University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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ley, President, Crowley-Milner Com- pany; James E. Danaher, R. E. Dana- her Company; William M. Dillon, Vice-President, Scotten-Dillon Com- pany; John P. Dinan, Dinan Broth- ers: Charles T. Fisher, Sr., Vice-pres- ident, General Motors Corporation; Fred J. Fisher, Vice-president, General Motors Corporation; Edward J. Hickey, President, Grosse Pointe Sav- ings Bank; James S. Holden, Pres- ident, James S. Holden Company; Dr. William E. Keane, Physician and Sur- geon; Peter E. Martin, Vice-president, Ford Motor Company; W. Ledyard Mitchell, Vice-president, Chrysler Corporation; Peter J. Monaghan, At- torney and Counsellor; Hon. Ernest A. O’Brien, Judge, Federal Court of Michigan; the Most Rev. Joseph C. Plagens, Auxiliary Bishop of De- troit; and John A. Russell, Editor, Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. The Council of Deans and Regents was formed at the beginning of the fall term. It meets once a month to discuss educational and administrative problems. Its purpose is to determine the academic policy and to provide closer unity of action among the col- leges of the University. The Rev. Albert H. Poetker, S.J., President of the University, and the Rev. Frederic Siedenburg, S.J., Exec- as =e - ad ‘s yOws utive Dean of the University, head the Council. The other members of the Council are: Daniel J. McKenna and the Rev. John P. Noonan, S.J., Dean and Regent of the School of Law, respectively; Clement J. Freund and the Rev. George J. Shiple, S.J., Dean and Regent of the College of Engi- neering, respectively; Carl H. Seehof- fer and the Rev. R. J. Bellperch, S.J., Dean and Regent of the day College of Commerce and Finance, respective- ly; John A. Russell, Dean of the night College of Commerce and Finance; William E. Cummer, Dean of the School of Dentistry; Rev. Joseph C. Flynn, S.J., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; and the Rev. Paul D. Sullivan, S.J., Chairman of the Graduate Council. Left to Right: Katherine S. Hansjosten, Bursar; Laura M. Drew, Assistant Bursar. Below: View of Faculty Butlding and Chapel. ng ‘ a Sy A areal 3 y f 14

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was formed at a meeting held at the Detroit Club. At that time University authorities, desiring to emphasize the fact that the Uni- versity is a community institution, organized a council from a representative group of citizens. ‘The Council's purpose is the stimulation of interest toward the University on the part of metropolitan Detroit. In addition to this the Council advises with regard to matters of business, public education, and general educational programs. ‘The sponsorship of these civic leaders has given the institution added prestige in the cultural life of the community, as well as a tacit vote of con- fidence and assurance. The Council has been an aid toward secur- ing public recognition and toward helping to mold public opinion in favor of the University. Many men who are leaders in financial, in- dustrial and political circles of the city are included in the membership of the Council. The men who comprise this group are as follows: Waiter O. Briggs, President, Briggs Manufacturing Company; Leo M. Butzel, Attorney and Counsellor; E. F. Connely, President, Detroit First Company; Hon. William F. Connolly, Treasurer, Briggs Manufacturing Company; Daniel IT. Crow- Upper: Rev. Joseph L. Scott, S. J., M.A, Dean of Men. Lower: Florence E. Dono- hue, Registrar and Dean of Women. Above the oaks, above the buildings all, Symbolic of our spirit, towering height! A cheerful, smiling crier of the hout, A guide by day, a sentinel by night.

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UNIVERSITY LIBRARY In the fifty-six years of its existence the University Library has grown from a one-room donated unit to its present size consisting of three dis- tinct divisions which house some eighty-one thousand volumes. Established in a single room of the first college building, the General Student’s Library began in 1877 with one hundred volumes. By 1890 several thousand volumes had been acquired and the library was removed to the first floor of the newly erected Detroit College building on the north side of Jefferson avenue. The space provided was equivalent in size to that of three classrooms. Crowded conditions caused by the foundine, of the law Library in 1912 resulted in another change for the general division. [his unit was then removed to the second floor of the same building, leaving the Law Upper Loft: Charging desk in the General Library. Upper Right: Rev. Edward Bergin, S.J., Librarian. Lower Left: Dorris M. Berning, Ph.B., Assistant Librarian; Ruth A. Hill, Law Librarian. Library to occupy the old quarters. In 1916 the legal division was trans- ferred to its present quarters on the second floor of the Dinan building. With the establishment of the new campus on the Six Mile Road, a third change of location became necessary for the general collection. ‘The great- er portion of the top floor in the En- gineering building was set aside to meet its needs, pending the gathering of funds for the erection of a library building. Approximately sixty-five thousand volumes dealing with subjects of in- terest to the Arts and Sciences, Com- merce and Finance, and Engineering students are to be found in this sec- tion. In addition some 325 perio- dicals ofa, general, cultural’ or tech- nical nature are received regularly. The U. of D. library is one of a num- ber of libraries, in the state of Mich- igan, which has been designated as a depository library. As a depository for United States government publi- cations, it has been placed on the mail- ing lists of the government printer for certain specified documents, which are mailed to the library upon publi- cation and preserved there as perma- nent records and sources of informa- tion.