Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

Page 20 text:

Administrative Council In order to assist the administrators who have neither the time nor the experience to handle the investments of the University, the Administrative Council was organized in 1930. It consists of a small group of Chicago business men who were unselfishly willing to give of their time and counsel to Loyola. They have proved themselves, time and time again, of indispensable aid to the school. The Council is composed of a general chairman, a legal adviser and three com- mittees each of which assumes a separate responsibility. These committees are finance, public relations, and building and grounds. The whole council meets but once annually but meetings of the separate groups are held whenever needed. just as the Academic Council insures proper management and regulation of the educational side of the institution, so the Administrative Council insures the proper handling of the financial end of the school. The success of this handling is evidenced by the present financial status of the university. This year the University and the Council lament the loss of Mr. Lawrence A. Downs who died in the autumn of 1940. Mr. Downs, a former president of the Illinois Central System, had been a member of the group since its inception. -r L STUYVESANT PLABODY EDWARD J. FARRELL Chairman of the Legal Adviser of the Administrative Council Administrative Council

Page 19 text:

Presenting Fother Wilson . . . For the past eight years the Reverend Samuel Knox Wilson, SJ., has been president of Loyola University. He has devoted eight years of intense and unfailing energy to guiding the destinies of the school. His achievements in these years are many, while their effects are being more acutely felt every year. Their complete fulfillment is yet to come. Wlieri he introduced the Honors system, Father Wilson undertook one of the major steps in pro- gressive education here at Loyola. It has proved eminently successful, For his foresight he haste- ceived nation-wide recognition. But this was only an added honor, since before this his fame had been justly established as an historian. He received his Ph.D. degree in history from Cambridge University and his textbook on Ameri- can history is widely used in schools throughout the country. He is a competent authority on pres- ent day affairs, as is evidenced by the constant de- mand for him as a speaker. Father Wilson is an untiring worker. He re- mains at his desk until late every day, seeing that those details of the University requiring his atten- tion are properly disposed of. His other duties include presiding at convocations and holding faculty receptions. The student body is proud to have Father Wil- son as president. In his eight years as president his outstanding career as a nationally known and respected educator has given them much of which they can be proud. And the advantages accruing from his unceasing work, his many services to Loyola, have endeared him to their hearts, The progress that Loyola has made undef his guidance cannot be overlooked-it is evident.

Page 21 text:

FINANCE COMMITTEE SAMUEL INSULL JR. CHARLES F. CLARKE .MATTHEW J. Hrcmzx' PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE EDWAIID J. MISPIRIEN MARTIN 1. QUIGL lim' BUILDING AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE DAVID F. . BREMNER EDWARD A. CUDAHY, JR. WALTIZR j. CUMMING5