Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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wis of ards of me In- Slowly, lumen S. ierarchy students lediap- )lems of ford and listrative ty room, id, is the the Dean f of Arts Hudson in Mass the posi- this year ly Assist- Ferguson :enure and e first was I. ceived the ere, under len, exists a miniature bureaucracy of assistant baby deans and attractive, mark-knowing secretaries. But the average Fresh- man never climbs those stairs until the customary spring summons, except to get his grades or to discuss probation or scholarships. Sophomore year, students are moved down- stairs, and, in addition to being assigned to an appropriate assistant dean, receive their marks from the office of Assistant Dean Reginald H. Phelps. For many students the Deans ' office, like prayer, is a place to turn to when in trouble. Long and varied is the list of services the deans have performed for worried under- graduates. They will deal with angry civil authorities, listen to all kinds of complaints, try to solve any kind of problem, but they never hesitate to punish sternly and thoroughly at the proper time. Their knowledge of the records and move- ments of each student is fantastic and creditable for any gestapo, despite the fact that it is all received through official channels. The usual toll has been taken of the Class of 1942 by Deans ' office standards. Nine hundred and fifty-eight stu- dents entered as Freshmen in the fall of 1938, but by the fol- lowing November only 782 of those were left. Supplemented by additions, the class as sophomores totaled 938 plus 65 dropped Freshmen. As juniors ' 42 had 694 of its charter members and a total registration of 824. Last fall there were 648 of the originals left with enough outsiders to make an even 700. There were, moreover, 69 dropped juniors, 19 dropped sophomores, and six dropped Freshmen. Be- tween November of senior year and March 24, 57 members of the class had left for the war, a total of 8.1 percent of the 700 registered in the fall. Some of these had received their degrees early and others had, impatiently or forced by the draft, left without one. CHALRES S. BURWELL A.B., M.D., LL.D. Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Research Professor of Clinical Medicine JAMES McC. LANDIS A.B., LL.B., S.J.D. Dean of the Faculty of Law and Professor of Legislation LAWRENCE S. MAYO, A M. Associate I r)Wi of the (Irailinilc Schools of Arts and Sciences WALLACE B. DONHAM A.B., LL.B. Dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration and George Fisher Baker Professor of Business Economics DELMAR LEIGHTON A. It , M.B.A. Dean of Freshmen in Harvard College, Instructor in Economics REGINALD H. PHELPS AH., KM. AKfiNlunt Dean of Harvard OoUogQ and Secretary of the Faculty of Art anil Science and aWrtMl in History und in German itoH {12} GIORGI t. PLIMPTON n. 1 1. it k m u d mf Dtaa of Mbt»»»H CoIWp JOHN McP. RUSSELL, til Anwlant to ill- l r«-.el. i. WILLARD L. 8PERRY MA , l l Daaa of the i noni ■ofaoot, Plum- ii„ r l ' r.,le» .r of f ' hri ' liaii Morula, and Prnfraaaor of Homdclirw 4»r HAROLD M. WESTBRGAARD I ' ll 1) , I»h BttQ . Dm Tm ii . H l l)i ' »ii of tin Ortthttt Befaool • ( lEiiilii— ring Gordon MoKay Pro- ffMMir of fit il FfllfJlUMllH. nii ' l ( ' hmrmnti ol the I »i|mrlin ii( of I EflgtMl nun S« ii ' iipp ARTHUR P. WHITTEM ■ !in ..f spurn! Students, Director i.f Ualvendty ExtonaioSi wd Amo- nii profoBMW »f RomuuM L n fttflfOI

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UNIVERSITY DEANS GEORGE H. CHASE, Ph.D., L.H.D., I.itt.D. Dean of the University, John E. Hudson Professor of Archeology and Curator of Classical Antiquities For all Freshmen the drab gray, ivy hung walls of University Hall house something between the Lords of Creation, moving the moving finger, and an awesome In- quisition, weighing the Chosen and the Damned. Slowly, however, this terror is calmed, and these perfectly human men become no more fearful than prep school headmasters. University Hall contains a tight, intertwining hierarchy directing the activities and futures of faculty and students alike. Meeting each Tuesday morning as a group, the Chap- ter, (the deans and their assistants) , mulls over problems of the university, and then in the afternoon Deans Hanford and Leighton present unsolved questions to the Administrative Board, an elected group of the faculty. The faculty room, lined with portraits of past administrators of Harvard, is the site of these meetings. The three king-pins of the Deans ' office are the Dean of the University, of the College, and of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. First is George H. Chase, John E. Hudson Professor of Archeology, whose offices are actually in Mass Hall next door to President Conant. Dean of the College is A. Chester Hanford, Professor of Government, whose domain is the college proper, the core of the university. To the posi- tion of Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences this year came Paul H. Buck, Professor of History and formerly Assist- ant Dean of the Faculty. He succeeded William S. Ferguson in February and thus became the third manager of tenure and budgets since the Class of 1942 was in college. The first was George D. Birkhoff, whom Dean Ferguson replaced. On the third floor of University Hall is conceived the undergraduate ' s first impression of Deans There, under the firm hand of Delmar Leighton, Dean of Freshmen, exists PAUL H. BUCK, Ph.D. Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Professor of History ALFRED C. HANFORD, Ph.D., LL.D. Dean of Harvard College, Professor of Government SARGENT KENNEDY 8.M., M.B.A. Assistant Dean of Harvard College HENRY CHAUNCEY, A.B. Assistant Dean of Harvard College F. SKIDDY VON STADE, A. B. AMbtant Dean of Harvard College

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OFFICERS OF D. W. BAILEY CAPT. G. N. BARKER RAYMOND BENNETT COL. DONIAT C. W. DUHIG R. M. GUMMERE Publication Agent Professor of Naval Science Graduate Secreta ry, Phillips Professor of Military Science Director of Student Chairman of the Committee Brooks House and Tactics Employment on Admissions ATHLETICS W. J. BINGHAM Director of Physical Education and Athletics N. W. FRADD Assistant Director of Physical Education C. F. GETCHELL Assistant to the Director of Athletics F. O. LUNDEN Assistant to the Director of Athletics A. W. SAMBORSKI Director of Intramural Athletics C. B. VAN WYCK Secretary to the Department of Physical Education MAINTENANCE R. B. JOHNSON Superintendent of the Maintenance Division G. K. SAURWEIN Superintendent of tfie Engineering Division J. R. STEWART Superintendent of Caretakers Many of the operations connected with university life are carried on so smoothly that the student body is not conscious of the vast machinery of administration that makes it possible. The men responsible for the efficiency with which the university is operated often do not receive recognition. The duties of a number of the officers allow them to become acquainted with the undergraduate — we all know Bill Bingham, Ray Dennett, Dr. Bock, and Dr. Gummere — but many are known to us by name only, or by their pictures in the Album. The operation of a large institution requires an enormous amount of work not directly connected with academic instruction. It is the men on this page, the officers of administration, who direct most of their efforts to helping the student to function more efficiently. Much of their extra-academic administration is devoted to maintaining the health of the student. The men in the Athletic Department try to give him the exercise ■{14} The fall of the academic axe is imminent Most university records are kept here l