University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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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'

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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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The School of Business and Public Administra- tion was established by the Board of Curators in January, 1914. It is the aim of this school to equip students with a general knowledge of business and public administration and to provide training in special fields of business and public service. The greatest difficulty under which this school labored in its early days was a lack of material for study. It was not until after 1914 that business research was established, and many fields of business management were still unexplored for the purposes of study. As there were no textbooks and no satisfactory sources of material in many subjects, one of the achievements of this school was to make the teaching of business and public administration possible. The offering of such courses as sales management, retailing, industrial management, auditing, accounting, business statistics, municipal administration, investments, labor problems, and others, is the evidence of growth, but of a growth that is far from being complete. The B. and P. A. School is a member of the Ameri- can Association of Collegiate Schools of Business, an organization whose membership is limited to some 52 schools in the United States. A chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma awards honors to students of excep- tional ability. In addition, a few outstanding senior students may be elected to an associate membership in Alpha Pi Zeta, honorary social science fraternity. RCDY EMEIQSGIXI CURTIS, Dean 9 1 N Hi'?x ' 1 2' 9 sl ff. , jfs lgff ml .k.iliif 1 A QA :air H Q - , 'iunfr Was I I Page Z9