University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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l Jl Jjj 5 Commerce Hall Occupying the east end of the twice-named building known at the west entrance as Philos- ophy Hall and at the opposite door as Com- merce Hall, the College of Economics and Business relates events of the present to the post World War I period when husiness ad- ministration training then was nearly as pop- ular as now. Other major fields in the college include accounting, economics, international relations, labor, law, political theory and jurisprudence, politics and administration, social work, and taxation. Professional honorary for the college is Beta Gamma Sigma. James K. Hall, Professor, headed O.P.A. research and worked in the Office of Strategic Service in Wash- ington, D. C; continued in same field as a Lieutenant in the Navy. Donald H. McKenzie, Professor, recently puMished his second hook. The I ' undanienlals of Accounting. 29

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COLLEGE OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS •j v f 1 d » 71 TS?T ?T i ' n i ' p ' » S l l I Dean Howard H. Preston With an enrollment that swelled past the 1700 mark in spring semester, the College of Eeonomics and Business headed by Dean Howard H. Preston is expected to reach an even greater height in fall quarter. According to the Registrar ' s Office, the College received twenty-five per cent of the total veteran enrollment. In search of qualified personnel in the graduate schools of other major universities to help supplement an overtaxed staff. Dean Preston journeyed from Washington to Massachusetts and returned via California, early in February. Present at the Amer- ican Economic Association which set the time for his journev. Dean Preston also secured information concerning foreign trade zones for use in research ])rojects. Vt ith an eye to re-establishing the Pacific Northwest Banking School at Washington which has lain dormant during the war years. Dean Preston also made plans for its resum])tion. The dean, whose hobbies include a collection of old and out- dated currencies and bank notes and a love for salt water fishing, also takes time for for small-scale vegetable gardening. 28

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION al raLs l» l ' I Tt 1 1 1 i l ' » l » l ' » l ' »m ' T tTi 1 Dean Francis F. Powers From a swirling river a steelhead flashes and there, yes! there at the other end of the rod is Dean Francis F. Powers, head of the College of Education, whose talents, activities, duties seem as nniltitudinoiis as the compound tasks of ten men. When he let a i)rofessional hohhv of remedial reading take over, his volunteer classes filled to room capacity. Flashed Dean Powers, whether they learned a thing or not. there was never a dull moment ! Actually, students not only gained help for their own problems in reading and studying, but improved grade j)oints showed tangible results. His cleverly cartooned and captioned booklet. How to Studv and Like It, is like an oasis in a desert of drv informational texts. Besides his duties as dean of the college, Dr. Powers is also director of the Audio- Visual Studios and Programs and professor in educational psychology. 30