University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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r' is important that wc be able to earn a living. Sometimes, if we have any doubt about this, an empty stomach makes it clear to us. To earn a living usually means that we have some definite skill. If mere skill satisfies us, then a college education is of little use. If, however, wc desire skill plus knowledge, and character, and the ability to see our particular work in relation to the work of others, that is another matter. A college, then, can help. The chemist, for example, who has no knowledge of economics, of biology, and of history may have skill enough to earn a living, but he will not have capacity for leadership nor merit professional recognition as a chemist. Students, faculty, all of us need to get the point of view of one another. As wc succeed in this, miracles happen: our lives arc tuned to a happier rhythm; our supply of tolerance and of kindness increases; and our compensation is no longer measured in money. That all knowledge be organized, be unified, in the mind of the individual is, I think, a primary mark of education. Such unity is the material of culture. John G. Bowman Th 192S Out Pay 27

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 Board of Trustees rT“'HE Board of Trustees defines the purpose of the X University, then generally outlines the method and directly provides the means of accomplishing that purpose. Having as a concept of University that it be the provider of well-rounded education, and also that it should allow for specialization in particular fields, the Board arranges a general program of schools and courses, and then provides the physical means, intelligent officers, capable faculty, and adequate equipment, for the carrying out of the pro- gram with its various ramifications. The Board is com- posed of three classes of ten numbers each, elected in progression for three year terms. The Governor of Pennsylvania, the Mayor of Pittsburgh, and the Chancellor of the University arc members ex-officio. President Vice President Hon. E. V. Babcock Charles H. Kline Dr. John G. Bowman Hon. A. W. Mbllon A. E. Braun R. B. Mellon W. L. Clause H. C. McEldowney Dr. O. M. Edwards, Jr. T. H. B. McKnight Dr. Louise Emanuel Dr. John H. Nicholson B. G. Follansbee George S. Oliver Isaac W. Frank Hon. Gifferd Pinchot George B. Gordon Hon. D. A. Reed Howard Heinz C. W. Ridinger Dr. W. J. Holland W. P. Snyder, Jr. A. L. Humphrey fStewart Hamilton A. J. Kelley, Jr. Benjamin Thaw J. H. Lockhart J. C. Trees H. D. Williams fDied November second. Pay 76 Tlx 19ZS Owl

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SAMUEL BLACK McCORMICK, D. D. Chancellor Emeritus THE Chancellor Emeritus holds, perhaps, the most enviable position in the University. His chief occupation is to watch the wheels go round- usually from Florida in the winter time, but the rest of the year from his office in State Hall w here he feels that he is again a part of the living, throbbing, ever-expanding University and that it is his very own. The other chief duty of the Chancellor Emeritus is to stand behind the Chancellor and cheer him on. Better than all others, he knows the incessant toil, the anxious thought, and the watchful solicitude involved in the very office of Chancellor; and it is his particular privilege to afford all the encouragement and inspiration he can. For. after all, only as Chancellor Bowman brings his noble plans into realization, does the work of his predecessors have any permanent value. In lending a hand, therefore, and in seeing the University move forward, the Chancellor Emeritus fills a satisfying and useful office. SAMUEL B. McCORMICK SAMUEL BLACK LINHART, A. M., D. D. Secretary of the University THE Secretary's office is a clearing house for questions and information pertaining to every phase of University work. As Secretary of the Board of Trustees and its committees. Dr. Linhart is responsible for seeing that the actions of the Board and its committees arc carried out, and must keep an accurate record of all meetings of the Board and committees. As Acting Treasurer of the University he is responsible for seeing that its financial obligations arc met, and its revenues collected. He represents the University in its relations with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania concerning the biennial state appropriation. Financial transactions, real estate matters and legal questions make up a large part of his work. Many activities of the Secretary's office are concerned with the faculty and students of the University, such as notices cf appointments, the payment of tuition and questions which require reference to, or information from, the Registrar, Deans, and other departments. SAMUEL B. LINHART J. STEELE GOW, A. B. Executive Secretary THE chief duty of Mr. Gow. Executive Secretary of the University, is to assist the Chancellor in the guidance of the general educational program. His position is concerned with creating those conditions which arc most conducive to wise teaching and intelligent learning. He assists the Chancellor in his pioneer scientific research in the field of education. Sanely and modestly, problems arc met and programs devised for the most efficient furtherance ot scientific administrative methods towards an educational ideal. Not spectacularly, and with no regard for the bugaboo of tradition or rule-of-thumb, problems concerning the harmonious development into one unit of all schools and all courses are investigated and the results of these studies communicated to the various Deans in the form of recommendations and suggestions. J. STEELE GOW EvgfU TAr 1928 Oul »