Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Morgan and Miss Bernadine Stuber in charge. In these days, Mr. Morgan ' s function of obtaining jobs for Lehigh graduates is quite simple, since industry will take any graduate that the Armed Services reject. Mr. Frederick Ralph Ashbaugh, Bursar and Purchasing Agent for the Univer- sity, is the students ' most direct contact with the financial affairs of the college. It is here at his window in the Alumni Memorial Building that the students pay their fees, get receipts, and receive refunds. To keep the physical plant of the University in working order, Andrew Willard Litzenberger and his staff must check up on many thnigs. Under Mr. Litzen- berger ' s control come such things as lighting, heat, the lawns and shrubbery, repairs to buildings, and the timing of the bells for classes. In charge of the respective colleges of the University, the several deans of the University have under their control the administration of their academic divi- sions. Dean Tomlinson Fort of the Graduate School, head of the department of mathematics, is in charge of admitting, guiding, and giving degrees to students continuing their education. Assisting him in this work is Prof. Robert More, pro- fessor of German and Executive Secretary of the graduate Faculty. Heading the College of Engineering, with its many departments, is Dean A. Copeland Callen. Arts and Science come under the jurisdiction of Dean Philip M. Palmer, pro- fessor and head of the department of German. Famous for his radio speeches and opinions is Dean Neil Carothers, of the College of Business Administration. The Library is directed by Mr. Howard S. Leach. The job of keeping up to date, watching, repairing, and preserving 250,000 books is no child ' s play, so Mr. Leach is assisted by a group of clerks and cataloguers, who tend to the details of running the Library. There are three organizations which watch over the health of the students. The first and foremost of these is the Health Service, directed by Dr. Raymond C. Bull, who determines the general policy of the service. His chief assistant is Dr. Carl O. Keck, who listens to the stories of ills and ailments of the students and prescribes accordingly. The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics main- tains sports schedules in nine different sports and with many different schools. James A. Gordon, who in May entered the Navy, was the head of this depart- ment. Prof. Fay C. Bartlett, head of the department of physical education and intramural athletics, is in control of the physical development of the regular student. To that end, he maintains intramural schedules in many sports. In charge of University publicity is Melvin P. Moorhouse, instructor in jour- nalism and University News Bureau director. It is Mr. Moorhouse ' s job to see that Lehigh ' s intellectual life and activities are interpreted in the metropolitan press and that the activities of Lehigh students are made available in home- town papers. The Supply Bureau, student hangout and furnisher of the student ' s campus needs, is now under the supervision of Stan Heffner, for many years an assistant Dean of Undergraduates, Dr. Wray H. Congdon. 24

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ADMINISTRATION Having supreme and final power over the actions and policies of Lehigh University, the Board of Trustees, with Dr. Eugene G. Grace at its head, consists of sixteen men, ten of whom are appointed for life, and six of whom must be alumni elected by alumni for six-year terms. In direct control of the Lniversity, however, is the President, Dr. Clement Clarence Williams, who came to Lehigh in 1935 after the retirement of Dr. Charles Russ Richards. Among Dr. illiams ' qualifications for his present position are degrees from Southern Illinois Normal School, the University of Illinois, and the University of Colorado, a varied experience as a civil engineer, and a term as Dean of Engineering at the University of Iowa. Next in command, so to speak, is Walter Raleigh Okeson, vice-president and treasurer of the University. Mr. Okeson is also secretary to the Board of Trustees and chairman of the National Football Rules Committee. The majority of the red tape necessary for the functioning of any educa- tional institution filters through the Registrar ' s office. Here, Mr. George Bartlett Curtis, Registrar and University Editor, and his staff issue averages, make up class schedules, report grades, record cuts, keep permanent records of every stu- dent at Lehigh, and edit the Catalogue, the papers of Institute of Research, and the Student Directory. Probably the hardest working man in the Alumni Building at the present time is E. Kenneth Smiley, Director of Admissions. His normal duties consist of select- ing the students who wish to enter Lehigh Lniversity by a process of interview- ing students, checking on their records and references, and acquainting them with the University. In addition to these duties, Mr. Smiley is now in charge of housing students in these war days and in preparing for the arrival of the ASTP cadets. When any student in the college comes in contact with the Administration, he usually encounters Dean Wray H. Congdon. Before coming to Lehigh, Dean Congdon went to Syracuse University and the University of Michigan for his education, held several teaching positions in China, and was professor of educa- tion at the University of Michigan. When Dean Charles Maxwell McConn left in 1938, Dr. Congdon took the post, after being Director of Admissions here for four years. Dean Congdon ' s duties include guiding students, issuing valentines , granting petitions for everything from fishing trips to proms, giving and refusing excuses, and even dropping students from the University. In handling these duties, Dean Congdon must display the correct amount of tact, firmness, sym- pathy, and understanding. Another headache which Dean Congdon has now is the problems arising from the Selective Service, the ill-fated Enlisted Reserve Corps, and the ASTP ' s coming to Lehigh. An important office to all seniors is the Placement Bureau, with E. Robins Dr. Clement C. Williams, Lehigh Lniversity President 23

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