University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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ERNEST W. MCFARLAND lHlER.OR OF IHZONA BO RD OF REGE T The Board of Regents is vested with the power to govern the University and the State Colleges of Arizona. Composed of the Governor, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and eight members appointed by the Governor for eight-year terms, this group of state citizens meets monthly. Board com- mittees meet more frequently to handle the awarding of build- ing contracts and local purchases of real estate for the expansion of the institutions under their control. Presented to the Regents for their approval each month are all contractual obligations of the University and Colleges, fac- ulty and staff appointments, and reports from the presidents of the three schools on general conditions. Through their committees the Regents also prepare and present to the Legislature each year the budget for both oper- ating capital and for funds needed for the construction of new buildings at the three institutions. ,IKM 1 fi, I 4 --9-N..-M , Ns, 1, -,. BOARD OF REGENTS: Alex Jacome, John Babbitt, Lynn Laney, john Jacobs Cpresidentb, William Mathews, Ellwood Bradford, Evelyn Kirmse, Samuel Morris. Not pictured: Marion Brooks, Gov. Ernest McFarland.

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'EF' .f fpfw AT HOME in their library, Dr. and Mrs. Harvill stand beside a reproduction from the Samuel I-I. Kress Collection entitled Adoration of the Magi. Perhaps the busiest couple in Tucson - and the couple that accomplishes the most - is the president of the University and his wife, Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Harvill. Since his appointment as president, Dr. Harvill has seen the University grow and expand at an amazing rate. Annual Student enrollment including extension classes and correspond- ence courses has grown to 10,479 for 1957. Eighteen new build- ings have also been constructed during Dr. HarVil1'S tefm- The life of a university president's wife is a busy one but Mrs. Harvill finds time for many outside civic and philan- thropic works. She is a leader in campus and communifl' acflvl' ties that are designed to welcome foreign students, aid them in adjustment and integration and help them get the IHOSY Out Of their American college experience. As regional advisor for Arizona of the Institute for Inter- national Education, Mrs. Harvill keeps in C1056 much with the Institute's Rocky Mountain office in Denver and its main office in New York. Approximately 12 UA students this year are sponsored by the Institute and Mrs. Harvill follows their prog- ress closely and, with deep interest. Mrs. Harvill, a member of the YWCA's national board of directors, is active in its program for foreign students. She is also a member of the PEO Sisterhood which sponsors two S700 scholarships for foreign students. On the UA campus several sororities give sorority scholar- ships to girls from abroad and these students live as guests in the sorority houses during the school year. Mrs.. Harvill takes a special interest in these sorority scholars and frequently in- vites them and other foreign students to the Harvill home. Each fall the Harvills greet students at the Prexy Mixer. In the spring they entertain newly-elected campus leaders at a garden reception at their home in El Encanto Estates.

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ICE PRE IDE T AND COUNCIL Heading University good will efforts and acting as public relations ambassador to Arizona high schools is Vice president Robert L. Nugent. ' Each june Dr. Nugent serves as educational director of Arizona Girls' State. Among other duties he is secretary of the Arizona State Committee for selection of Rhodes Scholarship 1'CCipients and is the advisor for Fulbright Scholarships. . Dr. Nugent was an Arizona student in the 1920's and In 1923 he served as student body president. In that year he. earned his QB. S. and in 1925 he received an M. S. Before joining the UA faculty in 1932, he was awarded a B. A. at Oxford and a Ph. D. at Cornell. I Q I l a f 1 . 1 . . F' 4 -. MQ- 52,1:?iS:Eq i n ski ' P -f Ti f C99 'ir ,X . N ,pf 1? A ' .L h X- H. V l I . rlgnxgfg-.a,. Dr. ROBERT I.. NUGENT Established in 1918 under the title of Administrative Com- mittee, the Advisory Council was designed to streamline the administrative affairs of interest to the faculty. Since that time the Council has become an agency through which details in- volved in making procedural adjustments are resolved. The Council also assists in formulating general policies and makes necessary modifications in University regulations. Fifteen ex-officio members comprise the Advisory Council. They include the President, Vice president, Registrar, Dean of Men, Dean of Women and the deans of the ten UA colleges. The Chairman of the Faculty Senate serves as chairman of the group. n 1 'l Abvlgoky COUNCIL, ROW 1- A L ' S1 aker, C. Zaner Lesher, Robert L. Nugent, Richard A. l-larvill, john D. Lyons, Km-en L, Carlson, David L. Patrick. ROW 2. Rglph S Hgwkinguaangig A. Roy, Elmer J. Brown, Thomas G. Chapman, Neal D. Houghton, Oliver K. Garretson, Leslie Forster, John B. Crowderl Willis Brewer.