University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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ARD OF CURAT VISITORS OFFICERS James E. Goodrich President Leslie Cowan Secretary R. B. Price, Jr Treasurer THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AT COLUMBIA H. J. Blanton E. Lansing Ray THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT ROLLA S. L. Baysinger J. P. HiNTON Frank M. McDavid Term expires January 1, 1927 E. Lansing Ray . . . . . . . St. Louis Frank M. McDavid Springfield Charles F. Ward Plattsburg Term expires January 1, 1929 Mercer Arnold Joplin J. P. HiNTON Hannibal Milton Tootle, Jr St. Joseph Term expires January 1, 1931 S. L. Baysinger . . . ' Rolla James E. Goodrich Kansas City H. J. Blanton ........ Paris The Board of Visitors Charles I. Baird, Chairman . . . Kansas City W. P. Brinkly Linneus John F. Case . . . . . . Wright City Alex E. Douglass Kansas City Charles E. Prettyman, Jr Neosho Pttgt iS

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DR. STRATTON D. BROOKS President of the University of Missouri A father once purchased several musical instruments and said to each of his children : ' ' Take the one of your choice and learn to play it. The children tried one and then another but finally each made a choice, one a violin, one a cornet, one a flute, one a drum, each in accordance with his greatest interest or ability. Years passed during which each of the children practiced with his chosen instrument, some persistently and accurately, some transiently or carelessly. Then they were called before the father who said: My children, the time of practice is over and we must now make use of your accomplishments. My friends are coming to visit me and I wish to assemble you into an orchestra to play for their entertain- ment. Page 17 But when they tried to play, some were too poorly trained to play, and some though individually skillful would not watch the conductor and played too fast or too slow, and some would not keep in tune. The orchestra was a failure and the father was much chagrined. The next day he said: Those of you who cannot play may give back your instruments and go dig ditches. Those of you who can play will be given another trial but if you have not learned that no matter how great your individual talent you must play your part in lime and tune with the whole orchestra, then you too will have to dig ditches. Such is the task of the University: To develop the greatest possible individual efficiency and at the same time the desire and the ability to work in co-operation with our fellow men. Stratton D. Brooks. President.

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The Graduate School HE Graduate School is one of the youngest divisions of the University of Missouri; it is now in its twenty-eighth year. It admits no one but graduates of acceptable colleges and universities. The total registration for the present year will pass the seven hundred mark. The chief business of the Graduate School is independent investigation, re- search, widening of the bounds of human knowledge. To encourage such study the University offers each year a number of fellowships each bearing an annual stipend of $600, open to those who have had at least one year of successful graduate study, and a number of scholarships each bearing a yearly stipend of $300, open to college graduates of unusual promise. These fel- lowships and scholarships are awarded to the best candidates applying, irrespective of the de- partment in which they wish to specialize. Dean Walter Miller The watchword of the Graduate School is Research — independent investigation on the part of the student, directed and guided by an expert authority in his field as adviser. The student, largely freed from the restrictions of assigned lessons and class routine, works on his own initiative and on his own responsibility. The graduate student ' s aim is for depth rather than breadth of learning. Because of the nature of the school, it is impossible to have any very definite organization of the department as far as class meetings and election of officers is concerned. As a result, the only officer of the Graduate School is a member of the Student Council. The Dean