University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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IN 1857 Dean VVilley's grandfather came to Nlinnesota as a pioneer and seventy years later lX'1AI.C01.M XVII.- LEY came to Minnesota as an asso- ciate professor of sociology, later to become University Dean. Though he manages convocations, has charge of the Federal Students, and is the as- sistant to' the president, Dean lVilley thinks he lives a rather prosaic life. Of convocations, Dean NVilley says that the one Where Alexander VVool- cott spoke attracted most attention. fUpper leffj 'When he graduated in 1939 the office he now holds did not exist. Whether or not it was created for CARROLL GEDDES it has helped cam- pus organizations tremendously. Prominent in activities not long ago, this member of the administration Whom almost everyone calls by his first name, now uses his previous ex- perience in keeping all organizations in the black. He also keeps harmony in campus politics and advises publi- cation heads. fUpper riglzfj ALUMNI SECRETARY, ERNEST B. PIERCE, keeps 40,000 alumni in touch With the University. In addition to publishing the Alumni VVeekly and Alumni Directories, he plans class re- unions and alumni reunions all over the country and attends many of them. He belongs to the National Association of Alumni Secretaries and knows personally thousands of alumni from all classes. Mr. Pierce thinks the most delightful contact he has re- ceived from his job is knowing all five presidents intimately. fL0we1f Zefzfj Service enterprises, investments, trust funds, the printing department, and all other departments affecting the University financially are headed up by WILLIAM T. MIDDLEBROOK, Comptroller of the University, who manages all of the business side of the University, which means he runs a ten million dollar a year plant. A graduate of Dartmouth, and formerly Comptroller at Purdue, Mr. Middle- brook's log cabin, and his hunting and golfing allord him relaxation from high finance. fLo'wer rightj

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SHE doesn't like radio crooners, nor listen to jazz bands. Our Dean of VVomen, ANNE DUDLEY BLITZ, doesnlt even waste time on 'fSkum. She's too busy. Supervisor of all cam- pus women's activities and women's residences she concentrates on im- provement of sororities in her spare time once mothering the idea of one house for all sororities. But no matter how many interests she has, her heart still lies with her Pekingese, antique furniture, jewelry and glassware. fUppe1f Zeflj ROYAL R. SHUMWAY hasn't read a Gopher since 1903, that makes it safe to tell the real zruzh. Officially he is chairman of the Student Work com- mittee. In reality he is campus Dean of the Woodshed, noted for his Dutch Unclel' reprimands, severe but just. He specializes in registration, in private sessions with misfits, pro- bationers and delinquents. But even those whom he meets in the line of duty like him-his smile gives him away. fUppe1f righzj As a lad he wanted to become a cue star, as a collegiate he was afraid of girls, when he grew older, he was presented with a non-droppable land- ing net with wrist-chain attachment. Our Dean of Student Affairs, EDWARD E. N1cHoLsoN, idealist and reaction- ary, once defended the student body against charges of being dreamy and impractical? He defines education as the gathering and maintaining of an active interest in things going on around one. fLo'wer Zefzfj He may be called the father of the Extension department movement, for RICHARD R.PR1cE in 1909 created the Extension division of the Univer- sity of Kansas, the Hrst educational department of its kind in the United States. In IQI3 he was lured to Min- nesota to help organize and to head its Extension department which has enjoyed twenty-five years of profit- able activity, all under his direction. ln these years he has handled every- thing from embalming to meta- physics. fLofwer righzfj li

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CHEERY, round-faced DR. RUTH BOYNTON, Director of the Student Health Service, says that gardening and photography are her hobbies. Her main enthusiasm is flowers with the delphinum her favorite. Her photography is usually miniature. Between health examinations she car- ries on medical research to improve university conditions, acts as secretary of the American Student Health As- sociation and works with the League of Women Voters. She believes there is room in Medical Research for cap- able women. flfpper riglzzfj SHE does not keep a diary, she keeps a journal. Miss KATHARINE DENS- FORD, director of the school of nurs- ing, who is now on sabbatical leave, went to Europe last July for the ln- ternational Council of Nurses, re- turned to Columbia for a quarter in September, and was off on a trip around the World in February. Trav- eling is her hobby, nursing, her work. She formerly taught history, but dur- ing the War started nursing at V assar's training camp. fUppe1f Zefzj Sending a President of these Unit- ed States the araspberryn has no doubt been the desire of plenty of people for many years, but it took WALTER C. COFEEY, Dean of the Department of Agriculture, actually to do it in 1928 and to receive, as his reward, an invitation to dine at the White House. The President was Calvin Coolidge. And the raspberry was of the world-famed Latham variety raised on our university experimental farm. fLower riglzlj Tennis and teaching led DR. HAR- oLD DIEHL, Dean of Medical Science to study medicine. Always in college activities, he spent summers working at Atlantic coast resorts, was a street car conductor and night garage man- ager. He taught mathematics and coached athletics in high school where he played tennis with a doctor, be- came bored with teaching and decided to study medicine. His most fascin- ating experience was helping recon- struct Poland with the American Red Cross after the World War. KLofwe1f Zeflj