University of Houston - Houstonian Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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7W,ZW,H 4m.., AIThough a soldier for many years, General A. D. Bruce emphasized ThaT he was noT bringing The drill field To The UniversiTy of HousTon. I've dealT a greaT deal wiTh young people and wanT To conTinue To help Them, sTaTed The General when asked why he came To The Uni- versiTy, and Then emphaTically conTinued wiTh, I also Think The Uni- versiTy of HousTon is unique in iTs Tield-progressive and challenging. This modern-minded educaTor relies on The greaT proverb, Do unTo oThers as you would have Them do unTo you, for he believes H To be as fiTTing in Today's sTreamlined world of efficiency as H was long ago when ChrisT gave iT To His disciples. ForemosT in his ThoughTs Today, The General says, is The care of The sTudenT. This means good Times, good food, and good living iusT as much as good curriculum, for he wanTs his sTudenTs To be welI-rounded individualsenoT bookworms or parTy kids-buT enough of boTh. AfTer graduaTing from Texas A8:M in 1916, General Bruce began his greaT miliTary career. He soon became known as one who was always up To daTe. He liked modern ideas and meThods and helped puT inTo ope eraTion in The service such improvemenTs as movies and oTher efficienT insTrucTional aids. Never one To sTand sTiIl, General Bruce was in on many of The bloody baTTIes of World War I, he commanded The 77th lnfanTry Di- vision in World War II and served as The firsT Governor of occupied Hokkaido, Japan, which sums Up only a few of his ouTsTanding serv- ices. On July 31, 1954, General Bruce, The soldier and fighTer, be- came General Bruce, The civilian and educaTor. Now PresidenT of The UniversiTy of HousTon, he is direcTing, educaTing, and doing his besT To mold The lives of his sTudenTs inTo lives of well-rounded, weII-ed- ucaTed people.