Armour Institute of Technology - Cycle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Deans may be viewed with alarm and derision in most colleges the country over, but at Armour it is a definite exception. There isn't a more genial, even-tempered, likeable and capable dean than Dr. Charles Austin Tibbals. Patient and tolerant, ambitious and industrious, Dean Tibbals opens his office to all, devoting his full time and energies to the solution of problems confronting the student and the faculty as well. His un- flinching fairness, combined with a frankness in search of truth, inspires confidence and trust which is well founded. Coming to Tech in her infancy. Dr. Tibbals has grown with her from rank of instructor in chemistry to Dean of the Undergraduate College. His is the highly interesting but extremely demanding task of being dad to a thousand young men. To him they turn for succor and advice, in him they find aid and counsel. His office to the left of the main entrance is patronized by all, especially those in trouble. His inexhaustive supply of patience and tolerance, born from an understanding of the difficulties common to college men, has admirably fitted him to the job of mediator and advisor. The activities of the dean being more than enough for several men, Dr. Tibbals was forced to discontinue his famous freshman chemistry lecture now known only to the upperclassmen. However, he still teaches one of his early courses in the chemical engineering curriculum. The merry twinkle in his eye and the intriguing fascination of his well attended mustache are characteristic of the unique individuality of Tech's own Dean Tibbals. He can inspire only pride and admiration from the students about him who realize that he has in a great measure been responsible for the growth and progress of Armour as a college training good engineers. 15

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