Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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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

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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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Q years, has He was l946, and 'ies as the ervice, the it service, a, and the ze, Kansas, five years. iall, Butler, 2 school at ary grades school at zation, and ork at the ship of the BY HILLS Secretary DQllll Oli LUCDMQH Since l92O the office of the Dean of Women has been in the capable hands of Dean Bertha Wells. Her tasks have multiplied as the years pass, until now she not only is the women students' advisor, but also is in charge of social affairs on the campus, advises students in their search for rooms, assigns lockers and distributes locker keys, and conducts an increasingly larger lost and found department in her office. A A DEAN BERTHA WELLS Perhaps the most difficult of her duties is the VIRGINIA POTTS Secretary to the Dean supervision of social affairs, which includes assign- ing rooms for meetings, keeping of an accurate date book of social activities, and chaperoning the formal dances given by the social organizations. Miss Wells handles all these problems with dis- patch, and helps immeasurably in the smooth run- ning of school activities. Dean Wells is from north Missouri, attended Kirksville High School, and received her A. B. from Drury in l9l5. She taught Creek and Latin in Lamar High School before coming here to teach languages. I5