Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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The Presid COLLEGE I PRESIDENT G. D. HUMPHREY, ninth president of Mississippi ' State College, has endeared himself to students, to faculty members, and to alumni in the short time he has been at the head of this institution. President Humphrey, a young man 37 years of age, has the distinction of being the second youngest man to serve as president of Mississippi State College. Our president through energetic, efficient, and progressive per- formance of his executive duties has already launched a broad program for the expansion of the college in all its phases. He has not only made improvements in the curriculum and instituted two new departments and one new school, but also has been instru- mental in inaugurating a much needed building and repair program. Mississippi State s president has risen rapidly in educational cir- cles. Starting as a country school teacher, he became a county superintendent of education, and then advanced to the super- intendency of a large high school. Recognition of his abilities was followed by promotion to an executive position with the State Department of Education. From this post he was elected to the presidency of Mississippi State. President Humphrey graduated from Blue Mountain College ; re- ceived his M.A. degree from the University of Chicago, and completed his work for the Ph. D. degree at Ohio State University with his major study in the field of educational administration. A young man of ability, training, and energy, our president is certain to lead Mississippi State College into a new heritage as a public service institution. Page22

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ALFRED BENJAMIN BUTTS B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D., LL.B. Vice-President and Director of Instruction Dr. A. B. Butts, one of the outstanding educators in the South, became Vice-President of Mississippi State College in 1930 and Director of Instruction in 1933. He is also Professor of Government and Vice- Chairman of the Athletic Board of Control. Dr. Butts was graduated from Mississippi State College with the B.S. degree in 191 1, and received his M.S. degree here in 191 3. Columbia University con- ferred the M.A. degree on him in 1915 and the Ph.D. degree in 1920. He received the LL.B. degree from the Yale University Law School in the Spring of 1930. WITH THE JAMES VANCE BO WEN, Dean of the School of Business, was graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1901 with the Ph.B. degree. He has been the leading factor in the development and rapid growth of the School of Business in recent years. Dean Bowen has acquired a wide experience in the practical affairs of life, which, together with his sympathetic nature makes him respected and beloved by all his students. Under the capable direction of Dean James Robert Ricks, the School of Agricul- ture has continued its function of training men in all branches of agriculture, a function important in the growth and advancement of the State of Mississippi. He received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees at this institution, the former being conferred in 1902 and the latter in 1906. Dean Ricks is also Director of the Mississippi Experiment Station. 4 Page 24 ►