Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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Mr. Buntain's help is solicited also in emergencies, as when fraternity houses were converted into navy barracks last July. Another crisis, although momentary, befell when the rains came last year and almost made another Lake Michigan around campus dorms. Miss Alice M. Schweibert, director of all women's dormitories, controls housing, per- sonnel, and recreational and social activities among women's houses both on and off the campus. She is now a part-time instructor in sociology, but believes her housing work could easily be a full-time job. It entails changes in counselors, planning social events, helping out in the age-old roommate problem and, especially this year, recruit- ing private homes to provide housing for the increased university enrollment. Directing student affairs, which con- stitutes a major portion of campus life, keeps a whole corps busy. Elias Lyman, director of student affairs, coordinates all activities and social events organized by students on campus. Through his office come records of ScottI-Iall events, all-school affairs, lectures, and convocations. Schedules of these events are organized by Mrs. Elizabeth DeSwarte, secretary in the division of student affairs. Her par- ticular work is to check with the social chairmen of all groups functioning on campus, prevent conflicts in choosing dates, and arrange lists of events for the social calendar. Miss Myrtle Meyer, in charge of the activities office, assists all student organiza- tions with finances, which includes budgets, ticket-selling, bond rallies, and reserved seating for Cahn Auditorium lectures. Her ofdce, which, until three years ago, was a part of the student finance division, provides one of the best general services and con- veniences to the students. Edward L. Clark, director of admissions since 1927, is in charge of entrance applica- tions for all freshmen and Liberal Arts transfer students on the Evanston campus. His office distributes catalogs and bulletins in response to personal inquiries about living conditions, entrance requirements, and general school facilities. Mr. Clark was formerly associate pro- fessor of psychology and still teaches part- time in that department. He has done much research in factors determining suc- cess of college students. Since January of this year, Miss Georgia Bayless has been acting new student sec- retary following the resignation of Mrs. Jane K. Reid. The secretary's work in- cludes recruiting students from high schools and junior colleges, and distributing publi- cations on careers, housing, and general information. Both Miss Bayless and Mrs. Reid were new-student representatives before becom- ing secretary, and, in this job, traveled through the middle-west to interview pros- pective students. 'A' 17 l

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9 tion to this work he still teaches in the German department, of which he is chair- man. Dean Campbell comes from Virginia and attended Randolph-Macon College for Men, after which he was at Leipzig Uni- versity in Germany for three years. He taught at Randolph-Macon College for Women, and then became head of the German department at Wesleyan Uni- versity in Connecticut. He was also in high-school work during his teaching career. He became chairman of the German department here in 1934 and was appointed dean of the Graduate school in 1941. The dean takes great pride in an apple orchard which he has in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and counts tennis as one of his main hobbies. Speaking of his work, he said, There was never any doubt about what I wanted to be-teaching is my first love! Six-nineteen Clark Street , home of student and university finance, also houses the office of Harry L. Wells, vice-president and business manager, who could be termed N .U. 's treasurer. - Mr. Wells' training with several firms in the business world, as Well as his ex- perience in real estate Well qualify him to manage Northwestern's finances and property. After serving as a member of NorthWestern's board of trustees for two years, Mr. Wells was appointed business manager in 1934. A Northwestern graduate, he was promi- nent as an intercollegiate orator, and mem- ber of football and basketball teams. His graduate study took him to the University of North Dakota, as Well as to N.U. At both universities, he served as Y.M.C.A. secretary for a year. Mr. Wells now owns farmland in both Illinois and Louisiana, on which he raises cattle. He is outstanding in Evanston, both for his love of golf as a recreation and for his work with the Red Cross and with the Boy Scouts. 'A' 16 PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION O Hices B and C in Scott Hall might be termed repositories for troubles. Head- ing the list of those in personnel, Bill Nims and Mrs. Ruth McCarn, Counselors act as N.U's f'Mr. Anthony for hundreds of students' problems during the year. Both counselors have the usual diffi- culties of students in need of vocational or educational guidance, and those involving exclusion from school for academic reasons or infractions of rules. Mrs. McCarn cites another group of girls who come to her regarding their failure to pledge a sorority or dissatisfaction with their choice. To these offices also come requests concerning transfer students, for informa- tion for the FBI, for recommendations for positions, and from the health center in case of a student's serious illness. Mrs. McCarn, who has served in her present capacity since 1937, acts as an advisor to Women's organizations. She meets with house mothers and residence counselors, War Council activities, Red Cross and recruiting of women for campus war projects are also in her charge. Bill Nims has been in personnel since his graduation from N.U. in 1930. Since 1941 he has been concerned mainly with problems of men in uniform. When a feller needs a friend, Mr. Nims lends his sympathy and good judgment, backed by long experience in personnel work. Willard Buntain, N .U. graduate and former personnel director at Carlton College now director of dormitories here, has control of Navy housing, on-and off-campus housing, commissaries, and dining rooms. His is the problem of up-keep and constant checking on housing conditions and facil- 1t1es.

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THE DEAN S In 1939, Ovid W. Eshbach came here to face the difiicult job of managing the new six million dollar Tech Institute. His previous education and training, including service on the personnel staff of A.T. 81 T. quali1'ied him well for this position. Today N.T.I. is recognized as one of the foremost technical schools in the country. The Dean states the Institute's goals as being a high-quality undergraduate school on a cooperative basis and a high quality graduate school closely connected with present-day research. There are no definite post-war plans for Tech, but he believes it will expand with additions and with the many technical improvements after the war. His capable and direct, yet human and personal dealing with students has made him more than a dean. N. U. is noted for its speech school, which is the most cosmopolitan on the cam- pus, the students coming from greater dis- tances than do those of other schools. Thus James H. McBurney, dean, sum- med up the position of speech school on campus. Speech school, which places many stu- dents in radio and theatre each year, has a problem in public relations, according to the dean. Even though old concepts of teaching speech have changed, many people still don't recognize its worth. Dean McBurney who came here in 1936 as associate professor of public speak- ing, became dean two years ago. His own teaching is almost entirely limited to grad- uate students now. He also manages Northwestern Reviewing Stand, panel dis- dussion broadcast every week on WGN, and acts as its moderator. This year marks the twenty-fifth an- niversary of the School of Commerce. Homer B. Vanderblue, who took his present position as dean in 1939, now works mainly with the Navy. Appointed Educational Coordinator for the V-12 group last year, he now coordinates the regular academic courses with the Navy program. 18 After graduation from Northwestern, the Dean was professor of transportation here, then attended Harvard Business School, and was in business for ten year. His interests outside of the school liesin Pennsylvania, where he maintains a large farm, collects early American furniture and raises prize cattle and ducks. Dean Vanderblue believes there will be more people enrolled in Commerce School after the war- probably more than we can handle !' ! ' 'N I.. , .. , ff Q . ri I . - .1 I1 1 ll f LN, L-..--mi ' Mr 1-:M fa-, X4 5 -:fwfr 'Q -- 1 s . I. --: ' if '1 321 4215 --1,7-T: kk! jj,-TE? XL-L iqlj Ulf ms- i fm. y 'Q...,,.s 2 . i J' , f'ffL-Ga: i ' 'X llxxiiilkl wi, l iw ' S' ...-. .fx -. 1 1' 1 I 'i.SI? I 45:91-KJV-2f'PrW lfjx L 'Q - AX-:Ya xjfbfu-..'. ,QQ iw?- ix, .J-. j . Q. P I ' ,Hy i Q51 H' - x. A ..,...f 1 ,V - X , ,liftikrf ,FN 1 tglpl ' ..5. ij., , ,W . N 1. ,I .xp ,,.-f D Xxxl -Ji 3 -J . , flx SFX-X K-ff Z fix. f M XXX Tkf f Rv' 21 XX N Wa x ,f i Wa. y K U . 'Ly i l Ending his twenty-fourth year of teach- ing here, Frederick H. Heidbrink, now director of Summer Sessions, looks back on a long Northwestern career. Coming here as a freshman, he has been at N.U. in one capacity or another ever since, with the exception of two years in the business world. Dr. Heidbrink became summer session director last fall, after eight years as assistant dean of Liberal Arts. In this position, he has charge of summer ad- ministration, coordinating all schools on the Evanston campus. In addition to his duties as director, he has been on the Board of Publications twelve years, longer than any other member. He also teaches several classes in English. John W. Beattie, as dean of North- western's School of Music since 1937, heads one of the most widely-known colleges of its kind. Dean Beattie has had a long and varied training to qualify him for this position.