University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Published by THE SENIOR CLASS UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY LEXINGTON Vol. 35

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Copyright 1934 George W. Vogel

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'Been Cfiflekler li c Rjesfteciful dedicate i us the iAlrA fift t ZoIume roffte fiKerduduar Columbus R. Mklchlr, former Dean of Men, has been known to students of the University of Kentucky since his entrance to the Modern Languages depart- ment in 1907, when he accepted the position of Assistant Professor, teaching both (ierman and French. In the twenty-seven years that Dean Melcher has been associated with the University he has been teacher, friend, consultant, and advisor to his students. His versatility, brilliance, and the humanness of his ideals have endeared him to both student body and faculty alike. In 1910, when the movement toward the creating of a Dean of Men's position began to be felt throughout the country, Kentucky searched its faculty for a man of ability and character for this office. In 1911, there were two schools in the United Slates having a Dean of Men. The third, Dean Melcher, took up his duties as such that year. ImsI year marked another outstanding event, for Dean Melcher was made Dean Emeritus at that lime, an honor he holds with only two other Deans, Dean Clark of Illinois, and Dean Coulter of Purdue. One of his most cherished pos- sessions is the monogrammed watch the students of the University presented to him on that occasion. There is an (). I). K. key dangling from the chain of that watch, a key worn bright with the passing of years. Horn in April of 1803. at Vevay, Indiana, of a German father and French mother, Dean Melcher urns graduated from Vevay High School and Hanover Col- lege. He received both his A. I. and A. M. degrees from Hanover. He studied for