University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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• ' . ' T X IIJ ta-k (il » |i.iii(liiiL: l.i(iliti« ' s. «M|iii|)i)U ' iit. and curririiliim ti mt-fl tlu- iH ' rds of an institution growing rapi(ll in all (It ' iiartrnrnt has been a proiiletn ol major coiurrn to tlif administrators ol tlir I ni rr it . Mlhou li restricted h a limited state hndiret and pressed 1) tlie | roldem ol a di |»ro- portionate inerease in the student enrollment, -kill on the part of these administrators has temptirariiy r»die ed the situation. The res|»onsihilitv of meeting inereasing state and I niversit demands for general administrati e and academic imjirovement falls mainix on the shoulders of President Kohert I.. Stearns and the Hoard (»f Hegents. More detailed prohlem-; of administration arising from the arious ecdieges and department- of the I ni er itv are tnet hy the Executive Council, which works arm in aim with the President. I ' he problems of the administration of a university do not rest entirely upon the facnltv. They circulate not only among the deans, heads of deftartments. and regents, hut also among the students. Ihe students themselves have in- dep ' ndentlv established thei r associations and councils to aid in meeting these increased state and university demands. The main body directly ct)ncerned with such tasks is the Associated Students of the I niversity of Colorado, ( )ntaine(l in this group is the student bodv president, and thirteen other elected members who serve in vari »us capacities as commissi«»ners. There are. in addition, several student organizations within the various col- leges, such as the Business School Board. Journalism School Hoard, and the Combined Fngineer-. These boards ser e tt represent student interests with- in the colleges, and keep the facnltv administrators enlightened on student |ir(ddems. We ha e mentioned onlv a few of the organizations which keep this University functioning as a smooth-running unit. There are many more, less publicized, whicji carry a large amount of tlie necessary load. W itiiout these there wduld be no iinitv. ith this in mind, we present to yon the adminis- tration, from the Regents to tiie student organizations. Dick Cross, Editor ' f V B Administration vi?i i«i -i fi.- ;v« :

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The President of the University A iiUMltTii iiiii ( ' rsily is a coinplrx i r :tinizati iii. Il- riiiii ' iiiiii are as liveT»f a llic iimls (if tin- | i-(i|)li- it s ■r «• . Firs! and fon-iim-t nf lIii-.-c (i|j|i :aliiiii-- is the riliicalinii of voiiii : |ii ' « i»lt ' . I ' o lliat cihI its fai ' ilitifs an- ilt-Notfil ami il | li .-ical Hirucliircs iisfii. But lli« ' priK-t-ss (if i-diicatinii is iiiiu-li {irratiT tliaii tilt ' mere accuniiilatidii (if kii() vlf(l :c. It fiiiiiracfs a prdpcr i- alii- atioii of till ' ' |icri ' ii( ' c ol llic past, an nndcrstainliri;: of tlic uni- vrrsf alxnit us and an a|i|ir -t ' iati(in of alu -s. No tliiii or thoughts arc of tlic same worth, and an cdnoatcd |icrs(in todav must cNaiuatc and dflcrminc worth in terms of his own life and the Hncs of otlitTs around him. Ihc ( ' (institution and liic First Amendment had much 1(1 say aiiout tiie ri iits of in(li idiials. No rifihts e isl without corre- »|ioii(lin : duties, and one of the funetions of an institution of hi :her learning in the world today is to ineuleate a sense of indixidiial and MH ' ial res|ion il ilit without which freeilom and the ri;:lit of man will vanish. Hence the primary oliii ation of a iinixer-itv is the atliiiipt. broadly ccin-idered. to alt.iin lhc e eiiils. In thi,« plia e of the acti ilies of tlie I ' ni ersit of Colorado, it is to(Ia reacliin : o er tW(d e thousand il e hundreil jieople at- lendiii : formal classes on its campuses and through the F. ten i(in Divi-iiin. Over ei ;htv-ei;:ht hundred are on the Houlih-r campus. «-i;;hl liiuidred more at the Meilical (Center and some three thousand are lud inj: llinnii:li llic exliii inii cla s facilities llircni;:li(pul the slate. The I niversity also serves the stale and the nation in other wavs. Tlir( u ' :h its research undertakings, il is makin;: a contrihii- tion to a belter life. . i};iiifiranl amon : these activities are ihe con- tributions made in cancer research, and health studies, in industrial and economic fields, in the national defense, and in the area of the creative arts. I hrou h a iini(]ue plan much of tli( small profit which the I ni er-it make.- on sponsored research |iroject.-i is bein applied to research in fields where outside financial help is not available. 1 bus research in medicine. en ;iiieerin;;. and in the pin sical sciences where outside support is more readily obtainable, is h(dpin : to sponsor research in the social sciences, the humanities, and the cre- ative arts. It is rijiht that this should be done since the I ni er il can (levtdop only as each of its parts devidop. Throu;;h the Kxten- sion Division, the Bureau of Business Research, the Bureau of Slate and llommunitv . Service, the Meilical ( .enter, the Fn iinceriiif; Fx- periment station, the L niversitv is Indpin;: ( iolorado communities to put the fniits of research to work for the public benefit. A state iiniversilv Wdiild be derilic I in its dut if it liil tkiI -iik to make kliowlcdjic useful. Such an institution is one of the -late .- f;rcatesl assets. But it will contiiHie til 111- u-t(iil niil -11 Iciuf; as each one of us. whether sludenl or faeultv. reaii .e- iii.- re-ponsibilities and dischar ;es his unties as a member of a free society. I ' liMili III KiiIhtI I.. . ' -Il drll 23 Kiilicrl L. Slrarns wa» appninlcil prrsiilrnt (if llir I ni- »rrsil in f.T . anil has. finer ihul liiiir. Iiriiii|clil widr ar- riaini In llic srlmnl lliroiipli liin aliilily an an cduralnr and adniini ilratiir. I ' rrviiinfi In liin prr idcnliul appiiinlnirnl. Mr. yilrani!- srrved as Dran n{ llic Law StIkkiI. hi 1910, (! iliinilija I ' nivorsil) ' ronfrrrrd upon him llir lionnrary degrrp, Dorlnr if l.a»9. I ' rcsidrnI . -Irarns has ncrvrd a» proidrni of linlli llir (idloradii iind l)rn rr Kar A fidrialiiin . and has rilli-n rxlrnsivrl for li ' iial and rdiiralidnal jonrnaln. F arly in % iirlil War II. il was lliniiifih ihr inthnnrr of llir 1 ' rri.idinl llial llir Na y hiraird ili- uorldraiiiini) ' (Irirntal Lanfcuagr SrhodI al ihr Univrrsity and thai ihr I niversily a pxtentivr war program vtan inilialrd. Xiiionp ihr projrrlii iindrrlakrn liy !.! ' . during ihin prriod wa a program of alomir rriirarrh. upon uhirh Dr. Srarn« and srvrral oihrr I iii rr8ily slafT niriiilirrit »rrr rhosrn |o uork. One of the grralriil J rr irr(i iiiadr during thr «ar af- IVmidrnl . Irarns ' uork a» civilian chief of the (Jprralion .Analysis Division of ihr Twrnlirlh . rniy . ir Korrr. In 1946. for all hi§ palriolir rfforte during ihr uar, FrcsidrnI Sirarns was awarded ihr Mrdal ( f Frrr- dom.