University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM Stanley White . Marian Grey Franklin Virginia Bidwell OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer •T HE School of Journalism of the University of Missouri well repre- - ■ sents dynamic youth. It is a young school, though the oldest School of Journalism in the world. University education in prepara- tion for journalism is new among educational endeavors. The profes- sion of journalism is the profession of youth. Those engaged in it must have the spirit of youth whatever the calendar records as their ages the spirit of intellectual curiosity, of social experi- ment, of seeing things that are not here. In such education in preparation for such a profession the School of Journalism is a leader. Its graduates and former students are to be found exemplifying the spirit in every county in Missouri, in every state in the United States, in every country in the world. The Missouri School of Journalism is one of the most prominent in the world. One of the more important reasons for this prominence is the extensive laboratory facilities. This laboratory work is one of the outstanding features of the professional courses. For this practice work, the Columbia Missourian and the Missouri Magazine supply opportunities for students to gain practical experience in journalistic work. The Columbia Missourian, a news- paper of general circulation, is published six days a week throughout the calendar year. The Missouri Magazine is published weekly as a supplement to the Missourian. The other campus publications also serve in this capacity. The School of Journalism has attained a place of prominence on the campus and is one of the most rapid growing schools at Missouri. At its present rate of growth the Journalism School will expand even more in the near future to accommodate the incoming students. Pat ' 23

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GRADUATE SCHOOL President Vice-President Secretary and Treasiirer ' T HE Graduate School of the University of Missouri is the highest unit of the state ' s educational system. Its high academic standards have won for it the privilege of membership in the Association of Ameri- can Universities, an organization composed of the leading universities of the United States and Canada which are engaged in giving advanced or graduate instruction. The Graduate School is of the younger divisions of the University, not being organized independently, with a faculty ' of its own, until 1910-11. In that year, 129 graduate students were enrolled. Since that time the number has increased Over fourfold, permitting the school to rank second in the number of students in the University. The advantages of graduate training for teachers accounts, in large measure, for the growth of the Graduate School. It is coming to be more recognized each year among those who aspire to leadership and distinctive achievement in the field of education, and by those charged with the responsibility of selecting and supervising teachers, that graduate professional training is an absolute necessity. The principal aims of graduate study, which are emphasized in the requirements for degrees and courses oflfered in the Graduate School, are the development of the power of independent thought, the promotion of the spirit and technique of research, and the training of men and women for the greatest possible efficiency as school and college teachers. Former students who have earned advanced degrees in the University of Missouri are now occupying high positions as scientific investigators in research institutions, and as teachers in universities, colleges, and high schools in practically every state in the Union. Page 21

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THE SCHOOL OF LAW OFFICERS Ronald Reed Max More Lyman Houser . President Vice-President . Secretary-Treasurer At that time it had a ' I HE Law School was estabhshed in 1872 - ■ faculty composed of three men and there were five members of the first graduating class. Today the school occupies its own new fire-proof building, Lee H. Tate Hall. It has a faculty of seven full-time men and one part-time instructor. The student body numbers one hundred and forty-nine. The library is the laboratory of a law school and we are justly proud of ours. We have a collection of some thirty thousand volumes and it is ' ■ siSijii ' hoped to add substantially to this number during the coming year. Two years of college work are required of all students before they are eligible for admission to the School and it is hoped that before very long, conditions will make it possible to require three years as a prerequisite. Many students, realizing the value- of such work, voluntarily take this extra year. A student should be as mature as possible to study law. The School is a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools, an organization composed of the leading law schools of the United States and Canada, whose purpose is to further the cause of legal education and promote better legal scholarship. The School has always been given the highest classification by the Council on Legal Education of the American Bar Association. This means that it is one of the three schools in the State that are endorsed by that Association. J. L. Parks, Dean. V %k Page 24