Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Uncanny is the word for Harvey H. Davis, say those who have worked with Qhio State's new vice-president when refer- UHQ to his administrative ability. He is always tsuccessful in consolidating the varying opin- IOHS Of others into a workable program. HaVi1'1Q lived among the rolling knolls of IOWG in his youth, the vice-president is still G fdrrn boy at heart. Although he occasionally engages in the urbane pastimes of contract bridge and qolf, he finds real relaxation out- doors. He likes to putter in the garden and often reverts to the frontiersman sport of split- img rails. He is joined in this rnuscle-harden- mc-f .activity by his seventeen year old son Philip, who is a junior in University High School. Vice-President Davis has always been en- gaged in educational work. However, acting GS .vice-president of the nation's fifth largest FUIVGTSUY, is a far cry from teaching in the lille Ted schoolhouse where he began his Career. Promotions came rapidly to Dr. Davis. is lzecamelsuperintendent of schools, direc- QZS statistics for the city of St. Louis and in an associate professor at Ohio State. l COHCUTTQUUY he held the position of auditor ?f the Ohio State Department of Education. 919331 he was elevated to the chairman- shlp Of the department. exlllell Prepared lor the job by his previous th USQCG, Dr. Davis on March 9 assumed I 9 office vacated by Lew Morrill, who nimped to the presidency of the University O WY0miHq. Self-effacing, the new vice- presldellt keeps his shoulder to the wheel. and She? 6 right hand man to the president Versit li public relations man for the Uni- med Y 9GfDs the vice-president well occu- 1 - To his capable hands is entrusted an Important Dart of piloting Ohio State to greater heiqhts. Actin VIBE-PHESIDE T iv - W' 1'1 i 'M't '1 ' 'ft- -31 s.:5...,.u-Ja 'truvs-:.-'+iltan:r1n'5+au-'rm-.'J -.2 -m.W:w-www: 4-4Z,..:t.:i.1uzWA win CZMJQQ Qnfy 34343

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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.

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