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

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BU HD UP TH STEES The Board of Trustees actually decides the policies of the University of Arkansas. Each man is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Arkansas Senate for a term of ten years, expiration dates being arranged so that one member's term expires each year. Chairman of the Board is Herbert L. Thomas, life insurance executive, who resides in Fayetteville. His daughter, Jane, is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. lVIr. Thomas is- serving his second term as a member of the Board. John Clinton Black of Rogers, who received a BEE degree in 1921, is manager of the Southwestern Gas and Electric Company. - Oldest member of the Board is Fred 1. Brown of Little Rock. He is a founder of the Arkansas Foundry Company and a graduate of the College of Engineering. His appointment expires in 1951. P. E. lVIurphy, banker of Junction City, has two sons who are University graduates-Leo, BA 126, and Jack, BSBA '31. Dr. Euclid Smith, Hot Springs, has been appointed to serve until 1952. There are two attorneys serving on the Board. They are Judge Henry S. Yocum of El Dorado, who Will serve until 1949, and Jay VV. Dickey of Pine Bluff, who will serve until 1948. 1 A new member of the Board this year is W. T. Jones, replacing Louis lVlcDaniel of Forrest City. Mr. Jones is a planter from lVIadison. Raymond Orr, president of the Athletic Nlining and Smelting Company, of Fort Smith was appointed last year. 1 lVIr. T. C. Carlson, who returned to the University this year after serving as a major in the army, was made one of the Vice-Presidents of the University and serves also as secretary of the Board. Lcfi Zo right: judge Hi. S. Yocum, jay Dickey, VV. mW. Sharp, Raymond Orr, T. C. Carlson, Herbert Thomas, VV. T. Jones, P. E. Murphy, John Clinton Black, 'Fred I. Brown, Arthur EM. Harding. Page 23

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If se- M. , , , svn EUVER UH BE ANEY The Laney family came to Arkansas in 1847 and settled in the southern part of the state. On the same farm that his grandfather settled, our present governor was born in 1896. Governor Laney was educated at Hendrix College until his country called him during the first WVorld lVar. After returning from the War he attended State Teachers College at Conway, where he received his A.B. degree. Since then he has served as a member of the Board of Trustees there. Governor Laney has always been very civic minded, holding many oflices in civic organizations in Camden. He was practically unknown in Arkansas' politics until his election as governor in 1944. He has stated that every native of Arkansas has every right to be proud that he is an Arkansan. Page 22 v- , . 114. , lg -. ,. ,. V4 ' ,- ,--.- 'M' ' ,. -1:34 Xi . , i, .f '-SQ

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ARTS AND SCIENCES As Dean of the Col- lege of Arts and Sciences and as Vice-President of the University, Dr. H. M. Hosford has had much work with the readjustment of the University to its normal, pre-War enrollment. VVhen Dean Hosford came to the University of Arkansas from S. lVl. U., he came as head of the lVlathematics Department. ln 1938 he was made Dean of the College. He became Vice-President of the University in 1943, succeeding Dean Julian S. VVaterman. The College of Arts and Sciences has carried the largest enrollment on the campus since the founding of the University in 1871. Even after losing men to the armed forces, it still boasted more students than any other college. Now, with this yeai-'s second semester, the enroll- ment for the College is one of the largest in its history. Dean Hosford has been active in providing for the Division of Fine Arts Within the College, a division which is new this year. The College of- fers courses planned for a liberal education and also courses directed toward professional activities, such as medicine and law. Old lVlain houses many of the departments in the College such as Lan- guages, Physics, Speech, Journalism, Art, English, and History. Located in outlying buildings are departments of Philosophy, Psychology, Chemis- try, Zoology, Botany, Nlathematics, and lVlusic. Four degrees are offered by the College of Arts and Sciences-Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Sci- ence, Bachelor of Science in -lVlusic, and Bachelor of Science in Social W7elfare. VICE-PHESIUE TS SECRETARY-TREASURER A n a t 1 v e of Nlinnesota, Nlr. T. C. Carlson was in the Gradu- ate School at the University when he was olfered the position of Registrar here, being the first that this university had had. Following his service in the War, he was sent to Oxford University in Eng- land for the Easter term. ln 1921 Mr. Carlson returned to the University as Executive Secretary to the President. ln turn he became Business Man- ager, Treasurer, and Secretary of the Board. Serving as a major in VVorld 1Var ll, he was in civil alfairs and military government. He was back on his job at the University in 1945. ln No- vember of 1945 he was made Vice-President for Finance. As his title would indicate, Mr. Carlson keeps record for the Board of Trustees and he is re- sponsible for the funds of the University. He is in charge of the administration of the total budget which is close to 353,000,000 The supervision not only of the finances of the teaching department but of research activities as Well is included. The work of the Secretary-Treasurer involves not only the custody of funds but also the formation and administration of budgets, the supervision of pur- chasing, accounting for expenditures, and the ren- dering of necessary reports with the modern com- plications of the Withholding tax, group insurance, and hospitalization. Page 24