University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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DEANS Dean Helen M. Laughlin is noted for making friends of all who come to her. Besides her work as Dean of Women she has furthered in- terest in Phrateres and the Helen Matthewson Club and guided the Spurs, national honorary service organization, through another suc- cessful year. At intervals throughout the year Dean Laughlin has given informal vocational guidance talks to assist women students in choosing a career. A popular man anywhere is Earl ). Miller, Dean of Undergraduates. In 1925 he became Dean of Men at the univer- sity and during the ensuing eleven years he proved himself so cap- able in coping with the problems of U.C.L.A. men that in 1936 he was appointed to the newly-created position of Dean of Undergradu- ates. The important office of Dean of Graduate Students has been filled by Vern O. Knudscn since 1934. Formerly Dean Knudsen acted as head of the physics department. In addition to his work in sup- ervising students who wish to earn Master ' s or Doctor ' s degrees, he has conducted many far-reaching experiments pertaining to acoustics. I. h m- WMMMMMM ' 22

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Last year on Charter Day Dr. Sproul announced to the world at large and the University in partic- ular that Dr. Earle Raymond Hedrick would fill the administrative vacancy leh by the resignation of Dr. Moore from the post of Provost and Vice-Pres- ident a year before. Since that time Dr. Hedrick has really taken an active part in the life of the University. He is an enthusiastic spectator at all sports events, and his attendance at social functions shows that he has really become an integral part of University life. Prior to his appointment he was chairman of the Mathematics Department. As head of this department he was very popular with those who studied the intricacies of the subject. He has become an international figure in his field, being known particularly by his editing and translating of a well-known series of books on mathematics. Dr. Hedrick proves his genuine interest in the University by leading the students in a cheer to the football team. 21

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The student agriculturists of the university are the charges of Robert W. Hodgson of the C?ollege of Agriculture. Professor Hodgson has made extensive horticultural surveys in the Far East. During the war he was Farm Adviser of Los Angeles County and is largely responsi- ble for the fine organization in that office at the present time. Dr. Harold J. Williams supervises all the students who spend their sum- mer vacations going to school. As Dean of Summer Session Dr. Wil- liams has approximately 2.200 students under his direction. He is the writer of numerous articles on subjects pertaining to education. Dean Marvin L. Darsie has attained an enviable position in the edu- cational field through years of valuable work. He has been connected with the university since 1922 and during that time has made num- erous and extensive research surveys in the field of education. In addition to teaching the principles of education. Dean Darsie serves as a member of many administrative committees. Cordon S. Watkins, Dean of the College of Letters and Science since 1936, finds his vocation interesting, different, and stimulating. Five thousand of the seven thousand students of the University come under Dean Watkins ' supervision. Last year he initiated the policy which prohibits students in his college from carrying more than three consecutive lecture classes. Dr. Watkins was formerly Dean of the Summer Session. Dean Howard S. Noble is enthusiastic about the progress made by the comparatively young College of Business Ad- ministration. In the last two years the enrollment has increased from five hundred to over eight hundred students. Dean Noble was pre- viously Chairman of the Economics Department and has been with the University of California since 1922. 23