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

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.tions, supervising the housing of the Women students, and inter- .i , ,Y . l.I Xl Niki Dr. Robert A. Leflar, Dean of the Law School, was a pro- fessor of law at the University of Arkansas until he left in 1942 for Wfashington, D. C., having been appointed to the Vvar Relocation Authority. He returned to become Dean in the summer of 1944. Dean Leflar graduated from the Uni- versity of Arkansas with a HA. degree, and received his LLB. and S.-l.B. at Harvard University. ln 1924, fourteen lawyers-to-be assembled in the basement of Old Nlain for their first law class with Julian S. VVaterman, Dean of the Law School until his death in 1943. Twelve years later, in 1936, the lawyers moved from their establishment in Old lVlain into the former Chemistry building, which has been known as the Law School ever since. The enrollment of the School of Law dropped considerably in the months following Pearl Harbor, but is now beginning slowly to return to normal. The Law library contains nearly 20,000 volumes at present. The Law School publishes the Arkansas Law Bulletin, contain- ing legal articles, comments on recent Arkansas cases, and dis- cussions of legislation. Two United States Senators, Claude D. Pepper, Florida, and William Fulbright, Arkansas, are former members of the Law School faculty. l Allan S. Humphreys, Dean of lVIen, also acts as associate professor of chemistry for the University. His regular duties as Dean include personal counseling, fraternity problems, stu- dent government advising, housing and employment. Besides all of this, Dean Humphreys has acted as advisor on the lVlilitary Services to all men students. He has helped pre- pare boys for the reserve tests, and kept campus men up to date on thelatest dicta of the draft boards. All deferments have been handled through his oflice, and he kept the reservists advised as to their status. Jeannette Scudder, Dean of VVomen, has taken a special interest this year in helping the women secure material about the various branches of the Women's military services, the Cadet Nurses Corps, and War time jobs for women in indus- tries. She has tried to help the women students to understand their responsibilities toward the war effort and post war work. Nliss Scudder does all of this in addition to her regular re- sponsibilities of counseling, advising various student organiza- preting their needs and interests to the administration and faculty. Page 25

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i M 5 1 A 'J 1 U ,Q 1 1 ' ?'ifltl1lH HN i ...-.a .i. 1 -,al .. 1 .'-.1 ...4 Dr. George Patrick Stoker, Dean of the College of Engi- neering, has done his part to keep the College of Engineering in step with the war effort and to make it one of the leading engineering colleges in the Southwest. This is his seventeenth year as Dean of the college. Engineering has been one of the most outstanding courses offered by the University since its establishment on the campus in 1871. The first engineering training given by the Univer- sity was in civil and mining engineering, but in a short while mechanical replaced the mining, and in 1885 electrical engi- neering was added. The last addition was chemical engineer- ing. ln 1912 all the courses in CE, lVIlfi, Iflj, and Chli were combined into the College of Engineering. Forgetting classes for one day each year, the Engineers paint the campus with shamrocks on St. Pat's Day, and Erin Go Braugh becomes the password. The boys elect a Stl Pat and St. Patricia and the order of the Knighthood reigns for that day over all festivities, which include a bonfire, convocation, and dance. For weeks before this great day the boys vie with each other to see who can grow the longest beard, and on St. Pat's day the winner receives a kiss from St. Patricia. Dr. John Clark jordan, Dean of the Graduate School, heads the youngest school on the campus, established on the Univer- sity campus in 1927, under the direction of the late President J. C. Futrall and Dean Jordan, who at that time was Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Before the graduate students were gathered together into their own college, they Were handled by a committee. Now they have a dean and a council to direct the curricula of the students working for their higher degrees. The original enrollment of the graduate school was only 34, but just before the War it had reached its peak when in 1941 the graduate student body had jumped to over three hundred. Requirements of a Masterls degree from the University of Arkansas are thirty weeks' residence, an oral examination, and in most cases a thesis. The University offers advanced degrees of Nlaster of Arts or Sciences, and professional degrees in four branches of engineering. Besides being Dean of the Graduate School, Dr. Jordan is head of the English Department and teaches a full time sched- ule of classes. This year he has acted as host in the Music Room in the Student Union, where classical music was played on request each afternoon. Page 24

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Glassburn Poindexter Scurlock Aldridge Barham Ford West Holthoff Berry Hooper ' Stafford Measel Foreman Hearnsberger Guthrie Houston Vvirtz f- - -v' -a -' ff- --. ' - wg -Y -AP . 1 we ,, , 3 Q ' i., i 1 . ,i f .1 1 .1 fEillli'l?Vff'g'!i Silk 'fill' OFFICERS JACK BERRY .... President ALICE HOUSTON . . Vice-President PATSY POINDEXTER . . Treasurer lVIARTHA Lou Foimzviax . Secretary MEMBERS Sara Aldridge Hooper Bill Ball Atlas Lilly Elaine Barham Marshall Measel James Lee Ford Louise Scurloek William Glassburn Freda Stafford Adam Guthrie Janice Hearnsberger Jack VVest Sue Holthoff Martha Jean lylarvin Thaxton Jim VVirtz JACK BERRY, President .w if , - A .: x 4, H . . 5, .. I A year ago last Nlarch all the big and little campus politicians went around tearing their hair Cif they happened to be Opposition partyj or gloating Cin this case, New Dealj. The two party system had gotten a little off-balance as almost every organized house on the campus crowded into the New Deal fold. The election was more or less a farce, anyway you look at it. But the Opposition came out on top in two contests with Joan Dorris, prospective editor for the next yearls RAZURBACK, and Jack VVest a lone voice in an all New Deal Senate. l.ast fall, things were even more bitter. The freshman election had to be postponed, due to a small argument. Anyway, the New Deal took a clean sweep of freshman ollicers, in each case by a mar- gin of 25 votes. Both parties had their freshmen well trained this year. About this time, members of the two parties just about quit speaking to each other. New Dealers put out a little sheet 'lWhat's ln a Name ? and later found out that they were breaking the rules by doing so, as neither party is supposed to publish any political material. All this time the Qpposition got madder and madder, which didn't do any good unless maybe some of them had too low blood pressure to begin with. ln the spring election, held this February, the Dpposition party gained a little more ground, winning three oflices, which boosted their morale considerably. Announcing Berryls Brainstorm-last but by no means least- Berry beat his New Deal henchmen over the head until they agreed to pass an amendment to the constitution guaranteeing the minority party or parties at least a one-third minority in the senate. If this minority is not elected at the general election, the president is to appoint the remainder from the minority party candidates for the senate and for associated student offices. ln the spring, Bill Parson Flynt, basketball star, took over the oflice of president. Page 26