University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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DON ALDERSON, dean of men, Martha Peterson, dean of women, report to Laurence Woodruff, dean of students. 26 Mr. Lawton reviews plans, receives bids, and keeps all projects moving as swiftly as possible. Frequently he me- diates between contractors and sub- contractors. Serving as secretary of the Planning Council, he aids in the long- range building program. George B. Smith, in the recently re- created position of dean of the Uni- versity, is overseer of the third phase of the administration—the academic division. Formerly dean of the School of Education, Dean Smith is also director of the Summer Session. My position corresponds with oth- ers all over the country. Although there used to be a dean of the Univer- sity, the position was discontinued at KU until the increased enrollment after World War II made necessary a ALUMNI SFC ' Y Fred worth, assistants Dick termote and Mildred felter edit the Kansas U. Alumni Magazine. third administrative assistant to the chancellor, he explains. Dean Smith insists that his specific task depends on what is waiting for me when I come to the office each morning. ' ' Essentially, all three of the chancel- lor ' s assistants are co-ordinators and planners, he says. We are endeavor- ing to reach a standard policy within the bounds of the University to pre- vent school conflicts, and outside to find an interrelation with other insti- tutions, Mr. Smith said. To reach this goal, KU ' s chancellor is implementing a vigorous program. So every student is cognizant of those signs along Strong hall, but few realize the tremendous responsibility those signs represent. Masterpieces of understatement? More than that !

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EACH WEDNESDAY, administrative assistants Keith Lawton, George B. Smith, and Raymond Nichols confer with Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy to coordinate policy. KARL KLOOZ, bursar, manages money, supplies, and salaries. In addition, he handles a check cashing service and funds for student organizations. Jocular and judicious, Mr. Klooz ' sign along Strong hall might well read Responsibility Plus. inner chamber Behind the simply-lettered sign reading Office of the is located the hub of the University all the governing, managing, administrat- ing, and overseeing necessary to edu- cate and accommodate students and faculty extending well into the thou- sands. Dynamic and young, Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy is presiding offi- cer for the University Senate, a policy- making group composed of professors, associate professors, and key adminis- trative personnel. The board of regents decrees that the Chancellor approve or disapprove new appointments to the faculty. Endless other demands are made on Dr. Murphy ' s time. He attends meet- ings as the official representative of the University, and keeps countless speaking engagements before all kinds of gatherings. According to him, the main job of heading the University can be divided into three major areas each of which is the special responsibility of an ad- ministrative assistant, under the direc- tion of the chancellor. three assistants Delegated the responsibility for the financial area of administration, Ray- mond Nichols, executive secretary to the chancellor, prepares the University budget and carries out the fiscal policy after its OK by the board of regents. He has been a member of the Uni- versity staff for over 20 years, and has served under three chancellors. Given the administration of the physical plant, Keith Lawton, adminis- trative assistant to the chancellor, re- views future needs of the various de- partments and administers their even- tual appearance on the campus. 25 •

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The Univers4y Bre by SHIRLEY PIATT t all began with the dents. They needed and were going to need more room, and as far as the University administration was cerned, they were going to get it. Reacting to the cries of overcrowded classrooms in educational systems all over the country, University officials last year set up a ten year building plan involving more than 12 and a half million dollars. The extensive gram includes classrooms and living units for University students expected to enroll en masse within t he next decade. The anticipated increase in ment could not be overlooked since estimates show a future student lation of between ten and twelve sand. A look at crowded conditions in Kansas elementary schools will assure any doubting Kansas citizen of these facts. Last year the new Student Union and three scholarship halls were pleted. Projects also begun were the stack addition to the law library, the science building, and the fieldhouse. lawyers ' books Law students this f all began using the $200,000 stack addition to the law library behind Green hall. The tion consists of seven floors and its windowed posterior provides the pus ' best view of the University. And students will move into the new science building, located on the south slope of Mount Oread below Robinson gymnasium, next September. When the building is about March of this school year ap- proximately $500,000-$750,000 worth of equipment will be installed. The million structure was hampered in early stages when a severe wind storm toppled a portion of the superstructure. It will house the School of Pharmacy, the basic sciences, and physics and chemistry departments. Within two years, student sport spectators can bid goodbye to Hoch auditorium. Thereafter they will be able to spectate in the comfort of the new fieldhouse. The structure, which will be one of the nation ' s largest, will be situated southwest of the Military Science building in the southwest portion of the campus. The long axis will run north-south on the extreme western intramural field, and the vacant area to the north will straddle an imaginary projection of 16th street. THIS MODERN men ' s dorm to be erected soon on West campus drive will solve in part the housing problem predicted for future years. 27 a