University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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s ■5 ' JE ii BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION V ' RING the winter months in Minnesota, the heating plant, whether it be a fireplace, stove or furnace, is essential to the health and happiness of our life. It is not, however, the subject of much thought or concern so long as it continues to function. Let the wood or coal supply run out, the water in the boiler run low, or the radiators fill with air, and its necessity and impor- tance become very exident. So, in the University, the business departments are essential, but they are of no concern or importance to the student body unless they fail to function. The business departments of the Uni ersity are the money receiving and spending agencies of the institution. As money spending agencies they have four principal duties: the construction, operation and maintenance of buildings and grounds; the pro -iding of supplies and equipment needed for instruction and research; the pay- ment of salaries; and an accounting of the funds received and expended by the institution. As money receiving agencies they receive funds from the State, Federal Government, student body, and bequests of alumni and friends of the University, and from the operation of such service enterprises as dormitories, dining halls, and cafeterias. The organization of the business departments follows closely the outline of duties which have been given. The Department of Buildings and Grounds is responsible for the central heating plants, the repairs and maintenance of buildings and grounds, and the provision for custodial watch and tele- phone service. The Purchase and Stores Department is responsible for purchasing, storing and issuing all needed supplies and equipment. The Service Department is responsible for the operation of the Inter-Campus Trolley, the Cold Storage Plant, the Students ' Employment Bureau, and the care and record of all University equipment. The Accounting Department is responsible for the preparation of payrolls, the payment of salaries, the financial record of all funds received and dis- bursed, and the record of all properties owned by the University. Some statistics will illustrate best the size of the business enterprise. There are over 1,800 people regularly employed in these departments and 1,000 others on the temporary assistance payroll ; 60,000 salary checks are required to pay the permanent and temporary staff each year. W. T. Middli ' bnwk, Lnm pirollc y ' JyuU. Uu Dr. n. S. DiehL Director H. .1. Ilildebrand, Siiperinli-iident C? ■ CCEIii.ii.LU.i lU il n.i.U,,!., t-«-» »..i..« r. L.i i-.r.i ■ yiimiT m iiirt m i m iiTtii m !TTi rMm i mm iiiii n TiiiTii ii m i n T nm i|

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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

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DEAN OF MEN HIS book, your Gopher, is one of the historical records of the life and activities of the student fc body of the year 1926-27. It is the only record which presents all of its material within one cover and in the form of a resume of the year. The Gopher, if regarded as the official student record of the year, becomes not the property of a group, but the property and responsibility of every student in the University. By custom, the respon- sibility for compiling and issuing has been delegated to the Junior Class, who in turn have selected certain members of their class to direct and carry through to completion the actual work. This group have no proprietory rights in this book; they are merely the servants of the student body, to whom has been given in trust the responsibility of preparing a true and accurate history of the life of the University. On the other hand, those of us on the side lines must not shirk responsibilities. We must so give our interest and our active efforts that the editors have at hand material which will truly set forth the accomplishments of the year, and will show in after years that the University in its work clearly lived up to its purpose and justified its existence. £1 2 Vi, s s S 1 y ' ' ' Hi ' iYii ' ,; ' - -J- - ' jj ' X u. .Ai ; iM , „ i „ i „ i u ,u ....xij i ,.u , uu Ill - — -TTT- -■U Inlnl [mI„Ii,