Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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T CAN think of nothing else so appropriate for this -■- space as an expression to the Class of 1938 of most cordial greetings, hest wislies for the year ahead, and fervent hopes for individual careers of great personal satisfaction and civic enthusiasm. Each can be a very significant person in the life of the state in his day and generation. Sincerely, March 7, 1938 22

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! f I r I ■ ' HE kindly gentleman who rests for a moment beside the fire is Dr. George ■ - W. Rightmire who has been President of Ohio State University for the past twelve years. To be president of even a small school is a difficult task. To operate efficiently the vast and complicated machinery of a school whose enrollment is over sixteen thousand is a herculean undertaking. Dr. Rightmire has gained an excellent reputation throughout the East be- cause he has administered the affairs of a large university with outstanding success and efficiency. For twelve years, all of the ])rilliance, resourcefulness, and executive ability of this man who had already achieved success as an attorney, writer, and dean of a college, has been directed to one goal — how to make Ohio State a better university. In spite of the drastic cut in appropriations due to the economic depression, progress has been made in every department of the university under Dr. Rightmire ' s leadership. Many significant changes have taken place in the various student organizations. Through his efforts, the system of extra-curricular activities has been reorganized on a competitive basis so successfully that the system at Ohio State University has served as a model for similar systems in other institutions. We deeply regret the resignation of this President of whom we are so proud. Dr. Rightmire takes with him the gratitude, love, and best wishes of the entire Ohio State Universitv. ' HIEF aide to President Rightmire is Vice President J. Lewis Morrill, an- other Ohio State graduate. No one could l)e fitted better to take charge of Uni- versity public relations than a man who for six years was reporter, desk man, po- litical and legislative correspondent of the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain and city editor of the Cleveland Press. During his j ' ears as a student at Ohio State he held editorial positions on both the Lantern and the Sun Dial, in addition to winning a Phi Beta Kappa key. Vice President Morrill prepared for the administrative work delegated to him by the President, as Secretary of the Ohio State Alumni Association and as Junior Dean of the College of Education. During the World War he acted as executive sec- retary of both the Ohio Branch of the Council of National Defense and the Unit- ed States Food Administration in Ohio. Guidance to faculty and students and the million and one things a University vice president is called upon to do, fill Mr. Morrill ' s days and make him indis- pensable to the university. J. LEWIS MORRILL Vice President 23