University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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BEAN E HL lllll BIBLE COLLEGE Founded in 1896, the Bible College of Missouri is maintained separately from the University. It was located here because of the belief that students pre- paring for religious Work would be able to perform a more modern ministry if educated in contact with those preparing i'or other fields. Also, students pre- paring for other vocations should have the oppor- tunity to study religion. Emphasis in the Bible Col- lege is not placed upon individual religions, but rather upon understanding of all religions. Lovable Carl Agee, Dean of the Bible College, was pastor of the Columbia Christian Church from Page Z3 1927-1930. Possessor of a B.D. degree from Yale University, he took up his position at the Missouri University in 1930. Besides his love of kids, Dean Agee enjoys hunting and farming. He looks for a great influx of students after the war, including many former war-experienced men. The Dean believes that the Bible College is looking towards its largest usefulness because of revitalized interest in religion?

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I A Q l if lllllll . . EH LEY Dr. Dudley S. Conley was born in Columbia, graduated from the University, and returned to head its oldest' branch--medicine. Since receiving his de- gree from the University in 1899, he has been away from Columbia only to study at Columbia Univer- sity, spend several years in practice, and serve with the United States Army. The two-year medical course, constituting the first two years of a doctor's training, is being ably administered by Dean Conley to meet the changing needs of war. This year part of the Freshman and Sophomore students in medical school are under the United States Army and the United States Navy jurisdiction. The first medical college west of the Mississippi, the Missouri School of Medicine was founded in 1840. In its beginning it was independent from the Univer- sity, but in 1845 it became the Department of Medi- cine of the University of Missouri. In addition to medical work, it offers courses for arts and graduate credit to students enrolled in other divisions of the University. The School of Medicine has always stood for the highest standards of medical education and was a pioneer in introducing and developing the laboratory method. It was also one of the first schools to place fundamental medical sciences in charge of specialists who are not allowed to practice medicine, but who are required to devote their time exclusively to teaching and investigation. Dean Conley has headed med school for nine years as well as being Director of the University Hospitals, Professor of Surgery, and Director of Sur- gical Services in the University Hospitals. Pace ZZ

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, , V . 551 BEAN T. . H. IRIH A Missourian by birth, Dr. Theophil W. H. Irion, is the genial dean of the School of Education. Dean Irion practiced his profession before attempting to teach it, in Missouri and Michigan schools prior to joining the University faculty. Immensely interested in the impact of the war on schools and education, the Dean is busy directing the building of foundations for future teachers who will have a large responsibility in postwar days. The School of Education has set up retraining and supplementary training courses for teachers already in service, and the entire program has been acceler- ated. Upperclassmen students in Education School obtain actual practice-teaching in the University Laboratory School. Students conduct classes rang- ing from kindergarten through high school. Work was first offered in Education at the Uni- versity in 1856, suspended in 1859, and re-opened two years after the close of the Civil War, under the title, College of Normal Instruction. The depart- ment went through several other reorganizations be- fore it took the form of the School of Education in 1909. The present dean was elected in 1930. A thumbnail sketch of Dr. Irion is a likable man with a hearty handshake, a listening ear, and a wealth of information. Page 24