DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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President Clyde Everett Wildman ' Under the presidency of Clyde E. Wfildman DePauw University has con- tinued as one of the most progressive institutions in the nation. Grad- uating from DePauw in 1913, President Wfildman returned to his alma mater in 1936 to succeed Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam as president. Since then he has won for himself a place in the hearts of DePauw students, alumni, and friends throughout the nation. He is one of the finest exem- plifications of the true DePauw spirit. Although most DePauw students are acquainted with the professional side of President Wildman, few of us are fortunate enough to know well his after hours side. While he is not handling executive affairs, he could probably be found pursuing one of his hobbies. One of his favorites is baseball. He is a National League fan and is a close friend of Ford Frick. He also likes football and follows closely the teams and players of the Big Ten. At home President Wildman reads a lot. He is especially partial to de- tective stories but also reads classical literature. He is interested in music and is now making a collection of recordings of Beethoven's works. 19

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.Q Hn... . 7 Efficient University 0rgunization Only on few occasions, mostly believed to be of an unpleasant nature, does the average DePauw student penetrate behind the doors of the Adminis- tration Building. As a result ed or co-ed has much less of an opportunity to know the members of the administration than those in the faculty, known merely as profs Sunk in the uimpossiblen job of being in charge of all men on cam- pus is DEAN LOUIS H. DIRKS, upper left. The dean is a notoriously good story teller-it even being claimed by some that he can beat his boys at that game, but of course they never do. At his right is DEAN WILLIAM M. BLANCHARD of the College of Liberal Arts, who for years was head of the chemistry department. Now he goes in for writing poetry and reading classical literature in his spare time. in the upper right is DEAN VAN DENMAN THOMPSON of the School of Music. Mr. Thompson began writing orchestrations 31 years ago. He spends his sum- mers in New Hampshire where gardening is his special interest. Center left is ROBERT H. FARBER, secretary of admissions. A DePauw graduate himself, Mr. Farber can be seen during the spring months showing prospective students about the campus. At other times you may find him selling DePauw in any high school in the Middle West. In the middle row center is DEAN HELEN C. SALZER, dean of women, who has, probably, a job even more difficult than Dean Dirks'. Miss Salzer is also resident head of Rector Hall and has traveled in the Orient collecting curios. At the right center is DEAN G. HERBERT SMITH, dean of administration and director of the Rector Scholarship Foundation. Dean Smith is outstanding for his national fraternity work. He helped organize Phi Eta Sigma and is connected with the National Interfraternity Council. Bottom left is F. RUSSELL ALEXANDER, director of publicity. Alex has a long journalistic background dating from his junior year at DePauw. He had one of the first Rector Scholarships to be awarded and followed it up by making Phi Beta Kappa. At his right is MISS VENETA KUNTER, registrar. Miss Kunter, as assistant registrar even before her graduation from DePauw in 1923, had the distinction of rolling her own diploma and then taking it over to her graduation. In thc next picture we switch over to the library where MISS LUCILLE' WICKERSHAM and MRS. VERA COOPER, assistant and head librarians, are in charge. Miss Wickersham, a graduate of Drury College, likes good music and contract bridge. Mrs. Cooper, who graduated from DePauw in 1912, collects sketches of Gluyas Williams, who draws for the Robert Benchley series. She says she has liked books ever since she was a child. 21