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

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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

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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 EDUCATION When he can find time from his many academic duties, Dean Hotz likes to work on his lawn or in his garden. He is also fond of driving, but his real hobby, he says, is chess. Born at Scandi¬ navia, Wisconsin, Dean Hotz graduated from the Scandinavia Academy and the Oshkosh State Nor¬ mal School. He re¬ ceived his M. A. and Ph. B. at the Uni¬ versity of Wisconsin, and his Ph. D. at the Teachers College at Columbia. A life member of the National Edu¬ cation Association, Dean Hotz is also active as a member of the Executive Committee of the North Central As¬ sociation. He is a member of the Arkansas State Committee of this As¬ sociation, and of the Commission on Secondary Schools. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Arkansas Educational Asso¬ ciation. In addition to his membership in these educational associations. Dean Hotz belongs to Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Delta Kappa. Over half of the students who took higher degrees last year chose edu¬ cation either as their major or minor. Dean Hotz said, in pointing out that the College of Education is carrying by far the greater portion of the grad¬ uate instruction of the University. H. G. HOTZ Since he was appointed director of the Summer School Session five years ago. Dean H. G. Hotz of the College of Education, has had the satisfaction of seeing the enrollment of the Summer Session increase 50 per cent. The graduate enrollment of the school, moreover, has in¬ creased 325 per cent. The primary aim of the College of Education, according to its dean, is to provide qualified workers for the schools of the state. In carrying out this purpose, the College furnishes an opportunity for young men and women to prepare for professional service in teaching, supervision, and school administration. It further maintains a Teachers Placement Bu¬ reau, through which teachers are aided in securing their first positions, and subsequent promotions to better positions. For the past ten years, the Bureau has placed an average of 116 students each year. Most of the Education graduates remain in the state of Arkansas. 23