Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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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.

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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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After taking his degree at Dennison University, he held various teaching and supervisory positions in public school Work. The dean is well-known as a conductor of school choral groups, and gives many talks at teachers' meetings. Music school, too, has had its war-time changes, especially in its summer session. Due to the exodus of trained music teachers to the service, the school steps in to replenish the supply, said Dean Beattie, as summer school last year offered refresher courses for teachers. Training teachers for nursery and gram- mar school, high school, college, and adult education is the job of J. Monroe Hughes, Acting Dean of School of Education since 1941. Dean Hughes joined N.U.'s faculty in 1924 as assistant professor in secondary school administration after twelve years of this work in Indiana, his native state. His special field of interest is personnel organization, including teaching persons to ill such positions as superintendent and principals of public schools. Following the war, the dean believes, there will be more vocational training, but not at the expense of classical education. Public school systems will continue to improve and must keep up with the chang- ing world after the war. i K fix i i f X iii ii. ,cl ' ii J., 'rig lg fbi 1 ,X Addison Hibbard became Dean of the College of Liberal Arts in 1930 following eleven years as dean at Chapel Hill, N. C. Believing that the things of the mind and spirit are important, he continued the new emphasis which had been placed on Liberal Arts, at the same time, maintaining the essentials of classical learning. Dean Hibbard counts writing as his chief interest outside the college, and is now a member of a national committee to edit and publish an international bibliography containing important literature existing in the English language from all countries. His special charge for this bibliography is Korean literature. His background for this job includes teaching English in a government college in japan from 1905 to '14, The dean explains the largest problem of the college is to get students who want to learn in front of teachers who want to teach. Head of one of the leading journalism schools since 1938, Dean Kenneth E. Olson' has instigated the accelerated war-time system, fostered new plans for women in the journalistic field, and introduced teachers courses at Medill. In addition to the dean's work at the college, this year he headed the community chest drive on campus, teaches C.A.T.S. on the Chicago campus, attends press associa- tion conventions, and speaks at various meetings. At the school, he teaches and lectures in four classes, while supervising the general administration of the college. Dean Olson believes firmly in the future of women in journalism, and is training and graduating a corps of girls every three months for jobs left by men in the service. .4 19