University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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BLUEd GOLD r CHARLES B. LIPMAN DEAN- OF THE GBADCATE DIVISION PRESIDING over the Graduate Division of the University, Dean Lipman is confronted with the task of co-ordinating the functions of the several colleges and graduate schools comprising the University of California, and of making the peculiar interest of each, part of a complete pattern. This entails the actual drafting of the research work to be carried out by candidates for degrees as well as the planning of the facilities which are prerequisite. In considering these prob- lems, the President and the Board of Research depend largely on the advice of Dean Lipman. Besides administering the affairs of the graduate students in this institution, Dr. Lipman is influential in the selection of candidates for foreign and domestic fello vships. An increas- ing amount of valuable research work has been made possible in recent years by numerous fellowship and research founda- tions. Co-ordination of the activities of the different founda- tions and of the Board of Selections on this campus is effected through the Dean ' s office and is becoming an increasingly im- portant problem. Dean Lipman came to this University in 1908, where he re- ceived his Pb. D. two years later. He is well known for his work in plant physiology and ecology, a subject on which he has published numerous papers. In 1923 he became Dean cf the Graduate Div- ision, holding this position in addition to that of professor of plant physiology. UNIVERSITY regulations relating to undergraduates but not peculiar to any particular college or school are under the administration of Thomas M. Putnam, Dean of the Undergraduate Division. Outstanding among these duties is the handling of the University Loan Funds, which have shown an increase in the last two years ol from forty-two to sixty individual gifts. The requirements for military and naval training and physi- cal education for the first two years, as well as the English and the general scholarship requirements, are the concern of this office of the Undergraduate Division. Leaves of absence and of re- admission are also under the administration of Dean Putnam. In conjunction with the Dean of Men and the Dean of Women, Dr. Putnam helps to supervise housing conditions, an important problem on any campus that lacks dormitory ac- commodations. Dean Putnam is a graduate of the University of California, having received his B. S. in 1897 and an M. A. in 1899. He then continued his work at the University of Chicago, where he was granted a Ph. D. in 1901. Before returning to this campus, he taught at the University of Texas and at the Uni- versity of Chicago, joining the faculty here in 1901. He was appointed Dean of the Lower Division in 1914. In 1919 the administration was reorganized and he was made the first Dean of the Undergraduate Division, which office he has suc- cessfully held up to this year. He has handled all problems confronting him very satisfactorily and as a Californian should. The understanding and keen foresight of Dean Putnam have made this division an outstanding University department. THOMAS M. PUTNAM DEAN OF THE UNDBGADCATE DIVISION 21

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BLUE GOLD R WALTER M. HART DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY :EIVING his A. B. degree from Haverford College, Pennsylvania in 1893, Walter M. Hart, Vice-President and Dean of the University, spent the next two years of his life studying in Europe. In 1901 he received his A. M. degree from Harvard University and two years later his Ph. D. Dean Hart came to the University of California first in 1895 as an instructor in English Philology. He remained in this position for a year, when he was made Assistant Professor, and finally in 1918 he was given full Professorship. For seven years, from 1916 to 1923, he acted as Dean of the Summer Session, at the end of which time he was appointed Dean of the University. Since July, 1925, he has also held the position of Vice-President. The duties of the Dean in filling these offices are numerous. He is entrusted with the duty of assisting the President in the administration of the University in all its activities. During the absence or disability of the President, the Dean performs his duties. Besides these affairs Dean Hart is specifically con- cerned with the University budget, and all matters which affect the faculty, such as appointments and promotions. Among the organizations to which Dean Hart belongs are the Modern Language Association of America, and the Philology Association of the Pacific Coast of which he was President from 1916 to 1917. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, national honor society, and of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. KBERT GORDON SPROUL, Vice-President and Comptroller of the University, Secretary of the Regents, Treasurer of the Alumni Association, and Treasurer of the A. S. U. C. has as many responsibilities as he has titles. Administering the finances and handling the investments of a University which has an endowment fund of $10,506,506.06, and annual budget of $9,232,211.82, and which carries on work in more than ten different places in the State of California, in addition to representing the Uni- versity in many of its public relations, are his chief duties. Dr. Sproul is a native Californian, having been born in San Francisco. He attended the University of California, and re- ceived his Bachelor of Science degree in the College of Civil Engineering in 1913. He then became efficiency engineer in Oakland, but in 1914 he returned to the University as cashier from which position he gradually rose until he came to hold the position he now fills. The Comptroller has under his direction the task of secur- ing funds for University support from various sources and ad- ministering these funds in accordance with the will of donors, the laws of the state, and the federal regulations. He also ad- ministers the construction program of the University and all its branches; the maintenance of equipment, salaries, pen- sions, and annuities, scholarships, and the collection of fees, fines and deposits. As a result of his careful attendance to these duties and his general understanding of the needs of the University, he has been markedly successful in the position. ROBERT GORDON SPHOUL COMPTROLLER 20

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BLUE GOLD DIKING offic frier CHARLES G. HYDE DEAN OF MEN the four years that it has been in existence, the office of the Dean of Men has been on peculiarly friendly and intimate terms with the men of the Uni- versity, helping and advising them not only with problems of curricula, but also conferring with them and their parents on personal problems. By acting as the representative of the President to the Executive Committee of the Associated Students, Dean Hyde forms the connecting link between the University adminis- tration and the student government. In this connection, it is his place to approve for the President all measures passed bv the Executive Committee, and to furnish any data or assist- ance needed by the students. Dean Hyde is also responsible to coaches and to other insti- tutions, and especially to members of the Triangular Con- ference, the University of Southern California, Stanford, and the University of California, for all reports and judgments on the eligibility of athletes in all conference sports. Dean Hyde received the degree of B. S. from the Massa- chusetts Institution of Technology in 1896. Organizations of which he is a member include the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, the N. E. Water Works Association, the Pacific Association of Consulting Engineers, the Bohemian, Faculty and Commonwealth Clubs, and Rho Alpha Mu, Delta Kappa Epsilon. WHEN President Emeritus Benjamin Ide Wheeler created the office of the Dean of Women, he said that its function should be to advise the President in all matters of personal and general interest to the women of the University. Assistance in the adjustment of the individual student to university life is the ultimate problem of Dean Stebbins, and with this end in view, she undertakes to aid in solving the personal problems of students whether these problems have to do with finances, health, scholarship, social life or conduct. Dean Stebbins has endeavored also to foster the ideals of student government through counsel and advice to student leaders, and through promotion of activities essential to the academic life of the women students. Types of training of special interest to women have been promoted by this office, which has outlined as well, funda- mental training looking toward vocations open to women, and to the encouragement of the students themselves to strive for good scholarship. Miss Lucy W. Stebbins graduated from Radcliffe in 1902. For several years she was actively engaged in social-service work, and in November, 1910, she came to this campus in the capacity of Assistant Dean of Women, becoming Dean of Women in April, 1912. At present she also instructs several classes in social economics aside from the many and varied duties which the office of Dean of Women demands of her. Because of the genuine interest she manifests in all women ' s affairs on the campus, her department has greatly stimulated interest in women ' s activities. LUCY W. STEBBINS DEAN OF WOMEN 22