P T Z F G C C
THIS CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY 01= LoU1s-
VILLE is one of the publications of the American Guide
Serie;. We have kept the general reader in mind in the selec-
tion of material and in the preparation of the book rather than
the specialist whose interest may be chiefly in the history of his
particular school or department.
We are ·especially grateful for the patient co-operation of
President Raymond A. Kent with whom we have continually
counseled throughout the development of the manuscript. We
wish to thank various departmental heads and many of the
faculty for reading all or parts of the manuscript and for
making valuable suggestions which were often inserted verba-
tim. We wish to mention particularly Ford L. Wilkinson, jr.,
Dean of The Speed Scientific School; ]. N. Lott, ]r., Dean of
The School of Law; Dr. ]. T. O'Rourke, Dean of The School
of Dentistry; Dr. ]ohn Walker Moore, Dean of The School of
Medicine; Dwight Anderson, Dean of The School of Music;
]. ]. Oppenheimer, Dean of The College of Liberal Arts; Ben-
nett M. Brigman (deceased), late Dean of The Speed Scientific
School; W. C. Mallalieu, History Department; Mary Burton,
English Department; Evelyn ]. Schneider, Librarian; Ralph E.
Hill, Registrar; F. W. Stamm, Director Division of Adult Edu-
cation; Guy Stevenson, Chairman Graduate School Committee;
Boyd Martin, Director of The Playhouse; Dr. Emmet Field
Horine, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine; Percy N.
Booth; Dr. D. P. Hall; and Robert N. Miller. LaMar Hamil-
ton, of the State Editorial Staff of the Writers' Project and a
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