University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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FREDERICK ARNOLD IVIIDDLEBUSH During President lVIicldlebush's four-year administration the Uni- versity has taken great strides for- ward. An extensive building pro- gram indicates recent advances in faculty research, enrollment, and state-Wideinterest. President Nlid- dlebush has done much to cement a bond of good faith between the University and the state legisla- ture. A. B., 1913, A. M., 1914, Ph. D., 1916, Michigan, LL. D., Knox, 1937, Hope, 1937 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT: I want to take this opportunity, in behalf of the Uni- versity, to extend our very best wishes to the members of the graduating class of 1939. You hold a proud and distinctive position, in that you are securing your respec- tive degrees during the Centennial Year of the Uni- versity. If I may be permitted a personal note, I Wish to point out that I have a special interest in the class of 1939. You entered the University the same year I undertook the responsibilities of this oHice. I have appreciated the opportunity to Work with you and your respective officers. I trust that you have all profited greatly from your years spent on this campus. lVIay each of you, through the years that lie ahead contribute to society a full measure of high and useful service. Preslcent Page 26

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LLOYD C. STARK A MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR: It is with a feeling of mingled reverence and pride that I salute the University of Missouri upon its hundred years of noteworthy service-reverence for the memory of those farsighted founders who launched the fledgling institution a century ago, and pride in the great modern institution which stands in Columbia today. As the keystone of our state educational system, the University has more than fulfilled the function assigned to it by our forebears- the cultivation and dissemination of culture and knowledge throughout the state. So Well, in fact, has it done its Work that this influence is by no means confined Within the borders of the state but Page 25 Governor Lloyd Stark, since 1936, has given Nlissouri citizens a dynamic administration, unafraid of powerful opposition and vigor- ous in voicing and applying the sentiments of good government. Under such leadership the Univer- sity and all state institutions are sure to prosper. today manifests itself in many sections of the nation and in foreign lands. As Governor of lvlissouri, I take great pleasure in voicing the sentiments of the citizenry of our state in this message of felicitation to our beloved University.

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36- Cox, Mooizis. N1i1,soN, B1.AN'roN, Porrian, COWVAN . XYOLPERS, Minnuzuusi-i, AICIDAVID, XVILLSON, LATI-IROP BOARD OF CURATOR Mr. H. Charles Cox, farmer and newspaper and insurance man, is now president of the Chamber of Commerce in Rock Port. I-le is a Missouri alumnus. hir. Harold J. hioore, banker and farmer, is now vice-president of a Brookfield banking house. He holds an A. B. degree from the University. lXfIr. Earl F. Nelson has practiced law in Kansas City since his gradu- ation from the University, where he received A. B. and L. L. B. degrees. He was once state actuary. lVIr. H. J. Blanton, publisher of the Monrof County Alppaal in Paris, has long been in the newspaper business, and has held several offices in press associations. Mr. James A. Potter has practiced law since receiving his A. B. and L. L. B. degrees at the University of Niissouri. He is now a member of a Jefferson City firm. lVIr. Leslie Cowan has served since 1920 as secretary to the Board of Curators and to the University. He is a graduate of the University, Mr. John H. Wolpers received his education at the Southeast Missouri Teachers college and the University. He is now publisher of the American Republic in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Frank lVI. lX1cDavid of Springfield is now chairman of the Board of Curators. He has long practiced law, and has been active in state politics. Mr. George VVillson, now an attorney in St. Louis, graduated from the University of Missouri with A. B. and L. L. B. degrees. He is now practicing law in St. Louis. Mr. John Hiram Lathrop, grandson ofthe first president of the University, took an A. B. degree at Yale and an L. L. B. degree at Harvard, and since graduation has practiced law in Kansas City. Page Z7 The Board of Curators shapes the general policy of the University of Missouri and makes all important decisions pertinent to its welfare. The state constitution of Missouri provides that the Board shall be composed of nine members, each to be appointed by the governor.i The tenure of office of the Board is six years, and in order that it might never be made up entirely of new members, the constitution provides that three members be retired and threeielected every two years. The memberships are allocated in such a way that not more than live can be of the same political afliliation and not more than two can be from the same congressional district. The Board works chieiiy through two prin- ciple committees, the executive board having supervision over the University at Columbia and the executive committee having charge of the Missouri School of Mines at Rolla. Each com- mittee is composed of three members elected from the Board each year at the June meeting.