University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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 ■feOtiiiltlC ? which they received from three cents (classical students) to ten cents (agricul- tural students) an hour. This practice was found very unsatisfactory and with the passing of the “agrarian movement,” was abandoned. George Mathews Edgar Daniel Harvey Hill The administration of I)r. John L. Buchanan (1894-1902) was one of com- parative calm. Largely through his influence the name was changed to Uni- versity of Arkansas. The appropriations were increased considerably, but the Board, in opposition to Dr. Buchanan, was parsimonious in salaries. The brief administration of Dr. Henry S. Hartzog (1902-5), was a period of building and of “selling” the University to the people. Appropriations were secured for several buildings, and radical changes were made in the courses of study and in the conditions for entrance. The period 1905-12, Judge John N. Tillman, President, was one of expansion, both in the teaching force and in the number of students. The number of stu- dents rose from 810 to 1,133 in 1909, but declined after that owing to the aboli- tion of the preparatory department, which finally disappeared in 1911. Beginning in 1909, the entrance requirements were increased one unit each year until they reached 14 units (1914). The summer school was started in 1909 with an enroll- ment of 98. John Lee Buchanan Edward Hunter Mcreek On the retirement of President Tillman (1912), the Board asked Professor John H. Reynolds to act as President for a year while th y were finding a perma- nent President. At the close of the year, Professor Reynolds left to become Page 26

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ricovwlc r History Noah Putnam Gates Albert Wbbb Bishop The University of Arkansas 1872-1922 In 1871 the Legislature of Arkansas passed an acl accepting the condition of the Congressional Land Grant Act (Morrill) of 1862, providing for financial aid to state institutions of higher and technical education and creating the Arkansas Industrial University. When the University first opened its doors to students, January 22, 1872, the equipment consisted of a spacious campus on which was a dwelling house remodeled for recitation rooms and a frame building two stories high, both supplied with stoves, desks, maps, charts, and blackboards. The first day four instructors greeted seven students. By the end of the year, the en- rollment reached 101. The board had considerable difficulty in finding a President and induced Professor Gates to act in that capacity until 1873, when General A. W. Bishop was elected. He served until 187 ), when Professor Gates again occupied the president’s chair holding it until 1877. This was the pericxl of foundation work under very adverse conditions, 'flic financial support was small—hardly more than 85,000 a year in state appropriations, the warrants on which sold at a heavy discount, plus 810.000 from the endowment, and educational standards were very low. The administration of General I). H. Mill (1877-1884), was a notable one, though somewhat stormy. He secured a considerable increase in state appro- priations, began to equip the various departments and laid the foundations for laboratories. While a man of scholarly attainments and high standards, he had to fight against several members of the faculty who wanted to raise the standards considerably above the capacity of the students. His resignation was regretfully accepted by the Board. Following the direction of the Legislature, the Board wiped the state clean and started anew by the election of Colonel George M. Edgar (1884-1887) as president. This administration is notable for the beginning of work in agriculture. Being opposed to the policy demanded by the legislation of 1887, Colonel Edgar resigned. To carry out the policy of industrializing the University, the Board elected Colonel E. H. Murfee. Students were required to labor three hours a day, for Page 25 I i f.S 1 i l 2a

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President of Hendrix College and Professor J. C. Futrall was elected acting- President. Before the end of the year he was elected President, a position he still holds. THE NEW PERIOD The year 1012 marks the beginning of a new period in the history of the University. During the summer a committee of the faculty worked out a plan of reorganization which was adopted by the faculty and Board and which, with a few changes, is still in effect. The chief changes of this year were the creation of an administrative council advisory to the President, a University Senate, and of faculties for each of the colleges. The administration of President Futrall is notable for the creation of the office of Dean for each college and for the evolution of a University plant that affords practically all of the standard types of education. Although the University was at first called “industrial, for many years there was little instruction of except of the standard classical type. Naturally the college of Arts and Science developed first. It has steadily expanded from a few departments to the many of today and its courses have changed from the rigidly fixed to the freely elective type. John Nkwton Tillman Henry Simms Haktzog Before the University ever opened its doors the board of trustees declared that its main purpose was to “educate in agriculture and the mechanic arts. From the first, there was more or less talk about these subjects, but very little instruction in them. The College of Engineering may be said to have seen the light of day in 1880 when the Department of Applied Mathematics was created, but there was no professor of agriculture until 1887. when the Legislature appro- priated $8,000 for the department and insisted that it should be fostered. The School of Agriculture blossomed out in 1891, but did not thrive. But better days came and in 100 » the College of Agriculture was organized. The Department of Engineering had a somewhat more steady growth and became a college in 1012. From the very first, strenuous efforts were made to develop a “normal depart- ment for the training of teachers. This, after various vicissitudes blossomed into the Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy, then into the School of Education (1013), and finally into the College of Education. For many years, beginning in 1870, a group of men in Little Rock carried on a medical college to which they added the name of the University. In 1011 it was taken over by the Legislature and made a part of the University, though no appropriation was made for it until 101;». When taken over its standards Page 27