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

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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.

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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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Kendrick Charles Babcock. Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was born in South Brookfield, New York, on Septem- ber 8, 1864. He studied at the University of Minnesota and at Harvard, completing his work there in 1896. On leaving Harvard, he became an assistant pro- fessor at the University of Colorado, which position he left to accept the presi- dency of the University of Ariona in 1903. From 1910 to 1913 he served as a specialist in higher education on the United States Bureau of Educa- tion, accepting his present position at the end of that time. THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is, and has been for many years, the largest college in the University, both in the number of students enrolled and in the size of the faculty. It consists of nineteen separate departments, and not only offers the student a good general education, but also presents the opportunity of preparing for the advanced study of law, medi- cine, dentistry, pharmacy, theology, or social service. Besides this very definite work of its own, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences provides instruction in rhetoric, romance lan- guages, mathematics, and the social sciences for students registered in all the other col- leges at Urbana. In fact, this phase of the work has grown to such an extent that for the past few years over one-half of the total energy of the teaching staff has been devoted to the instruc- tion of students en- rolled in other colleges. Chemistry Building