University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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GRRDURTE W. J. ROBBINS, Dean of the Graduate School, was born in North Platte, Nebr., in 1890. He received an A. B. degree from Lehigh University in 1910 and a Ph. D. from Cornell University in 1915. Dean Robbins has been with the University of Missouri since 1919, where he is a professor of Botany. He was ap- pointed Dean of the Graduate School in 1930. Before coming to the University he held the following offices: Instructor in Biology, Lehigh University; instructor in plant physiology at Cornell University; plant physiologist for the Agricultural Ex- tension Station, and Professor of Botany at Alabama Poly- technical Institution. During the World War he served as Second Lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps. Dean Robbins is the author of a textbook of Botany and one of Physiology of Plants. Dean William J. Robbins THE Foundation for the Graduate School was laid 45 years ago in 1892. when requirements for the master ' s and doctor ' s degrees were formu- lated and their administration placed under the super- vision of a Committee of the Faculty. The first earned degrees were granted in that year. In 1896 a Graduate Department was organized and in 1910 the Graduate School was formally established with Dr. Walter Miller as Dean. Since its foundation the high academic standards of the Graduate School of the University of Missouri and the record of accomplishment in research by its students and members of its faculty has won it an enviable posi- tion amongst the graduate schools of the leading uni- versities in the United States and Canada. A survey of a committee of the American Council on Education, which ranked the graduate schools in all the universities of the United States, placed the University of Missouri Graduate School seventeenth in the list. The University has granted 3,049 earned masters ' degrees and aproximately 212 Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The student body of the Graduate School in- cludes graduates of the University of Misouri and of other leading colleges and universities of the United States and foreign countries. These students are can- didates for advanced degrees of Master of Education, Master of Arts, Master of Science with designation in Engineering, Doctor of Education, or Doctor of Philosophy, and also some who are not candidates for a degree but desire to perfect themselves in the particu- lar fields in which they have the necessary foundation. The Graduate Faculty is composed of men and women who represent every scholarship activity in the University and who have been trained both in this country and abroad. The major objective of the Graduate School is the encouragement of creative scholarship and productive research by the members of the Graduate Faculty and the students associated with them. This purpose is accomplished by the training of students who have completed the work for an undergraduate degree and who wish to develop the power to carry on independent scholarly or scientific investigations, and also by the accomplishment of research by members of the Graduate Faculty. [ 28 ]

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WESi Top Row BAKER ATTERBURY Madison Ruf Nex; Block and Bridle; S. G. A.; Barnwarmin ' ; Chairman, Horse Show; Meat Judging Team; Poultry Judging Team. BEVERLY B. BRADISH - Kansas City Phi Kappa Psi; Sigma Gamma Epsilon; Blue Key; Tomb and Key; Tiger Growlers; Business Manager, 1937 Savi- tar; Savitar Board. JEWEL HELEN BROWN - Mt. Vernon Sigma Pi Alpha; Y. W. C. A. HELEN L. BUTLER - - Lone Jack Warrensburg State Teachers ' College. NAN-WEI CHENG - Shanghai. China St. John ' s University, Shanghai; Interna- tional Club; Scribe ' s Round Table; French Club. JOHN M. COOPER - - - Columbia Kappa Alpha; Omicron Delta Kappa; M Men ' s Club; Mystical Seven; Foot- ball; Basketball; Track; Harry Tidd Scholarship. JOE K. EVANS - Schell City Warrensburg State Teachers ' College; Arkansas State College; Sigma Tau Gamma. ROBERT E. EWERS - St. Louis University of California; Sigma Phi Epsilon SAM DAVIS FINE - - New Madrid Cape Girardeau State Teachers ' College. MARY E. FRANK - - - Kirksville Stephens College; Delta Gamma; Savitar. Middle Row DAVID GORELICK - Brooklyn, N. Y. Phi Sigma Delta. V. D. HENWOOD - Jefferson City Jefferson City Junior College; Washing- ton University; Kappa Alpha Theta; Pi Lambda Theta; Eta Sigma Phi; Phi Sigma Iota; Homecoming Committee; Pan- hellenic Council. ANITA JANE HILL Columbia Phi Sigma Iota; Sigma Epsilon Sigma; Delta Tau Kappa; Honor Roll; Work- shop; Hope O ' Tomorrow. DELL G. HITCHNER - Wichita. Kan. Alpha Pi Zeta. BETTY JOHNSON Columbia Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Epsilon Sigma; Orchestra. FLORENCE P. KAUFMAN - Parnell Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Mu Epsilon; Sigma Epsilon Sigma; Independent Women ' s Organiza tion; Cwens; German Club. MARION D. KELLER - Kansas City Alpha Chi Omega; Phi Upsilon Omicron; Mortar Board; W. S. G. A. ELIZABETH W. LINDSAY - Columbia University of Montana; Sorbonne, Paris; Phi Sigma Iota; Sigma Delta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; W. A. A. MAURINE POAGE - - - Shelbina Kirksville State Teachers ' College. HELEN H. SALA Columbia Bottom Row WILLIAM C. SCHOLLE - St. Charlei Kirksville State Teachers ' College. S. LEON SMITH - - - Colamb Kirksville State Teachers ' College; Bari MARY E. STARK - - New Frank Home Economics Club. HARRY R. STUDER - - - Neva, Central College; Phi Gamma Delt; Workshop; Manager Basketball; Tige: Battery. L. TRAYWICK - - Okmulgee, Okla. Lambda Chi Alpha; Alpha Pi Zeta; Workshop; German Club. B. J. VON LACHUM - Kansas City Wentworth Military Academy; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Alpha Kappa Kappa; Scabbard and Blade; Band; Workshop. L. E. -WADS WORTH - Monroe City Hannibal-LaGrange College; Alpha Gam- ma Delta; Pi Lambda Theta; Alpha Pi Zeta; Delta Tau Kappa. M. WHITTINGTON - Natchez, Miss. Louisiana State University; Alpha Delta Pi; Mortar Board. PHILIP M. WILSON - Kansas City Delta Theta Phi. IBRAHIM YASA University of West Virginia; Bethany College; Zeta Tau Alpha. Izmir, Turkey Lycee of Izmir, Turkey; Cornell; Inter- national Club. [ 29]