Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Howard L. Bevis President V

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PHESIUE T CM' Clfl LS' 84713 Administrative capability, scholarly incli- nation, and ingratiating tactfulness are inte- grated into the personality of Howard Landis Bevis, Ohio State's seventh president. The prexy's knack for administration makes him cheerful as he works. All I have to do is see that other people work, is his own blithe summary of his job. Austere as he is now, President Bevis vividly remembers his undergraduate days, when his six foot-two frame gained him the moniker of Stick Bevis. The president still retains an interest in the problems of indi- vidual students. While he naturally finds it impossible to know every student by his first name, he has tried to establish personal con- tacts with students. Don't be afraid to speak to me if you see me on the campus, the president asks. Comfortably established in his campus residence, Dr. Bevis spends his hours of relaxation with his wife and son, who is a junior in the College of Engineering. For vacations, he travels up north to an island which he owns on placid Lake Westlenkoon in Canada. There he reads, fishes, and tinkers. A favorite diversion is diving with his homemade equipment: he has gone to a depth of fifty feet. A lawyer, public servant, jurist, and edu- cator, the president is ever alert for new means to benefit the University. He has ex- panded the occupational service of the Uni- versity, originated the night school for de- fense purposes, and has molded the Univer- sity program to help the nation gird for war. Dr. Bevis has a deep sense of responsibility for the public trust placed in him. He hopes to ever hold fast to all the finer traditions of the past, but with open mind ready and eager to receive new light and truth.