University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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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

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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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A Scotchman from Prince Edward Island, Ev13R13'r'r FR.-xs12R's favorite song is 'fAuld Lang Synef' The Dean of the Law School prefers camping, fishing, and hunting to working. He says that if he were not a law instruc- tor, he would like to be an economist. Dean Fraser achieved national dis- tinction in his field when he was cho- sen as the best qualified man in the country in common law and was asked to restate America's real prop- erty laws. fUppw' Ivffj Although EDNVIXRD lNfI. FRIQEM,-iN is dean of the College of Agriculture and a Phi Beta Kappa, his real bid to a spot in the Hall of Fame is as orig- inator of the Little Red Oil Can, Christmas award to the most out- standing farm campus student. The Freeman hledal for Student Leader- ship, annually awarded for notable school service, was established by for- estry students in recognition of its Dean's Work in developing a whole- some campus atmosphere. fUpper riglztj VVhen DEAN lVlELVIN 1-1.-XGGERTY of the College of Education died October 6, 1937, the University lost not only a man accomplished in his field but also a man With broad cul- tural interests and a keen enjoyment of life. He said he did a little of everything, meaning fishing, tramp- ing, golfing, playing bridge. He once led a research committee studying teaching methods, devised a new method for rating schools, and spoke in every state on educational pro- grams. KL0fwe1f leftj A Lieutenant Colonel in the Den- tal Reserve Corps of the Army, DEAN WILLIAM LASBY of the School of Dentistry claims his profession his primary hobby. As a member of the Senior League golf team he also likes golf along with photography. The vice president of the honorary dental fraternity was elected presi- dent of the Association of Dental schools in 1934, but claims more pride in the number of prominent gradu- ates of his school than in his own laurels. fLowe1f righzfj