University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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■i. %. I il PRESIDENT COFFMAN :V%E KNOW that it is not buildings, salaries, and equipment that make an ideal university, and yet 7wf no university can live without them. A university is fundamentally a thing of the spirit. It exists in the minds and hearts of men. It expresses itself in the purposes and conduct of men. It never quite arrives, for it is always engaged in the process of becoming. It is never satisfied, for there is always new truth to discover. It never becomes complacent, for life itself is never quite ideal. It is composed of a body of scholars whose work is carried on under the clear light of reason, whose impelling purpose is to serve mankind and to help to set men free. 4 I 1. llic PrciiJciit at Work ■■ ' ■ ' - ' . ' ■ ' II ' ' . ' -I M.T- JCEC ' i m iiiiiii m ii mmmmm iii ' Tiiii mm i ' i m i nvm i m i n i t iiiiii nM ! ' ■Ll„l !.. I..T..I I.I.l TXT - nTTTTTTTTTr Page 23

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¥ I i I if oH. Fred B. Snyder BOARD OF REGENTS The Hon. Fred B. Snyder Minneapolis President of the Board Lotus D. Coffman Minneapolis President of the University The Hon. Theodore Christianson . ' . . . . .St. Paul Governor of the State The Hon. J. M. McConnell . St P ul The Hon. W. J. Mayo ; Rochester The Hon. Bess M. Wilson Redwood Falls The Hon. George H. Partridge ...... Minneapolis The Hon. John G. Williams . . ' Duluth The Hon. . lice Warren ; Minneapolis iHE Hon. Egil Boeckmann ..... St P-vul The Hon. Julius h. Coller . ' ' Shakopee The Hon. Archie D. Wilson ' Guthrie The Hon. J. E. G. Sundberg , . . . ' Kennedy 4= ,y ! im iTT! n i m i!n! nn Ti n i Mn tTiT! H Tr n rT n itTiirtnTiT n i m i nn T M TiTr: Page 22

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1 il ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION • THE University of Minnesota, a state-owned institu- ([■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■H tion, is, of course, in the final analysis controlled by ' HWiiiWilB BBB B the people of the state. The immediate control of the University is vested in a Board of Regents, ten of whom, one from each congressional district, are appointed by the Governor. The other three are ex-officio members — the Go ernor of the State, who is the link between the various public interests and the Uni ' ersity; the State Commissioner of Education, who is a link between the other state educational units and the University; and the President of the University, who speaks for the Univer- sity in all the meetings of the Board. The Board of Regents selects the President of the University, who is charged with the administration of the institution. Under the President, the Deans of the several schools and colleges are charged with the admin- istration of those units. The faculties of these several schools and colleges devise courses of study, set require- ments for graduation, and control the educational progress of their respective schools. To legislate upon educational questions which con- cern more than one school or college, there is the Uni- versity Senate comprising all the professors, associate professors, and certain administrative officers such as the Librarian and the Director of Student Health Service. The University Senate meets once each quarter. To handle many matters which would otherwise come to the Senate for consideration, an administrati ' e committee of the Senate is provided, consisting of the President, the Deans, and other corresponding administrative officers. This adminis- trative committee meets weekly, discusses questions of policy, passes upon some, and makes recom- mendations to the Senate concerning others. Di ' dii Frederick J. Kelly F. K. Waller, Librarian R. M. West, Registrar I |iiiniimimnrinmtimTnTT m i m Tiiii m ! r i n i m ii m i mn i mm ii mvMy y : ; li i.,i,l,liiliii U.I Iiitlni ' ■■ ' ■■ ' ' ■■■i-i.-i T..T .,: r.r.r r.i„i..,. ttt ,yTumT!;inmiini n i n i n iir H iiiiiiiTi Hm i n Tti n iT m T m iiiii m T r T H Ti [ Page. 24