University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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COLLEGES OF ARTS. LITERATURE AND SCIENCE To each of the entering classes of the last four years I have said: We hope, and have a right to expect, that you are the best class that has ever entered the University of Chicago, because we are offering to you opportunities of greater number and higher quality than have been offered to any previous class. When- ever the Dean of the Colleges can not honestly, in all sincerity, say this to an entering class, the University will have ceased to keep faith with its alumni and with those who have generously given support. Each year when I talk with several different groups of seniors regarding pro- jected plans for improving our educational program in the immediate future, in order that I may have the benefit of their counsel and advice, several seniors remark: I wish that I were just entering instead of graduating, so that I might have the benefit of the superior advantages now projected and soon to be offered. This is as it should be, and you would not have it otherwise. Such seniors are our best recruiting agents; and we look to you to increase our number of high grade applicants for admission, so that we may be sure that our entering class is worthy of the opportunities offered to them. Those of us who have had an opportunity to become personally acquainted with President Hutchins, with his rare combination of vision, clarity of thought, and courage, are firmly convinced that the University is facing a veritable renais- sance. In the near future you will learn of many improvements in our work at the Quadrangles which will increase your pride in Alma Mater. Page 2S

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COLLEGES OF ARTS, LITERATURE AND S C I E N C E Members of the Class of 1930 — you, who rightly ha -e the lion ' s share of space in this volume — you. who will be interested in these pages throughout life — you are not lea in,t; the I ' niversity of Chicago family; you are merely entering a new phase of life within the family bonds. Though you are leaving the Quadrangles, you will find, as loyal alumni, what- ever and wherever your life ' s work may be, that you have heart strings firmly and forever attached to . Ima Mater; that you will always be eager for news of activities within the Quadrangles; that you will glow with pride when public attention is attracted by frequent announcements of progressive developments and glorious achievements in the ever on-going program of the University of Chicago. Through the University of Chictifio Mai dzinr and through the news letters sent to you by the President, we w ill endeavor to gi e -ou reports of progress and to keep you informed of important plans which are charged with possibilities for significant accomplishments in the future. We shall always be interested in you, as members of the family, for we realize that, if the I ' niversity is to be a complete success, we must deserve your active interest and wc must furnish genuine cause for ou to keep alive your pride of membership in the faniih . I ' lK ' - t W mmmj m m.

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cap aad OWTL AM QT J ' William H. Spencer THE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AND ADMINISTRATION During the year, in the School of Commerce and Administration, work was started with the new honors group. This group is composed of senior college students of outstanding ability, who engage in the study of business problems, frequently in cooperation with Chicago business concerns. Their work is done on their own initiative, with the counsel of faculty advisors. Much interest has been shown, both in business and academic circles, in Studies in Biisinfss Administration, a quarterly publication inaugurated b - the School early in the year. Written by members of the staff of the school, each of these is a notable contribution to some aspect of . merican business activity. .At the end of Summer, the Commerce building was mmed across the campus from the Chapel Square to the University Press block. The Journal of Business offices are now in the new Social Science building, along with those of other jnib- lications. The year was the si.xth for Dean William Ih mer Spencer as head of the School. H. Cj. Shields was appointed assistant dean at the beginning of the school -ear. I ' ai i 26 mmv ji wm jm JS js w ' ji Mmmmm j m.