University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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DEAN LEE HARNIE JOHNSON, JR. Dean Lee Harnie Johnson, Jr. has been Dean of the School of Engineering since 1938. His early education resulted in a B.A. and M.A. from Rice Institute in 1930 and 1931. Dean JC): ' , 150,1 followed these two degrees with a M.S from Harvard in 1932 and an Sc.D. degree in 1935. Dean Johnson ' s recreation includes tennis, and fancy diving. In football season, however, his interest is with the Rebs, and during games he is usually perched atop the press box making movies of the game. The School of Engineering was not organized until 1900, but courses in engineering were offered by the University at the time of the reopening of the school immediately following the close of the War Between the States. In 1903 an appropriation by the Legislature enabled the School to introduce new courses and secure equip- ment. The enrollment increased at once. The School of Engineering today offers an integrated program, parts of which are tied in with the Depart- ment of Chemistry, the School of Commerce and Business Administration, and the Department of Geology. DEAN FORREST W. MURPHY Dean Forrest W. Murphy came to Ole Miss from Greenville, Mississippi, where he was superintendent of schools, to become dean of the School of Education in 1946. A native of Muncie, Indiana, he received his B.A. in 1917 at Transylvania College (University of Kentucky) and his M.S. in 1931 from the University of Illinois. After college he taught high school in Kentucky and Louisiana. He went to Greenville in 1924 and served there until coming to Ole Miss. Just before coming to Ole Miss (1945), Dean Murphy took graduate work! at Columbia. The School of Education was organized in 1903. In 1906 the department was temporarily abolished for lack of funds. This lack of funds throughout the years has contributed to the shortage of trained teachers. Dean Murphy is very quick to point out the need of trained teachers in the state and thinks that the largest percent of them should come from the University. The School of Education contains the department of Health and Physical Education, and the well-equipped Audio-Visual Educalional laboratory. The Audio-Visual serves the public schools and various organizations as well as the University. In 1947 the Bureau of Educational Research was established with the chief purpose being the analysis of educational problems of special interest in the state. ENGINEERING EVICATION

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LIMA o ARTS DEAN VICTOR ALDINE COULTER Dean Victor Aldine Coulter came to Ole Miss shortly after his discharge from the army in 1919, and has been Dean of the College of Liberal Arts since 1936. He aitended the University of North Carolina, receiv- ing his Bachelor ' s, Master ' s, and Doctor ' s degrees there in 1913, 1914, and 1916 respectively. Dean Coulter ' s interest in chemistry started when, as a high school student, he began to read and study his older brother ' s college chemistry text. He taught chemistry at North Carolina in 1916-17, then accepted a job as research chemist in Pittsburgh in 1917. From there he went into the army. The College of Liberal Arts is the oldest school on the University campus, being the only one contained in the original makeup at the time of opening in 1848. From 1848 to 1870 the close curriculum was in use. By this plan the student could not deviate at all from one path of study leading to a B.A. degree or another leading to a Bachelor of Laws. In 1870 this method was changed, and a plan giving a larger scope was introduced. Since that time the school has tried to en- large its field of study to meet the demands of students with varying interests and ambitions. The student of today, besides his specialized study in the field of his chosen major, has that chance to satisfy his cultural tastes in whatever directioi, he might wish. DEAN ROBERT JOSEPH FARLEY LAW Dean Robert Joseph Farley was Dean of Law at Tulane University from 1942 until 1945, and in 1946 became Dean of the School of Law here at the University. Dr. Farley graduated from Ole Miss in 1919 with a B.A., degree. After serving for two years (1919-20) as principal of the Canton High School, he moved to Natchez and held the same position there for two years. Returning to Oxford he served as mayor from 1923-25, During this period he received his LL.B. He was admitted to the bar in 1924 and from 1929-31 he practiced law. He acted in a double capacity from 1926 until 1931 when he was city attorney for Oxford and an assistant professor of law at the University. The School of Law was established by legislataive enactment in 1854, and was at that time called the Department of Law. In 1857, by enactment of the legislature the diploma conferring the degree of Bachelor of Laws was made sufficient proof of knowledge of law to obtain for the holder a license to practice in, the courts of Mississippi. The Law School today is designed to occupy six full semesters. The plan of study affords the student a fairly free choice of subjects during his second and third years. The first year courses are prescribed. The University of Mississippi Law School ranks as one of the finest law schools in the United States today.

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PHARMACY DEAN ELMER LIONEL HAMMOND Dean Elmer Lionel Hammond took the deanship of the School of Pharmacy in 1929, and has served in that capacity since. He received his pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan in 1921 and his M.S. in 1927 from the same school. During the period from 1921 until 1928, Dean Hammond taught pharmacy at West Virginia University. In 1941 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. His interest in pharmacy began while he worked in a drug store in Chicago during his high school days. Dean Hammond ' s hobby is the School of Pharmacy. In 1908, when the School of Pharmacy opened, there were applications for admission from fifteen students, a gratifying number considering the department had been organized only two months before school started. Prior to 1923 the department had been operating in inadequate, overcrowded quarters which made im-, provement and expansion practically impossible. With the erection of the Chemistry and Pharmacy Building in 1923 the School of Pharmacy was able to increase the number of laboratories and install new and improved equipment. The degree granted by the school for the successful completion of four years work is that of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. DEAN DAVID SCHULTZ PANKRATZ MEDICINE Dean Datid Schultz Pankratz has been Dean of the School of Medicine since 1946, and has done much to improve the administration of the school during his short tenure. Dr. Pankratz received his B.A. from the University of Oklahoma in 1923. From there he went to the University of Kansas and earned his M.A. in 1927 and a Ph.D. in anatomy in 1929. For the ten years following 1929 he was assistant pr ofessor of anatomy at the University of Tennessee. After this he studied for his Doctor of Medicine which he received at the University of Chicago in 1939. The School of Medicine met with much difficulty during the first years of its early existence, not only be- cause of very inadequate facilities and quarters, but also because of opposition of physicians throughout the state to a medical school away from a large city. These difficulties were, however, overcome in a very few years. At the present time the Medical School is of only two years duration; but the legislation relative to a four year medical college is pending action at this time. A full, four year Med School would be a great addition to the University.