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

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mz I Ulo c unjd)ien UL I TnoM4S Eliot Benner, Dean of the College of Educalion, was born in Danvers, Massachusells, February 11, 1894. He was grad- uated from Harvard University in 1914, relurninf; for graduate work in 1015 and again in 1Q22. and receiving his Doctor of Edu- cation degree in 1924. His experience includes public school work in Massachusetts, Maine, and Alabama, the chancellorship of the Universitv of Porto Rico, and a visiting professorship at Columbia L ' niversitv. He became Dean of the College of Education Sep- tember r, 1931. De ' THf M s E. Ben kr The College of Education THE College of Educalion had its origin in the creation of a chair of Pedagogics in 1893 and the selection of Dr. Frank Martin McMurry as its first occupant. The wav for this action had been prepared by Charles de Garmo, Professor of Psvchologv. who had shown an especial interest in the studv of education. In 1 00 there was established a Department of Kducation, which became the School of l ' ]ducalion in 1907. and finallv received its present title, the College of Education, in 1QI8. The major obligation of the College has been considered from the beginning to be the training of high school teachers, principals, supervisors, and superintendents. In carrying on this work, it has had at one time or another the services of men today known everywhere for their contributions, such as William Chandler Bagley, Lotus D. Coffman. W. W. Charters, and 15. K. Buckingham. 13 i i- -SS H fTS PhJ B ES m ' M KsmLTBaaspfiw?- ' immiSi w: Administration Building Paiir 26

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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

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Wj LUjd c£ iimeiejen u: Al.HKKT .1 VMES ll RNO, Dcaii (if I lic ( ' .( llcp;c of Luw, was horn in lli laliinl. Soulli Dakota. January 30. IHK9. He was graduated from Dakota W csleyan Luivcrsity in l ' )ll. from which school he received the honorary ilef;rft ' of Doctor of Laws, in 1927. In 1914 he received his Bachelor of Laws degree, magna cum laude. at Yale L ' niversitv. He practiced in Los Angeles until 1917, when he hecame Dean and Professor at ashhurn College of Law in Topeka. Kansas. In 1919 he went to the University of Kansas as Professor of Law. He has served here as Professor of Law since 1921, and as Dean since 1922. This year he is serving as Provost of the University in addition li his deanship. The College of Law Dean Albert J. Harno THE primary purpose of the College of Law is to train students for the practice of law. But, as a diversity of types and methods of training, with varying degrees of emphasis, are included under the general title of Educ. tion, so is the situation in legal education. The faculty of the College seeks among its objectives to impress on students the value of learning to think clearly and to the point, and to inculcate in them an appreciation of the purpose of law in the social order and tiie necessity of its growth to the end that it will keep pace with the changing conditions. This process involves a stiulv of the decisions of courts: it also includes the stressing of social and economic factors as forces contributing to and influencing legal decisions and trends in the law. As an integral part of its program, the College aims to promote legal scholarship and research, to develop an appreciation of the highest ideals of the profession, and to inspire the consciousness of responsibility of the lawyer to society in furthering the wise develop- ment of law and in improving its administration. To students of high scholarship so inclined, the School offers opportunity for train- ine for law teaching. ' m Law BL■ILDl c Pa.i