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

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The College of Agriculture One ol' the leading agricultural scientists in lhc United States is VVilmon Newell, former stale plant commissioner, who became dean ol' thc College ol' Agriculture in l92l. Not content with thc full-time joh of College ol' Agriculture, lican Newell also directs the varied activities ol' the experiment station and agriculture extension. 'l'eaching scientific agricul- tural work is not the only function ol' thc College of Agriculture. lit also conducts research work in all phases ol' Florida farming and helps slate farmers solve their prohlems in a scientific manner. Dean Newell is a member ot' Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta. Gamma Sigma Delta and liappa Sigma. Dean Wfil.'l'blll J . Nl,x'i'lir:iil.v A.H. fWillir1rli. ,lcicfell tfollegel MA. fWushinglon University! Ileau. Wu.MoN Nizwifzu. lJ.5c. llowa Slllllf College! College of Business Administration A two-joh man for the past three years, Wziltcer J. Nlatherly this year resigned his post as acting dean ol' the General College to give full time to his duties as dean of the College of Business Administration. llean Nlatherly came here in 1926 to serve as director ol' the College of Commerce and Journalism, later divided into the College of Business Administration and the Department of Journalism. lle is a past president of thc American Association ol' Collegiate Schools ot' Business and a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, 'liau Kappa Alpha, l'hi Kappa l'hi, Beta Gamma Sigma and liluc lxey. Dean lVlatherly's social fra- ternity is Sigma Nu. '23'

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i Dean J. W. NORMAN Ph.IJ lljolumbiaj College of Law Before the piercing eyes of Harry R. Trusler has marched the panorama of the rise of the College of Law from its founding in 1901 to one of the leading schools in the Association of American Law Schools. For Trusler has grown as the College of liaw has grown. He came here in 1901 as professor of law, was made dean in 1915. His text Essentials of School Law, is used in an number of American law colleges. Dean 'lfrusler is a meinher of Phi Delta Phi, Alpha Phi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi and Alpha 'l'au Omega. 1221 The College of Education Coming to the University in 1916 as professor of education, Dr. ,l. W. Norman rose in 1920 to the posi- tion of dean of the College of Education, then known as the 'l'eacher,s College. He set a pace as head of the 'l'eacher's College which resulted in the emerg- ence ofthe College of Education in 1931. Before his arrival at the University, llean Norman had heen on the faculties of Howard College, Richmond College and the University of Nlinnesota. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa llelta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa and Kappa Phi Kappa. Dean H. R. 'l'lu1sl.l-:ii MA.. l,l,.H. llV1icl1.iganj

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General Extension Division Previous experience in organizing extension divi- sions at the Universities of Indiana and Arkansas stood B. C. Riley in good stead when he was called upon to establish the University's General Extension Division in 1919. The founder of Blue Key honorary service fraternity, Dean Riley is a past president of the Extension Association of Southern Colleges and Universities and a past vice president of the National University Extension Association. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Rotary and Phi Delta Theta. - Dean WlNS'l'0N W. LI'r'rLr1 Dean B. C. RILEY A.B. flowal. B.S.A. fMissou. Dean of the General College Guiding and shaping the ever-changing com lhc General College from a spacious ollice in Lang Hull, lvinston W. Little draws for experience ul number of years teaching in public schools 0 state. He was principal of St. Petersburg School from 1921 to 1931, and during this tim ganized and was made first dean of that cityis ,I College. Dean Little came to the University in as instructor in education. Later he was made ciate dean of the General College, a position he until last year, when he was named dean. 11 Southern Association of Colleges and Secol Schools, he is head of the Florida committee chairman ol' the Standing Committee on Stan: 124: