University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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;; Qt3l ak i sn S S hj i f 0 SS=Sss: :a«W5j i f I SCHOOL OF EDUCATION THE State has no more important function than that of educating its children and young people. To make a success of these enterprises, provision must be made for the proper training of teachers, supervisors and administrators. The University School of Education has peculiar advantages in attempting the task of de- veloping teachers and educational leaders. The close contact of undergraduate with graduate work makes possible the early cultivation of the spirit of original investigation. The co-operative arrangements of the School of Education with other Colleges of the University lead to a broaden- ing of the fields of training and also to intensification within any one field. The School of Education is the only state-supported graduate department of Education in the State. This places upon it the responsibility for developing a leadership in educational thought and action. That such leadership is necessary cannot be doubted. Public education, as all State enterprises, is facing serious problems of reorganization. Our times demand that we carry on essential educational projects with little waste of time, energy, and money. During such periods of reorganization there is always danger of the elimination of necessary and useful activities. Economy can easily be driven too far and in itself may become exceedingly wasteful. The trained educational administrator must be able to organize the efforts of today with a vision of the results which may accrue therefrom during the next two decades. The School of Educa- tion of the University of Missouri has no greater duty than that of training educational leaders and of advising the present generation of school administrators. The School of Education at the University of Missouri is equipped so as to be able through organized curricula to train school supervisors, administrators, college teachers of Education, and experts for highly specialized, technical services. Furthermore, in the true spirit of a Uni- versity, the School of Education seeks to discover new and better information about learning and education through well directed researches. The results of such investigations are pub- lished and widely distributed for use. The School also offers direct services in the form of aids in the solution of educational prob- lems arising within various local school systems. Through its surveys and supervisory projects, the School of Education hopes to be of direct service to many communities in the State. Dean Theodore W. H. Irion.

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fM hJlpi Dean Middlebush The B. and P. A. Building % SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION THE School of Business and Public Administration seeks to accomplish two purposes: One is so to train the students who choose one of its various curricula, as to insure, so far as pos- sible, their success in their chosen vocation whether this be business, government, adminis- tration, foreign service or social service. The other is so to explain the characteristics of com- munity life — economic, political, and social — that those who have had the work may be of later service to their various communities and to the state and nation in securing the adoption of wise economic and administrative policies. The courses offered by the faculty of the school are open in all cases to students from other schools of the University under the same conditions regarding prerequisites applicable to students in this school. Indeed, in many of the courses offered in the school a majority of the students are from other schools. Nevertheless, it is a matter of regret to members of the faculty that students from schools on the campus whose graduates most often come to be influential in public affairs, do not more largely and frequently avail themselves of the opportunities which the School of Business and Public Administration offers. On the other hand, a majority of the graduates of the School of Business and Public Administration must, of necessity, use their training chiefly as a means to their own business or pro- fessional success and perhaps only a few will have influence on or leisure for, public affairs. But, in any case, the two functions of the school are certainly not inconsistent. The same under- standing of the economic system which makes for keen business sense and wise business adjustment will conduce also to intelli- gence in matters of public concern. Acting Dean Harry Gunnison Brown. 1 - k H-« ■ % w 1 % ■ ■ 1 ■ i 4.a u Elliott Farmer A. F. MuTTi Mildred Miller Harry Morris President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Elliot Farmer Page 14 H83SbA)Ai,«)L«b m I I siXiHH sxr s s i P s V

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' Vi ai x . J P ' ! ae ss; Dean McCaustland The Engineering Building THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING SINCE late in the year of 1929 there has been, in the United States at least, a drastic decline in all activities that in previous years have afforded opportunities for employment by trained engineers. There has been an almost unbelievable curtailment of activities in general construc- tion and in the production and distribution of goods. This condition has brought about a marked reduction in student attendance at engineering colleges. The University of Missouri has not escaped this penalty, but the student group in attendance is no less qualified than in preceding years. The experience of previous financial depressions leads us to hope for some revival of business about 1934 or 1935. Meanwhile the wise youth will seek a definite training during the remainder of the slack period in order to be prepared for the better times coming. Much has been written about the engineer in business and industry; and the commendation that has supported him for his ability to increase production and facilitate distribution has dis- tracted his attention from the more human problems that are, as a matter of fact, paramount in industry. In brief, the engineer has a tendency to restrict himself to an interest in materials and machines in the promotion of production, accepting the human element as incidental to his plans. The message of 1932 to the Engineer is: Wake up to the fact that men as well as machines are essential to a sane industrial development, and provision must be made for their depreciation and replacement on a basis no less justified than the present practice with inanimate things. Dean Elmer J. McCaustland. Tom Randall President Terry Whitebread . . ., . Vice-President Stuart Johnson Secretary Lewis W. Buell Treasurer Lynn B. Mitchell . . . Business Manager Tom Randall »Sft S I SpRit NG A CM Page 16