University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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Ictool of Business and lie Administration THE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE was organized as a separate division of the Uni -ersity in 1914. rof. H. J. Davenport was the first dean. Upon his resignation in 1916, Prof. Isidor Loeb was appointed head of the School. At the same time the curricula of the School was extended to include pro- ision for training in public and social service and the name was changed to that of The School of Business and Public Administration. The School now meets the need for professional training in business and public and social service. The train- ing offered by the School has always emphasized the fundamental prin- ciples which pertain to all businesses, our social and governmental institu- tions rather than simply the practical details that are characteristic of par- ticular activities in which the grad- uates may later engage. It is believed that training in these practical de- tails can best be given by the business institutions which engage the services of the graduates. This is directly in line with the well-nigh unanimous iew of leading business men. After the resignation of Dean Loeb, Prof. F. A. Middlebush was named the dean of the School. Bottom row — Short, V. tkins, Browx, Scott Second row — B.arcl.ay. Zimmerm. xx, Rogers Dean- IrI ' -DERICK . . Minw.Eni s!

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The Graduate Sc THK primary function of the Graduate Scliool is to encourage research in the problems of fundamental knowledge in all its branches and to train investigators in the methods and tools of research. In a larger sense, its purpose is to discover the pathway of progress — in other words, to perpetuate our civilization— by helping to solve the vital problems which an ever-changing society like ours presents. The I ' niversity of Missouri conferred its first degree of Master of Arts in 1845 and its first degree of Doctor of Phil- osophy in 1905. Up to the present time there ha e been granted nearly one thousand master ' s degrees and about one hundred doctor ' s degrees. In 1910, the Board of Curators created the Graduate School, which was en- trusted with graduate instructions in all divisions of the University-, and in 1911 its first class consisted of thirt -two masters and two doctors. Its growth since that time has been consistent and rapid until now over nine hundred students are enrolled annuallv. Faculty Committee MlTMFORD VeSTF. LL Ne. L Pagf 21

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jctool of Law THE LAW SCHOOL was established in 1S72. Hence, it has already passed the half rentur - mark. The first dean was Honorable Philamon Bliss, who, at the time of his ap- pointment, had made a record in Ohio, Dakota Territory and Missouri for ex- cellent judicial service and sound legal scholarship. The members of the faculty other than Judge Bliss were Judge Boyle Gordon and Professor Joseph G. Xorman, scholars of merit and high standing in their day and generation. There were five members of the first graduating class, two of whom are living. Honorable Berry G. Thurman is yet serving the people of this state as Judge of the 26th Judicial Circuit of Missouri. Mr. Charles H. Montgomery is now practicing law at Joplin, Missouri. The others, Shannon C. Douglas, Robert G. Ramey and Lewis M. Switzler, are dead. They, too, occupied high places in the legal profession. This brief picture of the begin- ning of the Law School shows that its foundation was well laid, that its origin was auspicious. Those in charge from time to time ha e recei ed inspiration from Judge Bliss and his associates. We who comprise the school toda ' — faculty and students — are making serious effort to make it better and better, and, to keep legal education abreast of modern times — times which have greatly changed, socially and economicalh , in the past fiftv vears. Bottom row — He. d, P. rks, How. rd, De. N ' McB. lNE Second rou ' — Laxgm. id, Simonton, B. rxett