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THE PRESIDENT Only a year after his graduation from the University of Arkansas, Dr. Arthur M. Harding joined the faculty as a Math instructor. Since then he has served as Registrar, head of the Extension Department, and, since 1941, as President. Probably his presidency has been more difficult than any pre¬ vious one, for he has had to put the University on a war-time basis and keep it running smoothly. Since April of 1943, the Army Air Corps has located a College Training Detachment on the campus and the 3875th Army Specialized Training Unit has been here since June of 1943. In addition, the University proper has been running on a twelve months basis, four quar¬ ters to the year. All this involves tremendous administrative problems, further complicated by a depleted faculty. That the President has successfully met these problems is attested to by the accomplishments of students, both civilian and military. Here is the President’s own statement: “Th roughout the school year now nearing an end, the University of Arkansas has carried on a two¬ fold program—first, the training of hundreds of young men for highly skilled service with our nation’s fighting forces, and, second, the continuance of our well-rounded educational program for our civilian students. “The University gladly accepted the added responsibility brought by the war, but the tasks we were called upon to perform have been difficult. Our administrative staff worked long hours, day after day, to coordinate our military and civilian educational programs, and our faculty—greatly depleted by the departure of many members for the armed force s—shouldered extremely heavy teaching burdens. “The intensive military training program on our campus is nearing a close, at least for the present, but the University remains at the service of our nation, ready to assume any task that will contribute to the winning of the war or aid returning service men and women. “Meanwhile, we shall continue our civilian educational program, not only for students but also, through our Extension Services, for the people throughout the state.” President Harding presents roses to Miss Arkansas, Pi Phi Anne Adams, between halves at the Little Rock game THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES A ten man board appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Arkansas Senate actually decides the policies of the University of Arkansas. Each man serves for ten years, expiration dates being ar¬ ranged so that one member’s term expires each year. Judge J. G. Ragsdale is chairman, and Marion W asson is secretary. Called to active military service was Dr. Euclid Smith, now Lt. Col. Smith. First Row: Fred I. Brown, Jay Dickey, Louis McDaniels, Hugh Park, Harry L. Ponder Second row: John G. Ragsdale, Euclid M. Smith, Herbert L. Thomas, Henry S. Yocum Member whose picture does not appear: J. H. Snapp Page 15
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AGRICULTURE Dean W. R. Horlacher, College of Agriculture The College of Agriculture, headed by Dean W. R. Horlacher, has taken the lead in developing courses in the University curriculum for the veterans of World War II. In addition, the majority of the staff has taught Army classes, beginning with the first Air Corps cadets who arrived in the spring of 1943. Future homemakers go to classes in the Home Economics building, one of the newest on the campus. Nursery school and the Bacteriology lab are located in the basement, a living room and a dining room in connection with the foods labs are found on the first floor, and clothing labs and a small apart¬ ment for practice teaching are on the second floor. Boys get a chance to try out new methods of farming on the University Experimental Farm, about two miles north of . There they raise cattle, pigs, oats, wheat and barley. Dairy prod¬ ucts are marketed at the University dairy, thus giving Agri students the chance to follow their products from the farm to the market. Dean Horlacher, in addition to being head of the College, is also director of the Agricultural Experimental Stations located over the state and of the Agri¬ cultural Extension Service. He came to the University as head of the Animal Industry Department and was made Dean three years later. ARTS AND SCIENCES Dean H. M. Hosford, College of Arts and Science Dr. H. M. Hosford, Dean of the College of Arts and Science, also supervised the classes of Air Corps Students stationed on the campus. He, it was, who kept the whole thing running smoothly by making out the schedules for the cadets in courses prescribed by the army. Dean Hosford who hails from down Texas way, came to the University as Math instructor and was made Dean of the College in 1939. In 1943 he was made vice-president of the University, succeeding Dean Julian S. Waterman. Seat of liberal education is the College of Arts and Science. Long ago established as headquarters was Old Main, around which most of the tradition of the University centers. There are to be found the departments of Languages, Physics, Speech, Journalism, Art, English, and History. Located in outlying buildings are Philosophy, Psychology, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, and Music. Four degrees are offered by the College of Arts and Science—Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Music, and Bachelor of Science in Social Welfare. Ever since the founding of the University in 1871, the College of Arts and Science has had the largest enrollment, and even after losing men to the armed forces, it still boasts more students than any other college. Page 16
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