University of Missouri at Kansas City - Kangaroo Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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TWENTY YEARS OF ON OCTOBER 2, I933, The Universify opened wi'rh one building, a greenhouse and a garage, a facul+y of +wen'ry-one, a s'ruden+ body of 264, and an inaugural convocafion a+'rended by some 2,000 well-wishers. Today if has sevenfeen buildings, an overall faculfy of approximafely 250, an annual sfudenl' body of around 4,000, and an ever-grow- ing supporf of +he communify. EVEN TO 'rhe seven original members sfill serving on 'l'he Board of Trusiees, fo 'I'he facul'ry and alumni PRCJGRESS of The early years, and +0 lhe 'iirsl' benefaciors and friends who helped +o launch fhe Universily, our achievemenis over 'I'hese fleefing years musi' seem impressive. The record is 'rhe more remarlcable when we remember 'rhaf all we have and all we are doing on fhisvcampus uloday has been buill' in a period of, firsf, economic and social disfress, fhen world war, and now 'rhe coniinuing fhreal of war. We shall indeed be grafeful if we accomplish as much in ihe nexl fwo decades. 1-sr.. 5 xr' ,f g- ,if ,., 3. , ,,, .k Y 2 , .Lg maxi' 5, ' , ., 3of, 4'T '.,,.s' '49 'T J Enjoying a momenfs respife from fire frials and problems of Universify E ff? ' direcforslvip are Dr. and Mrs. Clor- , ',, . l,iv3,.r W ence R. Decker in fhe living room ,, we-1 is - sr:-.flEQ ? y X I Vp of fheir home cn' 5100 Rockhill Road. ini' .I , N .4 gr, ,V V I ,tiki 4 am ,f I -cfs' '

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I5 .B THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ERNEST E. HOWARD, CHAIRMAN THE BOARD of -I'rusTees are The UniversiTy of Kansas CiTy's official represenTaTives. Besides conTrolling financial policy, The Board sTands legally accounTable for The com- pleTe operaTion of The UniversiTy. And alThouqh They en- TrusT much of This responsibilify To oThers professionally Trained in The field of higher educaTion, The Board, never- Theless, provides The invaluable counsel and crificisrn essen- Tial To The prosperous life of any insTiTuTion. Ernesf E. How- ard has been chairman of The Board since The formal incorporaTion of The Universify on June 27, I929. TAYLOR S. ABERNATHY R. B. HEWITT JESSE ANDREWS BERT L. HUPP PAUL D. BARTLETT ALBERT R. JONES DAVID T. BEALS L. RUSSELL KELCE W. E. BIXBY JAMES P. KEM WILLIAM J. BRACE JAMES M. KEMPER W. J. BREIDENTHAL HORACE W. KIMBRELL KENNETH I. FLIGG J. J. LYNN W. T. GRANT ARTHUR MAG JOYCE C. HALL ROY A. ROBERTS RAYMOND W. HALL LESTER SIEGEL WILLIAM B. HENDERSON SIGMUND STERN 9

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HELD in highesl regard by bofh sludenls and faculfy, Dr. Roberf Morfvedf, Vice-Presidenf of fhe Universily, is confinually slriving fo develop sfudenf-faculfy rela- fionships and fo respond gracious- ly fo all sfudenf accomplishmenfs. DR. MORTVEDT was born and reared in Newark, Illinois, and served his undergraduale period af Sl. Olaf's College in Norfh- field, Minnesofa. He acquired his MA. and Ph.D. degrees in Eng- lish liferalure af Harvard. DR. MORTVEDT came fo KCU in 1943 as Dean of fhe Liberal Arfs College and in 1947 he assumed his presenl dufies as vice-presidenf. BUT WE have sel our sighfs even higher. Our lar- gels, on +he physical side, include urgenlly needed dormi+ories for bolh men and women, a general Universily library and a library wing lo l'he School of Law, 'rhe moving of +he School of Den+is'fry +o fhe Volker campus, a new home for 'rhe School of Pharmacy and l'he deparlmenfs of fine arfs, a per- manenl Sludenf Union, and ofher sfrucfures. On lhe educalrional side, lhey include an expanded graduale school, more endowed chairs, lhe en- largemenl of research facililies, and 'lhe exlension of adull educalional opporlunilies. On fhe spirilual side, all plans assume an ever-deepening devolion 'ro our major purpose-1'he enlargemenf of our minds and hearls fhrough knowledge, undersland- ing, and responsibililies. . ' WE TURN now +o 'rhe fulure years of 'lhe Uni- versi'ry in +he delerminalion lhal lhey musl' prove a filling lceysfone 'lo 'rhe pasl 'lwenly years of our labors. PQ. Dr. and Mrs. Roberf A. L. Moff- veclf relax in fhe living room of fheir home, 32 Wesf 57fh Terrace. THE educafion of young men and women for life in a modern, ever-changing world is fhe goal foward which Dr. Clarence R. Decker's efforfs are confinually direcfed. Aufhor, speaker, civic leader and world lraveler, as well as educafor, Dr. Decker only recenfly has added fo his dis- finguished career by serving lasf year as Assislanf Direcfor of fhe Mufual Securify Agency of fhe Ear Easf. On sab- bafical leave from his posf as presidenf of lhe Universify, he was responsible for adminisfering American aid pro- grams in six Ear Easf counfries. BORN in Sioux Cify, lowa, December, 19, 1904, Dr. Decker, early in his educalion, showed high qualifies of scholarship and leadership. ln 1925 he received his BA. degree from Carlefon College, Norfhfield, Minnesofa, and af fhe age of only 23, he received his Ph.D. degree in comparalive liferafure from lhe Universify of Chicago. DR. DECKER joined fhe faculfy of fhe Universify of Kansas Cily in 1934 as chairman of lhe English deparfmenf and in 1937 he was appoinfed vice-presidenl. The following year, af fhe age of 33, he was named presidenl. Since lhaf fime, Dr. Decker has been fhe guiding force in fhe Universify's greaf program of expansion and improvemenl. 9