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

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THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES DEAN MAT'i'i-IEW T. McC1.uiu: Although points of view regarding a liberal education have changed considerably in che 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 problems 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 is concerned chiefly with fitting young people to meet the problems of the present age, for purpose drawing upon the intellectual and cultural as Well as the factual heritages of the past present. The College also offers approaches to various professional schools and colleges, these proaches being in the main attempts to aid the student in finding himself both professionally as an adult human being. this and ap- and At the present time, the College is working out ways of offering greater opportunities and fewer obstacles to the better student, and more help and guidance to the student who has not yet found himself. MAT'TH1EW THOMPSON McCi.uiuz, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was born at Spottsford, Virginia, April 27, 1883. After receiving his Baehelor's degree at Wasliingtoii and Lee University in 1904, he received Il Master's degree from the University of Virginia in 1907, and 1912, a Doct'or's degree at Co- lumbia University. After teaching Philosophy at Columbia for three years, he went to Tulane University, where he became Professor of Philosophy. In 1921 he came to the University of Illinois as Associate Professor in Philosophy, became Professor of Philosophy in 1922, and in 1926 was appointed Head of the Department of Philosophy. in 1933 he was made Acting Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and last' fall he assumed the title of Dean of the College. ' 'ifsffviii Page 2 5

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THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING DEAN M1al.vlN I.. IiNr:l.n ,vs DEAN MliLv1N L. ENGER, newly appointed head of the College of Engineering, was born in Decorah, Iowa, in 1884. After studying at the University of Minnesota for a time, he came to the University of Illinois to finish his undergraduate work. On the retirement of Prof. A. N. Talbot he became head of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Hcchanics in 1929. Dean Enger has received three degrees from the University, the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1906, the professional degree of Civil Engineering in 1911, and the Master of Science degree in 1919. He has been on the University faculty since 1907. At present he is a member of the council of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and of a number of engineering societies and fraternities, including Tau Beta Pi and Chi Epsilon. The history of the College of Engineering is as old as that of any of the Colleges in the Uni- versity, for in May 1867, at its second meeting, the Board of Trustees adopted the report of the Committee on Courses of Study and Faculty which provided for the establishment of courses in Mechanical Science and Art, Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering and Metallurgy, and Archi- tecture and Fine Arts. Instruction in Engineering began January 1, 1870, but announcements of the curricula in Engineering were not published until 1871-72 when four curricula were offered, namely, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering, and Architecture. Today the College of Engineering offers thirteen curricula and has a splendidly equipped Ex- periment Station which does research work in all branches of engineering. Graduate Work in engi- neering has been increasing markedly in the last few years, and the several engineering departments are developing their graduate courses as rapidly as their resources will permit. The Work of the Engineering Experiment Station, which dates from 1903, is probably unequaled anywhere in the United States. The results of the Station's many noteworthy investigations have been published to date in 268 Bulletins and 23 circulars. Page 24 A R N I N G 84 L A B O R

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THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEAN CHARLES M. THOMPSON Courses in business were first organized in 1902 under the supervision of Dr. David Kinley, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and constituted the business curriculum of that College. In 1915 the College of Commerce and Business Administration was founded as a separate unit and was located in the building which is now the east Wing of the Administration Building. The in- creased enrollment in business courses necessitated larger quarters, and in 1926 the present Com- merce Building Was dedicated. The College consists of two departments, Economics, and Business Organization and Operation, Whose primary object is to train the student in sound fundamental principles rather than in tech- nique and routine, and with special training for particular business callings. 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 this end, courses in economics, accountancy, business organization and operation, banking, commerce, transportation, public util- ities, and industry are offered in combination with courses in language and literature, the social sciences, law, mathematics, and the natural sciences. CHARLES IVIANFRED THOMPSON, '09, Dean of the College of Commerce and Director of the Bureau of Business Research, was born in Fairfield, Illinois, on No- vember 10, 1877. After securing his A.B. and A.M. degrees here in 1909 and 1910, respectively, he went to Harvard University, where he studied in 1910-11, returning to the University of Illinois in 1911. I-Ie has served continuously on the faculty of the University since that time and has been a member of the College of Commerce faculty since the organization of the College, in 1915. In 1913 he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Illinois. He was promoted to the rank of professor in 1919 and at the same time was appointed Dean of the College of Com- merce. Eff ' I Page 26