Texas Christian University - Horned Frog Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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Dean of Addfian College of Arts and Sciences Jerome A. Moore Dr. Jerome A. Moore, who was a premedical student during his undergraduate years at TCU, is dean of the Universityls largest and most varied school. Dean Moore, who came to TCU as dean of AddRan College of Arts and Sciences in 1945, has traveled thousands of miles in Europe and North America. Countries he has visited include England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy, Switzer- land, the Canary Islands, Spain, the West Indies and Mexico. Dr. Moore is particularly interested in Span- ish-speaking countries. For two years he served as honorary consul to Mexico and has been made an honorary life member of the Good Neighbor Commission of Texas. As interesting as Dean Moores travel exper- iences are his religious activities. He has served as pastor of many congregations and worked with D. Ray Lindley, who was then dean of Brite College of the Bible, in organizing the present undergraduate department of religion. It is significant that he has been a Brotherhood Week speaker in various Texas cities for four years. Dean Moore's activities indicate his intrinsical be- lief in the Brotherhood of Man. Page 16 Dean of the Graduate School A. T. DeGroot Each month more than 200 religious periodicals pour into the TCU Post Office and are gleefully accepted by Dr. A. T. DeGroot, dean of the gradu- ate school. Dr. DeGroot has one of the worlds most extensive collections of old and new religious maga- zines, Among the magazines, which represent almost every known Christian creed, is the largest collection of Disciples of Christ periodicals in the hands of a member of the denomination. When Dr. DeGroot was elected archivist for the World Council of Churches in 1955, his oppor- tunities for enlarging his collection was increased. His job is to collect and file all publications produced by the World Council. He came to TCU in his present capacity in 1949. During the 1955-54 school year he was also named chairman of the department of church history in Brite College of the Bible. Dean DeGroot frequently fills pastorates when he is needed. The epitome of his philosophy of life was presented in a volume published in the fall of 1955 entitled You Can Live Forever. The book is an outgrowth of his experiences as student, teach- er, historian and minister. lail KF 'gi y 1 p . 1 - 1 Nm... 1.

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i' 1 ref Business Manager and Treasurer L. C. Wright Holding the ticklish job of purse string-manipulator of TCU is Business Manager L. C. Wright. All of University's monetary matters pass through his office in the Administration Building at one time or another. Wright probably knows better than any other person in the University the difficulty a church-related school has in meeting its financial obligations. the Dr. After he was graduated from TCU in 1910 with a B.A. degree in English, Dr. Wright secured a position with a bank in Dallas with which he remained until 1922. In 1922 he returned to Frogland as athletic director, a post which he held for 10 years. Named business manager in 1932, Mr. Wright has continued in this position until the present. In recognition of his extraordinary service to the University, he was awarded an honorary D.B.A. degree in 1951. The principal interest of the business manager is his small farm, which is located on the Old Granbury Road. Work with his stock and farm implements occupies nearly all of Dr. Wright's spare time. With all of the figures and calculations his job at the University necessitates, he is content in his leisure hours only to calcu- late the number of his cattle and the sum total of his acreage. Page 1 5

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Dean of Brite College of the Bible Roy C. Snodgrass Roy C. Snodgrass enrolled in Valparaiso Univer- sity in Indiana in 1901 to study law, but he never registered for a single pre-law course. Ten days before school opened the pastor of the local church, Dr. G. H. O. Smith, met young Roy and convinced him he should enter the ministry. The next Sunday Roy Snodgrass preached in a nearby country church, and the sermon was such a success that the following week Roy changed his course to liberal arts with op- portunity for graduate work in ministerial study. Since his youthful days at Valparaiso Univer- sity, Dr. Snodgrass has been closely associated with the Disciples of Christ. For the 20 years preceding his coming to TCU, Dean Snodgrass was pastor of the First Christian Church of Amarillo. Now he is dean of one of the brotherhood's most important semi- naries. An inveterate fly fisherman, Dr. Snodgrass has failed only once in the last 50 years to make a pack- horse trip in Southern Colorado. Both in his role as a modern counterpart of lzaak Walton and as administrator, he has had success due in large degree to the fact that he never became a lawyer. Dean of the School of Education Otto R. Nielsen The career of Otto R. Nielsen has followed a strange pattern at TCU. He earned his B.A. degree from the University in 1953 and was appointed dean of men the fall after his graduation. Dr. Nielsen was dean of men and teacher in the department of psychology until 1940. During the ten years after 1940 he served as assistant dean of men at the University of Texas, Dean of Men at Texas A and l and graduate profes- sor at the University of Chicago. In 1950 Dr. Nielsen returned to TCU as execu- tive vice-president but resigned that post two years later to become dean of the School of Education. He wanted to re-enter directly the field of teacher educa- tion for which his career had been originally planned. Dean Nielsen, who received a BD. degree from TCU in 1957, dedicates much time to the church. For five years he served as minister of the First Christian Church at Kaufman. Now he is an elder in the University Christian Church and chairman of the budget committee. On weekends Dr. Nielsen finds time to retreat to a shop built into his garage. Page 1 7