University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary . . Treasurer Chaplain ' T HE College of Agriculture is one of the best known schools of its ■ kind in the United States. Its enrollment is from all parts of the country and it has done a great deal to improve the knowledge and the efficiency of the farmers, particularly those in the Mississippi Valley. The object of its in- struction is to train men and women for success in the vocation of agriculture. It aims to educate farmers, farm managers, fruit growers, dairymen, poultrymen, and stockmen. One of the features of the College is the Experiment Station, established in 1887 for investigation in agriculture, and it is able to diffuse this research by means of the extension service. Its courses comprise all phases of rural education, from Practical Agriculture to Rural Journalism. The Women ' s Division of the school is taken up largely with the Home Economics Department which pre- pares women for positions as food or clothing specialists. It has trained many Hospital Dietitians, and laboratory research workers who have found a welcome field open. There are several short courses offered during periods of the year which draw a number of progressive farmers who wish to increase the value of their farms. They are practical, and highly specialized and come at times when actual farm work is rather slack. Pate 16

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T PRESIDENT BROOKS ' TPHE most difficult problem confronting University authorities is -■- that of administration. The handling of four thousand students with their various differences of opinion and action is a task worthy of a great deal of serious consideration. In view of this fact, the suc- cess of the past year has proved the capability of the men in charge. There has doubtless never been a year filled with so many new and unusual happenings and the matters that have arisen have called forth the best that is in the administration. A university is an exceptionally complex institution, since the students in it are in their for mative stage and must be trained more delicately than those earlier in the process of education. When men and women leave the ' columns of Missouri they are ready to take up their life ' s work, and the most important portion of their preparation is received in the last four years. At the end of this year a change will take place in the office of the president, which has come about from the proceedings of this year. Dr. Brooks will no longer be-with us here. The Savitar is indeed sorry to see him go, but it is certain that wherever he goes he will always be welcome here. However, despite the fact that a great man is leaving, another great man is coming to take his place. Dean Walter Williams, Dean of the School of Journalism, has been named to take the place of Dr. Brooks. He is a man well qualified for the position and should have a very successful administration. It is difficult to express just how keenly the student body will feel the loss of President Brooks, but among many other things his inspira- tional talks will undoubtedly be missed. Paie IS

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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE OFFICERS Jack Powell . Gene Baim . Margaret Morgan Robert Ellis F. M.TlSDEL . President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Dean THE hub of the various professional schools in the University is the College of Arts and Science which draws most of the students who enter Missouri as freshmen. Preliminary training in this school is necessary for the entrance to the schools of Law, Medicine, Education, Journalism, and Business and Public Administration. This prepara- tory work is one of the main purposes of the college. To students with the requisite ability and energy it offers a liberal education in the arts and sciences as well as giving them an intelligent familiarity with modern civilization. The object of the school is to prepare its students for service in the world and to give them resources that make for success and happiness. The various departments give training for careers in Chemistry, Sociology, Literature, or any of the allied subjects. They train for leadership in any of the lines that may be followed after a student leaves school. The resources of the college are very broad and if a person takes advantage of them, he has an outlook on life that will help him no matter where he takes up his life work. Our civilization is rapidly becoming more and more complex and the person who has a diversified knowledge and is able to put it to practical use is quickly coming into his own. Many business men prefer to hire an unspecialized college graduate, who is capable of thinking and who can be trained after he leaves school. The College of Arts and Sciences turns out many such students each year, who find their posi- tion in the world of afTairs. Page 17