Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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JOHN M. DANIELS, Director of Admissions MELVIN J. VOIGT, Supervisor of Libraries Mr. B. E. David, Assistant Dean of Students—Men, works with Mr. Dickinson in regulation of student part-time employment, serves as general fraternity advisor, supervises the men's dormitories, and works with student organizations in the formulation and administration of their budgets. Before coming to CIT Mr. David was the city editor of a newspaper, a free-lance writer, and the Assistant Dean of Men at Ohio State, where he received his B.A. in Business Administration. The third of Tech’s trio of Deans is Mrs. Joan M. Schaefer, Assistant Dean of Students—Women. Mrs. Schaefer graduated from Miami University in Ohio where she was very active in many student organizations, including Cwens, Mortar Board, and Women’s Student Government. Using this valuable experience, she arranges the weekly school social calendar, advises women students in both social and academic problems, and supervises sorority activities. Previous to her appointment as Dean, Mrs. Schaefer served as advisor to many organizations on campus. There are many other members of the Administration Staff whose jobs seldom bring them into direct contact with the student body and with whom few students arc acquainted. However, their jobs are also busy and essential. There is John M. Daniels, the Director of Admissions, the man responsible for bringing students to Carnegie Tech. Through his relations with secondary schools and junior colleges he is able to inform prospective students of the CIT entrance requirements and of the H. R. PATTON, Controller

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JOAN M. SCI IAEFER, Assistant Dean of Students Room 228A houses the office of Elliot Dunlap Smith, Carnegie's Provost for the past six years. Dr. Smith supervises the undergraduate educational methods and curricula of all colleges, and administers the Division of Humanistic and Social Studies and the Social Relations program. I Ic holds degrees f rom both I larvard and Yale Universities, and before coming to Tech was Master of Saybrook College, Yale University. He has also written several books and many articles which have appeared in professional journals. The one division of the Administration Staff with which most students arc familiar is the office of the Deans. Tech’s three Deans, working together, supervise, co-ordinate, and counsel student activities. Dormitory, fraternity, sorority, and student organization problems, both financial and otherwise, are brought here and solved with the help of the Deans. Personal problems of students, whether financial, academic, or social, are brought to this office. Dean of Students, James A. Dickinson, who formerly taught at Northwestern University and worked for the Navy, has full responsibility for the co-ordination of student extra-curricular activities and the administration of all scholarships, loans, and student jobs. It is his job to plan the big freshman week program, to answer any questions or requests concerning student help, both with loans and employment, and to appoint many special committees for discussion of campus problems. JAMES A. DICKINSON, Dean of Students BEN E. DAVID, Assistant Dean of Students

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courses and type of education they may get at Tech. He interviews these students at their preparatory schools and arranges for many of them to visit our campus. In addition, Mr. Daniels and his department administer all freshman scholarships, their principle aim being service to any and all applicants. Melvin |. Voigt, supervisor of the libraries of Carnegie Tech, is responsible for the operation and improvement of all library facilities on campus. I lis expansion program has greatly increased the yearly circulation of the libraries, and through his redecorating and book redistribution programs he has done much to encourage lech students to use the continually growing library facilities. H. R. Patton, Controller, is in charge of the financial and business operations of the school. I lis plans for the new School of Industrial Administration building were completed last year, and the building is well on its way to completion by now. The Nuclear Research Laboratory at Saxonburg, along with many other research projects, comes under the authority of the Controller. DOUGLAS F. MINER, Director of Student Personnel and Welfare Earl K. Collins, Registrar, has charge of all reg istration procedure and keeps all student records The new and greatly improved registration proce dure came into being through the efforts of Mr Collins. I Ie also takes an active interest in school ac tivities, having served on several faculty committees STANLEY R. MARCH, Director of Public Relations EARL K. COLLINS, Registrar 11