University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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SCHOOV OF 1AEDliCINE DAVID S. PANKRATZ Dean of the School of Medicine The School of Medicine was founded by a special act of the Board of Trustees in 1903. It embraced only the first two years of the regular four year course. It met with much difficulty during the first years of its early existence; not only because of inade- quate facilities and quarters, but also because of opposition of physicians throughout the state to a medical school away from a large city. These difficulties were overcome in a very few years, and recently every dream came true when the new Medical School in Jackson was completed. This new building has the best in all types of facilities and quarters. The course of study has been lengthened to include the complete course of four years and the enrollment has increased as stu- dents take advantage of this school. David S. Pankratz is the Dean of the School of Medicine.

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S C H OOP, C AT I 0 RI FORREST W. MURPHY Dean of Education This school was organized in 1903. However prior to this time there had been a chair of Pedagogy which was established in 1893. The annual catalogue shows progress and growth in this department which led to the creation of the school itself. The first Dean of the School of Education was J. G. Deupree. In 1908 the Dean started the extensive task of developing the high school system of the state in connection with and with the cooperation of the General Education Board. This work added to the Dean ' s title of Professor of Psychology, the title of Professor of Secondary Education. Since this time the School of Education has developed along two lines: it has graduated students with the high standards necessary in the teaching field and it has developed with the Public School System of Mississippi and expanded so as to best serve and improve it. The School of Education is now headed by Dean Forrest W. Murphy.

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SCHOOL ' OF PHAVV CY ELMER L. HAMMOND Dean of the School of Pharmacy The School of Pharmacy was established at the University in July, 1908. For the first session, there were fifteen applications; a gratifying number considering the depart- ment had been opened only two months prior to registration. The Pharmacy School began to experience its largest period of expansion with the erection of the Chemistry and Pharmacy Building in 1923. Prior to this time, the depart- ment had been operating in inadequate, overcrowded quarters, which made improve- ment and expansion practically impossible. With the acquisition of this new building the department was able to increase the number of laboratories and install improved equipment. Under the guidance of Dean Elmer L. Hammon d, the School of Pharmacy has be- come one of the finer Pharmacy schools in the South,