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

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COLLEGE OF LAW Including the lawyers graduating in the class of 1940, nearly 300 stu¬ dents have received the degree of Bachelor of Laws since the University Law School graduated its first class back in 1927. Seventy-five per cent of these r J. S. WATERMAN graduates have remained in the State of Arkansas, and nearly all of them are engaged in the practice of law. Julian Seesel Waterman, vice president of the University, and dean of the Law School, is very proud of his law graduates. ' They are to be found in nearly every county of the State, he says, and have taken an active interest in the political and civic affairs of their communities. The Law School has encouraged these activities on the part of its graduates, the dean continues, and has also urged them to help in all movements for improvement in the administration of justice and of government. In view of these facts, the Law School has not confined its courses to those which develop pro¬ fessional skill in the practice of law. but it also offers many courses in the field of public law. It is the hope of the Law School to aid in meeting the first concern of every state, which is to train men who, in the administration of govern¬ ment and the shaping of laws, have a broad outlook and high character, Dean Waterman concludes. When he is not dealing with stat¬ utes and legal terms. Dean Water¬ man finds his recreation in the open spaces. He loves to ride horses, and keeps two saddle mounts. His hobby, he says, is planting trees. As for reading, his favorites are Thomas Jefferson and Blackstone. He writes occasional articles for pub¬ lication on these men. He likes to spend his vacations at such historic spots as Williamsburg and Monti- cello. 21

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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Agriculture is the basic industry of Arkansas; that is what Arkansas is built on, and that is why we feel that in developing agriculture and home economics, we are laying the foundatiDn for the welfare of the whole state. WALTER R. HCRLACH R There in a few words, is the pri¬ mary aim of the College of Agricul¬ ture, according to its dean, Walter R. Horlacher. While the Arkansas College of Agriculture is already one of very high standards. Dean Horlacher would like to see it become even more outstanding among the agri schools of the nation. The dean is particularly interested in building up the Home Economics Department, and the Departments of Forestry and Animal Industry, since he feels that these branches need the most strengthening. The College is also trying to build up graduate work in agriculture and home economics. In addition to his duties as dean of the Agris, Dr. Horlacher is director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and Agricultural Extension Service. Dr. Horlacher came to the Uni¬ versity of Arkansas in 1936 as head of the Department of Animal Indus¬ try. He was appointed Dean of the College of Agriculture last July. Dean Horlacher received his B. S. in Agriculture, and his Master ' s degree from the Kansas State Col¬ lege at Manhattan. His Ph. D. is from the University of Wisconsin. He has also studied at the University of Texas, and at Texas A. and M. Before coming to Arkansas, Dean Horlacher taught at Kansas State, Texas A. and M., and at Wisconsin. Dean Horlacher doesn ' t have much time for recreation, he says, but he does like reading, golfing, and just being with his family. 20

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING A true knight of St. Pat, even to his middle name, is George Patrick Stocker, dean of the College of En¬ gineering. After graduating from the Uni¬ versity of Wisconsin in 1909, Dean Stocker received his Master ' s degree from Iowa State College at Ames. Before coming to the University of Arkansas in 1919, he taught at New Mexico Agricultural College, Missis¬ sippi A. and M., and was head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Swarthmore College. He was also a member of the faculty of Cornell Uni¬ versity, at the time he was doing graduate work at that institution. In addition to his duties as head of the College of Engineering, Dean Stocker is also chairman of the Uni¬ versity Discipline Committee. Direc¬ tor of the CAA program. Dean Stocker is in charge of all the ground work. He was the first man on the campus to take an active interest in the CAA, and played no small part in obtaining the training course for this University. Very tricky and clever is Dean Stocker ' s Rhodes Gallery of the Engineering school. Each year he places the pictures of all members of the senior class of the college in a large multiple swinging picture frame, which stands in the corner of his office. This is Dean Stocker ' s fourth year as dean of the boys with the slide- rules. While he has great hopes for the entire engine school, he is par¬ ticularly interested in trying to build up the Department of Chemical En¬ gineering. G. P. STOCKER Dean Stocker also keeps very com¬ plete records of all engineering stu¬ dents in his files. He has a quite elaborate card index, which not only contains photostatic copies of the registrar ' s records, but also photo¬ graphs of the boys themselves, along with lists of all their activities. The dean believes he was the first to use this unique system, although he suspects one or two other deans of copy¬ ing his method. While Dean Stocker lists the CAA as his particular out¬ side interest at the moment (he ' s even considering taking up flying himself), he says that he really doesn ' t have much time to work at any hobby. 22