DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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G, BROMLEY OXNAM. D. D,. LL. D. The President i HE greatest contribution of President Oxnam to DePauw can not be i measured in terms of his specific accomplishments, great even as they are. ' It is true that under his administration the scholastic standard has been raised, an extensive building program put under way, great additions made to our endowment, and many other definite advances made. These would be futile, however, without his greatest contribution-the revitalizing of the DePauw spirit. The character of President Oxnam is vibrant with energy, a fighting energy which has transformed the half-dormant spirit which he found here two years ago into the living, moving spirit of the new DePauw. Eighleen

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Administration T the head of the administration of DePauw univer- W sity stands President G. Bromley Oxnam, who has V Q now completed his second year in that capacity. He. together with the Board of Trustees, formulates the basic policies of the University: and his is the task of cor- relating the various departments through which these poli- cies are administered. Both in the formulation of wise progressive policies. and in their capable and energetic ad- ministration, President Oxnam has achieved a remarkable success. Dr. H. B. Longden, Vice-President of the University and Director of the Edward Rector Scholarship Founda- tion, is known as the personiication of the spirit of De- Pauw. He deserves this distinction for many reasons. but the chief of them is that he has never allowed years to make him old. He draws the wisdom of ripe experience from the past. but he does not live in the glory of a former day. He lives in the present and hopes for the future. For over half a century, DePauw students have loved him for what he is and honored him for what he has done. No one else in the administrative system is beset by so great a number of different duties as is the Registrar. Miss Vera Wortli. The highest tribute that can be paid Miss Worth is the fact that in spite of all the nerve-rack- ing detail with which her oflice must deal, no position in the University is more capably handled than that of the Registrar. Mr. Harold Robbins, who was promoted from As- sistant Treasurer to Treasurer upon the resignation of Dr. S. B. Towne at the end of last year. has achieved a com- plete success during his Iirst year in his new capacity. His position is a vitally important one, and he has proved him- self fully capable to sustain the reputation for absolute efficiency which belongs to the oflice of Treasurer. This year has seen the establishment of a new office of administration, namely, that of Comptroller. Dr. By- ron H. Wilson, who is qualined by many years of experi- ence in the field of religious administration. has served his first year in this capacity. The great increase of endow- ment, plus the efficient administration of the funds of the University, are ample evidence of his success. Twenty