Southern Methodist University - Rotunda Yearbook (University Park, TX)

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'President Emeritus , 1 ,W Y , W W DR. ROBERT STEWART HYER If-as we are told-any successful enterprise is but the lengthened shadow of one man-of his days and nights of thought and wellfdirected plans-then may we not say that our institution owes in a large measure its well ordered, carefully tended growth, these ten years of active school work, to the live previous years when the thought and hope and prayer of one man occupied not only his waking hours, but most likely his dreams? To him-to his great desire for a real university situated in a territory convenf ient for students from many sections-to his willingness and proven ability for such an undertaking-to his talent for making dreams come true-to his ability to see through a heavy fog of discouragement to the glow of success if one but be patient- the students and friends of education owe the project so well on its way to the desired goal. As an educator, in its fullest sense--looking first to faculty and sincere culture- the inner, though intangible, things that build a school-even more than to mere brick and mortar-with a sense for real values in the classroom and on the campus-with an eye to beauty in buildings and grounds- We, the Editors of the Rotunda for its tenth year, voice our debt, as an institution, to the one man who made this possible, who served us for ten years-five before our coming as students, and five after- Our Hrst President, Dr. Robert Stewart Hyer. Page 22

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'Business Jllanager are -- Q LAYTON W. BAILEY Mr. Layton W. Bailey came to S. M. U. May lst, 1924, to assume the duties of Business Manager. Before that time he had been office manager of Lamar Ee? Barton, Publishers. Under Mr. Bailey's management the kitchens of the men's and women's dining rooms have been combined in order to secure greater economy, and a purchasing department has been instituted to take care of the buying for all departments in the University. The staff of the'Rotunda '25 is deeply grateful to Mr. Bailey -for his close cof operation in the management of this year's book. His advice has always been sound and he has given his time unseliishly in order to help in the publication of a successful year book. Page 21

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mduate School l 1 ,,,, ,,. . DR. ELLIS W. SHULER Dean Graduate courses have been offered in S. M. U. since the opening of the school, but a definite organization was not made until the Spring of 1920. The administrative functions of the faculty are exercised by the Graduate Committee, which consists of the President, the Chairman of the Graduate School, and live professors. Graduate work leading to the Master's degree is now offered in thirteen depart' ments: Biology, Economics, Education, Religious Education, English, French, Geology, History, Latin, New Testament, Old Testament, Philosophy, Sociology and Spanish. It is planned to add in 192 5 '26 graduate work in Mathematics, Psychology and General Literature. While the total number of graduate courses offered at S. M. U. is small, it is con' fidently believed that the quality of work is excellent and that the Master's degree as given at S. M. U. measures fully to the standards set by the larger universities in the country. . .Fur 23