University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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Administration SCHOOL OF EDUCATION T?OR many years the School of Kducation of the University of Missouri has held a place of educational leadership within the state. As the first professional division of the University, it has had a part in most of the stages of the development of this institution and has contriinited con- stantly toward a sane interpretation of the educational movements of each period. Among the alumni of the School of Education are found elementary school teachers, junior high school teachers, senior high school teachers, college and university instruc- tors, county and city superintendents of schools, elementary and high school principals, directors of bureaus of research, college deans, school psychologists, school statisticians, state superintendents of schools, colleges and university presi- dents. Men and women of prominence and leadership in the educational affairs of the United States have received their basic training in the School of Education. On the graduate level, this Division of the University offers work leading to specialization in the most significant aspects of American education. Many Master of Arts degrees have been conferred, especially during the last ten years, and the number of Doctor of Philosophy degrees with a major in Education has been increased very materially during the same time period. In the social and educational changes which new conditions of today and of the immediate future are bringing about, the School of Education must take an important part. Its influence, spreading through all levels of education, will act as a balancing and directing force. By training educational leaders in techniques of investigation and research, the future developments of edu- cation may be expected to be properly safeguarded. Lihrarv T. W. H. Irion Dean Allen Hatfield OFFICERS Allen Hatfield President James McPherson I ' ice-President Ruth Chapman Secretary Dorothy Brown Treasurer T. W. H. Irion Dean Page 27 V

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zAdmi}ust} at ion SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ' I HE purpose of the School of Business and Public Ad- ministration is the training of students who are looking forward to careers in business, in government ser ice, or in public welfare work. V ' hatever may be said regarding present business con- ditions, it is worthy of remark that representatives of im- portant business houses are again visiting the school, as they did liefore the depression, to discover seniors whom they can use in their organizations. The large use of men trained in economics and in government at Washington during the last tew years has been a matter of frequent comment. In public welfare work the opportunities during the last few years have been exceptional. The School of Business and Public Administration does not emphasize the technique of business and public administration to the exclusion of questions of public policy. These questions of public policy are of fundamental importance, and those who have received professional training in business, in government, and in social service should have an under- standing of them. The School of Business and Public Administration brings to the campus from time to time men prominent in the fields of business and public service in order that they may be heard by the student body and each year, in April, a special Commerce Day Program is given. The members of the faculty of the school are frequently called upon for addresses on the campus, in the city, and out in the state, and innumerable requests for information falling within the fields covered by this division are answered. B. and P. A. Building Edwakd B. Kennedy F. A. MiDDLEBUSH Dean OFFICERS I -v.-M Edward B. Kennedy ' V .-■ President ;. , - . Robert G. Gibson ' % ' Vice-President May Browdy ■ ! ' u Secretary ■ ' .Yi . T. Davenport • , ' Treasurer F. A. Middle BVSH Dean Past 2b

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Administration Elmer J McCaustland Dean COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING QoMEWHERE Thomas Carlyle has said: Blessed is he that hath found his life work; let him ask no further blessing! Kvery being that lives can do something. This, let him do. These words place a definite goal before the young engineer. The world needs him and he prepares himself to meet the need. Science becomes his handmaiden and Prag- matism his philosophy. His conceptions are futile if not workable; and if workable they need careful direction and supervision. EfTort, misdirected, is of no value; ability without proper guidance is barren; but properly correlated efYort and ability will produce, and production, however achieved, is what the world is ready to pay for, if only it meets and satisfies a human need. There is some danger that the Engineering Mind may become a handicap. This is a world of material things and of natural laws; these laws are fixed and immutable. They cannot be ignored nor cajoled. If a tangible fact exists it just is and no amount of argument or wheedling can change it. It may Ije ignored, but it cannot be compromised. Woodrow Wilson has pointed out that since engineering deals with realities, it must have a reactive influence: A man may deceive himself and others if he is handling artificialities, motives and prejudices. However, if at every turn he bumps up against natural law and physical fact he is apt to keep pretty straight. The successful engineer, therefore, must be more than a skilled technician. His education must be broader than that resulting in mere literacy. Indeed he should show more of that wisdom and sure perception of the relation of fundamentals, that keen discrimination between truth and error, which is frequently reserved to those without formal education. Engineers ' Fountain OFFICERS William Robards President C. W. Hall Vice-President Silas Sides Secretary Richard Heinlen Treasurer E. J. McCaustland Dea » William Robards Page 28