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

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ijmy I Ulo ct undje£nj)u: De iv Charles M, Thompson Charles Manfred Thompson, 09, Dean of ihe College of Com- merce and Director of (he Bureau of Business Research, was born in Fairfield, Illinois, on November 10, 1877. (hi complelino; his lunlergraduale work here, he wenl lo Harvard Lniversitv, where he studied in 1910-1911. returninji to the University of INinois in 1911 as an assistant in historv. He continued his o;raduate work here, receiving his Doctor of Philosoj»hy degree in 1913. Since that time he has been serving continuously on the faculty, accepting his present position in 1912. In 1932 he accepted the McKinley Professorship of the Economics of Public Utilities, and in the same year he was appointed Head of the Department of Public L ' tililies an l Transportation. The College of Commerce ALTHOUGH courses in business and commercial training were offered as early as 1902 under the supervision of Dr. David Kinlev. Dean of the College of Literature and Arts, it was thirteen vears later that the College of Commerce and Business Adminis- tration was organized as an independent and educational unit with a Dean and a faculty. Its courses aim at the development of fundamentals, and to further this end, theories rather than practices are stressed in the classroom. Students in the College of Commerce therefore are led to know the way of whatever they undertake. To put the matter in other words, they learn how to make tools as well as sharpen them. ■I» i -. ' =. .A Ai-is fc.. -5B iJ. J -i i.w ni. ' ' ir %aE«l Co M M Kiic I-: H I- 1 ijji N(; Prtg,- 24

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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

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tm lluo Of iride£rujjL Herbert indsor Mimford, Dean of llu- College of Agriciilliire. Director of llie Agriculmral I ' .xperimenl Slalion and Agricullural Kxlension Service, was born in Moscow. Michigan. Felirnary 26. 1871. lie received liis edncalion al ll ion College and Michigan State College, from which lie was gradnaleil in IKOI. and from whicji he received ' the honorarv ilegrei ' of Doctor of Agricnltiirc in 1927. Hemming to his Mma Malcr in l!i »5;. he served as an instructor and assisTant in the Agriciillnral College and I ' xperiment Station, attaining his full professorshiii in IK ' W. In 1901 he was appointed Professor d ' nimal llnshandry al ihe L ' niversity of Illinois, and since that time has heen here conlinuously. serving in his present capacity since 1922. 11khbi;ht W. Mi ' mford The College of Agriculture Till ' . College of Agriculltire .serves an Illinois industry valued at three and three-quarter billion dollars. It had its beginning in 1867 with the establishment of the Illinois Industrial University, and has made rapid progress sinee 1895. The staff, including mem- bers in the Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension Service, now ntimbcrs approximately one hundred eighty. Buildings, land. laboralor equipment, and other facilities have grown from very meager beginnings to the point where the institution is among the best equipped of its kind. iMirollment in the College has increased from 50 in 1870, to 656 in 1932. Research and experimental ] rojects are in progress to help solve the practical and scientific problems confronting farmers and homemakers individually and collectively. Something of the scope of the Agricultural Experiment Station ' s work can be judged from an annual report of approximately 270 pages. From the results of the research and experimental work, proven methods are introduced into every section of the state through the work of the agricultural and home economics extensioti services. tm-f f na sam Old Agriculture Building P«g ' - 25