University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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f The Cllullege uf Qfngineering DEAN P. L. REED Lehigh University '98 fC.E., M.S.J Dean Reed, after serving on the faculties of Carnegie Tech and Drexel, became Profes- sor of Civil Engineering at Florida in 1920, and succeeded the late Dr. J. R. Benton as Dean of the College of Engineering in 1930. He is president of the Florida Engineering Society and a member of Sigma Nu. The aim of the College of Engineering is to make its students thoroughly familiar with the fundamental principles of engineering. Few colleges have done more to promote re- search in Engineering Science than has this branch of the University of Florida. The Qtullege ni lam University of Michigan '06 fLL.B., A.M.J Dean Trusler joined the original faculty of the Law College as Professor of Law when the college was founded in 1909, coming here from Stetson University. In 1915 he became Dean. His text Essentials of School Law is used in sixteen universities. Dean Trusler is on the Advisory Committee of the Ameri- can Law Institute, and a member of Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Delta Phi, Alpha Phi Epsi- lon, Phi Kappa Phi. The Law College has earned national rec- ognition through the efforts of its excellent faculty. It aims to develop keen, efficient lawyers, conversant with the ideals and tra- ditions of the profession, by imparting a tlticirough, scientific and practical knowledge o aw.

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.4--qi W' Ulibe Qllullege uf Qrts anh Swansea DEAN W. H WII SON Albion College 13 QA.B., M.A Ph D J The oldest and largest college of the Uni- versity, the College of Arts and Sciences, has as its head the most recently appointed dean. Dean Wilson came to the University in 1926, and became dean four years later. He is a member of Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Beta Kap- pa and Sigma Xi. The primary purpose of the College of Arts and Sciences is to interpret that vast body of experience which has grown to its present vigor and stature through all the centuries of civilization. It stands for breadth of train- ing and depth of development. Included in its curricula are special courses in Chemistry and in preparation for the study of Law and Medicine. The Qtullege nf Qgriculture DEAN WILMON NEWELL Iowa State College '97 fB.S., M.S., D.Sc.J Dean Newell came to this state in 1915 as Plant Commissioner. Six years later he be- came Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of the Experiment Station and the Agricultural Extension Division. He is a past president of the Association of Economic Entomologists, and of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers, and belongs to Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta and Gamma Sigma Delta. The College aims to give technical knowl- edge and training in the art and science of agriculture. The Experlment Station was founded in 1887 to acquire and diiuse agri- cultural knowledge, the Extension Division reaching farmers in forty-eight counties.

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fllibe Cllnllege Q.. of ,C!El1ucatiun DEAN J. W. NORMAN Mercer University '06 qA.B., M.A., Ph.D.J Backed by years of study in this country and abroad, and of experience on the facul- ties of Howard College, Richmond College and the University of Minnesota, Dean Nor- man became Professor of Education at Flor- ida in 1916. Four years later he assumed the duties of Dean, succeeding Harvey W. Cox, now president of Emory. He is a mem- ber of Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa and Kappa Phi Kappa. Created as a Normal Department when the University was founded, the Teachers' Col- lege was separately established in 1913. Its purpose is to prepare its students for the va- rious branches of the teaching profession by giving them academic as well as professional subjects. The Cllullege ui Qtnmmerce ant Sluurnalism DEAN WALTER J. MATHERLY William Jewel College '13 fA.B., M.A.J , Dean Matherly came to the University of Florida in 1926 as director of the Commerce and Journalism department. With the crea- tion of the College of Commerce and Journal- ism the following year, he was appointed Dean. He is vice-president of the South- eastern Economic Association, a director of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce, and holds membership in Sigma Nu, Alpha Kap- pa Psi, Tau Kappa Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Delta Epsilon and Beta Gamma Sigma. Though the youngest college, under the leadership of Dean Matherly it has grown to be the second largest in the University. Its aim is to give its students a liberal education as well as an analysis of the basic principles of business and journalistic endeavor. '