New Mexico State University - Swastika Yearbook (Las Cruces, NM)

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Sectca(t XnCiHCH. ALVIN D. BOSTON Dean of Arts Sciences MELVIN A. THOMAS Dean of Engineering RUTH WESTLUND Counselor of Women ERA RENTFROW Registrar WILLIAM R. NICHOLS Dean of Agriculture . B. MUNSON Dean of Students PAUL BOUSHELLE Publicity Director f BENSON B. POIRIER Counselor for Men

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IN MEMORIAM W. EARL BEEM 1901-1952 — the life span of a man. These numerals tell how long he lived but nothing of why he lived, what he accom- plished, or of our loss in his passing. W. Earl Beem died in February, 1952. His title was Head of the English Department of the New Mexico College of A SMA. But he was a great deal more than this — for he serv- ed as one of the few real leaders we have, Mr. Beem was a progressive man. He waged continuous war on all that attempted to stop growth. He battled for progress in all fields — mental, physical, abstract, concrete — nev- er balking at the dust, dirt and unpleasantries that so often go with sweeping away the cob- webs that are barriers to progress. Mr. Beem was modern in his ideas and his actions. Never one to seek personal acclaim, he did all that he could to aid the good causes that others sought to further The minister at his funeral said that surely so many persons from so many walks of life who had come to pay their last respects to Earl Beem was as fine a tribute as any man could hope to have. Many mourn the passing of a man, the student body at New Mexico A SM mourns the passing of a friend and a leader. 8