University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Our Prexy To wear well with time” is not the most common attribute in the world, and persons possessing this reputation are not usually plentiful. We may say, however, with a great deal of satisfaction and pleasure, that to date our new Prexy” has failed to show any signs of threadbareness. We liked him the first time we met him. The more we have come in contact with him, the greater has become our faith in him, and our respect and love for him. When we found ourselves without a president last spring there were varied calculations and speculations as to the possible incumbent of this office. But when Dr. von KleinSmid came to take up the work here, all thoughts of previous calculations and speculations vanished; all ideas of critical scrutiny disappeared; and before we had time to realize what had happened, we found ourselves with coats off and shoulders to the wheel, pushing toward the fuller realization of A Greater Arizona”. He had won our admiration and confidence from the start. From state, community, and student standpoints he is proving himself to be a most capable administrator. In addition, a student seeks in his College President an efficient educator and a helpful friend. Dr. von KleinSmid has an unblemished record as an educator and in his new field he is working from morning until night to provide equipment and courses which will furnish us with the means of gaining the best possible education. Never has Prexy talked to the students, whether on the athletic field or in chapel, without having benefited them. One always has a feeling of fresh enthusiasm after hearing him. He has laid his services at the disposal of the students. He has shown the keenest willingness to help at all times. His unusually magnetic personality draws one to him and encourages a feeling of absolute confidence. One of the fondest remembrances that a student may cheerish is that of his College Prexy and we have in Dr. von KleinSmid a President whom we shall always be glad to remember and whose memory will recall only the most pleasant associations. 11 i I