University of Central Missouri - Rhetor Yearbook (Warrensburg, MO)

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BUADD I: Appointed by the Governor, the Board of Regents, together with Pres- ident G. W. Diemer, directs the admin- istration of the college. There are six members of the board, three of which are Democrats and three Republicans, and each serving a period of six years. Two new members are appointed every two years, leaving the remainder of the board composed of persons well acquainted with the problems of col- lege operation. The present membership of the board: Mr. Adolph Musser, a Holden merchant and lawyer, Col. A. M. Hitch, superintendent of the Kemper Mili- tary School, Boonville, Missouri, Mrs. Charles E. Dewey, prominent in civic work, Jefferson City, Missouri, Judge Max M. Prussing, presiding judge of the County Court of Camden County, Camdenton, Missouri, Mr. W. F. Wood- Ad Ipl Mr. W. F. Woodruff Mr LIydW K DEGENTS ruff, attorney, Kansas City, Missouri, Mr. R. M. Johns, Sedalia, Missouri, and the Honorable Lloyd W. King, state superintendent of schools and ex-officio board member.

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the second floor of the building is not only one of the largest, but is also one of the most attractive, in any college of comparable size in the Mississippi Valley? The expansion of the college plant indicated an increase in the number of the faculty, beginning in the early sum- mer. On June first, Dr. Lonzo Jones, of the University of Iowa, was named dean of the faculty and director of student personnel and Dr. Willard O. Mishoff was appointed librarian and director of library service. In the administrative plan of college expansion, many such new staff posi- tions have been created, giving the stu- dents a more comprehensive service both in instruction and social life. Im- mediately following the great increase in enrollment in 1938 and 1939, Mr. Seward E. Hood was appointed to the office of the dean of men and has been one of the leaders of student life. These very material evidences of ad- vancement have been such as to attract the largest enrollments the college has ever experienced. From seven hundred and fifty in 1936, the number of stu- dents in the college mounted to twelve hundred ninety in 1939. When the library was moved from the north wing of the Administration Building into the Ward Edwards Li- brary Building, the vacated area was converted into a large recreation center. Tastefully decorated and furnished, this recreation room has since become an increasingly popular student center. Open at regular hours, and with danc- ing permitted at all times, the recrea- tion room has caught student fancy, becoming the generally accepted ren- dezvous. The all-school dances held in the center on Wednesday afternoons have become eagerly anticipated social events and are still another symbol of a modern, zestful, progressive college. X M WII SBIk tyiPdiG w D Q