University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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Dean .lossrrr R. Wen, Acting Dean of Students Wllell Robert Colder Beaty was named last sum- lller to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late, beloved Dean B. A. Tolbert, his realization of the dilliculties of thc joh only resulted in an even llilrder effort. Today it can be truthfully said Dean Beaty has served well in a position that has not once been an easy one. Beaty graduated from Nlississippi College and received his master's degree at Vander- bilt University. He did further graduate work at a number of other colleges. It was in 1925, as secretary of the YMCA, that Dean Beaty came to the Uni- versity ol' Florida. Later he joined the faculty as an instructor in the department of sociology, and was Promoted in 1928 to assistant. dean of students. ,ln 1925 Dean Beaty was state director in Florida for the National Youth Administration. He is a charter member of the Florida chapter of 'Phi Eta Sigma, member National Association of Deans ol' Men, S0uthern Sociological Society, Blue Key and Rotary. 13,31 College of Engineering From head of the electrical department in 1929 to dean of the College of Engineering in 1938 is the story of the rise ol' energetic young Joseph R. Weil. XVhcn Blake R. Van Leer resigned as dean of the College of Engineering in 1937, Weil was named act- ing dean. This year the appointment was confirmed, and he was made dean. Giving engineering students a responsible background for their life's work is the aim of the College of Engineering, and Dc-an Wtail is actively interested in furthering this aim. Dean Ronlzlri' COLDER BEATY fVarulerbilL Uniwfrsityj

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General Extension Division Previous experience in organizing extension divi- sions at the Universities of Indiana and Arkansas stood B. C. Riley in good stead when he was called upon to establish the University's General Extension Division in 1919. The founder of Blue Key honorary service fraternity, Dean Riley is a past president of the Extension Association of Southern Colleges and Universities and a past vice president of the National University Extension Association. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Rotary and Phi Delta Theta. - Dean WlNS'l'0N W. LI'r'rLr1 Dean B. C. RILEY A.B. flowal. B.S.A. fMissou. Dean of the General College Guiding and shaping the ever-changing com lhc General College from a spacious ollice in Lang Hull, lvinston W. Little draws for experience ul number of years teaching in public schools 0 state. He was principal of St. Petersburg School from 1921 to 1931, and during this tim ganized and was made first dean of that cityis ,I College. Dean Little came to the University in as instructor in education. Later he was made ciate dean of the General College, a position he until last year, when he was named dean. 11 Southern Association of Colleges and Secol Schools, he is head of the Florida committee chairman ol' the Standing Committee on Stan: 124:

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HARLEY W. Cll'ANDl.l:ZR M.S. fUILiUl!fSily' of lowal School of Architecture and Allied Arts Well known in state architectural circles, Rudolph Weatver became the first director ol' the Universityis School of Architecture when il was founded in 1925. Growth of the school since that time has been steadily progressive. Along with courses in architecture, the School of Architecture and Allied Arts now offers commercial art and landscape design as well. Weaver, a member of the state hoard ol' control, developed the first coordinated project method ol' teaching architec- ture. Direction ol' new huilding projects on the campus is also in his hands. Weaver is past president ol' the Florida chapter ol' the American Institute ol' Architecture and a past president ol' the University ol' Florida chapter ol' Phi .Kappa Phi. He is a member ol' Phi lVlu Alpha lSinfoniaj, Sigma 'l'au and Sigma Phi Epsilon social fraternity. '26' The Registrar Since l927, has smiling, round-faced Harley W. Chandler acted as registrar for the University. For four years before this he was an instructor in math- ematics. Chandler, who came here from Minnesota in 1923, has his hands full supervising the involved work of registration and compilation of statistics on students. He is president of the Florida Association of Colleges and Universities., and a memher ol' Sigma Xi, Gamma Mu, Phi Kappa Phi and Gamma Alpha. His social fraternity is Phi Kappa 'l'au. lilIDOLl'll Wmvsn Director