Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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! ADMINISTRATION HEADS Throi (;n tiif. Administrative Offices of the college go the many forms of busi- ness necessary to maintaining the institution. The different departments are placed under the leadership of administrative heads and centralized at the office of the I ' rcsidcnt and the Administrative Council. Lee Hall, the administration building, is the center of activities — it is the stronghold of judicial authority, fed by life lines from the engineering, science, agriculture, and biology buildings. It is here that freshmen matriculate and seniors receive their diplomas. For the past five years the policy of the administrative officers, instituted by the President, has been one of progression. They have endeavored to build a Mississippi State that will be first in academic ratings in all its departments. They have been highly successful in setting an unprecedented high in the number of enrollments, both in regular and in summer sessions — the total yearly enrollment being approximately three thousand students. They have succeeded t(X) in adding materially to the wealth of the school. New dormitory facilities have been added to relieve the extremely crowded con- Dismissed! And one less drill to face

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' XECUTIVE OFFICES. PRESIDENT G. D. HUMPHREy 7 . PRESIDENT To Members of the Gradiatixg Class of 1939: A life of rich and varied experience a nits you. All of your college study and all of the aspects of your college life ha c contributed to give you a well- rounded view of life. You ha e through continuous, thoughtful evaluation of your experiences built the foundations of a growing life philosophy. As your knowledge of self and of the processes of human development increases, you will become increasingly the masters of your fate. As you go into an enlarged sphere of acti ity, my admonition is that you al- ways keep as guides in your choice of action those intrinsic values which you have alreadv tested — truth, morals, beauty, religion, and love. SinccrcK ' xours. G. D. HlMPHRFV, Prcsulcut. Page thirteen

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ditions existing at one time — Magruder and Hull Halls, the two new dormitories, were completed during the summer of ' 38 and were first used this year. A con- crete football stadium was also completed in ' 38, and a swimming pool was added some three years ago. Small things, considered individually, but adding greatly to what we fondly refer to as State. The Officers of Administration have been seriously handicapped by a budget too small to allow for many much needed additions and improvements. They are forced to keep operating expenses within an unreasonable limit — one that was set for a much smaller student body and does not suffice the needs of the present one. Notwithstanding this fact, however, they have gone ahead with their program and met with a large measure of success. Each has worked hard as an indi- vidual and they have worked diligently as a group. Under the guidance of Presi- dent Humphrey they will continue to strive for their goal — to follow his star until in the end they will have concluded a period of growth at this institut ion that will make its degrees a coveted reward for the four years spent in earning them. I ' agr fifteen