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

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The complexities of organization of the mod- ern educational institution make the task of administration especially important. Unfortun- ately students often fail to understand the difficulties of administrative organization and the many obstacles in the path of college officials. Behind the scenes, guiding and directing the smooth running routine of the college is a group of able administrators. The administrative of- ficials also serve in an advisory capacity, attempt- ing to direct the individual student toward those pursuits in which he is best qualified and in which he is most likely to succeed. Through this yearbook We, as students, recognize the important role of our administrators in the life of this institution.

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TQD On the whole, our student group is optimistic, and pretty level-headed too, says Dean Pearl Dinan, who should know. Dean of Women, Miss Dinan directly con- tacts at least ninety per cent of N.D.A.C. women students, whom she advises with an eye to their so- cial and scholastic welfare. She serves on such committees as those on student loan fund, scholarships, student activities, social enter- tainrnent. She regularly attends meetings of organizations like Senior Staff and Women's Senate. She is supervisor of the women's dormitory. F.E.R.A. aid means an additional job for the Dean. She has to in- QCIH O OHWQYI terview numerous applicants and make assignments. In the fall quarter eighty-eight girls got F.E.R.A. assistance, in the winter quarter fifty-seven. He characterizes the prevailing student attitude the future. T Q DQGYI O GFI At some time in his college career, every man student here has come or will have come into direct or indirect contact with Dean Smith. It is his job to ad- just personal problems in the way that's best for individual and group Welfare. An added duty of the Dean's this year was to ad- minister federal aid to men stu- dents, among whom he was assign- ed one hundred and three full- time appointments to apportion as he saw fit. Dean Smith reports cases where F.E.R.A. funds have been indispen- sable to college attendance, or where they have so lightened financial worries as to stimulate better school work. as hopeful, serious, and heedful of 4gz zm,

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