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

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im I LLuo of. WurvsiejmJjuL MiLO Smith Ketchum, 95, Dean of the College of Engineering, was born in Kewanee, Illinois, on January 26, 1872. Since finish- ing his undergraduate work he has been constantly connected with universities, except for two brief periods. In 1897-99 he served as bridge and structural engineer for the Gillell-Herzog Manu- facturing Company, and in 1903-04 he was with the American Bridge Company in Kansas City. During the war he was Assistant Director of the LI. S. Government Explosives Plant in adminis- trative charge of the construction of the Smokeless Powder Plant at Nitro, West Virginia. Before assuming his present position in 1922, he served in similar capacities at the University of Colorado from 1905 to 1919, and at the Universitv of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1922. Dean Milo S. KETrnuM The CoUeg-e of Engineering THE history of the College of Engineering is as old as that of anv of the Colleges in the University, for in May, 1867, at its second meeting, the Board of Trustees adopted the report of its Committee on Courses of Sttidy and Faculty which provided for the establishment of courses in Mechanical Science and Art. Civil En- gineering, Mining Engineering and Metallllrg , and Architecttire and Fine Arts. Instruction in Engineering began January 1, 1870. but announcements of the curricula in Engineering were not ptib- lished until 1871-72. when four curricula were offered: nanielv. Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering, and Architecture. Toda the College of Engineering offers twelve curricula and has a splendidK equipped Experiment Station which does research work, in all branches of Engineering. Graduate work in engineering has been increasing markedK in the last lew years, and the several en- gineering departments are developing their graduate courses as rapidh as iheir resources will permit. The work of the Engineering Experiment Station, which dates from 190.3, is probably imequalled anywhere in the United States. Engineering Building Pag,-

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wu LUjO Cf. N Vie e i ji Hon. Henry Horner Governor of lUinois Board of Trustees Hon. Louis I.. Emmebson Formpr Governor of Illinois Governor of Illinois Hon. Henry H. Horner Springfield Superinlendenl of Public Instruction Hon. Francis G. Blair Springfield OFFICERS OF THE BOARD Edward E. Barrett, LaGrange .... President Frank M. Gordon, Chicago ... Treasurer Harrison E. Cunningham, Urbana .... Secretary Lloyd Morey, Urbana Comptroller ELECTED MEMBERS James W. Armstrong Rock Island Orville M. Kakraker Harrisburg George A. Barr Joliet K.ARL A. Meyer Chicago Edward E. Barrett La Grange Merle J. Trees Chicago Nellie V. Freeman Mattoon Walter W. Williams Benton El V k ' . 1 Cunningham Mo rey Armstrong Gordon Page 21

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tmy MJlo Of WindjejenOuL Harris Frwcis Fletcher. AssislanI Dean of llie College of i.ilieral Ails and Sciences, was liorn al psilanti. Michigan. October 23. V»2. lie left Michigan Stale Normal College in 1912. and received his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Michigan in 1911. From the same University he received his Master of Arts degree in 1923 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1926. Mr. F letcher was superinlendeni of Schools at Algonac, Michigan, from 1911 to 1918. and instructed in rhetoric al the University of Michigan from 1923 to 1926. In 1926 he accepted the position of assistant professor of English at the University of Illinois. In 1931. he was appointed Assistant Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Assistant De n Harris F. Fletcher The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ALTHOUGH points of view regarding the securing of a liberal education have changed considerably in the past century, there is a certain persistence from one generation to another of interests peculiar to the liberal college. It has been apparent that the prob- lems arising from those interests have been taking a definite trend. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reflects this trend in the wide variety of opportunities offered to undergraduates, whether in the so-called humanities ' or in the sciences. This College has been concerned chiefly with fitting young people to meet the prob- lems of the present age, for this purpose drawing upon the intel- lectual and cultural as well as the factual heritages of the past and present. The College also offers approaches to various professional schools and colleges, these approaches being in the main attempts to aid the student in finding himself both professionally and as an adult human being. i % . Chemistry Blildinc