Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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MINISTRATION D. M LITTLE Secretary to the f Diversity Master of Adams House J. W. LOWES Financial Vice-President DUMAS MALONE Director of the Harvard University Press W. G. MORSE Purchasing Agent R. V. PERRY Bursar ARTHUR WILD Director of the University News Office LIBRARY K. D. METCALP Librarian of Harvard College T. F. CURRIER Ajaooistt Librarian of Han ani College R. H. HAYNES Assistant Librarian of Harvard College W. A. JACKSON Assistant Librarian of Harvard College C. A. MAHADY Supcrinlt ' iuifiit of the Reading Koom C. E. WALTON A.s.ms taut Librarian of Harvard College MEDICAL A. V. BOCK A. W. CONTRATTO F. A. SIMMONS AOGOSTUS THORNDIKE K uln.r IWaaur IMivinaii ill tlir I f ' |mrtiin-ut Amistaut Uurgica! Adviwr SurKi ' uli ill t In- Depart inrtit • ( Mvcuttw (if HyKli ' lK ' of llyKJi-hc necessary to keep him in condition. The Hygiene Department also aims to prevent illness; but, when a man is ill, they do everything to restore him as quickly as possible to normal. There are other problems less obviously connected with the welfare of the student. The Maintenance Department attempts to keep the physical equipment of Harvard effective at all times. The business officers are doing their best to reduce the operating costs of the university and thus ease the financial burden of the student. The libraries require a large staff to insure maximum speed in the handling of the thousands of books that circulate each week. There is a host of other duties: student employment, alumni placement, the University Press, publicity, Phillips Brooks House, and admissions all require detailed and careful administration. There must be capable men responsible for each, men who think and work to make them better. These are the men. This is the Administration. fn Committee on English aids undergraduates University information is always on the job

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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

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HUMANITIES Philosophy has been defined as a study of the world in the light of the fact that the world is known. This defini- tion could be broadened to include the humanities in general. For the humanities assume that man is the central fact in the world in which he lives, that he is fundamentally different from other animals, and that a knowledge of what has been thought and recorded of his nature, in philosophy and art, is an essen- tial part of wisdom, and hence of education. The humanities enrich man ' s awareness of himself and the world through an ordered appeal to the mind and the emotions. They give pleasure and solace and they increase sympathy and under- standing. They are a storehouse of recorded values. By giving to educated men a common standard of reference they make the past available for the present and the future. THEODORE SPENCER, Associate Professor of English an P. G. E. Miller, Associate Professor of History and Literature, in his office