Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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N VEIIS, ,TY BOTH IN TI-IE educational world as a whole and at Northwestern, the past few years have seen a growing emphasis upon the importance of specialization. The idea that every university should try to be all things to all men is giving place to the more reasonable idea that among uni- versities as well as in business there should be a certain division of labor. Ifor example, just as different manufacturing plants specialize in different types of products, so universities might well agree among themselves to avoid unnecessary duplication, and substitute cooperation for costly com- petition. The great foundations, which do much to subsidize research and educational activity, are supporting this idea, and are urging univer- Ifirr-iNi:i.iN Briss bNYlJlxR Vice-P1'0.i'fzfc'l1f , Darin uf l r1t'11fl1t'.r HARRY WELIAS graduated from Northwestern in l9l3 and came back to her in 1954 as Business Manager. In this capacity he has come to be- lieve that the most important single asset possessed by the University, from a business standpoint, is its exemption from taxation. Probably next most important is the cooperation of those men known as Trustees and Associates. The general public does not quite realize the amount of work and detail necessary to conduct University business. The Business Office is one of the four largest real-estate firms in the Chicago area. The 1937-1938 budget, for example. was in excess of 355,000,000---a sum which was handled, in the main, by the Business Office. ' The Business Ofhce, the University faculty, and the Trustees and Asso- ciates have agreed upon three common objectives to be gained for North- western in the future. These are: a superior teaching and research staff, continuation and improvement lu- V of the present selective standards for admitting students, and cer- tain necessary additions, such as Q new buildings and laboratories, to the physical facilities of the University. All of these objec- M tives are viewed as obtainable 'r-' by 1951. PM. Ii yi ffl' sities wherever possible to adopt a general policy of concentration rather than scattering of effort. This, I believe, is sound doctrineg and I believe too that as we plan our future development in har- mony with this policy we can look forward to Northwestern's playing an increasingly greater part in its own community and in the entire educational iworld. lflixnm' I.. Wisiis Vice-l're.iirfw1f l5fl.m1e.i'.r Nlfnlrlgw 14