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

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l Arrlxu Ilmx Itimrzirr D. t'.vim:41i.ti:1. ltomnri' IDANHLI. CARMIIIIIAEL, Acting Dean of the Graduate School, was born in Goodwater, Alabama, March 1, 1879. He received his Bat'helor's degree from Lineville College in 1898 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from l'rinceton University in 1911. Before coming to the University he taught at Alabama Pres- byterian College, Princeton University, and ln- diana llniversity, and during the summer of 1915 at the University of Chicago. He came to the University of Illinois in September, 1915, as assistant professor of mathematics, becom- ing associate professor in 1918, and professor in 1920. He has been head of the department of mathematics since September, 1929, and received his present position ,luly 1, 1933. The Graduate chool HADUATE study began at the University of Illinois when its doors were first opened for instruction in 1868 with a faculty of four mem- bers and about fifty students. But the name uflraduate Schoolw was not used in any University publications until 1892, when the Board of Trustees authorized the appointment of a special faculty to have charge of graduate work. The principal aim of graduate study is the development of the power of independent thinking and the promotion of the spirit of investigation. The student who pursues an extended course is expected to obtain a wide knowledge of his subject and of related Helds of knowledge and to acquire the power of extending the range of what is known. The Graduate School student body last year represented every state in the Union, thirteen foreign countries, and over three hundred universities and colleges. Four hundred thirty-three Masters', ninety-three Doctors', and seven professional degrees in engineering were conferred. The School is the third largest of the 63 graduate schools in the country which are recognized by the American Council of Education. lt is qualified to give graduate instruction in twenty-seven Helds of work, and in four of these fields, it is rated as giving udistinguishedm instruction. if -1. .-.-asf,-as H .f LINCOLN Ham. Page 20

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Page Q4 The College of Fine and Applied Arts HE College of Fine and Applied Arts, which resulted from a grouping, in 1931, of the School of Music, the Departments of Architecture and Arts, and the Division of Landscape Architecture, is just completing the third year of its existence as a separate administrative unit of the Uni- versity. But while the College, as such, is young, the various departments comprising it have long been in existence and have contributed hundreds of competent graduates to the professional and educational world. The College offers nine curricula in the various branches of the Fine Arts leading to appropriate degrees. These curricula are so framed that the student obtains as wide a training in liberal studies as is compatible with the laying of firm foundations in the particular art which he proposes to practice. The College enrolls in excess of live hundred professional students annually in addition to almost an equal number from other colleges of the University who desire to avail themselves of the cultural advantages which the College affords. The courses in the history and appreciation of art, architecture, landscape architecture and music are particularly popu- lar with non-professional students. l DEAN Rnxronn NEVYCUMB Rsxrono Nawcoiim, Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, was born at Inde- pendence, Kansas. He received his preliminary college training at the University of Kansas hut studied architecture at the University of lllinois, receiving from this institution both the Bachelor's degree and the professional de- gree of Master of Architecture. His Master of Arts degree was gained at the University of Southern California. His academic studies were supplemented by wide travel in both Europe and the Orient. Dean Newcomb was for five years Director of the Department of Fine and Applied Arts at Long Beach Poly- technic tCalifornial, for four years Director of Adult Education and Principal of the Long Beach Evening High School. Before coming to Illinois he held professorships at the Uni- versity of Southern California and at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, at the latter institution also serving as College Archi- tect. He came to the University of Illinois in 1913 and has been Professor of the History of Architecture since 1921. He is the author of a number of volumes and several hundred magazine articles on the line arts and is well known as an editor and lecturer. He was ap- pointed to his present position in 1932. 1 ARL'HITEC'l'l'RE BUILDING

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l i Page Q6 The Library and the Library School HE University Library, through the General Library and its branches, provides the books needed by students for required reading for class workg it provides books for much of the studentsi general reading. such as those in the Browsing Room, il provides books for graduate students, who in writing theses often must consult many uncommon volumes, and it provides books the faculty need in their investigations. Not having all the books required, especially for the two latter classes of users, it bor- rows more than 500 books a year from libraries in other parts of the country. The librarians organize the more than 950,000 volumes into a usable library, and give much assistance to students and faculty. The Library School is a professional school for the training of libra- rians, and admits only college graduates, because a librarian's first need is a good, general education. Students come to it from every part of the country, and its graduates are in libraries similarly located. 1Jllil41l l'0Ii l'H1Nms L. VVINDSOR PIIINEAS LAvvRENcr: Wmosoa, Director of the University Library and the Library School, born February 21, 1871, at Chenoa, Illinois, has spent twenty-nine years in library work. He was graduated from Northwestern Univer- sity in 1895, and studied at the New York State Library School from 1897 to 1899. On leaving there he began his active work as assistant in the New York State Library, but changed to the copyright office of the Library of Congress in 1900. In 1903 he became librarian of the University of Texas, serving there until 1909, when he accepted his present position. The instruction in the first year in the Library School covers methods and practice in library workg students who complete this year of work are prepared for positions in lilrrary service. ln the second year, now transferred to the Graduate School, historical and comparative methods of treatment are emphasizedg new subjects and research methods are introduced to give the student the outlook and equipment for responsible positions in large libraries where biblio- graphic exactness is required. IJNIVICRSITY UF ILLINOIS IJIBIKARY