University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Ong 00 000' All U Council The student governing body this year concen- trated on campus war problems, planned a new or- ganization for returning students, presented current and postwar topics through the student speakers bureau, and established a coordinating committee for campus postwar discussion groups. Of course the council had the old regulars to look after, too-Freshman week, Homecoming, all-Uni- versity elections, Student Forum, M Day Convoca- tion, and Campus Chest and Foundation appoint- ments. Special action of the council this year which startled the campus was the abolition of class ofli- cers because of the apparent disinterest of students in holding elections. A For the Hrst time in history, the councilis presi- dent was a woman and Liz Bird proved herself thor- oughly capable and efficient. Serious-minded Marv Korengold was vice-president. The purse strings were held' by Dick Hammel-GI edition with bell- bottomed trousers and the well known haircut. And the weight of the council lay in Ed Lechner, Q10 pound guard of the football team. Over on the Ag campus . . . Ag Student Council Women and the honorary Home Economics soror- ity, Phi U, had a monopoly on the Ag Student coun- cil. Activities of the Council this year were directed by a president who was a veteran of almost every campus activity, Marie Sterner. Audrey St. Cyr, chairman of the annual Christmas assembly, was the vice-president, and treasurer of the Council was Janette Grant, the girl who made the Castle famous. Of the nine members, only two represented the al- most 50 civilian men enrolled on the Ag campus. 24 However, each division of the college was repre- sented by at least one member and most of the work was conducted through committees. One of the most important of these was the honor case commission which was in charge of the honor system in effect during every examination. In carrying out its aim to further cooperation be- tween administration and students, the Council sponsored a Gripe Sessionv during winter quarter at which students aired all their grievances. The rest of the year the council worked on the suggestions brought up at this meeting. Cap and Gown Day Held twice this year-for both the winter and spring quarter graduating classes-the parade and cauldron ceremonies with all their traditional dignity meant, perhaps, a little more than usual to the Class of 1944. This year many of the men and women who would normally have graduated in the spring left long before-the men were scattered in all corners of the world, many in combat areas, and the women accelerated their courses or left to join women,s re- serves. So, though many of their friends and companions were gone, members of the Class of 19441 lined up behind the University band and marched through the campus, paused to toss coins into the cauldron for luck, and went on up the steps of Northrop to hear President Coffey express the Universityis fare- well to them. Leading the spring quarter class this year was Bob Carlson, chairman of the senior class cabinet, followed by Verne Peck, president of Grey Friars, and Ruth Cole Nash, president of Mortar Board. Marshalls at the commencement exercises were outstanding members of the junior class, dressed in the colorful garb of 17th century Oxford graduates. Student speakers at graduation were inaugurated this year for the first time, and a solemn moment came when President Coffey read the list of former students killed in the war. Senior Class, l944 The only class functioning as an entity this year, after the All U Council abolished class oflices, the senior class made up in number of events for the rest of the classes. Each quarter,s graduating class had special func- tions-the fall quarter class had a graduation din- ner, the winter class had a graduation breakfast

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Ir. Abraham resigned to go into the pub- ting field, his job was taken over by soft- d efficient Ray Johnson who was one of rnen to come back to campus with a CDD. l the job of assisting with investments and idous work of auditing all books. Anne D. Blitz one Dudley Blitz came of age this year- twenty-lirst year as Dean of Women at ,. To her old job of interviewing coeds and sentatives was added the position of assist- : president. Outside her office, the dean lly associated with three things-her jewelry, and her pets. d diHerent pieces of furniture and knick- ed her home, although the center of at- 'as her pets-four prize-winning Pekin- with authentic Chinese names. The peaceful household was often broken up .ck puppy Balkis' attempts to pester the F the only feline member of the family, authority on all kinds of jewelry, the dean ietalcraft and made many of her own saying that all deans of women disap- red was denied by Dean Blitz. She ap- several University parties this year in her 'ening dress-of a lusterous shade of red. ,n was once a student at Mirmesota and Jw to keep tabs on the coeds' extra-curric- ties, while . . . T. E. Pettingill 'oss the hall the academic records of all Vere the business of the Director of Ad- nd Records. And in spite of the decreased 1 this year, Mr. Pettingill had a job on that was bigger than ever-serving more .n usual because of the continual change ' classes. this, the bureau had to take care of de- ' all kinds of certifications-for enlist- the armed forces, work in war industry, ' post-war planning, selective service id even Bi, and C gasoline books. All was done under the handicap of a com- over of the office staff. r made a difference in Mr. Pettingill's per- too. He began riding streetcars for the and the family had a victory garden- him little time to play his usual games of 2 Campus club or dance at faculty parties. f :T If--.. lx Z E J. Nolte 1 Q is a newcomer to the administration building. Early this year he moved his office there from the Center for Con- tinuation Study to take over his new job as director of the general exten- sion division. This new position brought him much more work as he was in charge of sending out current literature, night classes, servicemen's correspondence studies, and the University radio station, WVLB. He also remained overall head of the Center which greatly increased its enrollment under his leadership. Mr. Nolte was strictly a navy man, having two sons, Dick and Charlie, as naval aviation officers, and a WAVE officer daughter, Mimi. Another of his contributions to the war was his large garden at his Lake Minnetorilia home, but he vehemently main- tained that it was begun long before victory garden- ing. Working with Mr. Nolte was. . . il Thomas Teeter . . . who also had a military family.His son,a navy lieutenant, was the owner of two medals and his sister-in-law was the chaudeur of General Eisenhow- er. Because he was the only one left at home to help, Mr. Teeter learned how to preserve, and he and his wife put up hundreds of jars of fruit. Wartime accelerated schedules gave Mr. Teeter the largest summer session he ever headed- 10,000 students attended. After that job was over, planning was begun immediately for next summer. The war gave Mr. Teeter some extra work, too. He helped supervise the Engineering Science Management War Training course, and he and his stai prepared a 4-inch stack of computations on the cost of the V-12 program. Another man. . . E. B. Pierce . . . who really noted a change in the campus was the alumni secretary who marked his forty-fourth anniversary with the University this year. Mr. Pierce thought the biggest difference was in the number of servicemen, and his burning ambition all year was to take a picture of the mall at 5: 30 p.m. as the air corps marched to mess. He regretted one wartime condition, however- the shortage of shells and golf and tennis balls which put a temporary stop to his favorite pastimes. 23

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and dinner, plus the cauldron ceremony which was usually held only in the spring, and the June gradu- ates had all of the traditional events: the Cap and Gown luncheon for the girls, graduation dinner, etc. In the fall, a senior class cabinet was chosen- students from each college were appointed by the deans, and members at large were picked by the council. In lieu of the usual senior class president, Bob Carlson, business manager of The Daily, was elected by the cabinet as its chairman, with Laura Mae Peterson as vice chairman, Donna Caldwell, secretary and Dan O'Connell, treasurer. The cabinet met every Tuesday night, and some of its meetings were rather uunsettledf' Especially the ones at which the discussion was concerned with the Senior Prom-formal or informal, name band or not, and so on far into a restless night, with Dan O,Connell shouting at all-too-frequent intervals, Remember the expense! The prom committee-Roger Pinky Williams, Carol Gibson, Phyllis Kremer, Helen Rachie, and Hubert Solberg-was picked at the beginning of winter quarter, with three members from the cabi- net and two at large. They set about immediately to plan bigger and better things, but Remember the expensei' was against them. Even though the name band never did arrive, the dance-at the Nicollet, February Q5 -was one every senior remembered. The old and famous what the hell -attitude of the year before was not evident in the Class of 1944. Those who remained on campus Were here to work, they wanted to finish their educations as soon as possible so as to be able to get out and do some- thingf, Although the ranks of seniors were sadly de- pleted, the spirit of the school was higher than ever before, for all students had but one aim in mind- to prepare themselves well for their part in Winning the war and in the much-hoped-for postwar World. Forestry and Home Economics College of Agriculture, Dean Schmitz, what were foresters?,, Maybe it wasnit that bad, but the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics was concentrating heavily on the latter course this year. With all but six foresters and a few ag males left, the campus be- gan to look extremely feminine. The lack of men didn't mean lack of ideas, how- ever. On February 2, students and faculty got to- gether in a four-hour Gripe Sessioni' which resulted in a new and revolutionary innovation on the farm campus. In the Gripe Session, it was proved that a lot of problems could be cleared up when students and faculty let down their hair and brought troubles out in the open, so an Ag campus intermediary board was set up, later in the year. The board, composed of faculty and students elected at large, became the place where discussions of curriculum planning, faculty advisory problems, and other matters directly concerning the students were discussed. The whole plan was a part of the general University trend toward greater democracy in student leadership and government which was evident this year. Dean Henry Schmitz Dean Henry Schmitz was appointed to his posi- tion as head of the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics last year, formerly, he was head of the forestry department. A member of several national forestry organiza- tions, Dean Schmitz was re-elected this year to the presidency of the Society of American Foresters for the 19441-45 term, the organization is a professional group of technically trained foresters. With a daughter attending the University, Dean Schmitz was kept close to the students, especially as he and his wife served as chaperones at almost every party given on the Ag campus this year. Dean Schmitz claimed he spent more time on trains this year than at his desk. He went from one 25