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

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, THE COLLEGE OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS DEAN Rnxronn Nzzwcomn Training in the Fine Arts was provided in the original plans made for the University by the first Regent Cpresidentj , Dr. John Milton Gregory, and early in the history of the institution, courses in drawing and architecture were offered. Music also made an early appearance, and by 1897 the School of Music had been organized as a separate educational unit. Training in Landscape Architecture was first offered by the College of Agriculture. Thus there grew up in four separate administrative divis- ions of the University the teaching faculties in Art, Architecture, Music, and Landscape Architecture. For a number of years it had been felt that the Fine Arts interests on the campus should be brought into closer relationship. This however, was not possible until the Building for Architecture and Kindred Subjects was completed in 1927. Thereafter plans for the grouping of these interests moved rapidly forward with the result that in 1931 the College of Fine and Applied Arts was estab- lished. The College offers eight professional curricula in various branches of the Fine Arts, leading to appropriate degrees. In addition to the professional curricula in the arts, the College offers oppor- tunities for students who wish to acquaint themselves with the arts from a purely cultural standpoint. Ruxrfoiui Nnwcomis, Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, has been on the Illinois faculty since 1918 when he succeeded to the teaching work of the late distinguished Dr. Nathan Clifford Ricker. Dean Newcomb's academic training was received at the Universities of Kansas and Southern California, from the latter of which he holds the Master of Arts degree. He took his professional training on the local campus and holds both the Bachelor's degree and the professional degree of Master of Architecture from Illinois. Before returning to Illinois to serve on the faculty he held professorships ar the University of Southern California and at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. Wlieii the College of Fine and Applied Arts was organized in 1931 he was appointed its first dean. 'ii m'T'fEYlT1i1E1i1i Page 30

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THE COLLEGE OF LAW DEAN Aruisiti' J. I'lA1iNO Legal education has had a rapid development during the last generation. In 1900 preparation for the bar through study in a lawyer's office was common. That year the Association of American Law Schools was formed. This Law School, through a representative, participated in the organization of that Association and became a charter member. The Association has had a far-reaching effect as a stimulus to the improvements of legal education throughout the United States. In 1921 the American Bar Association, in a formal resolution, adopted standards bearing on legal education and expressed the opinion that every candida.te for admission to the bar should give evidence of graduation from a law school complying with those standards. In 1923 the Council on Legal Education of that Association, acting as a standardizing agency, gave its approval to a small number of law schools. This Law School was one of the first group to be approved by the Council. During this period of transition and progress in legal education this School has advanced its standards even more rapidly than the general movement. When the School was organized in 1897 it admitted high school graduates to its courses. In 1911 the entrance requirement was increased to one year of college work, and in 1915 it was advanced to two years. In 1929 and 1931 further advances were made to the present requirements. Atmzitr JAMES I-IAitNo is serving his fourth year as Provost of the University in addition to his position of Dean of the College of Law. He was born in Holabird, South Dakota, january 30, 1889. He was graduated from Dakota Wesleyaii Uni- Al versity in 1911, and in 1927 received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from 0 the same school. Dean Harno received his Bachelor of Laws degree, Magna Cum Laude, at Yale University, in 1914. He practiced in Los Angeles until 1917, when he became Dean of Washburn College of Law in Topeka, Kansas. In 1919 he went to the University of Kansas, where he served for two years as Professor of Law. He came to the University of Illinois in 1921 as Professor of Law, and became Dean in 1922. i Page 29

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THE GRADUATE SCHOCL DEAN Ronnwx' D. CAIKMICIIAEL H. ROBERT DANmL CARMICHAIEL, Dean of the Graduate School, was born in Good- watcr, Alabama, March 1, 1879. I-Ie received his Bachelor's degree from Lineville College in 1898 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Princeton University in 1911. He came to the University of Illinois in 1915 as Assistant Professor of Mathematics, becoming Associate Professor in 1920. From 1929 to 1934 he was head of the Department of Mathematics. In 1933 he became Acting Dean of the Graduate School, and Dean in 1934. I'Ie has published a few hundred articles on Mathematical, scientific, and philosophical subjects, and is the author of several volumes on these subjects. Two of his mathematical books have been republished in French translataions. Graduate study began at the University of Illinois when its doors were first opened for instruc- tion in 1868 with a faculty of four members and about fifty students. But the name Graduate Schooli' 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. In such work there is a close cooperation and fel- lowship between the instructor and the student and both are looking toward the enrichment of human experience through the increase of precise knowledge. The student who pursues an extended course is expected to obtain a wide knowledge of his subject and of related fields of investigation and to ac- quire and to begin to use the power of extending the range of what is known. The Graduate School student body last year represented every state in the Union, twelve foreign countries, and two hundred and seventy-one universities and colleges. Three hundred and twenty-six Masters', ninety-four Doctors', and five professional degrees in engineering were conferred. E:ARN1NG8.LABOR