Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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Under the capable supervision of Dean lulia E. Stout the Department of the Dean of Women handles all the problems of social, financial, or scholastic nature cur-- rent on the A. and M. campus. Practically every young woman in school comes into contact with Dean Stout some- time during the year in an official, advisory capacity or at social functions. Always she finds the same pleasant, courteous interest in her problems awaiting her when she calls. Every dance attended by A. and M. co-eds and all housing arrangements for the young women on the campus must bear the approval of the Dean of Women. Dean Stout represents women's interests on the college council, in faculty meet- ings, college committee assignments, and through special conferences. She is a member of the following college standing committees: Allied Arts, College Council, Council for Women, Residence Halls, Orientation Week, High School Vocational Conference, lnterscholastic Meet, Housing, DEAN IULIA E. STOUT Page 25 Rules and Regulations, Student Activities and Social Entertainment, Student Employ- ment, and Student Health. She is actively affiliated with the National Association of Deans of Women, State Deans Association, Delta Kappa Gamma, Stillwater City Pan- hellenic, and Lahoma Club. She is a mem- ber of Alpha Phi fraternity. ln addition to these duties Dean Stout is a gracious host- ess to campus visitors. Student loans are approved through Dean Stout's office in her position as chair- man of the loan committee for the Lahoma Club and as member of the Lew Wentz Student Loan Eund Board, Murray Eounda- tion Board and the American Association of University Women Loan Eund Commit- tee. This year the Dean of Women was responsible for placing more than lOU young women in Stillwater homes as assistants, to receive in return for their work, room and board, singly or together. Dean Stout approaches all of her exten- sive work from a constructive point of view. The Co-eds of Oklahoma A. and M. campus owe much to her kindly advice and liberal aid. She gives of herself freely, finding her reward in the happiness of the women she guides so successfully. She works in con- junction with Women's Student Govern- ment Association, Women's Panhellenic, Achafoa CSenior Women's group petition- ing Mortar Boardl, Young Women's Chris- tion Association, Women's Athletic Associ- ation, Physical Education and Health De- partment for young women students, Na- tional Youth Administration on the A. and M. campus, Loan Committees, and self help for young women students. While remaining mindful of all college policies, all women's groups are encour- aged to work for their advancement and superior rating with their national groups. The staff is composed of Mrs. Bernadine Brock, secretary, Mrs. M. P. Hammond, Mrs. Lucy Victor, and Miss Vesta Etchison, Adviser to freshmen women.

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DEAN C. H. MCELROY Oklahoma A. and M.'s pioneer person- ality, as indissolubly a part of the college and its traditions as historic Old Central it- self, is Clarence McElroy-since l9UU an Aggie, and since l926 Dean of Men. As counselor, officio and ex-officio, the mild-mannered dean because of his ex- perience and judgment has been the guid- ing personality of freshmen and upper- classmen alike. Himself a graduate of A. and M. College, Dean McElroy has been in the service of the institution since l909, only nine years after he enrolled for his first year of college work. l-le was born at Tulsa of Creek lndian descent. Receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in l9U4, McElroy then continued his academic pursuits at St. loseph college and the University of Chicago. At the former school he was awarded a degree as doctor of veterinary medicine. l-le became a laboratory helper here in l9U9 and has occupied positions as assist- ant instructor, instructor, professor of bac- teriology, associate dean, dean of the school of science and literature, and was for a three month period president of Okla- homa A. and M. College. McElroy serves as chairman of the dis- cipline committee, and approval of the rooming houses for students is among the multifarious duties of his office. lt is in that capacity that he has won the admiration of many, for it is his belief that college people are capable of discerning between right and wrong, and only seldom need super- vision and reprimanding. l-lis lodge and fraternity memberships include the Masons, Sigma Nu social fra- ternity, and Phi Kappa Phi, honorary scho- lastic fraternity. l-le is actively connected with Phi Sigma, Phi Eta Sigma, honorary freshman scholastic fraternity, and ltta- naha, lndian students' organization. Chief among his interests is the freshman scho- lastic fraternity, which requires an average of B plus or higher. - ln the absence of President Bennett, Dean McElroy assumes the chairmanship of the college council in dealing with administra- tive matters and lower committee decisions. As chairman of the Athletic cabinet and faculty representative on the Missouri Val- ley conference board he has a large part in shaping policies of the athletic depart- ment. ln appreciation and recognition of his twenty-five years of service, Dean McElroy was in l935 presented a bronze plague by the Decennium Club with the simple in- scription, Twenty-five years of service. lt has been said that if any one man con- tains within himself all the traditions, aims, and ideals for which Oklahoma A. and M. College stands, then that man is Dean Mc- Elroy. Many times, among all types of organi- zations on the campus serious errors and missteps in administration or course of action have been averted through profiting by McElroy!s advice. Page 24

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DEAN W. L. BLIZZARD Agriculture is a basic industry and it is so closely related to many other industries that it opens a large and varied field of opportunity to students. ln addition to training men to become farmers, the courses of study in the School of Agricul- ture are arranged to prepare students for positions of many other types. These posi- tions include teachers in agricultural col- leges and universitiesg experiment station Workp specialists in the United States De- partment of Agriculture, extension special- ists and county agentsg teachers of voca- tional agriculture in high schools and col- leges, agricultural journalists with farm papers and farm organizationsg marketing specialists for farmers cooperative market- ing associationsg agricultural specialists for railroads, banks and development com- paniesp and as research and extension Workers for manufacturers of agricultural products, farm machinery and implements. The following departments comprise the School of Agriculture and each depart- ment grants the baccalaureate degree in science, Agricultural Economics, Agricul- tural Education, Agronomy, Animal Hus- bandry, Dairying, Entomology, Horticul- ture, Poultry Husbandry, Sociology and Rural Life, and Agricultural journalism. The Oklahoma Agricultural and Me- chanical College is the only college in Oklahoma authorized to train teachers of vocational agriculture under the provisions of the Smith-Hughes Law or the Federal Vo- cational Education Act. This training is the responsibility of the Department of Agricul- tural Education. Graduates of this depart- ment meet the requirements of vocational agriculture in the high schools of this and most other states. The School of Agriculture has many ac- tivities of interest to the student body de- signed for the purpose of fostering good scholarship, friendly rivalry and earnest Work. The department organizations are educational and are valuable in develop- ing initiative and leadership characteristics among members of the agricultural student body. The Agricultural Society is a large and progressive organization of agricul- tural students from all departments of the School of Agriculture. The Agricultural So- ciety is supplemented with six subordinate departmental clubs with membership from only students Whose major Work is in the respective departments. These clubs con- sist of Block and Bridle Club for Animal Husbandry, National Dairy Club sponsored by Dairy student majors, Agronomy Club in Field Crops and Soils, Spur and Comb Club among Poultry students, Aggie-X club composed of Agricultural Economic stu- dents, Horticulture Club in Which Horticul- ture students participate, and the Future Farmers of America, Collegiate Chapter, organized by students interested in Agri- cultural Education. The Alpha Zeta Fra- ternity is an honorary Agricultural Frater- nity with members from all departments of the School of Agriculture. ' Page 26