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

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Homer M. Adkins Governor Homer M. Adkins, who went into office on January 14, 1941, is a native of Arkansas. Credit is given him for bringing de¬ fense industries to Arkansas, improving Arkansas roads, and re¬ funding the state’s bond debt. He is no longer an ex-officio mem¬ ber of the University Board of Trustees. Governor Adkin s pol¬ itical career began when he was elected sheriff of Pulaski county. He was collector of internal revenue in the state prior to becoming the State’s chief executive. T H E G 0 V E R N D R

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In JHrmortam George Everett Hastings Professor of English Head of Department of English October 27, 1878 November 8 1942 - Giles Emett Ripley Emeritus Professor of Physics Former Dean of Men and Head of Department of Physics June 18, 1874 January 31, 1943

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T H E P R E S I D E N T President Harding chats with his old friend Governor Adkins at the Presi¬ dent’s annual Homecoming reception in the lobby of the Student Union. Dr. Arthur M. Harding “When Pearl Harbor was bombed, the University of Arkansas en¬ listed for the duration,” President Harding said in regard to the Univer¬ sity’s war training program. Dr. Harding has made many trips to Wash¬ ington, New York, Chicago, and Omaha, and has kept telephone and tele¬ graph wires busy in his efforts to put the University on a war-time schedule. During World War I, the President served as Registrar of the University. Popular astronomy is the hobby of the President. Before he became President and the demands of his office occupied all his time, he was in demand all over the nation as a lecturer on the subject. In the course of delivering 2,000 lectures he has traveled in the forty-eight states and in several provinces of Canada. His biggest achievement prior to becoming President was his work in the Extension department. Becoming head of the department in 1919 he enlarged its scope until it has students doing work in every state and in Alaska, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Only a year after his graduation from the University, Dr. Harding joined the faculty as math instructor.