DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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CUMINGS CGORDINATES UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS I Di: Edgar CI, Cfuiiiiiigs, clvun of thc uiiivm sity. holds lhc' position svcoml in Coiiiiiizmd lu th ill of iiiiivcrsily pivsiclc-iii. Hi' maiy wvll In cillccl thc quzirclizm of ziczidciiiic stzmdaircls. Im his oliicc' hzmrllcs all iiiiiilvrs Cuiicm-riiinq uni x'c'1'sil3' courscs and also s:'i'x'cs :is Crimcliiiziloi UI' IVEICIIIIY 2lII'2lII'S. Thi- IiOI'Il'lC'I' p1'c'sidi'1il UI' cI2iIIIi'l'IJlll'y Clollcqc Dr. Cuiuings LfI'2if.IllZllCCI from Iucliauzi L'nivc-1 sity in 1931 and caihccl his Ph.D. at thi- Uni vc' 2-I rsity oi' Chicago in III36.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHAPES DPU POLICY DePauw Unix'ersity s charter provides for a Board of Trustees to direct the school. The board is primarily concerned with the business interests of the college hut it is also responsible for the selection of faculty and administration members. The trustees make the final decisions on all major university problems. The membership of the hoard never exceeds 48 and each member is selected to serve a three vear term. The Indiana conference of the Methodist church elects 30 members, the DePauw alumni choose four. and the others are elected by the trustees upon recommenda- tion by the university president. The hoard meets three times a year: Old Gold day, in Feliruarv. and commencement weekend. Because a large majority of the hoard mem- bers are chosen hv the hfiethodist conference. and since such a majoritv actuallv controls the policies of the school. DePauw is known as a lNIethodist university. 'fnp Razr-: Rev. Allen B. Rice, H. Foster Cllippinger Lloyd BI. Cline. LeGrand Cannon. Rev. Samuel L. Yoder, Rev. George Francis. Blaine E. Kirkpatrick. Dr. lNIerrill B. fXIcFall. Rev. E. li. Lawshe. Dr. H. SI. Rhorer, H. Inglehart, Rev. Robert Baldridge, Glenn Thompson, Dr. F. F. Friblev, YX'illiam Schiltges, Dr. Frank R. Greer, Edward L. fvlorgan. 1 Huflom Row: Rev. Bucl F. Horn, Fred L. O'Hair, S. L. lviartin, Ernest lN1. Sims, G. O. Carpenter, Rev. Elmer Jones, Gen. james Ogden, Dr. F. A. Hall, Pres. Wiildman. Fred Hoke. Gilrner Inqleliart. Hon. Rov O. XVesr. Laurence Sullivan. 23

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DR. LAWRENCE RIGGS Dr. Lawrence Riggs. dean of students. is in charge of the service program for DePauw students and faculty. His ofhce supervises vet- erans, affairs, their part-time employment, and housing and counseling services. Dr. Riggs acts as personal counselor to all students at DePauw. MISS LUCILLE SCHEUER Now in her second year as assistant dean of students, Miss Lucile M. Scheuer serves as gen- eral counselor, advisor to various women's or- ganizations, and co-supervisor of the social calendar. Miss Scheuer holds degrees from Mount Holyoke College and Columbia University and had received personnel training at Northwest-- ern University. ROBERT H. FARBER Robert H. Farber is assistant dean of SILI- dents, director of the Rector Foundation, and head of the Placement Bureau. He received his A.B. from DePauw and his M.A. from the University of Chicago. This year at Indiana University he began work for his doctorate.