University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Steward Observatory, the home of our loved Astronomer.

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Rufus Bernhard von KleinSmid OCTOR VON KLEINSMID became President of the University of Arizona in September, nineteen hundred and fourteen. The consistent and remarkable development of every branch of the University since that time is evidence of his administrative ability. He has planned and executed an extensive building program to meet the needs of a rapidly growing student body. He has encouraged and carried through a plan of Student Self Government in which the students are now getting practical experience in democracy. During the recent session of the Legislature, Doctor von KleinSmid outlined a policy of finance, and as a result, the University of Arizona was granted support on the mill tax basis. This gives the institution permanent financial support which will grow with the population and wealth of the State. In recognition of his superiority as an educator, Doctor von KleinSmid was chosen as a member of the Commission of Education for the Republic of Mexico, and he has assisted in formulating the program for educational reconstruction in Mexico. He has further extended the sphere of influence of the University of Arizona by making a tour of South American educational institutions this past year. Besides being an efficient executive with a splendid, far-reaching influence, Doctor von KleinSmid is a noted psychologist. As an intellectual thinker, as an unusually gifted speaker, as a champion of right—our President is always a leader among men.