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

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Page 25 Dean nf en and Dean nf Women Behind the doors marked Personnel Office , on the first floor of the Student Union, are the strongholds of the dean of women and the dean of men. Here Deans Jeannette Scudder and Allan S. Humphreys hold forth, dispensing with equal ability advice, admoni- tion, and assuagement. lVliss Scudder is but a sophomorel' at the University, having been here only two years. But already the dynamic young dean has endeared herself to the feminine portion of the population. Since the advent of the war the problems confronting lVIiss Scudder have become more preponderant. ln her words: The University now has the twofold function of preparing people for leadership in the war in which we are now engaged, and convincing them of the importance of being prepared for leadership in a post-war world as well. She has enlarged her field of activities by promoting defense work for girls, and was instrumental in bringing the first vocational conference for women to the campus. This year she attended numerous conventions over the country, including the meeting of the National Association of Deans of Xvomen in San Francisco and a forum at Stephens College. Nfr. Humphreys has been dean of men for the past five years. He plays the dual role of teacher and dean, appearing at assorted hours of the day over in the Chemistry building in the capacity of associate professor of chemistry, and the remaining hours behind his desk in the deanls office. ln fact. he manages to keep fairly busy. Always interested in the welfare of the boys, the Dean frequently visits the infirmary to offer cheer and en- couragement to campus invalids. Tennis, swimming, the theater, and reading occupy the leisure time of Nliss Scudder. Squire Humphreys pursues the hobby of pursuing his ancestors, and is quite proud of his books in the field of genealogy. XYhen not pursuing ancestors, he likes to cultivate flowers. JEANXETTE SCUDDER ALLAN S. HUMPHREYS

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Board U1 Trustees They who actually decide the policies and prohlems of the Lvniversity of Arkansas are an august hody of men prominent in various lields of hy six lawyers is the present Board of Trustees. which is governor. Chairman of the Board is Judge QI. Ci. Ragsdale former president of the Arkansas Alumni Association class. Serving his second term on the Board is lfred 1. started the Arkansas Foundry Company which is one South. The onlv doctor on the Board is Dr. lfuclid Smith endeavor in the state. Dominated a ten-man hody appointed hy the '19, a lawyer from lil Dorado, and president of his graduating' Brown '02 of 1.ittle Rock. l'le ot the largest ot its kind in the '29 of Hot Springs. A native ol' Texas. he took his pre-medical work at Texas A SL Nl. The agricultural lield is repre- sented hy H, Snapp of Fitzhugh who attended the graduate. l.1e is a planter and prominent civic leader. Linivcrsity in 1392 hut did not The fourth estate is represented among the Trustees hy Hugh Park '27, puhlisher J T of the Yan Buren I r'a.r.f ifffjlli. l larrison's contrihution is Nl. A. Hathcoat 'UN lle is a lawyer and was president of his senior class. The only memher with a child now in the University is Henry Yocum '11 of lil Dorado. whose son Henry is in the Law school. Youngest memher of the Board is .lay Dickey '34, who practices law in l'ine Bluff. where he is city attorney. Another lawyer is 11arry Ponder of Xlvalnut Ridge who has served longer on the Board than any other memher. Last memher is l,ouis Nlcllaniel, Forrest City auto dealer. lle attended the University in 1910 hut did not graduate. Some accomplishments of the Board during the year were: settlement of the coach- ing dispute hy retaining Thomsen, appropriation of a huge sum for campus heautilication, and revision of graduation requirements for students called to the armed forces. Lffi to Right-Smith, Dickey, Carlson, Parks, Ragsdale, Brown, Hathcoat, McDaniel, Harding nf' Page 24-

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Graduates Yvith genial smile, Uean .lohn Clark Jordan tells of the trouhle he got into with a satirical pamphlet he puhlished when a student at Knox. The Dean received his A. B. at Knox, Ph. D. at Columhia. Chief likes besides literature, which he teaches, are music and his cahin, ten miles from Fayette- ville. Preliers classical music, hut enjoys a good dance orchestra . Favorite writer is linglish poet, Yvordsworth. Carlyle and Newman are also spe- cialties. llas puhlished a literary study, Robert C1l'l't'lIl'. lrlimselli a dramatist at heart, Dean ,lordan keeps a warm place in his heart for the theatre. Favorite modern dramatist is Lillian Hellman. Takes Xvilla Cather for modern novelist. Poeti- cally speaking, he supposes he's partial to Carl Sandburg, largely hecause Sandburg and the Dean hail from the same home town hack in lllinois. DEAN JOHN CLARK JORDAN ln 1927 when everything from husiness to hootlegging was hooming, there was also a hoom in higher learning. At least there was at the Cniversity of Arkansas, for that was the year the Graduate school was hegun under the direction of the late President ll. C. lfutrall and Dean Jordan, then Dean ot Arts and Sciences. Prior to that time any graduate students that appeared were handled hy the under-graduate schools and a committee. Now there is a dean and a council to aid students struggling tor their higher degree sheepskins. The University offers advanced degrees of master of arts or science, and professional degrees in chemical, civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering. From an enrollment of forty in '34, the graduate student hody jumped to over three hundred last year, including the summer session: indications are, however, that the enrollment will drop appreciably this summer. The decrease is only natural considering the fact that most ot those working on their advanced degrees, males at least, will he serving their country first and higher education second. Requirements for advanced degrees are that the candidates he in residence at the University for at least thirty weeks, complete twenty-four semester hoursg take an oral examination, and write a thesis, which, under certain conditions, can he waived. Under the direction of Dean .lordan the Graduate school has furthered its principal aim: to give each student such an integrated program of study as may serve him best in the particular task he has chosen.