University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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DR. JAMES LEWIS MORRILL, EIGHTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, STANDS ON THE MALL IN FRONT OF NORTHROP MEMORIAL AUDITORUM A Administration Building Booth Adds Spice, Chases Boredom A modest sign across the front of the island-like booth in the Administration liuilding foyer says Information. This sounds reasonablj- commonplace, l)ut the girls who give out the answers claim it is better than television for dispelling boredom. Mabel Fairehild and her aides sn])ply data to the in((uisiti e, bewildered and enrions every day from eigiit until five. Past 22

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IN THIS ROOM llle Miliiie- t.la Alumni assoriatinii keeps track of its lneml)ers. Ill files at right, names ami addresses are stored and constantly firoufillt nji to date, tniversity annuall. ' pa.vs tile association for keeping a finger on its former students who are scattered all over tlie world. The a.-sociation seeks to ntaintain school spirit in the old I ' niversitv alnnini. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY uf . lunini as.socia- licm. Kdwin L. Haislet. stands at iHice win- diiw on second floor of (. ' tif nian l ' ni in o ' er- looking the Mall. Haislet ' s job is to ilirect alumni relations and coordinate activities. ADDRESSING MACHINE in the alunmi ottice prepares for iiiailiiif; exer.vlhilif; from post cards to Minnesota, the magazine the asso- ciation publishes. Letters and iM)st cards are sent to alumni iiniting them to Tni- versity functions and to alumni bamiuets and pet-logethers. Re |uest.s for contribu- tions to (ireater l iiiversit fund arc also sent through the machine. The fum! is to provide scholarships and t i Hnan -e re- search. An a.s,sociatioii membership of $4 per year automatically entitles an alumnus to a yearly subscripti(»n to the magazine. The as.sociatiiiii luiuiKitf- :iluniiii cliilis throiliilioi]! tilt ' I iiitcd State--. Besides iiiterpretiiiij the I ' niversitv to its iilmiiiii. tlie a.ssoeiatioii finds out what tlie aliiinni tliink their alma mater, and interprets its findings to University offieiaLs. The association i financed half li.v the University for keeping the records (which woiiki have to lie done anyway if the as.sociation didn ' t do it) and half hy alumni mcniliciships. Meniixrs re- ceive the association ' s magazine. Minnr- sota. Not tile least of the association ' s ac- tivities is the raising of money through its siiiisidiary, the (Ireater I ' ni versify fund. The as.sociation uses the fniid to provide researtli. fellowships and sehoiar- sliijis. The association also maintains a pro- gram of recruitment to bring the iiest students in the state to the University. Last year it provided ! 1(),()(M) for fresh- man scholarships, which are granted on a basis of ability and need. Tlie associa- tion ' s only regret, according to llaislet. is that it doesn ' t have $100,000 availaJilc for more scholarships to bring the Uni- versitv of Minnesota leadirs. Page 21

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TWO VICE PRESIDENTS dividi- lllc riliviTsity V artnirs l)etween llieni. William T. Miclrllrhroiik. Ifl ' t, is business ' i( ' e president, and Malcolm M. Willey is academic ice president. . mnTi i iitlier thinijs. Ville - snper ises appointments ol instrnc tors and assistant professors. ;erve on innumer- able committees. Middlebrook has -parked I ' niver- sit. ' ' s expansion projirani; he in ' ests. spends iunds. DEAN OF ADMISSIONS and Records. Rcilierl Kil- :ird Suninicr-v, inis bi ; job of rejiisterint; stntlents. recording their courses and the firades tliey re- ceive; when Ihe.v jjraduate. he records that too. . fter studeut.s leave the I ' niversity. he turns the jnh of tracin them over to . lnnini association. DEAN OF STUDENTS EH- rnniid Ci illiain.-on has been center of many and aried controversies. Uun- ninji a vast empire that in- cludes the disciplinary com- mittee and the Student Ac- tivities bureau. VilliamM)n was in such controversies as fraternity drinkinji. pau- l raids, campus visits b Sen. .Jose])h McCarthy and I ' anI Robeson. William- s(»n did not get inixeil up in Ihe i ' .; iins contro er.sy. ' Dmrt tliink fn ' shnicii ;ur tin- oiilx )rol)kMii, say.s Miss Faiicliild. I ' ve alkt ' d to seniors who answer Heavens. ' . don t know I when asked what deiiree hey expect to earn. To the assistants there is no such thing IS a silly ritiestion. Graciousness is of- ered alik - to persons who call ahoiit lost logs or inofiiers who try to get int ' or- nation alioiil their daughters male friends. The latter, iiuidrn tally, i-- against policy. ' Where shall we i)iik up the liody! ' a re])resentati ' e of a local mortuary onir asked on the telephone. He had selected the wrong ailmissioiis listing in the fac- ulty a ldress Inmk. K entunll.v, the in- formation pi ' opli- put him in tiiucli with I ' niversity hospitals and llu- a uswci ' to his (pieslion. When Hett, Williamson is on infor- mation duty. |)eople at the speech cor- rection clinic come over to practice talk- ing with her. She listens and tells them how much they have improved. Though routine tiuestions may he the easiest to answer, it ' s the real stumpers lik ' the uKU-tnary call that the girls like to handle lust. . dd picc to life, they sa . Page 23