University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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I The administration of the University of Kansas is responsible for directing the complex activities that confront each student from the time of his admittance to the University until he joins the varied activities of the Alumni Association. Strong Hall houses all the administrative offices and serves as the center of their operations. Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe is the head of the University and is directly responsible to the Board of Regents for its operation. He is assisted in his executive policy-making capacity by a staff of administrative assistants. Vice Chancellor James Surface is the Dean of Faculties. He supervises all teaching programs at the University and reports directly to the Chancellor. All academic deans and related academic programs are directly under his guidance. Vice Chancellor George Smith is the head of Institutional Planning at the University and director of the Summer Session Program. He is primarily concerned with the development of the Univer- sity in the future and with research studies regarding future planning. Vice Chancellor R. K. Lawton is director of the Physical Plant Operations. He is responsible for buildings and grounds operations and the building expansion programs. Raymond Nichols, Executive Secre- tary and Vice Chancellor of Finance, is directly in charge of finance. He also acts as the Chan- cellor ' s liaison to the Board of Regents, the Department of Administration in Topeka, and the Kansas Legislature. W. J. Argersinger, Associate Dean of Faculties, directs University research that includes all grants, contracts and proposals by private and federal agencies. Associate Dean of Facult ies, George Beckmann, is in charge of International Affairs and all University relations outside the country. This includes such activities as the Costa Rica Program and the summer language institutes. These six comprise the Chancellor ' s central administrative core. James Gunn, Administrative Assistant to the Chancellor and head of University Rela- tions, correlates all public relations at KU. Mr. Tom Yoe, Director of the University News Bureau, is responsible for officially reporting all University events and policies to the public. James K. Hitt is probably the first name that a new student becomes familiar with before arriv- ing on. the campus. Mr. Hitt is the Registrar and Director of Admissions. He is assisted by Carl Fahrbach, Associate Director of Admissions, who is responsible for directing the High. School Visitation Program and the KU Summer Previews, as well as processing new student credentials. W. L. Kelly, Assistant Registrar, reports directly to Mr. Hitt on such matters as students ' records, collection of fees, and directing enrollment procedures in the Union. The Personnel Officers of the University conduct all activities in the nonacademic aspects of the student ' s education. Dean. Laurence Woodruff, Dean of Students, deals with the wide scope of general activities carried on by the students. Miss Emily Taylor, Dean of Women, and her staff handle all matters concerning every woman on campus. The AWS, Cwens, Mortar Board, sorority rush, and residence hall organizations are only a few of the numerous extracurricular activities advised. by this office. Donald K. Alderson, Dean of Men, assisted by hi s staff, is the chief administrator of all programming for the men of Kansas Uni- versity. This includes such activities as advising the Men ' s Residence Association and directing men ' s fraternity rush. Assistant Dean of Men, Clark Goan, also acts in. the capacity of advisor to the many international students at KU. Bob Billings, Director of Aids and Awards, is included in the personnel staff. His main function is to administer all scholarships and student aid programs for the University. Keith Nitcher, Comptroller, supervises the enormous amount of bookkeeping and financing done by the University. His financial responsibility is no small matter when consid- ering the amount of money that passes through the business office every day. J. J. Wilson, Director of Dormitories, is responsible for the physical facilities and operations of the entire residence hall system at KU. He supervises nine large residence halls, housing approximately 3,000 students. Two organizations that report directly to the Chancellor but are separate organizations in themselves are the Alumni Association headed by Secretary Dick Wintermote, which con- ducts all activities and projects of the loyal alumni of KU, and the Endowment Association, directed by Irvin Youngberg. Mr. Youngberg supervises the developments and projects of the University made possible by funds received through endowments by KU benefactors. The administration is quite diversified in its activities and scopes, and certainly must be so to handle all situations that arise in the process of directing nearly 12,000 students to a more meaningful educational experience at the University of Kansas. 26

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J. J. Wilson Director of Housing Keith Nitcher Comptroller Richard Wintermote Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association Thomas Yoe Director of News Bureau Irvin Youngberg Exec. Secretary of the Endowment Association Clark Coan Assistant Dean of Men and International Student Advisor Robert Billings Raymond Nichols Carl Fahrbach Director of Office of Aids and Awards Vice Chancellor for Finance—Exec. Secretary of the Univ. Assistant Director of Admissions

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THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES Teaching and reaching—these goals describe the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The College administration—Dr. George R. Waggoner, Dean; Dr. Francis Heller, Associate Dean; and Dr. Gilbert Ulmer, Assistant Dean—as well as faculty members con- stantly search for improved methods for teaching and reaching the students in the College. This fall 385 faculty in the College have a role in the education of over 5,000 students, about half the number of students enrolled at the of Kansas. These attend regular classes in the thirty-two departments which are grouped into three divisions: the natural sciences, including physics, botany, and geology; the social sciences, including economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology; and the humanities, including the classics, philosophy, and history. The liberal arts college at KU maintains a policy unique in many colleges and univer- sities throughout the country. The faculty of the College take an interest in. undergraduate students, both juniors and seniors, who are majoring in the various departments and also in the large number of students who have not yet decided upon a particular major. This fall 252 members of the College faculty served as freshman advisers, a position normally looked after by the newest and. youngest members of the faculty in most of the larger universities in this country. Experimentation with methods of teaching and the frequency with which members of the faculty participate in national. projects for the reorganization of curriculum and methods are evidence of the concern for undergraduates. The College has an outstanding Honors Program, which offers an accelerated program for superior students. This year, in addition to adding several teachers who have not previously been available, new subjects have been joined to the curriculum. One section of Honors English is being taught as a regular seminar, and the political science and sociology departments are emphasizing international courses. Honors students also conduct research projects under grants from the National Science Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Faculty members, assistants, and graduate students also carry on research in all areas of basic human knowledge. In fact, two- thirds of all the outside-sponsored research done in the University is done in the College. It is estimated that during the past year the money spent for research reached a total of three and one-half million dollars. To allow instructors to reach the students easily, the classes are small, aver aging about nineteen. This increases the general interest of the class and encourages participation. Many professors conduct their classes as round-table discussion groups, which serves to decrease the formality. KU has excellent facilities for these small classes as well as for the large lectures and for the laboratory courses. Students also have the rich resources found in over one million books at the Watson Library. The College has an International Program for those students interested in foreign languages and international educational cooperation. An undergraduate exchange program takes students to Costa Rica from February to November, at which time they live in private homes and attend regular classes at the University of Costa Rica. Kansas University also conducts summer language institutes both on campus and abroad. The European programs are for students with two or three semesters ' preparation in French, German, or Spanish. On campus during the summer, instruction is offered in courses such as Japanese and Russian. Those students who take at least fourteen credit hours and attain a grade point aver- age of 2.26, an excellent scholastic rank, are placed on the Dean ' s Honor Roll. Two honorary fraternities, Phi. Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, both have chapters at KU for those students with outstanding scholarship. Besides offering the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences provides a broad educational background for students who declare a major and transfer in their junior year to a professional school. Of the students who obtain their Bachelor of Science degrees in the College, two-thirds further their education by doing research as they aspire toward a higher degree. As a result of this excellent educational background, students in the University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences set their goals in many different areas. For many graduating students the instruction received in the College will be the last of their 27