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

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The Governor GOVERNOR HOMER M. ADKINS Governor Homer NI. Adkins has served his native state well since he Went into office January 14, 1941. Credit is given him for bringing defense industries to Arkansas, improving Arkansas roads, and refunding the state's bond debt. The governor was eo11eetor of interna1 revenue prior to his election. He is now running for re-election.

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The niversit at War It was a hushed and thoughtful group that gathered around the radio in the Union lounge on December 8, to hear President Roose- velt make a formal declaration of war. Traveler reporters in hurried surveys found that many students had brothers in Pearl Harbor, cousins at Hickam Field, friends in Manila. The Hrst excitement was soon to die down, but there remained con- stant reminders that we were fighting a war. Around lOO men left school to join the armed forces. Second semester enrollment dropped twice the usual amount, leaving a total of l,760 persons on the University of Arkansas campus. The largest decrease, strangely enough, was a l6.S percent loss in the College of Engineering, the smallest was a 6 percent decline in the College of Education. New defense courses appeared on the curriculum. Both primary and secondary courses in Civilian Pilot Training were offered. Forty students enrolled in a course called Design Principles Basic to Camouflage . Eighty registered for sheet metal work and classes in explosives also proved popular. Red cross Hrst aid courses were conducted in the Student Union for both students and townspeople. With the advent of War Time, people with eight o'clocks groped their way across the campus before daylight, if they went to their eight o'clocks at all. Instructors competed with the clicking of knitting needles as in- dustrious girls turned out sweater after sweater for the Cause. f'Books for Victoryn were collected by the Social Service Club. And on General MacArthur Day, April lO, the Hrst united war ef- fort was made, when members of Guidon, YMCA, and SAI sold 55530 in defense stamps. Conspicuously absent were the Engineers' traditional fire works, the Agri Day parade, the annual high school meet, lavish decora- tions at social affairs. And then of course there was the dearth of cokes in the Union to be reckoned with.

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The President No newcomer to the University of Arkansas is the new president, Dr. Arthur hi. Harding. A year after his graduation from the University in l90-4-, Dr. Harding joined the faculty as math in- structor, and has served in various positions ever since. The lvnivcrsity of Arkansas is a family insti- tution for President Harding, who is, by the way, a native of Pine Bluff. He is one of six brothers who graduated from Arkansas. A seventh brother attended for two years. Dr. Harding's two chil- dren are also l'niversity graduates. PRESIDENT and MRS- UARIWING, 2-Cliff' alumni at All of the President's pedagogical career, except the Homecoming rmpt one year which was spent at hlonticello A SL BI, has been devoted to the lniversity. Beginning as an adjunct professor of mathematics, he subsequently became assistant professor, associate pro- fessor, and finally in l9l6 a full-fledged professor, a post held until he became president. ln order to obtain his doctorate at the l'niversity of Chicago, President Harding got a leave of absence in 1915. But Dr. Harding's activities have not been restricted to actual teaching. During World lVar I he served as registrar and examiner, and in l9l6 he was appointed alumni secretary, an- other position he relinquished only upon becoming president. Probably the biggest achievement of President Harding has been his work in the Extension department. Since becoming head of the department in l9l9, he has enlarged its scope until now it has students doing work in every state in the Union, Alaska, Klexico, and Puerto Rico. Popular astronomy is the hobby of the President. He has made such an extensive study in the field that he is in demand all over the nation as a lecturer on the subject. In the course of de- livering 2,000 lectures he has traveled in the forty-eight states and several provinces of Canada. His is the spirit of the true Arkansas 'l'raveler',, for he gets a Ukickl' out of driving his own car over the country. President Harding is also an author. He has written a best seller on o ular astronom f. CJ He has collaborated in the writing of a number of textbooks in algebra, trigonometry, and geometry. Many educational honors have been received by Dr. Harding. He was president of the National Pniversity lixtension Association in i933-3-l. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Omicron Delta Kappa, the American hlathematical Society, and the American As- tronomical Society. The Arkansas chapter of Sigma Nu lists him among its charter members. Religiously the President is an Iipiscopalian and politically a Democrat. ln regard to the war and the liniversit ' President Hardin said Phe next few 'ears will 23 3 3 be some of the most trying in the history of the University, and we have no idea what is around the corner. But whatever it is, the University of Arkansas will be prepared to meet itf' Page