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

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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

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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 AGRICULTURE ' 'Q-5, .Lih- Hlaurmar WINDSOIK Mumronn, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and Agricultural Extension Service, was born in Moscow, Michigan, February 26, 1871. He attended Albion College and re- ceived the degree of Bachelor of Science from Michigan Agricultural College, from l' l li- received the honor1ry degree of Doctor of Agriculture in 1927. He served W IIC 1 L 4 on the faculty of the same school from 1895 to 1901, when he came to the Univer- sity of Illinois as 1 professor of Animal Husbandry and Chief of the Animal Husbandry ' ' ' ' b of Experimental Stationg he became Dean in 1922. Dean Mumford was a mem er thc American Study Commission for German Agriculture in 1928, and is now a member of various scientific and agricultural organizations. A very large part of the population of Illinois lives in what may properly be called a rural en- vironment. It is the duty and privilege of the College of Agriculture to train men and women for successful achievement and citizenship 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 agri- cultural 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 Agricultural Experiment Station is constantly discovering new knowli edge which is put into teachable form for the benefit of students and farmers. L E A R'N I N G 84 L A B O R Page 27