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

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NEXT HUNDRED THE HARDEST SAYS DEAN RIPLEY Solving of Next Hundred Year ' s Problems Should Pave the Way Truth forever on the scaffold Wrong forever on the throne, But the scaffold sways the future And behind the dim unknown Standeth faith within the shadows Keeping watch above her own. • You and I are living past centuries in present throbbing minutes, crowding da ys of what to do into seconds of how to do, as we raise our standards, broaden our new horizons and make right today wrong tomorrow by replacing superstition with education. • S. E. RIPLEY Dean of Men The next hundred years may be the hardest, but you and I will not be present when Arkansas cele¬ brates her second Centennial. When the Editor of the 2036 RAZOR- BACK asks the Dean of Men for the second centennial story the Dean may write The next hundred years will be the best . Here ' s hoping this will be his story but I am not certain. However, I have confidence in the thought so clearly portrayed in the fol¬ lowing lines somewhat paraphrased. • To you students, who are young and full of hope and vision, we give the problems—and they are many, of the future. May you do better than we have done, and when you must pass on your work as we are now doing, may it be said to the youth of 2036 THE NEXT HUN¬ DRED YEARS WILL BE THE EASIEST. G. E. RIPLEY Page 28

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DEAN REID APPLIES CENTURY OF PROGRESS Since Oberlin Opened Its Doors to Women in 1835 Great Advancement Has Been Made • MARTHA M. REID Dean of Women • • The one hundred years between 1836 and 1936 may fittingly be called a century of prog¬ ress as regards the edu¬ cation of women in Am¬ erica. In 1835, Oberlin opened its doors to wo¬ men, and in 1837 Mt. Holyoke was founded, each offering a distinct type of opportunity to girls ambitious for higher education. 9 From its very beginning, the University centage of Phi Beta Kap¬ pa keys which are worn by women. • Since the open¬ ing of the new century, the social program which has been introduced into college communities has attracted many girls not particularly interested in scholarship. ® The FERA and the NYA have made it possible for young wo¬ men to attend the univer¬ sity, whose chief ambition is a paying job upon graduation. of Arkansas has had a surprisingly large proportion of women students. Four of the nine members of the first graduating class were girls. The question uppermost in the minds of parents and guardians of these first college women was whether they had the ability to succeed in college studies. This question has been effectively answered by the large per- These three motives, intellectual, social, and economic, are responsible for the large groups of women on our campuses today. To contribute to the needs of each of these groups, and to harmonize their interests is the duty and the privilege of the Dean of women. MARTHA M. REID Page 27

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GRADUATE STUDY GREAT AID TO TEACHING Dean Jordan Believes That Maximum in Undergraduate Enrollment Has Been Reached • In these days of depression, I am often asked for my opinion as to the advisability of a student ' s entering upon graduate work after the completion of his college course. Particular cases are best left to the judgment of the student himself; but in general I have certain convictions. • I believe that the maximum in undergraduate enrollment has been reached, at least for some years. Few additional teachers will therefore be needed. This fact has considerable bearing on the matter of gradu¬ ate study, inasmuch as many persons take up graduate study primarily as a means to advancement in the teaching profession. I believe that many people should be discouraged from beginning graduate work; but I believe just as firmly that able students should be encouraged even more than they have been in the past. DEAN J. C. JORDAN Graduate School • The depression will have been of much benefit if it forces us to improve the quality of our graduate students,—a result of great value if it raises the stand¬ ard of our teachers, and if it develops scholars who are capable of adding to the world ' s knowl¬ edge. J. C. JORDAN • Page 29