University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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charged with keeping the buildings as well ventilated, heated and lighted as the equipment provided will allow, and the State supplies a special appropriation each year for repairs and permanent improve- ments. All requests to the Department of Buildings and Grounds for services which the departments need to pay for are made through the business office. General University Activities A group of activities not directly connected with any college, and yet definitely related with the work of instruction, includes athletics, military science, the library, museums, art collections, and the like. Each of these activities is designed to be under the direction of one head to be known as the director, except in the case of military science, which is organized in conformity with the regular requirements for reserve officers training corps units. Campus Services Certain services are maintained under the general direction of the University, but paid for in large part by the students or depart- ments using them. These are the stenographic bureau, the student health service, the University Commons, the Journalism Press, and the like. State Services The University maintains a long list of bureaus through which the trained men and women of the University give their services to the state at large. Many of the services are required by law from the appropriate departments. Some of them are mainly supported by fees, and others constitute a considerable charge on the University budget. Schools and Colleges The work of instruction in the University is, of course, the main purpose for which the University exists, and is offered in 56 departments. These are organized into schools or colleges to provide the best oppor- tunity for students to secure the courses they need in preparation for their life work. Page S

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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

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THE J rK-Ht.ACWlCEIl.-1033 ji Dean of Administration In F. J. Kelly, Dean of Administra- tion, the University of Kansas has a man who is attempting to correlate the best methods of school administration so fai developed in other institutions and to apply them here, as far as practicable. Probably no other phase of university development has received so little atten- tion, generally, as has the field in which Dean Kelly is working. The benefits of his efforts in the short time since he has taken up his duties is apparent in many places. It is difficult to define the scope of Dean Kelly ' s position, but to compare him to an efficiency expert in an industrial plant is a good illustration of his wide- spread activities. F. J. Kelly Vice-President The University of Kansas is fortunate in having men of the type of William L. Burdick, vice-president of the University. Following the death of Uncle Jimmy Green, Mr. Burdick took over the duties of the dean of the School of Law in addition to his other activities, and during the time he was chairman of the faculty of the school, he did much to improve it. All who meet him are won by his manner and his insight into affairs. His presence here has been instrumental in keeping Kansas in national prominence in law circles. W. L. Burdick Page 6