University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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 rDearu of Womeru AS a result of a resolution of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia, passed Sep-tcmlier 21, 1918, admitting “all white female students of proper age and qualifications, the office of Dean of Women was created. Miss Mary D. Lyndon was chosen to fill this position, and in September, 1919, she assumed her duties. To her fell the difficult task of championing a new and unwelcome cause, for at that time co-education was looked upon with disfavor by both faculty and students. It was Miss Lyndon’s responsibility to form policies, to set standards and to create ideals by which young women were to live. At the dose of five years of loyal and efficient service, her life was cut short. The steady increase in the numl cr of women students and the scholastic standing which they have maintained would justify the statement that the foundations for their coming were well laid. In June, 1920, eleven women received undergraduate degrees, the first ever given for work in residence. June, 1928, will probably sec the University confer them upon more than seventy-five of the women now registered. With the greater enrollment of students, the duties of the Dean of Women have become more complex. She is held responsible for the social life and conduct of the young women at the University, although the student council enforces the actual rules of student government. Kxccpt for a few hours of teaching and several courses in the Correspondence School, the work of this office is largely executive. The Dean has direct supervision over Freshman and Sophomore house, she holds frequent conferences with all chaperons, and serves as adviser to any woman in the University who has need of her counsel. Anne Wali.is Brumby, Dean of Women.

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'Dearie of (fJYien np HE office of Dean of Men was created at the beginning of this session. It was made neces- sary l»y the constantly increasing enrollment of students, which necessitated additional administrative duties, and the advisability of placing some one at the head of the student body to supervise its interests and activities. The Dean of Men is an administrative officer elected by the Board of Trustees and is concerned with the supervision, under the Chancellor and the Dean, of student life, interests, and activities. His duties are to assist the Chancellor and the Dean in all matters affecting the relations l)Ctwcen the students and others with whom they may come in contact. The Dean of Men is a mcml er of the faculty committees on absences, athletics, discipline, dormitories, freshmen, student business activities, student social activities, student publications, and is general chairman of the Student Employment Committee. He is also general chairman of the Committee on Student l.ifc, Interests, and Activities, which consists of the chairmen of all faculty committees that have any connection with student life, interests, and activities. He also acts as intermediary between the authorities and the student body in all questions affecting the latter. The office of Dean of Men, or Dean of Student Affairs, is now installed in the large majority of colleges and universities throughout the country. S. G. Back man. Dean of Men. Pave Tutnly three

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States Collegeof (Agriculture ' p HE Georgia State College of Agriculture was reorganized in June, 1907. under the terms of the Conner Bill, which was passed l y the general assembly of the state in the summer of 1906. The institution has dcvclo| ed its initial staff of three individuals to the point where the resident corps of workers locate ! upon the campus at Athens now numbers one hundred and fifty-two. The building, equipment, and plant have been developed to the point where their replacement value would approximate $2,000,000. Last year, 940 students received collegiate instruction upon its campus exclusive of the men, women, boys, and girls who attended the various s] ccial and short courses. Instruction is now provided through the medium of fourteen highly socialized collegiate divisions. The College has an excellent technical library and forty efficiently equipped and modern scientific and field lalxiratories. It also made direct contact last year through the agency of its Extension Division with more than 323,000 citizens of the state. A new research division employing some fourteen specialists has recently been organized. The courses in forestry, agronomy, animal husbandry. | ouHry husbandry, veterinary medicine, home economics, and physical education have also been greatly enlarged and strengthened. Provision has also been made for instruction in fine and applied arts, weaving, and jwttcry making. A new division of child welfare, the first of its kind in the South, is now being organized and will be supported during the next five years through the medium of an appropriation received from one of the great eastern foundations. A new degree course in landscape gardening has also been authorized by the trustees. A gymnasium, to cost above $100,000. is now in process of construction. It will provide adequate accommodations for the physical training of five hundred women. Andrew M. Soule, President of the State College of Agriculture.