University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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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

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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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BEAN . . lVIuIlLlRY LAW Glenn A. McCleary was named Dean of the Faculty of Law in 1940. Dean McCleary holds an A.B. degree from Ohio Wesleyan, a J.D. degree from Michigan, and an S.J.D. degree from Harvard. Serv- ing as an advisor to men students who come under the Selective Service Act and wish to join some branch of the armed forces, the dean also is a Professor of Law and has acted as the head of the Faculty War Board. The School of Law exists mainly to serve the state and its bar. The entrance requirements are such as to admit only those whose education and maturity fit them for serious study. The School of Law at Missouri was founded in 1872 and has grown from classes consisting of a hand- Pagc 25 ful of students and a faculty of two instructors to an institution in itself. At first the students met in rooms in the University Building, until it was de- stroyed by iire. From then until 1893 classes met in the Boone County Courthouse. In 1893, the present law building Was erected. Much of the credit for the accelerated program which permits law students to complete the three years' course in two and a fourth years, is due to Dean McC1eary. Torts is his favorite course, and his favorite diversion is gardening. It is Dean McCleary's belief that the field of law will offer the greatest opportunities of any profession after the war.