North Dakota State University - Bison Yearbook (Fargo, ND)

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19 umni ssociolion The object of the Alumni and Former Student Association is to promote the welfare of the North Dakota Agricultural College by uniting the alumni and former students in its service, to make their knowledge and good will effective for the betterment of the College and the state, to aid in the mutual welfare of its members, and to keep them in touch with and sustain their interest in their Alma Mater. The management of the affairs of the Alumni and Former Student Association is vested in a governing board consisting of nine members. The members of the board are elected for a term of three years, three members being elected each year at the annual busi- ness meeting which is held the week of commence- ment. From among these nine members a president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer are elected. At this time also they elect two other members who with the officers constitute the executive committee. l The executive committee has the power to act for the governing board in its absence on all matters pertain- Glenn Cook ing to the business of the Association. The governing board took an active part in the student drive. contacting students from every high school in the state, as well as part of Minnesota. The board also distri- buted the 1935 Bison yearbooks to the high schools in the state. During the State Fair this year the Association had a booth in the Education Building at the fair grounds where all alumni coming in for the Fair were registered and literature on the College was distributed to all interested parties. During Homecoming the alumni had a luncheon in the Lincoln Log Cabin for all graduates that came back for these festivities. It was estimated that over a thousand came back for Homecoming. The Twin City Booster Club entertained at a banquet in Minneapolis for the football team and coaches when the team played the University of Minnesota in September. George S. Hansen, '20, is Presi- dent of the Club. Dolve Gunvoldson Hollunds Olson Halbeison Bender Cook .-QEQETT Qinisgbitfcia-i -13-

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p n l1Q 5lCllQ OClPCl ol minislmlion The prime essentials of an educational institution consist of students and teachers. An institution of learning is established and maintained primarily as a place where students may learn to better advantage than they would without its facilities. Yet, learning is the result exclusively of the students' own activities. Teaching is an auxiliary to learning. The zest the learner gains from personal influence of an inspiring teacher makes for a more intense applica- tion on his part to the performance of those acts that result in the acquisition of knowledge. power. and skill. Teachers who have achieved success in their own respective fields of learning, who have abiding interest in their special subjects and continue to enjoy learning more than any other kind of endeavor, fur- i nish encouragement and inspiration to learners to l devote themselves wholeheartedly to the mastering of worthwhile scholastic achievements. If, in addition to these educational qualities, the teacher possesses the qualities of high morals, personal magnetism, and sympathetic understanding of his pupils, his value to an institution and accomplishments in helpfulness to his pupils are immeasurably increased. Our Agricultural College has enjoyed an enviable reputation gained through the success of its alumni and outstanding faculty members. In this book an attempt is made to give proper recognition to those scholars, investigators, and teachers who have proved so valuable in preparation of students of this institution for useful service. May the work of the editors of the 1936 Bison give us a worthy memory book to perpetuate the names of the teachers who have contributed so largely to make this the great institution of learning that it is. Nelson. Sa.u'vai'n.. Chair-rnan. . l THE STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION R. M. Rishworth John H-usby Arthur Thompson Mrs. Jennie Ulsrud Nelson Sauvain 4,gEQ3jff1'9 3 61 B I s o N gfgjfg., .-12.-

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e eq islmv Responsibility meets Registrar Parrott at every turn. Secretary of the faculty council, he is gen- erally considered the interpreter and enforcer of faculty regula- tions. He is chairman of such standing committees as those on attendance, curriculum, eligibility, and freshman orientation. His office admits and enrolls students, of each keeping a per- manent academic record. When catalogs, when analyses of aca- demic grades, are published, his office prepares and publishes them. It must be ready to sub- mit comparative studies of teach- ing loads, of faculty salaries and rankings, of departmental teach- ing costs. It answers many a questionnaire. When the Bison questionnaired him, Mr. Parrott revealed a Winter term enrollment of one thousand three hundred and thirty-six, and the biggest winter term freshman class in N.D.A.C. history-five hundred and thirteen. The Seceelo Pu The student who pays for a dormitory room, munches a meal at the college cafeteria, patronizes the bookstore, or settles up at the end of the term for breakages in chemistry lab-such a student con- tacts Secretary-treasurer Hagan's office exactly four times. Mr. Hagan's office hands pay checks to every state and federal employee on the campus. It buys all supplies for the institution. It is the custodian of all college property. It administers telephone exchange, bookstore, and cafeteria. For every penny of the million dollars that pass through the of- fice in a normal year, Mr. Hagan is accountable to the federal or the state government. ,QEQWJ was BISON mn., ..14...