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

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-THE ILLIO OF 1929, DEAN MILO S. KETCHUM HE College of Engineering has ten departments of instruction and offers fourteen specialized curricula. No institution in America has done more to promote research in engineering science than the University of Illinois. Wlierever engineering is practiced, the Engineering Experiment Station is known for its valuable contributions to knowledge. The Station has pub- lished 174 bulletins and 16 circulars. Numerous manuscripts presenting the recent results of investigations have been accepted for publication. Over eighty investigations are in progress at the present time, the com- pletion of some of which will be of tremendous importance to members of the engineering industries. Q Physics Building THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Mn.o SMITH KETCHUM, '95, Dean of the College of Engineering, was born in Burns, Illinois, on january 26, 1872. Since jfinifhing his undergraduate work, ire has been con- stantly connected with universities, except for two brief periods. ln 1897-9 he served as bridge and structural engineer for the Gillett-Herzog Marzufacturing Company, and in 1903-4 was with the American Bridge Company in Kansas City. Before assuming luis present posilion in 1922, he served in similar capacities at the University of Colorado from 1905 to 1919, and at the University of Pennsylvania in 1919-20. nm EW CE

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,THE ILLIC OF I929 New Agriculture Building THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE HERBERT WINDSOR MUMFORD, Dean of the College of Agriculture, was born in Moscow, Michigan, on February 26, 1871. He received his education at the Michigan Agricultural College, from which be was graduated in 1891. Returning to his alma mater in 1895, be served as an instructor and assistant in the Agricultural Experiment Station, attaining bis full professorslrip in 1899. In 1901 be became Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Illinois, and since that time bas been here continuously, serving in his present capacity since 1922. PAGE 26 DEAN HERBERT W. MUMFORD VERY large part of the population of Illinois lives in what may prop- erly be called a rural environment. It is the duty and privilege of the College of Agriculture to train men and women for successful achievement in such an environment. It is the aim of the College to malce available to ,its students, through systematic instruction, the discoveriesiof scienceancl the experiences of the best farmers of all time. Through experiment, investigation and research the Agricultural Experiment Station is constantly discovering new knowl- edge which is put into teachable form for the benefit of students and farmers. The College is also interested and primarily concerned with the training of men and women who, because of their education, will be able and willing to render a greater service to the world. . 754W

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g THE ILLIC OF 1929 University High School THE COLLEGE CF EDUCATION CHARLES ERNEST CHADSEY, Dean of the College of Education, was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on October 15, 1870. He studied at Leland Stanford University and later at Columbia University, where he finished in 1897. In 1907 he became Superin- tendent of Public Schools in Denver. In 1912 he accepted the .fame poxition in Detroit, and in March, 1919, became Superintendent of the Public Schools of Chicago. He left Chicago later in the same year to accept his prexent position. DEAN CHARLES E. CHADSEY X HE College of Education has as its special function the training of individuals expecting to go into some kind of professional educational work. The types of educational work especially emphasized are High School Teaching, Supervision, and Educational Administration. While many types of educational preparation must include graduate study, the fundamental courses for the more advanced work are offered by the Col- lege of Education. Curricula are offered leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science, in General Education, Physical Education and Athletic Coach- ing, Agricultural Education, Industrial Education, and Music Education. I C QQ E Q PAGE 28