Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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PRQSI DQ lil QLLIS Qualified leaders have always been rare, and we consider ourselves fortu- nate in having such a leader in our president, Dr. Roy Ellis. Without constant effort the best schools deteri- orate. Under the guidance of Dr. Ellis since l926, this school has been con- stantly progressing, through financial depression, prosperity, and war. Since his election as president in l926, new facilities for study and recreation have been periodically added to the school, and this year the enrollment has more than doubled that of his first year as president. This year we have the further addition of a well-equipped industrial arts department, and plans for going forward toward construction of a separate library building, and student housing on the campus. As chief executive of this institution Dr. Ellis has played a major role in this advancement, and we can truly be proud of his record of achievement. LILLlAN EDMONSTON Secretary to the President DR. ROY ELLIS Dr. Ellis is a native of Southern Missouri, and understands the problems confronting the student of this region. He was born in Seymour, Missouri, and spent his early years in Webster and Wright counties. From l909-l9l l he attended this school, and received his A. B. and B. S. in Education degrees from the University of Missouri in l9l4. He saw service in World War I, and received his Master's degree from Harvard before he came here as an instructor in the history department in l9l7. Later he was appointed head of the Department of Sociology and Economics, which position he held until he became president. He received his Ph. D. at Columbia University in l93O. I3

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PRESlDENT'S HOME, 650 SOUTH NATIONAL AVENUE Perspective in time will increase your personnal valuation of your Ozarko. lt will in time become a cherished album of memories . lt cur- rently enhances your appreciation of your associates and friends but its signifi- cance will grow year by year. Ten, twenty, thirty, or forty years from now you will turn through its pages and wonders whatever became of this, that, or the other friend who had perhaps arhappy but less eventful life. Of others who shall have achieved fame you will proudly proclaim your friendship and association at college. All in all you will appreciate each and everyone of them more because of the record which the Ozarko affords you of your college days. Over and over graduates and former students appeal to me to try to find for them a copy of some now ancient yearbook Aside from library and office files no provision is made for such future supplying of yearbooks The Ozarko is a wonderful book even now lt will become more wonderful to you as the years go by PIX Qi Qualified rare, and w nate in he president, constant eft orate. Und since l926, stantly prog depression, his election facilities foi been period and this yea than double president. further add industrial at for going fo of a separi student hom. chief execi. Dr. Ellis ha: this advanci be proud of Ll LLIAN Secretary

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l i l L l 5 l f 5 , 5 . l i il l l l i il l I i l l l I i l l , i l l l llDlVlllWl5TlQllllVC DCllli A Dean Willard j. Graff, in a brief two years, has become practically an institution at SMS. He was installed as Administrative Dean in August, l946, and has had delegated to him such responsibilities as the general administration of student personnel service, the administration of field service, placement service, alumni activities and records, mail service, and the coordination of public relations. DEAN Wil-1-ARD 1, GRAM: Dean Graff came here from Independence, Kansas, where he was superintendent of schools for five years. Before that he held similar positions at Marshall, Butler, and Dixon, Missouri. Having begun his teaching career in the elementary grades of a village school at LaRussell, Missouri, he had experienced first-hand educational problems from ..the elementary grades through the junior college level before coming here. Dean Craft was born and reared on a farm near Carthage, Missouri, and attended high school at Sarcoxie, Missouri. He graduated from this school in l93O, with a degree of B. S. in Education, and received his Masters degree at the University of Missouri in I934. He also did graduate work at the University of Colorado, and served for two years as chairman of the Committee on Citizenship of the National Education Association. MISS ELIZABETH HOLT MRS. HAZEL PONDER Alumni Secretary Appointment Bureau ' RUIZY HILLS sslstant ecretary i Vl RC Secretar