University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL)

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Kendrick Charles Babcock. Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was born in South Brookfield, New York, on Septem- ber 8, 1864. He studied at the University of Minnesota and at Harvard, completing his work there in 1896. On leaving Harvard, he became an assistant pro- fessor at the University of Colorado, which position he left to accept the presi- dency of the University of Ariona in 1903. From 1910 to 1913 he served as a specialist in higher education on the United States Bureau of Educa- tion, accepting his present position at the end of that time. THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is, and has been for many years, the largest college in the University, both in the number of students enrolled and in the size of the faculty. It consists of nineteen separate departments, and not only offers the student a good general education, but also presents the opportunity of preparing for the advanced study of law, medi- cine, dentistry, pharmacy, theology, or social service. Besides this very definite work of its own, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences provides instruction in rhetoric, romance lan- guages, mathematics, and the social sciences for students registered in all the other col- leges at Urbana. In fact, this phase of the work has grown to such an extent that for the past few years over one-half of the total energy of the teaching staff has been devoted to the instruc- tion of students en- rolled in other colleges. Chemistry Building

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22111IliMI22S THE DEAN OF WOMEN The office of the Dean of Women seeks to serve the needs of the women students of the University of Illinois individually and in groups. Its purpose is to secure wholesome and health- ful living conditions for Illinois women, more genuine interest in and incentives for high scholarship, and natural means of developing intellectually, socially, and spiritually. This has been attempted through personal contacts with as many women as possible. Any student may secure an appoint- ment with the Dean of Women or her assistant at any time to discuss personal or group interest. Conferences are held with students, housemothers, par- ents, and out-of-town visitors from 8:00 J a.m. until 6:00 p.m. More than three thousand callers are received at the office each month. The whole organization of the office of the Dean of Women seeks to serve the needs of the individual stu- dent, the group, and the campus in general. Dean of Women's Office Miss Maria Leonard, Dean of Women, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was graduated from Butler College in 1906. and re- ceived her M.A. at the University of Colorado in 1910. Since that time she has been constantly en- gaged in Dean's work, having served as Dean of Women at the University of Idaho from 1 9 1 0 to 1 9 1 2, at the University of Iowa from 1912 to 1923, and at the University of Illinois since 1923.

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t mm i J Bffi THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE The College of Commerce and Business Administration reaches back educationally to 1902, when the work was estab- lished in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences under the guidance of Dr. David Kinley, who was then Dean of the Col- lege. The educational ideals set up at that time have since been studiously followed, with the result that today the College of Commerce and Business Administration is regarded as a leader among the business schools and colleges of the country that give major attention to fundamentals rather than to tech- nique and routine. The college as it is now constituted was organized in 1915 with three de- partments— Econom- ics, Business Organi- zation and Operation, and Transportation. In the meantime, the student body has grown from a few hundred to more than two thousand, and the faculty from less than a dozen to more than seventy. Charles Manfred Thomp- son, '09, Dean of the College of Commerce and Director of the Bureau of Business Research, was born in Fairfield. Illinois, on November 10. 1877. On completing his under- graduate work here he went to Harvard Univer- sity, where he studied in 1910-11, returning to the University of Illinois in 1912 as an instructor in economics. He continued his graduate work here, receiving his Ph.D. the next year. Since that time he has been serving con- tinuously on the faculty. accepting his present posi- tion in 1919.