University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION OFFICERS Bessie Ruth Knight Ida Spaht . Hertha Steiner . President Secretary Treasurer THE subject of this year ' s Savitar might well be a heading for de- scribing all the activities of the School of Education. It exists to serve dynamic youth. This service is rendered through the training given to teachers, supervisors, principals, and superintendents. More than two hundred students receive the degree, Bachelor of Science in Education, from the School of Education each year and go into the elementary, junior and senior high schools of the state to help give training to the boys and girls of Missouri which will prepare them for life in a changing world. It is also rendered through the - training given to the one hundred students who each year receive Master ' s or Doctor ' s degrees under the faculty of the School of Education. These men and women take positions of leader- ship in administrative, supervisory, and teaching positions and consti- tute the means through which the University comes into intimate contact with the majority of the school children of Missouri. To serve dynamic youth, the School of Education believes in thorough scholarship, research, and in activities which will keep its faculty members and student body in close touch with the economic, social, and political problems of the state. During the quarter of a century of its existence as a degree-granting division of the University, approximately three thousand five hundred students have received undergraduate degrees from the School of Education and approximately four hundred students have received Master ' s and Doctor ' s degrees with majors in professional education courses. These graduates are now at work in practically every state of the Union and in many foreign countries, where they are living up to the best traditions of the Uni- versity of Missouri. Page 19

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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION . President Vice-President . Secretary Treasurer while to submit themselves to such a rigorous disci- pline preparatory to their life work. Two principal facts in my judgment have wrought this change. The first is the reaction from the frontier spirit which was a spirit of inde- pendence and self-sufificiency. The material conditions under which the frontiersman labored further developed this spirit in him. He had to be a jack-of-all-trades. He was proud of the ability he displayed, and justly so. The second factor is the tremendously complicated development in modern times of our whole social system in which the jack-of-all-trades has little if any place. It is no longer a question of doing a passably workmanlike job. Society of the twentieth century demands specialized training and scientific perfection, as well as techni- cal skill, and this not only in the fields of medicine and engineering, but in law, education, journalism, agriculture, business, and government. Therefore, more thorough preparation is required and the University has established these provisions to provide the types of training found necessary. Page IS

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING OFFICERS Donald C. Adams George S. Siekielski M. Glen Eierman Orville Amyette . Clyde N. Ray President Vice-President . Secretary Treasurer Business Manager ' T HE College of Engineering has for its purpose the training of men - - for positions in fields of technical activity, and also for executive and administrative service in industry and transportation, and, to a lesser degree, in commerce. It is one of the oldest branches of the University and began granting degrees in 1878. It is probably the most specialized of the schools on the campus, and men who are graduated from it are able to find positions throughout the state in the various phases of Engineering. The recent development of public utility industries in the state has created a demand for engineering graduates and many have found work in this field. Their influence has been very effective in bringing about a better relation between the Public Service Corporations and the public which they serve. Degrees are granted in nearly all of the phases of engineering, such as Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Agricultural Engi- neering. The curricula of the various branches is planned to introduce the student into distinct fields of engineering practice, and in all cases they are based on fundamental training in English, the sciences, and in economics. At Missouri, the College of Engineering offers five curricula of five years in length, qualifying men for professional degrees. However, at the end of four years ' training in any curriculum the student may apply for the ' Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree. Page 20