University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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ADMINISTRATION Waters Hall E. A. Trowbridge, Jr. College of Agriculture OFFICERS E. A. Trowbridge, Jr President Lisle Jeffries Vice-President Norman Childers Secretary Glenn Barton Treasurer Three score and ten years ago Abraham Lin- coln signed the Morrill Act of Congress establish- ing colleges of agriculture, one in each state of the United States. This law provided for the estab- lishment and endowment of institutions of higher learning devoted to instruction in agriculture and the mechanic arts. The original intent and pur- pose was to provide a purely teaching institution for the training of the industrial classes. Later federal legislation provided substantial appropri- ations for agricultural research to be conducted in experiment stations organized as divisions of the colleges of agriculture. The researches resulting from these appropri- ations by Congress were of such great value to agriculture and in such demand on the part of the agricultural people that Congress provided for the extension of the results of knowledge thus gained to the farmers by passing the so-called Smith- Lever law which was approved by President Wilson May 4, 1914. These legislative acts have provided a complete and extended system of agricultural education which has embraced in its reach the entire farm population. The ultimate objective of the College of Agri- culture is to develop and foster a permanent and prosperous agriculture and a contented and effi- cient rural civilization. It is attempting to ac- complish this purpose by a thorough training in the College of Agriculture, by applying the meth- ods of science to the investigation of agricultural problems, and by extending the results of these re- searches to the farmers themselves. Dean Frederick B. Mumford Page Twenty-six

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THE PRESIDENT Walter Williams President University of Missouri Walter Williams, the president of the University of Missouri, in addition to being an educator, is a writer, an editor, a journalist, and an historian. After founding the first School of Journalism in the world at the University of Missouri in 1908, he became Dean of this School and professor of History and Principles of Journalism. In 1931 he was made President of the University. He was first president of the Press Congress of the World from 1915 to 1919, and is a fellow of the British Institute of Journalists. Page Twenty-five

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ADMINISTRATION The School of Business and Public Administra- tion is a professional school designed for the training of men and women who desire to go into business, government service or public welfare work. The importance of special training for those who contemplate careers in business or public service is gradually receiving general recognition in the United States. This has been due largely to the great expansion of industry and commerce and the growing complexity of our public institu- tions. Methods that were satisfactory in former years fail to meet the demands which have arisen under the changed conditions of today. The era of the jack-of-all-trades is rapidly passing. The complicated character of the problems which today confront the business executive or public servant require more thorough and scientific methods for their solution. Consequently there is an increased demand for public officials and employes who have had training in the fundamental principles of busi- ness as well as of social and political science. It is the task of the School of Business and Public Administration to furnish this training. Dean F. A. Middlebush. OFFICERS Nelson Wampler President LeRoy Hayden Vice-President Fr ances Bates Secretary John Stevenson Treasurer School (9 Business and Public Administration Nelson Wampler The B. and P. A. Building Page Twenty-seven