University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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just as the underclassman college of Arts and Science lays a basis for future education, the upper- classman college prepares students for professional practice in advanced study and research in such fields as music, chemistry, art, public welfare, creative writing, and geology. The resources of the college are very broad, thus training for leadership in any of the lines that may be followed after a student leaves school. For those students who complete four years in Arts and Science, an A. B. degree is given. Students who wish ultimately to become trained investigators or to teach their specialties in colleges and universities should secure the A. B. degree as a preparation for graduate work. The Dean of the upperclassman college of Arts and Science is Winterton Conway Curtis, who holds an A. B. and an M. A. degree from Williams College, a Ph. D. from john Hopkins, and a Sc. D. degree from Williams College. Dean Curtis has held his present position since 1934. In that short span of time he has made himself known to all his students as one who understands their problems. WINTEIQTCDN C. CURTIS, Dain Q9 M14 'Via' ima- , s -1. -1 , - ,'.a,u.-.., ,.,,, . ...... . M,,W,

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r, 'ww aww' Q f'l2fiQS'v?i,jPf,'g.Qrf ' at 5 .M ,M .B . M v' A-. ,Q , M, 6 ssl l V, 54 .l ' u 1. f me L K ' H' 9 T.- E 5 YA 6 xv' , -1rA..1FSL1 FRANK P STEPHENS, Dean The College of Arts and Science is the oldest division of the University, being the only college set up in the beginning of the University in 1839. The college as a whole has the largest enrollment of any school or college on the campus. There are about 2,000 students enrolled in the College of Arts and Science this year. The purpose of the college is to offer the students who have the requisite ability and energy such a liberal education in the arts and sciences as will assure a severe intellectual discipline, provide an intelligent familiarity with modern civilization, prepare for Wide service in the World, and enlarge and make richer the student's life. The College of Arts and Science lays a basis on which the student is able to determine and build that particular profession or vocation for which he is most suited. It prepares for graduate work in various fields of research. It teaches the basic courses re- quired for admission to the professional schools of Medicine, Journalism, Law, Education, and Business and Public Administration. The Dean of underclassmen in the school of Arts and Science is Frank F. Stephens, who for 18 years has guided the education of thousands of students, who have regarded him as a friend. Dean Stephens understands the problems of students because he is not only a dean but is also an instructor in several courses. Pagr 26 1 1

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XNYXQOQ? fag AGRIC UIQE Q ex MERRITT F. MILLER, Dean The early success of the College of Agriculture can be attributed to Henry Jackson, who served as Dean of Agriculture from 1895 to 1909, and the cooperation shown by Presidents Richard H. Jesse and A. Ross Hill. Following Dean Waters came Dean Frederick B. Mumford, who for thirty years directed the activities of the school and was instrumental in the passing of the Smith-Lever Act in Congress in 1921, which pro- vided for an extension program which allowed stu- dents to experiment under various conditions not found at the University. The agriculture course of study requires four years for completion and leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. It offers training for those students who are planning to enter the business of farming in any of its varied forms. It also provides the basic training necessary for county agriculture agent and extension work and for agri- cultural experimental work and college teaching. Ample opportunity is given for specialization to meet the need of individual students. The College of Agriculture provides for experi- mental stations which engage in a considerable number of projects, such as testing of soils and fertilizers, identification of weeds and bugs, and the study of animal and plant diseases. Farmers of the Middle West look on these experimental stations as an insti- tution which is looking out for their welfare. Merritt Finley Miller, who has been Dean of the College of Agriculture for four years, is also the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and Professor of Soils. At the present time there are about one thousand students enrolled in the College of Agriculture. Page 26'