Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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■■■ k, Campbell HP Er .iB B i ' - ' ' , Russell Laybourne Rightmire BOARD OF TRUSTEES T HAT Ohio State University ranks fourth among state universities and sixth among all uni- - ' - versities in the United States is largely due to the efforts of the Board of Trustees. When we consider that last year over sixteen thousand individual students received instruction in seventy departments of learning housed in seventy modern structures, situated on fourteen hundred acres of campus, we gain some idea of the ability of these men who have governed the University through the years. We see the magnitude of the task which they have so effi- ciently performed. The members of the Board of Trustees are appointed by the Governor for a term of seven years. The Board meets the second Monday of each month in a chamber provided for this purpose in the Administration Building. Julius F. Stone, former president of the Board, last year was made its first chairman emeritus. The State of Ohio owes a great debt of gratitude to the men and women who operate this project of state education so vast that it involves a monetary value in land, buildings, and equipment of over $23,000,000. 24

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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

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» in ■mi 4 I for ml ftiK UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS WHENEVER fourteen thousand people gather, govern- ment hecomes an important factor. Whenever four- teen thousand students gather, administration is depend- ent upon the efficiency of its heads. The Ohio State Uni- versity is justly proud of the quiet and capable persons who administer government of students and faculty. Dean of Women Esther Allen Gaw supervises the activities of the women on the campus. Housing, social education, vocational information activities — all are un- der her jurisdiction. While teaching psychology at the University of Santiago during the Winter quarter, the activities and duties of the office were assumed hy associ- ate Dean Zorhaugh. This is Bland L. Stradley ' s first year as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, J)ut he is still University Examiner and Secretary of the Entrance Board. He also conducts all correspondence and business connected with the admission of students to any division of the University. As registrar of the University Miss Edith D. Cockins handles a most important part of the administration, but she has other titles and duties — secretary of the faculty, alumni recorder, and University editor. She has much in- fluence, and performs her offices diligently. Chief of the business end of the University adminis- tration is Carl E. Steeb, University business manager and Secretary of the Board of Trustees. Since his graduation from Ohio State in 1899 he has been associated with the accounting and purchasing departments. Joseph A. Park guides the social, extra-curricular, and personal activities of the men in the University. He is also an advisor and faculty representative to the Student Senate. Park Steeb Cockins 25