Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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A freshman coed's first contact with the University comes through the Dean of Women, Dorothy C. Stratton. During the summer the prospective student receives letters from Dean Strat- ton concerning the curriculum and living accommodations. Later, she meets the dean at freshman teas and receptions, Through her many opportunities for contacts and acquaintanceships she has become a popular figure with the student body. The bulk of Dean Stratton's work consists of counseling, as dis- ciplinary cases are handled by W.S,G.A, which she advises, She is also an honorary member of Mortar Board, and, with the assistance of Miss Clare Coolidge, counsels all women's organizations. Dean Stratton came to Purdue in l933 after receiving her doc- tor's degree from Columbia University in l932, Previously she had served as Dean of Girls for the Senior High School of San Bernadino, California. She is a member of Pi Kappa Delta, national debate honorary, and Kappa Delta Pi, educational honorary. Besides being co-author of a social test, Dean Stratton has written numerous articles for educational journals. When not ad- vising University coeds, she is speaking to groups of high school students, college women, or university deans. She is a member of the National Association Women. ln her leisure time Dean Stratton I golf. 'CX , DOROTHY C. STRATTON

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MARTIN L4 FISHER Martin L Fisher has been connected with fill ty Since his graduati from Purdui in 1903. H! flnt on the faculty of the Schoo of Agriculture, bltoming dean of that school in 1921. i 1926, he has hold Of Dean Of Men of the Unive Dean Fisher is a m scientific honorary, Indi- ana Academy of Science, Indiana State Audubon Society, Kappa Delta Pi, educational honorary, Alpha Zeta, agricultural honor- ary, and Sigma Pi, social fraternity. On the campus Dean Fisher is the active manager of N.Y.A., and chairman of the Student Loan Committee, Student Health Committee, and the Committee for the Readmission of Students. Last year Dean Fisher was awarded the Sigma Delta Chi leather medal, given annually to the man who makes the greatest con- tribution to the welfare, success, and reputation of Purdue Uni- versity. He spends most of his time orientating freshmen and advising upperclassmen, but he also aids students in selecting programs and finding positions after graduation. He inspects and approves all rooming houses. Dealing with delinquent students and admin- istering the penalty rule are among his most unpleasant tasks. Says Dean Fisher: Anything of interest to the students is of interest to me, and he means it, for last year he attended l I5 student functions, contacting l7,293 persons. His chief hobby is nature study, but he enjoys hiking, golfing, mushroom hunting, and fishing.

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PROFESSOR A. A. POTTER DEAN OF SCHOOLS OF ENGINEERING From its very beginning, Purdue University gave some instruction in engineering. One student was registered in civil engineering in 1876-77, and two in 1877-78. The first engineering degree lC.E.l was awarded, in 1878, to William K. Eldridge. The School of Mechanics started in 1879, led in 1882 to the establishment of the School of Mechanical Engineering, which had one student enrolled in 1882-83, and from which the first student graduated in 1885. While civil engineering was the first branch of engineer- ing to be taught 11876-771 it was not until 1887 that a school of civil engineering was established. Electrical engineering was organized as a separate school in 1888. Chemical engineering was established as a course of study in 1906 and was made a separate school in 1911. Special curricula in public service engineering and in engineering-law were offered beginning September, 1935. From the School of Mechanics, started in 1879 with six students, the engineering enrollment of Purdue University grew to more than 3,500 engineering students at the opening of the academic year 1937-38. Purdue University has had for a number of years, the largest engineering student enrollment of any institution in this country, and forty-three per cent of its students come from states outside of Indiana and from other lands. The superior engineering facilities of Purdue University in staff and equipment have resulted in many researches of great value to the industries, utilities, and public works of the State and Nation. The Engi- neering Experiment Station of Purdue University is constantly carrying on research on a scale sufficiently great to attract creative leaders on its engineering staff. Contact of students with teachers and investiga- tors, who are solving new problems, is helpful in developing the students' initiative and in stimulating in some the desire to create new knowledge. Engineering graduates from Purdue University are in demand. Even in the worst years of the depression 11932-341 the average graduate from Purdue University had no difficulty in locating suitable employ- ment. The more than ten thousand engineers, who hold degrees from Purdue University, are influencing others to study engineering at an institution which strives to prepare people for maximum usefulness as engineers and citizens, able and willing to contribute to public welfare. b ANDREY A. POTTER