Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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VICE PRESIDENT AND DEAN OF WOMEN A capable person is Vice President A. K. Morris, who stepped into the position as acting president after the death of Dr. Upham and remained in this capacity until the arrival of our new executive. We owe him extreme gratitude for his many services to the students of Miami. In addition to his new responsibilities, he retained his former position as chairman of the Administrative Council, and With their cooperation, he carried out the customary duties of the president. Mr. Morris is a graduate of Miami and has been on the University staff for twenty-four years. Be- fore accepting his position here he was in YMCA work for thirteen years. He was the Ohio secretary of the YMCA and later the general secretary of the Cincinnati branch. Along with his many uni- versity duties, Mr. Morris is a member of the Kiwanis Club and maintains his position as president of the Oxford National Bank. Until recently he was a member of the board of trustees at Miami Valley Chautauqua and also at Fort Hamilton Hos- pital at Hamilton. The Morris family has their home here in Oxford and in addition, Mr. Morris owns and manages two farms. He numbers among his favorite hobbies farming, hunting, and fishing. Miss Emerson was appointed acting dean of women following the retirement of Dean Hamilton. Upon her arrival at Miami in 1923, Miss Emerson or- ganized a Secretarial Studies Department, the first vocational school for women students at Miami. She was the head of Wells Hall from 1923 until 1943 when the arrival of the Naval units necessi- tated using Wells Hall as a freshman dormitory. In addition to her other duties Miss Emerson has taught in the Secretarial Studies Department. Before her appointment to Miami she was a secre- tarial assistant to President Lowell at Harvard University; she taught in the secretarial department of Simmons College and was connected with the alumni office of Carelton College in Minnesota. One of Miss Emersonis interests is traveling. Her first ocean voyage was made to England and Scot- land in 1925. In 1934, she made a trip around the world, studying women,s colleges in Japan, Korea, China, India and other parts of the Far East in particular. Miss Emerson is anxious to continue her worldwide traveling now that the war has ended.

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14 THE DEANS sity. Dean Joseph W. Clokey of the School of Fine Arts is Widely known for his compositions and arrange- ments of organ and choral music. Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences is William E. Alderman, who is also adviser and English professor. He holds the position of Armed Service Representative of the Univer- Dean Raymond E. Glos of the School of Business Administration is a Certi- fied Public Accountant and member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Beta Alpha Psi, and Delta Sigma Pi. Ernest J . Ashbaugh, Dean . of the School of Education, aims to instill in his students the quality of foresight so that they may better guide the Ameri- can youth.

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ADMINISTRATION Mr. Charles T. Jenkins, formerly in charge of the fraternity houses leased to the university during the war, is the adviser of all freshman men living outside dormitories, and all men commuting from neighboring towns. Mr. Jenkins is also Personnel Secretary for the university; he keeps the records of personality, honors and activities for all univer- sity men. His office has been helpful during the war in giving accurate information to the F . B. I., Navy, Army Intelligence, and Civil Service, re- garding various Miami students. Mr. William C. Smyser, University Registrar, keeps all scholastic records, and has charge of all corres- pondence dealing with statistical grades and averages. It is through his office that all classroom assignments are made. Mr. Smyser is responsible for the organization of Freshman Week, the eligi- bility of athletes, and the evaluation of credits for transfers and incoming freshmen. For the past three years his greatest personal responsibility has been editing the J ou'mal of American Assistants of Collegiate Registrars, Which is a journal of higher education. Dr. Bennett T. Sandefur, formerly associate pro- fessor of geology, is assistant to the Vice President and alumni secretary. He is the director of admis- sions for the university. Because of the overflow of returning veterans, Mr. Sandefur has had quite a problem finding rooms in university buildings for all applicants. However, under his expert super- vision a great number of veterans have been satis- factorily placed. 16