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

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Herbert G. Watlcins, Secretary and Assistant Vice-President Ira M. Smith Registrar Erich B. Walter, Director of Office of Student Affairs Upon the administrators rests the re- sponsibility for the efficient operation of the University. It is they who make it possible for Michigan ' s expanding stu- dent body to go through the routine of daily school life without undue interrup- tion and confusion. In addition to this task of keeping the school ' s daily machinery well oiled and in smooth op- eration, the Administrators are also faced with the problem of providing guidance for the students, exercising control over their scholastic affairs, and supervising their extra curricular activi- ties. The Administrators also work to- ward the betterment of relations be- tween the university, the people of the state of Michigan, and other institu- tions. Walter B. Rea, Associate Director of Office of Student Affairs Joseph A. Bursley, Dean of Students Alice C. Lloyd, Dean of Women 15

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administration James P. Adams, Provost Marvin L. Niehuss, Vice-President Robert P. Briggs, Vice-President University Hall 14

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k bureau of appointments Under the direction of Dr. Purdom, the Uni- versity Bureau of Appointments and Occu- pational Information carries out a varied and extensive program in occupational guidance and job placement. The Bureau aids stu- dents, alumni and veterans in making voca- tional choices, through its nation-wide con- tacts with business concerns, industrial or- ganizations, government agencies and edu- cational institutions, has been of real assist- ance to Michigan veterans by placing them in occupations where they had the best op- portunities for success and happiness, and in the geographic locations they preferred. GUIDANCE DIVISION attempts to assist an individual in solving his vocational prob- lems by helping him find the right use for his abilities, skills, interests and personality traits in the vocation for which he is best suited. Through its extensive u p-to-date occupation- al information reading files the person can get a complete picture of the vocations he is considering as a life career. TEACHER PLACEMENT DIVISION aids seniors, alumni and veterans in securing first positions and later promotions in teaching jobs in nursery school, elementary grades, high school, and college. The Bureau also places many alumni in supervisory and ad- ministrative positions in academic, vocation- al, and technical schools both public and pri- vate throughout the United States, Alaska, Hawaii and the countries of South America as well as many other countries around the world Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and as exchange teachers to the United Nations. The General Placement Division assists seniors, alumni, and veterans in securing jobs of all kinds outside of the educational field. These are extremely varied, and include such things as accounting, secretarial work, engi- neering and sciences, laboratory technician work, airplane hostesses, social service, sales work of all kinds, advertising, research in va- rious fields. The Bureau has also developed a sum- mer placement service which has proved invaluable to the many students desiring work in summer camps, resort hotels, dude ranches, in laboratories or offices, and other types of vacation and vocational ex- ploratory jobs. Now that peace has re- turned and vocational planning is again possible, the Bureau is reviving its pre-war plan of contacting employers in order to broaden the scope of work opportunities so as to better take care of the needs of the students who want exploratory and try-out summer experience preliminary to choosing a vocation and preparing for it. Dr. T. Luthur Purdom, Director 16