University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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left, bottom The University Librarian, FRANK K. WALTER, in charge ol the University Library and all its branches. makes library budgets for approval of the President, recommends for appointments and as- signs duties to the staff. Also deciding what books should be bought. and planning intemal adminis- tration. Mr. Walter directs the library instruction di- vision. below, left As Associate Director of the Summer Sessions, THOMAS A. TEE'I'ER'S work consists largely ot making the budget for sessions, editing the Bul- letin. hiring teachers, and signing the payrolls. He also makes the contracts for summer convocation speakers. The Summer Session registration has been rapidly increasing each year since a slump in 1931. left, top ERNEST B. PIERCE is Field Secretary oi the Uni- versity and Secretary oi the General Alumni Asso- ciation. The purpose oi the association is to unite the alumni, serve the Univer- sity. and bring Minnesota graduates closer to their Alma Mater by keeping them informed oi the pro- gram and progress of the University. below, right RICHARD R. PRICE, Ad- ministrator oi the General Extension Division, main- tains a large staff to oper- ate this less known but very valuable part of the University. Since 1912 the division has grovsm irom a small department offering a iew courses to one oiier- ing over seven hundred classes in everything from embalming to meta- physics. U N IV E I2 S I T Y ADMINISTRATIGN

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above, left Chairman of the Univer- sity College Committee is IOHN T. TATE. The com- mittee is empowered to approve curricula lpr in- dividual students whose special interests and apti- tudes make it advisable for them to depart from the standardized curricula ol the various colleges. Mr. Tate is also Professor oi Physics. left, top Director ol the Center for Continuation Study. HAROLD BENIAMIN con- tacts various groups. ar- ranges for them to study as separate institutes at the Center, selects a chair- man for each institute. and with a taculty com- mittee and one chosen from the group, works out details for the course to meet specific needs of the group. above, right WILLIAM F. HOLMAN. Supervising Engineer, has charge of the whole physi- cal plant ot the University. directs design and con- struction ot new buildings as well as repair and maintenance of old ones. His department requires from two to five hundred employees. depending on season. Wishes students would observe ground rules more religiously. left, bottom Before CARROLL GED- DES. Financial Advisor. assumed his present posi- tion in 1931, organization accounts' were not under any centralized system and often had no advisor. He now keeps accounts lor morethan a hundred organizations. and be- lieves that keeping state- ments in the black is more than a full time job for any man. U N IV E I2 S I T Y ADMINISTRATICDN 18

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MINNESQTAS Minnesota's 1 Adult Education is an Experiment . . that has become a startling success in less than a year. To make it a com- plete unit ior the three-week study institutes, the Center for Continua- tion Study contains a garage, lounge, dining rooms, chapel, bed- rooms, and recreational rooms. Two- year General College and all-inclu- sive University College iurther help to give Minnesota the title of educa- tional experimenter.