Arizona State University - Sun Devil Spark / Sahuaro Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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Administration President G. Homer Durham Students are the never-ending source of inspiration to a university. The consequence of what happens to a youth in college is less important than the contribution afforded to his general intellectual, moral and spiritual condition. Yet, the economic results are important, and they are not unrelated to the graduate ' s state of being. Educational Objectives Arizona State University should probably aim at two parallel educational objectives: I. Without neglecting the experimental, we should cultivate and develop a strong underlying theoretical approach. II. An energetic, renewed quest for the cultivation and integrity of the human spirit must also concern us. We must build new bastions for individuality and the free spirit of inquiry aimed at the perfectibility of man. The future of high education in Arizona must reckon with two major problems. One is to increase quality; the other is not to restrict quantity, but to keep pace with population needs. The Literate Person The single department most likely to affect the entire institution in an American state university is the Department of English. The reasons are obvious: the educated person is a literate person. A brilliant English department finds its sheen reflected throughout the institution. other single department carries such extensive educational responsibility. The teaching of freshmen continues to be the most important task entrusted to a collegiate institution. The student is confronted with the curriculum throughout his career. It is the practical medium, not only between student and faculty member, but between this generation of mankind and the future. A curriculum can function as a rendezvous with either destiny or futility. It depends largely on the student and the teacher. Economics and the University It is difficult to measure the economic influence of a university. Nevertheless, the university has become, measured or unmeasured, a prime economic influence in today ' s world. ASU is attempting to become a center of learning . It must be a center of academic integrity and freedom in the pursuit of truth and knowledge. The quest must proceed without artificial boundaries and limitations. The enrichment of culture and the quest for human improvement and refinement have economic bases. A university must therefore be recognized in its more important role, in the pursuit of truth, beauty, goodness. This role is limited chiefly by character and quality, and the condition of support and freedom under which a university attempts to flourish. College of Law The new College of Law at Arizona State University marks the ingredient which will hereafter carry a profound and deep influence in the intellectual life of the institution. The law school lends greater meaning, precise expression and understanding to our work. Due to its humanness, the study of law is not so precise as to stultify, confine, and restrict other disciplines and thought-systems. The influence of law is one of refinement, possibilities, alternatives of channels shown to be appropriate by experience. The United States of America is a big country, characterized by big educational and otherwise. Experience in a large state university tests the citizenship of faculty and students alike. We feel that educational experiences at Arizona State University constitute such an opportunity.

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Vice President Joseph Schabacker Vice President William Burke Vice President Gordon Castle Vice President Gilbert Cady

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Administrative Robert Bradford, assistant dean Kay assistant dean Dr. Ge orge Hamm, dean of men Dr. Weldon Shofstall, dean of students Jo Dorris, assistant dean and acting associate dean.