DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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Deans Direct Student Affairs Dr. Lawrence A. Riggs, dean of stu- dents, is responsible to the president for student services, welfare, and the co- ordination and development of personnel services of the university. Dean Riggs attended the University of California at Berkeley and did graduate work at Teachers College, Coiumhia. Robert H. Farber is assistant dean of students and director of the Rector Scholarship Foundation. He takes care of placement, menhs organizations, general counseling, and veterans affairs. A veteran and DePauw graduate himself, Mr. Father did advanced Work at Indiana and Chicago Universities. Miss Lucille M. Scheuer, assistant dean of students, works with womenk and menvs activitieSschiefi-V A.W.S. and Pan-helleniciand with all social chair- 111611., sororities, fraternities, residence halls and housemothers. In her capacity Miss Scheuer also assists with the social calendar and does general counseling. NIiss Ida Nelle Barnhart is now in her second year as assistant dean of students in charge of residence halls and counsel- ing. Miss Barnhart, whose office is centrally located in Rector hall, holds degrees from the University of Wichita and Northwestern University.

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During his first year as dean of 'lhe university Dean Louis WY. Norris has shown that the philosophy majorsa loss has been the university-s gain. Although he has con: tinued in his old position as head of the Philosophy ami Religion Department, Dean Norris3 new duties have made it impossible for him to hold any classes. As dean he must supervise all Class and faculty administration. Dean Norris came to DcPauw from Balrlwin-Wallace College in 1946. He had previoush received his AB. at Otterbein in Ohio and his SLB. at Boston Theological. After stud'xing at the Universit; of Berlin for a time,he received his Ph.D. at Boston. He becamc dean of the university. a position which placeghim second only to the president, in the spring of .1950. 24

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Comptroller Mr. D. W. Smythe is responsihie for the financial affairs of the universitym including investments, buildings and grounds, residences, and dining halls. Mr. Smythe began his banking career in 1927; he has been associated with DePauw since 1925. Before his appointment as comptroller this past fall, he was the. university assistant comptroller and pur- chasing agent. Alumni Secretary In connection with duties as secretary of alumni affairs and executive secretary of the alumni fundq Mr. Robert E. Crouch directs the solicitation for the alumni fund, keeps in touch with gradu- ates, and supervises publication of The Alumnus, the official magazine. He has recently assumed additional responsibili- ties as director of the Student Union building. University Physician Dr. 0. R. Dohbsa director of the health service, came to DePauw in July, 1948, after serving six years in the Naval Reserve. A graduate of St. Louis Uni- versity Medical School, he took post- graduate work at Washin on University and at the University of Tienna. He is a member of the American Academy and a diplomat 0f the American Board of Otolaryngology.