University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Meet the Deans Donald K. Alderson, Dean of Men Laurence C. Woodruff, Dean of Students Miss Martha Peterson, Dean of Women 24

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Many students find the library in Myers Hall a quiet place to study. Ernst Klein lectures on the Life and Teaching of Jesus. School of RELIGION Dr. Barr points out another step in the history of religion. 23

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Franklin D. Murphy, Chancellor The -iiversity Senate by Jayne Callahan THERE is within our University a group of ad- ministrative and faculty people who make up what we call the University Senate. They func- tion as a senior policy-making body and have the powers of jurisdiction over all University matters. In a much warmer sense, it is this group which directs and guides life here at KU—they are a vital part of the color, the atmosphere, and the individuality of the University of Kansas. With- out these people, the University could not func- tion effectively as a working family body. Their presence and their efforts mean only one thing —that the oneness so essential to any university is present here in this school, our alma mater. Chancellor Murphy is the chairman and pre- siding officer of the Senate which is composed of the executive secretary, the deans, the regis- trar, the directors of divisions, the business manager, and all professors and associate pro- fessors who give not less than one half their time to resident university work. The Senate is charged with the responsibility of handling problems which affect all of the various schools of the University. They deter- mine the opening, closing and holiday dates for the school year and summer session. Questions of scholarship and attendance, methods of re- cording class standing, credits and exams are brought before the Senate. General regulations are made concerning advance d standing, uni- versity publications, student loans, university convocations, lectures and entertainments, and rules of eligibility for students participating in university and student activities. It is in the Senate that the Calendar Committee, made up of six faculty members and three students, prepare and recommend each year a calendar for the following year. Here too, honors, scholarships and prizes are conferred and the work of other institutions of learning is accredited. To the men of the Senate, the University is a living thing—still growing rapidly not only in numbers but in stature. As new and advan- tageous avenues keep opening up in every direc- tion they will continue their work. Meeting on the first Tuesday of the months October, No- vember, April, and May, they will offer their wise guidance and contribute much to the uni- versity which begins at the top of Fourteenth Street Hill and ends somewhere out in the green. grass behind the Allen Fieldhouse—the Uni- versity of Kansas. 25