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

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DEAN Ili-LRBER1' W. lVllTMI-'ORD HERBERT WINDSOR lV1UMFORD, Dean of the Col- lege of Agriculture and Director of the Agri- cultural Experiment Station and Agricultural Extension Service, was born in Moscow, Mich- igan, February 26, 1871. He received his edu- cation at Albion College and Michigan State College, from which he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Agriculture in 1927. Re- turning to his Alma Mater in 1895, he served as an instructor and assistant in the Agricul- tural College and Experiment Station, attain- ing his full professorship in 1899. ln 1901 he was appointed Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Illinois, and since that time has been here continuously, serving in his present capacity since 1922. The College of Agriculture VERY large part of the population of Illinois lives in what may prop- erly be called a rural environment. lt is the duty and privilege of the College of Agriculture to train men and women for successful achieve- ment in such an environment. The need for thorough training for agricultural leadership is obvious. It is becoming more and more evident that the farther removed we are from a frontier type of agriculture, the greater the need of a broad liberal, as well as a technical education of college grade for men engaged in agricultural pursuits. Such an education the College of Agriculture offers. The Experiment Station is not only assisting in the solution of current agricultural problems but also is constantly adding to the body of facts and principles which form the basis of our agricultural teaching and practice. It is the aim of the College to make available to its students, through systematic instruction, the discoveries of science and the experiences of the best farmers of all time. Through experiment, investigation, and research, the Agri- cultural Experiment Station is constantly discovering new knowledge which is put into teachable form for the benefit of students and farmers. OLD .AliRll'l'I.Tl'RE BVI LDING Page 21

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The College of Commerce and Business Administration LTHOUGH courses in business and commercial training were offered as early as 1902 under the supervision of Dr. David Kinley, Dean of the College of Literature and Arts, it was thirteen years later that the College of Commerce and Business Administration 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. Stu- dents 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 to sharpen them. ' Dmx Cuinlizs M. 'fiiomiisox CHARLi:s NIANFRED THOMPSON, 109, Dean of the College of Commerce and Director of the Bu- reau of Business Research, was born in Fair- field, Illinois, on November 10, 1877. On completing his undergraduate work here, he went to Harvard University, where he studied in 1910-1911, returning to the University of Illinois in 1911 as an assistant in history. He continued his graduate work here, receiving his Doctor of Philosophy 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 Pro- fessorship of the Economics of Public Utilities, and in the same year he was appointed Head of the Department of Public Utilities and Transportation. ln addition to this, the College of Commerce aims to teach the students how to think, how to think in straight lines, and how to think without becoming tired too quickly. ln an effort to reach these ends, the curricula of the College are arranged so as to furnish an orderly progress in the student's development from the time he enters as a freshman until he is graduated at the end of his senior year. 53253. v gn fm' 've - sm. Digi? skit ' COMMERCE BUILDING if! Page 20

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The College of Education HE College of Education had its origin in the creation of a chair of Pedagogics in 1893 and the selection of Dr. Frank Martin Mc1VIurry as its Hrst occupant. The way for this action had been prepared hy Charles de Carmo, Professor of Psychology, who had shown a special interest on the study of education. ln 1900 there was established a Depart- ment of Education, which became the School of Education in 1907, and finally received its present title, the College of Education, in 1918. From the beginning, the major obligation of the College has been considered to be the training of high school teachers, principals, supervisors, and superintendents. A large proportion of its graduate students, however, have entered the field of the teaching of education in colleges and universities. DEAN THOMAS E. Ili-:Niven Tuowms liuor BENNER, Dean of the College of Education, was born in Danvers, Massachu- setts, February 11, 1894. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1914, returning for graduate work in 1915 and again in 1922, and receiving his Doctor of Education degree in 1924. His experience includes teaching and pnhlic school aclministration in Maryland, Massachusetts and llaineg service as statis- tician and editor lor the Alabama State De- partment of Education. and. later. as acting dean of the College ol Education of the Ala- lrama Polytechnic lnstitutei the chancellorship of the Liniversity ol l'uerto llico, and a visiting proiiessorship at Columbia University. Ile be- came Dean of the College ol Education Sep- tember 1, 1931. ln addition to the Division of General Education, there are special curricula in Agricultural Education, lndus- trial Education, and Home Economics Education. The University High School is maintained as a laboratory school, and the Bureau of Educational Research has as its special function the conduct of investigations in the field of education. V i :Xll3IINIQTR.X'l'ION 1il'lI.IlINl' Zaye 22 , . 2 Hire! wtf if-li ' -5 J S fra? it at 3, ! L . ta -131 ei , i.. ,,,,-N, v 2 ,i 'xv':g.w,r 1. im . az W in-v F.Q-.v, w1xwfrfa1f'-s',3-.HU -Q.-,gg ,V-if, fSZ3:w4v5A?':w f.2ff13i5Hvhw' my w.1.1f1f.i-..'?,gfiG'f . K ki 1 is mr' -v