University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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 College of Arts and Sciences DEAN RIESEN Under the able leadership of its Dean, Dr. E. R. Riesen, the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences embraces the largest number of student enrollment of all the colleges offered in the University of Arizona. One reason for its acknowledged success as a popular and fundamentally important department is its rich and varied curriculum. On entering the liberal arts college the student is allowed an astonishingly large field from which to choose his subject matter. This college is not so largely business preparatory as it is a school offering a chance for the development of personal aptitudes and enjoyments covering a very wide range of subject matter. It maintains a degree of polish and culture not found in any other of the colleges, as well as a background for professional and artistic pursuits. The student is allowed in a great degree to choose what he feels will be of most benefit to his individual needs. rase 26

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Mr. Walker rise J5 In managing the endless details accruing to the running of a University, the business department is perhaps the most tedious and exacting. In filling the position of Comptroller, Mr. Francis M. Walker has succeeded in demonstrating a great amount of skill and good humor. His is the task of the collection of all proper disbursements of the institution's money, in which capacity he is aided by his staff. Mr. Walker personally takes care of all buying, and a large office force is kept alert In maintaining perfect accounts. The recent advantages offered by new equipment materially facilitate the operation of the Comptroller’s office and the purchasing department. Dean Jones It would be an impossibility to pay the tribute to Dean Evelyn Wellington Jones that is her just due. Just as impossible would it be to list her duties and activities. Officially she defines her duties and privileges as being that of sponsoring the activities of the women students; of cooperating with other University officers in providing physical, social, and academic environment in which each woman can develop her maximum capacity: and of being generally responsible for their welfare. These duties she fulfills with a conscious pride of doing a task well, but her activities do not stop there. Dean Jones creates with each woman student a sincere and enjoyable relationship amounting to much more than official acquaintance. She has proved to be a personal adviser of the practical modern variety and cannot be too highly complimented upon her success, of which wc arc highly proud and for which we thank

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College of Agriculture P s» 27 Personally interested in the great economic problem of feeding a constantly growing nation, Dean Burgess has proved himself an enthusiast as head of the Agricultural Department. Since land follows the law of diminishing returns, it will always be a puzzle to find new ways of increasing the yearly production of food stuffs. Hence, the importance of developing new, scientific methods in the treatment of crops and the care of livestock can scarcely be over-emphasized. So much has been done in this line already that the primitive man, or even the man of the Middle Ages would probably fail to recognize a brother in his vocation of today. Agriculture was the earliest of all man’s occupations and has always filled an important place in the life of society. Consequently the necessity of the perusal of scientific methods cannot be emphasized too greatly. The aim of this college in Arizona is to offer an opportunity of preparation for the solution of the complicated problems of a semi-arid region. DEAN BURGESS