundred Fifty students. The courses in educational practice are conducted hy the instructors of the high school, in connection with the teaching of the customary curricula. 'Ar- 'lnoxisxs limi lilrssmz, Dean of tht Qolltge of Education, was horn in Ilanvtrs, Massachusetts, Feluuart ll, INV-I. lI.ll'Yfll'tl University confei'i'etl upon him his first rlegrtt in IUI4 and tht- degree of Doctor of Education in 1924. After leaving Haivartl, he held many varied positions connected with education, including statistitian and editor for tht Alabatna State Department of Education, Dean of tht Colltge of Fducation ol' the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Chancelltn of the Unlvttsitt' of Pluto Rico, and visiting Ptnllessor at Colunilna. In IUII he was appointed Dt-an of the Colltge of Education at the Univer- sltt' of Illinois. The Dean has also been a memhei' of a senate committee of tducational policy and a state legislature committee which investigated vocational tducation in Illinois, Ainong his attitities .nrt Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Phi, and the Nation-tl Ftlutanon Assotlatloti.