Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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over Colgate that week. Varsity HE Varsity Club was founded in 1933 to stimulate interest and foster high ideals in athletics among the alumni and undergrad- uates of the university. Regular meetings of all members. including men who have won a varsity letter in either a major or minor sport. are under the supervision of Frank D. Clarke. president. and Miss May Cran- don. executive secretary. Naturally their activities have been cur- tailed tl1is year. However. they were able to hold their annual smoker on November 17. the night before the Colgate game, at the Hotel Syracuse. Some 300 members at- tended. The association had a dinner for the football team at the Onondaga Hotel on November 15. Local and out-of-town speak- ers helped spur the tea111 on to a victory Alumni .v ef 1 ,ff V 'A...,N, HE Alumni House is the new headquar- ters for the Alumni Association in Syracuse. Headed by Miss Winifred Hughes, execu- tive secretary, and Charles A. Lee Jr., alum- ni field secretary and director of the alumni fund, this office is the central information bureau of all Syracuse alumni. The new Alumni House was opened in Au- gust. 1944. Here are facilities for publish- ing the GGA1llIllH1 Newsm and the News from Syracuse for students in service. A com- plete file, containing the activities of former Syracusans and their present addresses, is kept up to date in this office.

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Vice- Chancellor Finla C. Crawford F1NLfK G. Crawford states that his pri- mary responsibility as vice-chancellor is to supervise tl1e educational activities of every school and college on the Syracuse campus. If any dean has a problem relative to the general policy of the university, the vice- chancelloris office handles these difficulties under one set of governing rules. In the event of Chancellor Tolley's absence. Dr. Crawford assumes his duties. Another of his more important jobs is that of securing per- sonnel for the university. Also the Dean of Liberal Arts, Dr. Crawford has become known for his understanding of students, personal, as well as academic, difficulties. Vice-Chancellor Crawford graduated from Alfred University in 1915, and did graduate work in political science at the University of Wisconsin where he was awarded a fellow- ship. After serving in World War 1 as a first lieutenant with the war plane division, he came to Syracuse in 1919. His advancement from assistant professor to professor in 1921 was a stepping stone to his appointment as chairman of the political science department in 1925. In 1937 he was appointed Dean of Liberal Arts, and in 1942, vice-chancellor. Educator, administrator, a11d leader, Dr. Crawford is also known for his writing on government.

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. xx- fx.:- H-,JE 55 flea If-ling Dean Hurry S. Gunclers 14 GRADUATE SCHOOL ACH school i11 the university offers ad- vanced courses in their respective sequen- ces, permitting students in the Graduate School to carry on research in preparation for specialized jobs. Graduate students, some of whom have scholarships and fellow- ships, hold positions as assistants and in- structors in their major studies. Student deans for the various living centers on cam- pus are taken from the rank of Women stu- dents enrolled in this school. Founded in 1911, Henry S. Ganders is now the acting dean. WGrads combine a full social schedule with these scholarly in- terests which makes for a Well-balanced curriculum.