University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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T THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OFFICERS Rudolph J. Depner . President Alonzo Jenks Vice-President William Aufranc Secretary-Treasurer npHE position of a doctor in the community is of ever-increasing - ' - importance, and unless popular opinion decreases considerably in preventive medicine and public health the doctor wi ' l be coming to the front even more rapidly than he is at present. For the man of medicine to serve in the future as he has served in the past he must not only have a fine medical education but also a well-rounded general education. To follow this course is not easy but it is altogether possible, and he is thus prepared to become an asset to the community in which he is located. The aim of the Faculty is to so regulate the en- trance to and the exit from the School as to give assurance that the students will not only be able to carry on their special duties as a man of medicine, but also to be capable of taking his place in his community. The School of Medicine at Missouri does not give the Medical Degree, but it is hoped that in the near future facilities will be available to make this possible. The first two years of medicine is given and the rating of the School makes entrance into any other school where the final degree is given very easy. The University Hospital maintains hospital service available to residents of Missouri. Since July, 1927, the hospital has been extended to include free service to crippled children. The hospital takes care of all the students of the University of Missouri and is always available to them. Pan 25

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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

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DEAN OF MEN OFFICERS Glenn J. Degner President J. L. Reading Vice-President Sue Wass Secretary-Treasurer ' T HE Dean of Men is the official adviser of students. Through personal contacts with them and by sympathetic interest in their activities he works to build up higher standards of student life. His office provides to men of the University opportunities for personal conference and consultation on their many problems. The Dean has general supervision of student activities. He also has a supervision of student conduct, which makes for construc- tive as well as punitive discipline. It is his function to assist in co-ordinating the various parts of the University for the good of the whole, inter- preting the University to the students and the stu- dents to the faculty. It is because of the great human waste in the process of education and of the fact that the Missouri University wishes for no man to go out in the business world a failure upon graduation that she has created the Dean of Men ' s office. The office of the Dean of Men originated in a western university about twenty-five years ago; at Missouri it was created in 1924. During the functioning of these six years there have been many favorable and beneficial acts rendered to the student body. One of the chief functions of this office is the settlement of problems that arise between the owners of rooming houses and students. The sense of fairness that has permeated all of the decisions is sufficient indication of the importance of this office. Page 26