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

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Robert M. Strozicr, Dean of Students in the Admissions offlce. Dean of Student; In his tenth year as Dean of Students; Robert M. Strozisr vauircd a new oHicc, a new title: and new responsibilities. He took over the 1:303t of Director of Student Activities, 21 rolc which brings him twice weekly out of the rarificd atmos- phcra 0f the Administration Building into direct contact with Students and studcnt activiti6s.

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Edward L. Ryerson. Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Tmyteej HIt would be nice if the Trustees started off this campaign with a sizeabic gift, say $1,000,000? 61 student remarked lastJune. Little was he pre- pared for the show of faith the Board of Trustees made to their University when they started the development campaign with a $4,00EL000 con- tribution from their 51 members. Niamey was not the only contribution the trus- tees made. Not content to let things take their natural course, they pitched in and, led by Ed- ward Ryerson, worked on every stage of the drive. Harold Swift, an active trustee for more than a generation, once remarked; Swift 8; Company was the place from which I got my pay and the University of Chicago is the place where I worked? Writh a change in company name, the statement could apply to the other 50 members of the Board. The trustees in a receiving line at Alumni W'eekend.

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E AN 1 . X- A. Mrs. Ruth 0. McCarn. As- W'illiam E. Scott Registrar and Robert C. W'oellner, Assistant Dean of sistant Dem of Students. Assistant Dean of Students. Students. Dam of Student; thcet McCrca Hazlett. new Director of Admissions. With Associate Director IVIary Alice Newman, ' he supervised the moving operation from Reyn- olds Club to Ida Noyes Hall. When the Hall was opened, the directors served hamburgers in the new grill, showed off the renovated building and their new ofhcea. The new ofhce is Open and airy and the Dean is in plain sight so students can drop in to chat. The atmosphere is new but the problems are old. T0 the Deanjs OHice students gravitate to sound off on their problems, request University advice and mare often, University money. The Deanjs thce resembles an octopus, whose tenacles reach all across campus. From the cen- ter at the Administration Building, 201. winding through Admissions Registration and Test Ad- ministration, they then reach out to include Burton-Judson, the C-Group, Ida Noyes, Inter- national House, Reynolds Club, Bartlett Gym, SneH-Hitchcock and Gates-Blake. All the build- ings and the individuals in them in some degree come under the scope of the Dean of Students.