American University - Talon / Aucola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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DR. PAUL F. DOUGLASS President of the University DR. JOHN E. BENTLEY Dean of the College and Professor of Psychology DR. ESTHER STRONG Dean of Women and Professor of Sociology T R A T I N

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vJur -ArdminiitratL A COLLEGE CONSISTS OF THREE SEPARATE PARTS — STUDENTS, FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION. THE FIRST TWO ARE PERHAPS THE MOST OUT- STANDING IN RESPECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY DEAL WITH THE MORE APPARENT AND IMMEDIATE ASPECTS OF COLLEGE LIFE. THERE IS, HOW- EVER, BASIC TO ANY WELL-RUN COLLEGE, THAT THIRD PART, THE ADMIN- ISTRATION. IT IS NOT LOVED OR FEARED FOR THE GRADES IT GIVES, OR FOR THE TEAMS IT MAKES, OR FOR THE ORGANIZATION IT RUNS. THE TOKEN OF SUCCESS FOR AN ADMINISTRATION IS ITS ANONYMITY — NOT AS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS BUT AS A BODY. ITS JOB IS THAT OF COORDINATION, OF RESPONSIBILITY, OF DUTIES, OF BUSINESS DETAILS, AND SO ON, DOWN THE LIST OF MINUTIAE FOR WHICH IT IS RESPONSIBLE. FROM REGULAR STUDENTS TO THE U. S. NAVY, TO CADET NURSES, AND BACK TO REGULAR STUDENTS AGAIN, THE ADMINISTRATION, ITS EXECUTIVE AND BUSINESS BRANCHES HAVE KEPT A. U. STRAIGHT. TO DR. DOUGLASS GOES SPECIAL COMMENDATION FOR THE JOB HE HAS DONE IN HEADING THE UNIVERSITY DURING THESE TURBULENT TIMES. IN OUR ADMINISTRATION, THEN, WE RECOGNIZE THESE TRAITS THAT MARK THE SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE, AND WISH TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE THE MECHANICS OF OUR COLLEGE RUN SO SMOOTHLY OVER OUR YEARS HERE. A II VI I V I S

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FHDLIY WE SALUTE OUR FACULTY. WE SALUTE THEM AS OUR INSTRUCTORS AND OUR FRIENDS. AS CLEAR-SIGHTED BELIEVERS IN AMERICAN EDUCATION AS THE KEY TO AMERICAN LIFE, THEY HAVE GIVEN OF THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS TO MAKE CLEAR TO US THE TRUE MEANING OF A LIBERAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN MODERN LIFE.