Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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management of Willard, Hobart, Rogers, and Goodrich dining halls, as well as Scott Hall grill. William K. Selden, director of admissions, holds one of the most trying positions in North- western University. Upon his final judgement rests the decision of determining the potential- ities of every applicant for admission to North- western University. The skill with which he and his office have performed their task is evidenced by the fine standards that the university is achieving in numerous fields. Mr. Selden joined the faculty as admissions director in April of 1945, and has since worked constantly. The university may feel justifiable pride for the manner in which this important job is managed by William K. Selden. Chester E. Willard, veteran's coordinator, heads one of the most vital groups in the uni- versity with the office of veteran's education. Professor Willard is a veteran of World War I himself and he had three sons in service, one of whom will not return. Considering these facts, there is perhaps not any person in the university today that is more capable of understanding the problems of the returning veteran. He firmly believes that no liner group of young men and young women has ever walked our campus than that which is composed of the veterans who now comprise such a large portion of our student body. In her three years as director of all women's housing at Northwestern, Miss Lucille Scheuer has had many interesting requests for rooms. Other than her duties as director of women's housing, Miss Scheuer still finds time to act as adviser for the inter-house council, serve on an adult YWCA board, and be a sponsor for Shi-Ai. Poised and gracious, Miss Scheuer lives at Willard Hall, enjoys counselling the girls and loves fashion shows. Miss E. Leone Littlehales rates a place in the address book of every Northwestern man. As director of men's housing, she placed about 1,400 boys in open houses, dorms, steel-frame huts, quonsets, or approved,oH -campus rooms this year. Miss Littlehales came to N.U. as a Willard hostess and took her present job in 1945. 16 N.U.'s men are grateful to her for her sincere desire to help them. Student Counselors F. George Seulberger, dean of students,co- ordinates from his Scott hall office the manifold activities of the student counselors, the student affairs director and the director of admissions. In this busy position as middle man he also keeps an eye on university housing, enrollment, and personnel. In his own student days, he won a commercial engineering degree at the Uni- versity of Cincinnati. He worked in New York city before coming to Northwestern. Away from Scott, at his Sheridan Square home in Evanston, he enjoys listening to good music and swimming in the lake. J, i f K y I A A The door in Scott Hall with the name Mrs. Ruth O. McCarn upon it is never closed to a Northwestern Woman, for the tall, pleasant lady who has been counselor to Northwestern women for ten years is never too busy to counsel one of her women. Mrs. McCarn is one of the best known figures on campus. Anything that concerns Northwestern women also concerns Mrs. McCarn. Among her varied responsibilities is the assignment of counselors to all women's groups and the general supervision of dormitories and women's activities.

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strides. His deft supervision of Northwestern business and his representation for the Board has been invaluable to the school. Always an active man, Burgess was an in- structor at the University of Wisconsin after graduating from their law school. He was a newspaper reporter for a time, practiced law at Lancaster, Wisconsin, and became an at- torney. At Northwestern, he is noted for promoting the cause of education and assisting with the progress of the university. University Administration One of the latest additions to the North- western administration is J. J. Gerber, whv fe' placed Thomas Gonser as director of public relations January 1, 1947. Mr. Gerber first came to Northwestern in 1937 to do graduate work and to assist Mr. Gonser in the public relations office. In 1942 he left to work for the F .B.I. and after returning for a short time left again to enter the business world. He is now back handling the N0rthWCSfC1'U publicity, radio, alumni publications, and the all important Century Fund. Fred Dow F agg, vice-president and Dean of Faculties, first became a part of Northwestern University in 1923 as an instructor of economics. In 1927 he received his law degree from North- western Law School. He became an exchange professor in Germany the following year. In 1928 he was called back to become Dean of the School of Commerce, leaving a positron as head of the Bureau of Air Commercelm Washington. He varies his present position with his work on the year-old university Insti- tute of Aeronautics, an organization which carries on aeronautical research. I'm just a transplanted New Englander, says Arthur Tebbutt, Dean of the Northwestern Graduate School. After completing his under- graduate work at Brown University, Dr. Teb- butt received his Doctor's degree from Harvard University. In 1940 Arthur Tebbutt joined the North- western faculty as a professor of statistics, a job which he still holds along with his position as Dean of the Graduate School which he assumed in 1945. In this capacity he is in charge of admissions, faculty and students, and the de- velopment of the educational program for the school. Harry L. Wells, vice-president and business manager of Northwestern, comes from a long line of Northwestern graduates. After doing graduate work at both Northwestern and North Dakota Universities, he spent twenty-two years in the business world, but returned to his alma mater to make a name for himself by doubling every square foot of space of Northwestern during the nine years he has served in his present position. He is in charge of the properties and finances of the University and serves on the Board of Trustees. Personnel Administration Joe Miller is undoubtedly best known for his able direction of the Waa-Mu show. This ac- tivity, however, comprises only an integral part of his main occupation as director of student affairs. Mr. Miller has been affiliated with Northwestern since his graduation in 1929. He has successively held the positions of director of student placement, counsellor of men, and director of student finance. All who know Mr. Miller through his work as director of student affairs have developed sincere fondness for him. Willard Buntain, acting as director of dor- mitories, finds that his duties involve every- thing from managing the university housing to meeting various post-war emergencies that are allied to his work. A Northwestern University graduate and former personnel director at Carleton College, Mr. Buntain has been in this type of work since 1930. His position calls for 15

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Endless questions and requests are answered by Mrs. Betty DeSwarte, who has been North- western's social calender secretary since 1937- All men and women's social affairs are scheduled months in advance in the huge blue notebook which Mrs. DeSwarte keeps in her office 111 Scott Hall. Besides working closely with Mrs. Ruth McCarn, dean of women, scheduling all university parties and checking to see that chaperons are present, Mrs. DeSwarte still finds time to act as advisor for the Professional Panhellenic Association, the Red Cross College Unit and Shi-Ai. Northwestern's counselor to men, Ronald F- McGuigan, is a man who holds the respect of the men on campus, and, at the same time, hls informal air makes them feel that they are with a friend. His background in personnel guidance has been extensive, and this year he is pr0VlUg his ability here. Mr. McGuigan graduated from the University of Wisconsin and went on to the University of California for graduate Work- During the war, he served as a naval oflicer. Mr. McGuigan advises any N. U. man about academic or social problems. COLI.EGE 0F LIBERAL ARTS September arrives . . . and school . . . registration at Deering . . . courses in Shake- Spfiafei economics, Spanish . . - PSYCh010gY, Milton, western civ. . . . long lines lessen . . . red'taPe is finished . . . it's on to classes . . . and the College of Liberal Arts begins another year. The return of men to the Northwestern cam- Pus results in an all-time high enrollment for the College of Liberal Arts. Leading other schools with registration of 2,811 undergraduate students, the College sets its standard high and gives its students a broad education. The impressive enrollment figure served as 2. welcome sign for the newly-elected dean of the college, Dr. Simeon E. Leland. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate from DePauw University, Dean Leland was formerly chairman of economics at the University of Chicago and has also served as special adviser to the United States Secretary of the Treasury. His vigorous spirit is exemplified by his sense of humor and his twinkling eyes. N I if Q ,sg I A! g I il? . an- . lf 1.42 ' s x - Wu. fai l ll Numerous new members have been added to the Liberal Arts faculty. These educators were carefully selected and represent the results of excellent educational training, background, and experience. Appointments were made to almost every department in the school. The aim of the College of Liberal Arts is to implant intellectual habits in the minds of its students that will mark them as trulyeducated men and women. The best in art, history, science, and literature is opened to the Liberal Arts student. The collegeis equipped to provide limitless opportunities to every student. A course in home economics was instituted this year and has now been awarded the status of a regular department. The college offers a four-year program leading either to the degree of Bachelor of Arts or the degree of Bachelor of Science. For the pre- professional students a minimum number of hours is required in the College, three years work for those entering Medical School or the School of Law, two years for those entering Dental School. There is also a five-year nursing program, three years of which are spent at Wesley Memorial Hospital or the Evanston Hospital. .To understand the culture of other nations, students take at least two years of a foreign language. Also, at least two years of work in 17