University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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Administration v.- F. B. MlMFOKD Dean COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE npHE College of Agriculture is concerned with the educa- tional, economic, and social development of the rural community. Its three-fold organization, including college teaching, agricultural research, and agricultural extension, represents a complete, well-organized and efficient system of great potential possibilities in the development of a con- tented, efficient and stable rural civilization. In the College proper, young men and women are trained for successful achievement in a rural environment, for service as teachers of agriculture, extension workers, scientific investigators in the field of agriculture, and even for business service with corporations and firms dealing in agricultural commodities or whose market is chiefly among farmers. The Agricultural Experiment Station is an organization of competent scientific investigators devoting their entire energies to the solution of farmers ' problems. The Agricultural Extension Service carries directly to farmers the knowledge of value in agricultural enterprise, encourages cooperation for educational and social purposes, and brings continually to farmers and farm people the latest knowledge of value in the lives of rural people. The College of Agriculture owes its establishment to a demand on the part of the people themselves for a type of education expressed in the Morrill Act of Congress approved by President Lincoln in 1862. This law provided for the establishment and endowment of institutions of higher learning devoted to instruction in agriculture and the mechanic arts. Ag Arch IKlHbL jm -m m -- - W-sfciil ' • SL 3 n !■ W flM ' •■ 5 -4 OFFICERS James Scamman President Raymond Smith Vice-President Charles Costigan Secretary Elsworth Springer Treasurer F. B. MUMFORD Dean James Scamman Page 24

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« i ( Adwinistratiou Dr. Walter Williams T R. Walter Williams, President of the University of Missouri, Dean of the School of - - Journalism for more than thirty years, administrator, executive, inspirational teacher, farsighted leader, guide and friend of students, will retire from the exacting duties of President on June 30, hut will continue as Dean of the world ' s oldest School of Journalism which he was instrumental in founding in 1908. Printer, writer, editor, educator, world traveller, honored on everj- continent of the world, he has always been a true Missouri gentleman of whom all Missourians are proud. Page 2}

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iAdministration COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE ' T HE College of Arts and Science aims to teach the funcla- mental subjects on which the various vocations and professions are based and to give the essentials of a liberal education. There are no absolutely prescribed curricula, but under the major and minor or group major systems the student plans a course of study to suit his individual needs. He works out a progressive program leading to his particular objective. His future career is taken into con- sideration; and, if he is a candidate for an A. B. degree, his program must have in mind the fundamentals of a liberal education. A liberal education includes, among other things: 1. A knowledge of the scientific spirit and the scientific method. The graduate should be capable of clear, pro- tracted thinking and be able to meet intellectual problems without personal prejudice. 2. A knowledge of the past. He should be familiar with the traditions of civilization, realize that the modern man is the heir of all the ages, and be able to profit by the teachings of previous generat. ' ois. 3. Social Consciousness. He should have some knowledge of the complicated modern world, meet its problems in a scientific spirit, and bring to bear upon them the lessons of history. This all implies a study of the natural sciences, the humanistic studies, and the social studies. Fkedkrick M. Tisdiu. Dean Jesse Hall J. MEs Nolan OFFICERS Frederick M. Tisdel Dean James Nolan Councilman Page IS