Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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Professor R. L. Sutherland COUNCILINC COMMITTEE ANEW group organized on the campus this year is the Student CounseUng Committee, which functions for the pur- pose of providing counsel for the individual student and organizing group activity and dormitory Ufe. The Central Committee is composed of five members; and there is also a General Committee of thirty-nine other faculty members. The Central Com- mittee is composed of R. L. Sutherland, who is most concerned with the problems in the men ' s dormitories; Mrs. Dyer, who is responsible for the problems among the women students; P. L. Harriman, who is in charge of the testing bureau which pro- vides aptitude tests for those students who desire them: R. E. Page, who is most in- terested in the fraternity groups and Student-Faculty Congress: and C. M. Bond, who plans Freshman Week, and works with matters concerning the relation of religious activities to the general student group. Remarkable innovations and improve- ments have been effected under the leader- ship of the Central Committee. Aptitude tests have been provided for two hundred and fifty students upon request. The proc- tors in the dormitories have been trans- formed into Dormitory Counselors who hold regular seminars with the faculty advisers to discuss dormitory problems. Left to right: Sutherbnd, Page, Hjrrimjn, Oyer, Bond Twenty -I WO

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MRS. DOROTHY T. DYER, Dean of Women at Bucknell since February. 1937, was formerly assistant to the junior dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio State University, and is a graduate and holder of the B. S. degree in home economics from this same univer- sity. Mrs. Dyer also holds an M. A. degree in psychology from the Uni- versity of Minnesota, where she specialized in personnel and guidance work. Mrs. Dyer ' s study suits her well for her position as Dean of Wo- men, and by her sincere advice and interest in our campus life, she has won a definite place in the Bucknell scheme of things. I CiNCE September. 1923, Dr. R. H. Rivenburg has been Dean of Buck- nell University, from which College he was graduated in 1897, and has served as Vice-President of the College since 1935. Dean Rivenburg has served as President of the Eastern Association of College Deans and Advisers of Men, and is President of the High Education Department of the Pennsylvania State Education Association. The advice and help of Dean Rivenburg are deeply appre- ciated by all students. Twenty-one

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ADMINISTRATORS H. W. HOLTER — The Registrar ' s office, headed by Mr. Holter, carries on an extensive program of student selection and admission. Already the campaign for students who are to enter Bucknell next fall has been started. School bulletins and schedules originate here. To this group is entrusted the program of commencement activities. D. L. Ranck — Mr. Ranck and his colleagues are entrusted with the re- sponsibility of administrating successfully the financial business of the college. Through this department the annual funds of Bucknell, amount- ing to three-quarters of a million dollars, are dispersed. T. E. ElSLEY — Miss Eisley, Editor of the University News Service, supervises the distribution of all Bucknell news articles. In her releases. Miss Eisley emphasizes student activity. M, H. Hunt — Miss Hunt, coming to Bucknell as Secretary to the Pres- ident, later acquired the duties of recorder in which she takes care of all scholastic records for application purposes. B, W. Gru-FITH — Professor Griffith, business manager of intercollegiate athletics and a representative on the athletic council, finds his load heaviest when he tries to manage his financial affairs successfully. F. G. Davis — Dr. Davis plans the summer school and the instructors and administration of the extension program. To him is entrusted the in-service training of teachers, most of whom are graduate students working for their master ' s degrees. I Tu ' fniy three