Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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J. V. BOWEN W. F. HAND, Vice-President Dean of Science C ke Uff icers of Mississippi State has risen to its present high level by virtue of the ceaseless efforts of this group of men. Through the past several decades these staunch sup- porters of State have toiled untiringly in behalf of our institution. Dr. William Flowers Hand, Vice-President of Mis- sissippi State and Dean of the School of Science, has been actively connected here since 1903. A graduate of this institution with B.S. and M.S. Degrees, he lately received his doctorate from Columbia University. John Curtis Herbert, Registrar and Dean of Men, has devoted his I. ' fe to the advancement of Mississippi State, having been affiliated with the school almost continuously since 1900. Under the capable and efficient leadership of Major IrviN DanCY Sessums the Department of Discipline has performed its duties in a most creditable manner. For his splendid fellowship and friendship, he was presented with a trophy from the Student Association on which was inscribed the words A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed. James Vance Bowen, Dean of the School of Business and Industry, has achieved his life ' s ambition — that of Page 26

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fl TRIBUTE TO OUR PRESIDENT We offer this tribute to Dr. G. D. Humphrey, ninth President of the College, in recognition of his incessant and untiring endeavor in behalf of a greater Mississippi State, his fatherly and un- derstanding aspect of the individual student, and his splendid example to State men as a go-getter in this world of men.

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L. L. PATTERSON J. R. RICKS Gf ambits tratton placing his department on a parity with that of any institution of similar type in the nation. Lucius Lamar Patterson, Dean of the School of En- gineering, has been a member of the faculty since 1910. Affectionately known as Dean Pat, he is always glad to offer his time for the betterment of student welfare at State. James Robert Ricks, Dean of the School of Agriculture, and Director of the Mississippi Experiment Station, has played the leading part in elevating his branch of the college to its present enviable rating. He received both his B.S. and M.S. Degrees at this institution. V. G. Martin, Dean of the newly created School of Edu- cation, has already made rapid strides toward placing his department on a par with the others. He was grad- uated from Mississippi State in 1912 and has been con- nected with the department he now heads since 1920. To Mitchell Robinson, Secretary of the College, goes infinite credit for State ' s rapid rise in the past few years. Only at great personal sacrifice of time, money and effort to an extent known only to few : has he been able to meet those thousands of obligations and favors which he so cooperating!} - and cheerfully takes upon himself. V. G. MARTIN MITCHELL ROBINSON Secretary ' oe the College Page 27