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

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■HI ■ THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES Dean Matthew T. McClure The largest college in the University attained its present status in 1913, when the College of Literature and Arts and the College of Sciences were combined to form the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with the late Kendric C. Babcock as Dean. Since then the College has endeavored to integrate instruction in both the humanities and the sci- ences. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has two par- ticular functions. First, it enrolls students in specialized and pre-professional curricula; for instance, pre-medical, pre- law, pre-journalism, chemistry, and chemical engineering. Second, it provides the resources for a liberal education. Liberal means a program leading to a well-rounded per- sonal development; that is, a program in which the studies emphasize i actors that contribute to a general knowledge and interpretation of the forces, tendencies, conflicts, and problems of life, rather than lead to specific individual career. The College is at present considering means of offering greater opportunities and fewer obstacles to the better stu- dent, and more help and guidance to the student who has not yet found himself. To allow the better students to ad- vance as rapidly as they wish, the tutorial system has been put into use. Matthew Thompson McClure, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was born at Spottsford, Virginia, April 27, 1883. A bachelor's degree was awarded him at Washington and Lee University in 1904, where he did his undergraduate work, a mas- ter's degree at the University of Virginia in 1907, and a doctor's degree at Columbia in 1912. Before coming to Illinois, Mr. McClure was an instructor in Philosophy at Columbia and from 1915 to 1921 a professor of Philosophy at Tulane. He began his career at Illinois in 1921 as Associate Professor in Philosophy. In 1922 he became Professor of Philosophy and in 1926 he was appointed head of that department. The deanship was awarded him in 1934 after serving a year as Acting Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Dean McClure is a member- of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Philosophical Association, and other honorary organizations. Page 27

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THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Dean Melvin L. Enger Melvin L. Enger, Dean of the College of Engineering, will complete his thirtieth year on the University faculty this spring. He was born in Decorah, Iowa, in 1881. He began his undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota and later transferred to the University of Illinois, receiving three degrees from the University; the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1906, the professional degree of Civil Engineer in 1911, and the Master of Science degree in 1919. When Professor A. N. Talbot retired as the head of the department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in 1926, Dean Enger succeeded him in this position. Later when Acting Dean Willard was appointed president of the University in 1934, Professor Enger was advanced to deanship of the College of Engineer- in . He is a member of many engineering societies and honorary fraternities, including the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Water Works Association, American So- ciety for Testing Materials, Western Society of Engineers, Chicago Engineers Club, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Chi Epsilon, Sigma Xi, Sigma Tau, and Mu San. The College of Engineering was organized in 1870 to provide for courses in Mechanical Science and Art, Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering, Metallurgy, and Architec- ture and Fine Arts. Four-year curricula were published in 1871-1872 for Architecture, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Mining Engineering. Instruction in the University (then Illinois Industrial University) began in March, 1868. The Department of Physics was established as an inde- pendent department of the College in 1890. In 1892, cur- ricula were added in Electrical Engineering, Municipal and Sanitary Engineering, and Architectural Engineering. Then followed the curricula in Railway Engineering in 1906, Ceramics and Ceramic Engineering in 1915, General En- gineering and Engineering Physics in 1920, Architectural Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering in 1933. The Department of Architecture was transferred to become a part of the newly organized College of Fine and Applied Arts in 1931. The Engineering Experimental Station was created in 1903 as a part of the College of Engineering. Its purpose is to stimulate engineering education and to investigate problems of importance to professional engineers and in- dustry. Vv . . w C v. Page 26 957

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THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Dean Charles Manfred Thompson This college, in common with the other colleges and schools on the campus, has as its chief aim the development of young men and women foT normal, happy lives. A secondary aim is their training for successful careers in busi- ness. Our objective is a sound understanding of basic social and economic principles attended by some grasp of the de- tails involved in operating these principles in everyday life, and of the consequences such operations entail on society in general. Someone on the faculty has said that the College of Com- merce attempts to educate its students to become tool makers and not tool sharpeners. The meaning is, of course, that we are but little concerned in our students acquiring immediate facility in handling routine; what we seek is ultimate power. Some notion may be had of the nature of our educational ideals from an oft-repeated statement heard among the faculty: This College is little more than a College of Arts and Sciences where the students are given a general educa- tion with a bias toward business. The test of our work is not to be had during the first few months out of college, but rather after years as a useful member of society. Charles Manfred Thompson '09, Dean of the College of Commerce, was born in Fairfield, Illinois, November 10, 1877. After receiving his A.B. and A.M. degrees here, he went to Harvard University for more extensive study. He returned to the University in 1911 and since then has served on the faculty. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1913. Six years later he was promoted to the rank of professor and, at the same time, was appointed Dean of the College of Commerce. When the Bureau of Business Research was established in 1921, Dean Thompson was made Director. He holds two honorary degrees, an LL.D., from Muskingum College and a D.Litt. from McKendree College. In March, 1934, the Urbana Association of Commerce conferred on Dean Thompson its Distinguished Citizenship Award for Meritorius Public Service. 937 Page 28