University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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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

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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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E.XCIXEKRIXn based upon phy has been a ten lenc - tf Em eiliuaiion has from the beginning been sical sciences. But in recent years there to l)roaden this foundation b ' including economics, sociology, government and law. Pioneer schools prepared for a practice restricted to rather narrow fields of activity, but this ideal has been largely abandoned and colleges are striving to make their graduates men of cultivated minds, masters of the fundamental sciences and able to apph ' them in one or another field. The College of Engineering at the I ' niversity of Missouri pro ides for all its students during the first two and a half years of their training re- gardless of their phms for future specialization. Its aim is not only to train the mind of the stufient but to de elop his judgment without com- mitting him to an ' restricted field of work. With this policy and with expected material expansions, our corps of trained and experienced teachers will be able to give increased ser ice to the vouth of Missouri. Dean Mc ( ' Al. S.TLAND Bottom TOIL — Williams. Hyde, Newton. De- KoE. Weinbach, Hibbard Second row — JoXES, Spiracan, Westfall, LaRue, Ixgoli) Tinrd row — Selvidce, Wdolev. Rudhocse C.RA.NDV. RlBEV, W ' hARTON Page 24