University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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I THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS UPON WHICH THOSE IN AUTHOR- ITY MUST STAND STEADFAST AND UN- YIELDING THAT EASING A LITTLE HERE AND THERE WHERE POSSIBLE HELPS IM- MEASURABLY IN STUDENT MORALE. DEAN C. E. EDMONDSON OF THE UNI- VERSITY OF INDIANA, OPEN FORUM, DECEMBER 10, 1931. The President 21 The Regents 22 The Officers 25 The Deans 26 The Faculty Features 32

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III! W. HIMIII III! (OCIIIHII! III! IIINIII flE IIINIII m Illl A IIINIII PRESIDENT RUTHVEN President Ruthven, upon his appoint- ment to office in 1929 outlined several major administrative problems the solu- tion of which was necessary if the Uni- versity was to become useful to the State. One of these problems was the corre- lation of the public service activities and extra-mural education of the University. The creation of the department of Uni- versity Relations to evaluate the increas- ing opportunities for service completes the last phase of President Ruthven ' s administrative reorganisation policy. BRUCE MADE VICE-PRESIDENT Dr. James D. Bruce, former director of the department of post-graduate medi- cine and member of the executive com- mittee of the Medical school has been appointed Vice-President in Charge of the Department of University Relations a position which gives the university three vice-presidents. It is to better co- ordinate the various units of the Univer- sity such as the Extension Division, the Broadcasting Service, the Bureau of Alumni Relations, the Postgraduate De- partments and similar units, properly to represent the University to the State, and Page Twenty-One