Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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Ulm BMW, Dean Willard 1. C-raft came to Southwest State College last Fall from lndependence, Kansas, where he had served as Superintendent of Schools the past tive years. Prior to that time he served the schools in a similar capacity at Marshall, Butler and Dixon, Missouri. Having begun his teaching career in a rural school, he had experienced firsthand, educa- tional problems from the rural school through the junior college level before returning to the College of which he is an alumnus. Dean Craft did his graduate work at the Universities ot Missouri and Colorado. He served tvvo years as Chairman ot the Com- mittee on Citizenship ot the National Educa- tion Association, and is a past President of the Independence Rotary Club. Dc advis activ coun l-low vvhic ot : schei hanc issui tindi dutii to ai B1 attei ceivi lege. Lam her an ii MARY ANN CUCLER S!'L'1'C'fl11'jl to Dean i8

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igressive :e i926 at time, an many iing has t ot the creation alth and teachers 1 nwusic steadily iuthwest aditional graduate college. ablished. a new 'ith such toy Ellis, s of our When Dr. Roy Ellis became president ot Southwest Missouri State College in l926 he was not a stranger on the campus. l-le was a student here from l909 until l9l l. l-le received his A. B. and B. S. degrees in Education from the University ot Missouri. A Dr. Ellis was awarded his Masters degree from l-larvard in l9l7. Later he came back to this college and tor a time was instructor ot economics. l-le did further graduate work at Columbia Univer- sity and received his Ph. D. in l93O. Dr. Ellis was born in Seymour, Missouri, and spent his boyhood in Webster and Wright Counties. l7

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thwest :dence endent to that apacity a rural educa- mnan, Walla, Dean N. Bertha Wells directs and advises the students in many different activities. Her principal duty is that of councillor to the women of the college. However there are numerous other tasks which she performs such as the directing of social and extra-curricular affairs scheduling rooms for such functions issouri. ' Y hrough ling to at the J. He Com- Educa- lent of -5 , handling the lost and found department issuing lockers, and aiding students in finding lodging. ln addition to these duties, Miss Wells is friend and advisor to any student in time of trouble. Born in Northern Missouri, Miss Wells attended Kirksville High School, and re- ceived an A. B. Degree from Drury Col- lege. She 'taught Creek and Latin at Lamar, Missouri, and for sometime after her appointment at the college she was an instructor of languges. BETTYE CILMORE WADLOW , Sr'rrr'fm'y fo fbf' Dean