University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL)

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'X S 23°h2 Thomas Arkle Clark. '90. Dean of Men, was born in Minonk, Illinois, on May 11. 1862, and studied at the Universities of Ill- inois, Chicago, and Harvard. He has been Dean of Men here since 1909, and his work has gained him national recognition as an authority on all phases of a univer- sity man's life. During the sixteen years of his service he has probably been guide, councilor, and friend to more young men than any other man in the country. THE DEAN OF MEN The office of the Dean of Men was organized primarily to aid the University men in securing an environment which would encourage good citizenship as well as high scholarship. New functions have been given to the office and the scope of its work has been widened. Dean Thomas Arkle Clark has added Mr. Fred H. Turner, Assistant Dean of Men, Mr. J. Gladwyn Thomas, Assistant Dean for Freshmen and Foreign Students, and Mr. Roger Hopkins, in charge of student organi- zations and activities, in order that he may devote more time to the individual stu- dent. The purpose of the office has not changed, but the work of assisting men to be better students, and providing better living conditions for them is being con- stantly extended. Dean of Men's Office

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Progress is more than change. It is movement forward. It implies motion from one point to another. It is movement from present or realized conditions to projected or ideal conditions. Hence it implies an objective standard to be attained. Some people insist that moral and intellectual progress is internal in the sense that the impulse to it is entirely within us. To them progress is but self-expression. I do not believe this. Unless an individual has an ideal, a standard, outside of himself, he cannot move forward. The other theory is an attempt to pull oneself up with his bootstraps. In the study of mankind the important thing is the individual. His welfare is the ultimate aim. Progress is never made by a group as such. Movement originates with some individual and in time the group follows; hence the need of the cultivation of individuality, individual initiative, individual sense of responsibility. To my mind one of the greatest, I would say the greatest, need of the modern world is a deeper sense of individual moral responsibility for the establishment of new standards of life and conduct and the initiation of progress to achievement. The senti- mental talk about collective responsibility, collective justice, and so forth, to my mind is an evasion of responsibility by the individual. David Kinley,

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22111IliMI22S THE DEAN OF WOMEN The office of the Dean of Women seeks to serve the needs of the women students of the University of Illinois individually and in groups. Its purpose is to secure wholesome and health- ful living conditions for Illinois women, more genuine interest in and incentives for high scholarship, and natural means of developing intellectually, socially, and spiritually. This has been attempted through personal contacts with as many women as possible. Any student may secure an appoint- ment with the Dean of Women or her assistant at any time to discuss personal or group interest. Conferences are held with students, housemothers, par- ents, and out-of-town visitors from 8:00 J a.m. until 6:00 p.m. More than three thousand callers are received at the office each month. The whole organization of the office of the Dean of Women seeks to serve the needs of the individual stu- dent, the group, and the campus in general. Dean of Women's Office Miss Maria Leonard, Dean of Women, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was graduated from Butler College in 1906. and re- ceived her M.A. at the University of Colorado in 1910. Since that time she has been constantly en- gaged in Dean's work, having served as Dean of Women at the University of Idaho from 1 9 1 0 to 1 9 1 2, at the University of Iowa from 1912 to 1923, and at the University of Illinois since 1923.