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

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COLLEGES For one hundred eleven years the backbone of the Uni- versity has been the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. The primary function of this school has been to provide a sound liberal education for its thousands of students; an education that provides not superficial acquaintanceships with a number of authors or general surveys in science and the humanities, but rather a critical and non-professional study of problems and periods. In addition to this primary function, the College provides most of the pre-professional training for the embryonic doctor, lawyer, or educator. It furnishes not only training but the background necessary for a full and intelligent life. Dean Keniston came to the University of Michigan in 1940, as Chairman of Romance Languages, holding that office until March, 1945, when he was appointed Dean of the College of Literature, Science, and Arts. Dean Keniston has been most interested in providing a staff for an increas- ing number of students, in developing a more adequate system of counseling for the student body, and in planning a curriculum that will prepare the students to take their places in society. Top Row.- G. H. Forsyth, Jr.; H. W. Nordmeyer; D. C. Marquis; W. H. Maurer; G. E. Densmore; W. C. Steere; Assistant Dean Peake; J. E. Dunlap; W. F. Hunt; R. H. Gjelsness; J. K. Pollock; W. G. Rice. Front Row: W. H. Worrell; E. F. Barker; Dean Hayward Keniston; I. L. Sharfman; R. C. Angell; T. H. Hilde- brandt. Missing.- L. A. White; Leo Goldberg; C. S. Schoepfle; K. C. McMurry; L. G. Yonder Velde; William Frankena; I. A. Leonard; Lila Pargment; C. R. La Rue. 24

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ERICH B. WALTER Dean of Students WALTER B. REA Associate Dean of Students Upon the administration rests the responsibility for the efficient operation of the University. It is they who make it possible for Michigan ' s twenty thousand to go through the routine of daily school life without undue in- terruption and confusion. In addition to keeping the school ' s daily ma- chinery well-oiled and in smooth operation, the administrators are faced with the problem of providing guidance for the students, exercising control over their scholastic affairs, and supervising their extra-curricular activities. Those principally concerned with these student social activities are: Dean Erich A. Walter, Dean of Students; Alice C. Lloyd, Dean of Women; and Walter B. Rea, Associate Dean of Students. ALICE C. LLOYD Dean of Women ROBERT P. BRIGGS Vice-Presldent IRA M. SMITH Registrar HERBERT G. WATKINS Secretary and Assistant Vice-President

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Although industry had not started to mechanize until 1890, the Physics Department of the University estabished a course in engineering as early as 1855. In 1895, the College of Engineering was established as a separate department of the University. As the increasing complexity of industry became an ever more potent factor of modern society, the expert engineer occupied a position of increased importance. The University of Michigan College of Engineering, the second oldest of its kind in the United States, has kept pace with this development and has anticipated the need for men with practical experience and sound training. The policy of the school is based on theory and gen- eral information, for it is believed that practical applica- tion can prove more beneficial if practiced with respect to the position into which the graduate may be called. This is accomplished by virtue of an efficient staff of in- structors who are experts in practical instruction as well as scientific training. Dean Crawford has served as Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Michigan since 1940. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineer- ing from the University of Colorado in 1912. He was in- structor and professor of Civil Engineering at that Univer- sity from 1912 to 1923. He was the Dean and Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Idaho from 1923 to 1937, and was Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas from 1937 to the time of his coming here. Top Row: I. A. Baier; E. 1. Eriksen; H. W. Miller; A. H. Lovell. Front Row: E. Boyce; C. G. Brandt; R. S. Hawley; E. W. Conlon; G. G. Brown. Missing: O. W. Boston. . 25