Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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o4 Pbuiiils Deans of AL The office of dean of men was first established at Indiana uni ersity in 1919. The function of this office is to promote the scholastic, moral, and social welfare of our students. This is done chiefly through personal conferences with the students and through conferences and correspondence with parents. Through co-operation with many agencies the ofHce of dean of men has assisted in developing a system of making appointments to prominent offices by student- faculty committees, such as Arbutus editor, athletic man- agers, dramatic directors, etc.; eliminating hazing; sys- tematic inspection of men ' s li ' ing quarters; reducing the dangers in class scraps; administration of student loan funds; building of the men ' s ciormitory and plan- ning for construction of further units; administration tutoring of delinquent students; protection of the student body through listing of suitable rooming places for men, and enforcement of schol- — C. E. Edmondson. What is to be thought of the deans of men? The deans hope that the thought of them may be as kindly as the best good will on their part merits. To the deans of men, the least of their work is what must be done by way of discipline. To them, the University is not a penal institution, but a place where youth and age co-operate, by means of natural contacts, to help the ad ' enturousness of youth to find humanely serious aim and purpose. If the) ' can aid even a little toward that, they have faith that thought of them will be as kindly as they most sincerely wish it to be. C. y. SeM BOWER.

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■ Jm Wiiiiam Loa-e Brya?i Presldenl of Indiana ink-ersily The Mission of the University Scholars are willing to work with endless patience at every conceivable scientific task. The wonder is that the hard-headed twentieth century does NOT deride them but accepts them, pays for them, rejoices in them, and that for a very good reason. The reason is that these far away studies do not remain far away. They fall together, and often in simple ways. They answer for us questions as old and as deep as human curiosity. They sponge out our myths, and give us instead a view of things more wonderful than any myth, which stands fast in the daylight. They give us sight of the world, and of life, and of humanity, in process of creation, and they teach us how to see these always more deeply and more truly. — WiLi,iAM Lowe Bryan. iiri

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cJf plbu Deans of M omen At the present time the position of dean of women is rather well defined on college and university cam- puses. As dean of women at Indiana university I have tried to create a homelike atmosphere for the girls on the campus; and assist in plans for their social life and activities. I have also tried to co-operate with the de- partments of health and physical education in main- taining good health conditions; and most important of all, I have tried to foster an atmosphere which will be conducive to good scholarship and help the girls de- velop into fine women. In this three-fold program I have had the help of i„ - f w .11 faculty, students, alumni and friends of the University. £! ,„„ vJ,un Through their hard work and generous gifts, good housing, second to none in the United States, is now available for fifteen hundred girls. We hope to have this same support and help in mak- ing the space for the recreational and physical educational department second to none. The present equipment was planned in 1906 for 236 girls. The girls want a large gymnasium, larger swimming pool, and more rooms for meetings and extra-curricular activities. The remodeling of the Student building, to meet their needs, is the next project. I hope that the dean of women ' s office will always be a channel through which girls may find aid for self-help, self-expression, and self-improvement. — Agnes E. Wells. As assistant dean of women, I take care of personnel cards for each girl. At graduation these cards show what the girl has stood for on the campus, what she has prepared herself to do, and what she hopes to become. This information is valuable to the dean of women while the girls remain in college, and is of great assist- ance to her in recommending them to positions after graduation. It is also of assistance to the Placement bureau. The keeping of a card catalogue of girls on proba- tion is another of my duties. As many freshmen and sophomores find out, I interview the girls who receive smoke-ups in physical education and those who are re- ported for absence from classes. In general, my work is to aid the dean of women in her attempt to hold the girls to a high scholarship record, and to preserve for her information which is not available from any other source. — Lydia D. Woodbridge. [21]