University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Ernest Hiram Lindley, Chancellor He feels that the university should connect itself with every citizen of the state in some way. He desires a sufficient force to n-ake the university serve the cities of the state, the health of the people, the welfare of the farmer and the business man, each in his own place of business. The Chancellor would make the university more than a schoolhouse; he would make it the super-servant of the people, a place of research, of advice, of information, of e.xpsrt and technical knowledge. A fine ideal that — but realizable. . . . Only an idealist can make dreams come true. And the new Chancellor of the university is an incorrigible idealist, with a great and profitable dream. — William Allen While. SIX years ago, Ernest Hiram Lindley was a professor of psychology at the University of Indiana. As he worked in his garden one eve- ning he received a telegram calling him to the West. After delivering a series of extension lectures to the business workers of Portland for Reed College, he was invited to spend some time with Washington State College as visiting professor. At this time Idaho was in need of a president for its university and Mr. Lindley was selected. His presi- dency of that university was a period of unusual growth, both in material expansion and in the place it came to occupy in the minds of the people. Doctor Lindley ' s administration continued for three years. During the last of these, Kansas was searching the country for the right man to head its own state university. Those in charge of the selec- tion decided that Doctor Lindley was needed in the Sunflower state. He accepted the chancellorship of the University of Kansas, taking up its duties July 15, 1920. His arrival was the signal for a great quickening of the state ' s interest in educational matters. Chancellor Lindley suffers nothing from an intimate view. He is a most gracious and congenial host. Of ready wit and an able phrase maker, he is a conveisationalist after the heart of Stevenson. There is nothing aloof about him either. Professors warm chairs outside his office door while he chats with a freshman. Dr. Lindley has been engaged in humanization work for industrial establishments, but practically his entire life has been in the shadow of a university. His great grandfather, a Quaker Abolitionist, freed his slaves and led the first migration out of North Carolina to Indiana. The chancellor was born at Paoli, Indiana, October 2, 1869. His great grandfather had helped to lay out the University of Indiana at Bloom- ington. Dr. Lindley became an instructor in philosophy and psychology at Indiana, continuing as professor until made president of the Uni- versity of Idaho in 1917. Page 3

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The Board of Administration THE University of Kansas, in common with other institutions maintained by the state, is controlled by the Board of Administration, consisting of the Governor as ex officio chairman, three members appointed by him, and a Business Manager chosen by the board itself. The members hold office for a term of four years. The personnel of the present board is: Jonathan M. Davis, Ex Officio Chairman, Topeka; E. L. Barrier, Eureka; A. B. Carney, Concordia; Ernest Underwood, Arrington. James A. Kimball was Business Manager up to the time of his death, January 28, 1923. Officers of Administration The University Ernest Hiram Lindley, Ph. D., Chancellor William L. Burdick, Ph. D., Vice-President Frederick J. Kelly, Ph. D., Dean of Administration George O. Foster, A. B., Registrar Anne Dudley Blitz, A. M., Dean of Women John R. Dyer, A. B., Dean of Men and Director of Vocations John J. Wheeler, A. M., University Marshal John M. Shea, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds The Schools Ellis B. Stoufrer, Ph. D., Acting Dean of the Graduate School Joseph G. Brandt, Ph. D., Dean of the College Paul B. Lawson, Ph. D., Associate Dean of the College Perley F. Walker, M. M. E., Dean of the School of Engineering Herschel W. Ar.-vnt, A. M., LL. B., Dean of the School of Law Harold L. Butler, A. B., Dean of the School of Fine Arts Lucius E. Sayre, Dean of the School of Pharmacy Mervin T. Sudler, Ph. D., Dean of the School of Medicine Raymond A. Kent, Ph. D., Dean of the School of Education Raymond A. Schwegler, Dean of the School of Religion The Divisions Raymond A. Kent, Ph. D., Director of the Summer Session Harold G. Ingham, A. B., Acting Director of the University Extension Forrest C. Allen, D. O., Director of Athletics Earl N. Manchester, Director of Libraries Ernest H. Lindley, Ph. D., Director of Museums L. N. Flint, A. B., Director of University Publications Page i

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CV XHE jyVY»S. WV-K.}EI«.- 1933 The Plan of University Organization F. J. Kelly, Dean of University Administration. A MODERN state university is a good deal more than an institu- tion to offer instruction to students on its campus. It offers instruction by correspondence to non-residents; it helps to provide other means of adult education such as the supplying of package libraries and lecturers; it offers the trained services of its men and women in checking up modern practices in all sorts of industrial, agricultural, and educational affairs; it uses its technical apparatus to standardize instru- ments of common use throughout the state, such as electrical meters, gas analysis instruments, and the like. In short, the University is coming to be the center of trained services for the State. In addition it is expected to push out the boundaries of knowledge by careful research in all the fields covered by the departments in the institution. To perform all these types of service, a university re- quires a rather complex organization. To give any clear indication of the type of organization prevailing in the University of Kansas it is neces- sary to describe briefly the functions of the following groups or divi- sions of university activities. The General University Administration The officers having to do with the administration of the entire university are the following: The Chancellor, the Vice-President, the Dean of University Administration; the Dean cf Men, the Dean of Women, the Registrar, the Chief Clerk, the University Marshal, and the Publicity Director. The University Senate, composed of members of the teaching staff having a rank of professor or associate professor, exercises jurisdiction over many problems touching the interests of all the colleges and schools in the University. Much of the administration cf rules and regulations concerning matters of interest to the whole university is conducted by committees of the University Senate. Department of Buildings and Grounds Another group of activities university-wide in its scope concerns the buildings and grounds. This group of activities centers in the Super- intendent of Buildings and Grounds, who is directly in charge of the janitors, caretakers, watchmen, firemen, engineers, electricians, tele- phone operators, and the like. He secures all the general supplies and classroom furniture needed throughout the institution. He is Page h