Occidental College - La Encina Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Gncina l l l Remsen Du Bois Bird, president Robert Glass Cleland, Dean administration To the average student, the administration of Occidental is largely a mys- tery. He may attend the President's Hour on Tuesday morning, he may dis- cuss fiscal matters with the Comptroller or grade-points with the Registrarg he may hear one of the Deans at an occasional chapel service. Yet he is hardly aware of the operation beneath the casual campus atmosphere of an efficient machine made up of these and other functionaries of the Administration. Dr. Remsen Du Bois Bird has been largely responsible, during his thirteen years as President, for the shaping of Occidental. The college owes much to his indefatigable efforts in behalf of its material well-being. lt is even more thank- ful for the influence of his personality. Through his executive contacts with such organizations as the Los Angeles Philharmanic Orchestra, the California As- sociation for Adult Education, and the Association of Colleges and Universities of the Pacific Southwest, Dr. Bird makes real the Occidental Big Campus . Yet, with all his duties, he is never too busy to counsel such of his children as seek assistance or advice. Miss Olive Hutchinson, Secretary to the President, is as well-known to students as any member of the Administration. As guardian of Dr. Bird's appointment book, Miss Hutchinson smooths the harsh details of pub- lic relations and enables him to accomplish his program efficiently. Although primarily concerned with the college's academic life, Dr. Robert Cv. Cleland, Dean of the Faculty, emphasizes the value of personal association with the student-body. It is as a friend rather than an executive that he will be remembered by departing students. Miss Helen Bruce, Dr. Cleland's secretary, somehow manages also to speak for Occcidental College to those who dial Albany ll5l and to direct strangers who wander into johnson l. page ten