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

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Charles Shirley Potts, Dean of the School of Law since 1927, has B. A. and M.A. degrees from the Universi- ty of Texas in 1902, and an LL. B. in 1909. In 1926 he took his S.J.D. from Harvard. Dr. Potts is the author of KlCases on Criminal Proceduref TlRailroad Transportation in Tlexast and lTSchool History of Texasf as well as having contributed manuscript to 1477157165271 Bar Journal, Pgmzxylzxa- 91in Law Review, Texa: Law Review and A7mal5 Of American Academy of Palitiml Science and Government. Dr. Charles Shirley Potts THE SCHOOL OF LAW The School of Law was established by resolution of the Board of Trustees on Febru- ary 10, 1925. Class work began in September, 1925, with twenty students; the enrolla ment for the year 1932-33 is seventy-seven, an increase of 285870. In 1927, the School of Law was placed on the ttAppi-oved ListD 0f the American Bar Association, and two years later, it was admitted to full membership in the Association of American Law Schools, an organization composed of the leading law schools in Canada and the United States. The location of the School in the legal center of the Southwest, combined with the high Character of work done, has enabled a large number of graduates to form satisfactory connections with law firms in Dallas. A number of them have held or are now holding important public oHices in this state and Oklahoma. The School of Law library contains more than 13,000 volumes, including all the re- ports, digests and legal periodicals needed by the undergraduate law student. The students of the School of Law have an organization known as the Law Students, Association, which maintains a loan fund for the benefit of law students. Delta Theta Phi and Phi Alpha Delta are the two legal fraternities represented in the Law School. Four law clubs are being organized for moot court trials, to be Climaxed by a public trial in the spring term of each year. The faculty of the School of Law is composed of the following men, all graduates of first-class law schools, and experienced and successful teachers of law. Four members of the faculty hold the S. J. D. degree, the highest law degree awarded in this country: C. S. Potts, M. A., LL.B., S. J. D., Dean and Professor of Law; W. A. Rhea, B. A., LL. B., LL. M. tAbsent on leaveJ; A. L. Harding, B. A., J. D., S. J. D., Professor of Law; Roy R. Ray, B. A., LL. B., S. J. 13., Assistant Professor of Law; Raymond J. Heilman, B. A., LL.B., LL.1VI., S.J.D., Visiting Professor of Law; Hobert Price, LL.B., Lecturer in Law. a 27 e

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Dr. Kilgore, Dean of the School of Theology, Was educated at South- western, receiving his M. A. in I 890; then during five summers he studied in the University of Chicago. Among the pastorates he has held are First Church, Cameron; First Church, Pal- estine; and First Church, Texarkana. He accepted the Deanls chair of the Theology School When Dr. Kern re- signed, and is the only member of the original faculty to remain in the present group. As teacher and Dean, Dr. Kilgore has rendered invaluable service to the School of Theology. D1'.James Kilgore THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY The School of Theology of Southern Methodist University opened its doors in 1915. Dr. James Kilgore, now serving as Dean, has been on the faculty since its beginning. Among former faculty members now serving in other capacities are Dr. Ivan Lee Holt, pastor of St. Johnls Methodist Church of St. Louis, Missouri, and Bishops Hoyt M. Dobbs and Paul B. Kern. The building nOW housing the School of Theology is a gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Harper Kirby of Austin, T exas. Of special interest in the materials for work by students is the Lane Museum, made up of donations, curios, and valuables provided by numerous friends. The museum is named for its principal benefactor, Dr. A. V. Lane of Dallas. The more than three hundred graduates of the School of Theology now occupy po- sitions of usefulness in every phase of Church work in this country and abroad. One former student, A. Frank Smith, is now a Bishop. Six of the leading Methodist appoint- ments in Dallas are now served by graduates of this institution. With particular pride does the School consider the work of those Who labor in missionary lands, there being rep- resentatives in Africa, BrazilJ China, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Poland. Believing that preachers should be men as well as Church oHEcials, the Administration, from the early days, has urged students to participate freely and on equal terms With all others in the University. As a result, University honors have been bestowed upon young men in this department, and there has been maintained among all the student body a feeling of fine comradeship. The School has hrst-class standing With other leading Theological Schools throughout the land, and the graduates and former students rank high as ministers, citizens and men. a 26 e

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Dean Ellis W. Shuler 0f the Gradu- ate School received his B.A. at Emory and Henry, his M.A. at Vanderbilt, and 2m M.A. and Ph.D. at Harvard. He is a member of seven scientific organizations, including American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Fellow of the Geological Society of America. His publications include contributions to 56127256, Scientific American, Educational Review, Bul- Zetm American Petroleum A5I05iati0n, I '1 T Amaricm; JOuMMZ 0f Scienae and other publications of similar nature. Dr.E11is William Shuler THE GRADUATE SCHOOL Listed in the original charter of Southern Methodist University, the Graduate School shows a total registration of more than 1,400 students. The Masteris Degree has been conferred upon 364. The activities and accomplishments of this list of alumni are both surprising and im- portant. Included and outstanding among these graduates are to be mentioned four col- lege presidents, and forty-two professors in colleges and universities. The group in- cludes the present Secretary of the Department of Schools and Colleges, and the Director of the Young Peopleis Division of the General Board of Christian Education of the Southern Methodist Church. There are listed lawyers, ministers, social workers and business men, who, because of graduate training, are leaders throughout the Southwest. In the field of education alone, out of 125 students upon Whom the degree of Master of Arts has been conferred, there are eleven college administrators, thirty-f'ive college teachers, thirty public school teachers, sixteen school supervisors and principals and twenty- two school superintendents. A critical examination of the standards for the Masteris Degree as conferred in Amer- ican universities shows a high rank for Southern Methodist University. Through the period of the depression, the attendance in the Graduate School has held up remarkably well. There is no longer the need, as in the past, to go North or East for Graduate study. The opportunity nearby Will make possible an increasing and grow- ing group of Graduate students. This is all the more imperative since the educational de- velopment of the Southwest is primarily dependent upon the local opportunity for Graduate study and research. The supreme educational need in the Southwest is for Grad- uate Schools, adequate, well-equipped and endowed. The Graduate School of Southern Methodist University is founded upon a conservative basis, With standards of honesty and sincerity Which Will command the respect of the educational world. s 28 e