University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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General Douglas MacAr- thur signs the Japanese surrender document aboard the U.S.S. Mis- souri in Tokyo Bay as American officers watch. KInt1. News Photoj Japanese Foreign Minis- ter Mamoru Shigemitsu puts his signature to the instrument of surrender with the respective dele- gations in the background. llntl. News Photoj

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University President Iames L. Morrill . . . new reign at Minne- sota . . . tradition was happily broken as the President and his wife gave a tea for the students . . . inaugura- tion ceremonies were colorful . . . and the President was immediately established as a very fine speaker . . . demand for him is so great that he is forced to limit his talks to University functions almost exclusively . . . invited students to come in and chat with him . . . and tells as good a joke as anyone . . . truly Wyoming suffered a great loss . . . President Morrill was much admired and appreciated in his first year at Minnesota. Williain T. Middlebrook . . .vice president in charge of business administration . . . had so much to do that he kept all his department heads jumping . . . took direct charge of the annual budget pending ap- proval by the President and the Board of Regents . . . has charge of service enterprises . . . was kept busy investigating the problem of new constructions on the campus . . . kept track of all the state-endowed funds. The many duties of the vice president in charge of academic administration were handled by Malcolm M.. Willey . . . he proved to be a big help to our new president, Iames L. Morrill . . . the Vice President ar- ranged for all the Convocation speakers and hurried to hnd substitutes when they could not come . . . he headed all the non-teaching units-including the library and the University Press. Page l8 1 -n l X,