Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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THE PURDUE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION O, M. BOOHER All American Universities are realizing more and more the reciprocal obligations between Alma Mater and Alumni. - An institution of higher learning can grow no faster or finer than the loving ambition of its sons and daughters. Its successful Work may attract attention .... lt will enlist friends .... But the driving wheel of steady progress is the enthusiastic, untiring ambition of its former students. A successful university likewise reflects honor and dignity upon the lives of its graduates. The purpose of the Purdue Alumni Association Incorporated is to serve as an agency through Which the university and alumni may function for the best interests of all. i Members in this useful and active organization enjoy a living relationship to all things of the past as well as to all things of the present which have for their origin and purpose the kindling of a greater Purdue. OWEN M. BOOHER, Executive Secretary. GROWING LARGEST BY SERVING BETTER SARAH VERRILL I V, W M , V . gh, ind, .is.1,,.., 4wt:mLemmmuawm:w.w.wnuvsw f , ,f,:.-:..e-gs. ,. ' ' . . .i . M- , vm 4551, Page seventeen

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES D. E Ross Mr. I. A. Hillenbrand Mr. P. Edgerton Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith Mr. I. L. Kimbrough The Board of Trustees, which is the governing body of Purdue University, is made up ot representative lndiana citizens. The work of this competent board is to represent the State and the Commonwealth of Indiana in administering the affairs of the University. The trustees of Purdue University, nine in number, are appointed under the provisions ot an act of the lndiana Legislature, approved March 9, l92l. Three oi the trustees, one of whom shall be a graduate of the School of Agriculture, are selected by the Purdue Alumni Association. Six trustees are appointed by the governor of the stateg two from agriculture, two from industry, and two citizens at large, one of whom shall be a woman. Mr. I. A. Simpson Mr. I. E. Hall Mr. I. W. Noel Mr. I. K. Lilly Page sixteen

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- f-no Few students realize the intricate problems in finance which each year confront Mr. RB. Stewart, controller of the University. Besides budgeting present funds, this department also must allow and make plans for future improvements. The re- cent governmental program of FERA and PWA has also increased the complexities of the duties of the controller. Prof. Ralph B. Stone, registrar of the University, is responsible for the contact of students with the curriculum, as well as for the remarkable efficien- cy existing in the department that maintains this contact. Within the last few years steps have been taken to speed up registration, eliminating many of the unnecessary details and assuring a more accurate and efficient routine. R. B. STEWART W. A. BODDEN No treasury ever had a more faithful 'Keeperu than Purdue has in Mr. W. A. Bodden, Assistant Controller and Chief Accountant. into Mr. Bod- den's hands has been placed the responsibility of supervising the inventory of the University as well as auditing the books of the various campus or- ganizations. Mr. Bodden was graduated from the University of Wisconsin, where he majored in ac- counting. Mr. Abbett has for the past five years been con- nected with the purchasing department of the University, during which time he has exercised sound judgment and keen foresight in operating the department efficiently. When the NRA pro- gram was organized last year Mr. Abbett was ap- pointed chairman of the code committee of the Educational Buyers Association. . ,Au R. B, STONE H. B. ABBETT Page eighteen