University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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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

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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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ADMINISTRATION Unii ' crsily liiyh School John Russell O ' Bryen The School of Education OFFICERS John Russell O ' Bryen President Lois Gum Vice-President Kate H. Lewis Secretary William Clarence Harris Treasurer Although the founding of the University of Missouri dates to approximately 1839, state sup- port was not secured until immediately after the close of the Civil War. The first real expansion of the University occurred with the establishment of the School of Education in 1868 as the first professional school of the University. The School of Education was the first division of the University to admit women. Several years later, the governing board cautiously and with many restrictions allowed their admission into other divisions. From the beginning, the School of Education has made every effort to promote education in Missouri by training teachers and educational leaders. More recently a heavy emphasis has been placed upon pursuing studies and researches in education. Careful investigations both in the field of administration, techniques of teaching, educational philosophy and psychology are being promoted. Direct service to the state is offered through the conducting of educational surveys, the directing of supervision projects, the creating of courses of study, as well as through the participa- tion in many educational confererices. Dean Theo. W. H. Irion. Page Twenty-eight