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

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Housing a myriad of administrative agencies with which the student comes in contact are the Admis- sions, Office, the Registrafs thce, the Bursafs omce. The Achnissmnsf Ohice and its Director, Valerie C. Wickhem, the student first meets. Here his appli- cation is checked, his entrance examination scruti- nized, until at last the 0K? is given: the student may enter the University. The average entrant First meets the Registrarts Oihce in a strange setting: Bartlett Gym. Thereto, at the opening of the Autumn Quarter, moves the chine to accommodate the mass of students preparing pro- grams. In more normal times, however, the Regise trar has his efhce in its customary location: Adminis- tration Building 103. Here William E. Scott stands 2i Admissions, Regtlctran Bursar Valerie Wickhem heads Office of Admissions. de- termines whether applicant is qualified to enter, undertake work at the University. Bursar Cotten handles University Fmancial trans- acttons, presides over modern. bankrlike office familiar to all students.

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iEnII-wll-tlllllllllllullllllllilitilllli IWIEHWIMWWWWWW Ad Building, as it is commonly called, was built after World War 'II to house Administrative Departments. received student criticism for conflicting with Gothic structure of other campus buildings. On July 1, 1955 Robert Manning Strozier will celebrate the start of his tenth year as Dean of Students. The ceremony will consist of a day of hard work, for the Deanas OHiee is a wheel whose spokes reach all across the University. The Dean of Students1 0330s is ordinate over: the Deans of Students in the College, Divisions, Professional Schools, University College, Adviser to Foreign Students, Adviser to Veterans, Classroom Assignments, Time Schedule, Weekly Calendar, Ohicial Publications. Dissertation Secre- tary, Fellowships and Scholarships, Mandel Hall Reservations, Director of Student Activities, Auditor of Student Organizations, Test Administration. In addition, Dean Strozier is Secretary of the Faculty and Associate Pro- fessor of Romance Languages. Or perhaps July 1, 1955 will find Dean Strozier OH on another promo- tional tour. Within the past two years he has visited high schools in every section of the U. 5., from Seattle, Wash. to Miami, Fla. in attempts to attract new students. liI don't know how lave stood it:1 MILES. sighed. But he reflected a moment, thought of the changes which occurred while he was Deaneand said with a wry grin: But I like itf1 23

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am mses'zw f Any play. or registration day Fmrls long lines waiting in the Bursai'la' 03hr. guard over the many records of the studenfs career. Across the hall is the Bursar's Office, a modern bankmlike room, characterized by long lines of stu- dents, employees queueing to transact their fmancial business. with the University. A combination bank, currency exchange, loan agency, the thce tpresided over by Bursar Albert E. Cottent thrice a year be- comes a phozegraphic studio when portraits for the University's Student Identification Cards are taken -a classic example of the Post OHice School of Modern Art. Registrar Smtt doubled in brass for two quarters this year uhen he took over functions of Director of Nudent .trtivities.