University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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BU HU UF TRUST EES MEMBERS GOVERNQR HUGH LAWSQN WHITE . . . JacIfSon THE RT. REV. WILLIAM MERCER GREEN . . Jackson Rra2ioIenI E1fCIIIIfIfI MISS MARTHA CATCHING ENOCHS . JacI.aon MAJQR W. CALVIN WELLS . . . . Jaclfson Qpmi,mm BELL GEGRGE HAZARD . CoIumI3U5 OSCAR E. BLEDSOE . Greenwood JOHN ALLEN ELLARD . . , . . Jackson Executive Sefivfef , JAMES HECTQR CURRIE . . . M9r'IdIan GERALD W-CHATHAM - . - - - I'I9VVWGV1dO DENNIS PGRANBERRY . . . Laurd LaBauvf3 Truaifee JAMES MCCLURE . . . Sardis RANSQM ALDRICH . . MIcI1Iqan Cify MRS. SUSIE WALKER SMYTHE . I4osciusI,o JOHN W. SAVAGE . . . GuIIporI GEQRGE B. WALKER . . SIonev1IIe Llll

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T NES TirsT impression oT Chancellor Alired Beniamin BuTTs is of a man oT unusual abiliTy wiTh a deTerminaTion To geT Things done. Longer acguainTance wiTh him only verifies This impression. AcTively inTeresTed in every phase oT acTiviTy aT The UniversiTy oT Mississippi and in educaTional circles aT large, Dr. BuTTs has The welle rounded viewpoinT necessary Tor successTul adminisTraTive direcTion of a large group of men and women. During The Tive years he has held The oTTice oT Chancellor of The UniversiTy, he has seen begun and compleTed a million dollar building program, ThaT places The physical equipmenT oT Ole Miss in The class wiTh The besT universiTies in The land. l-lis changes in TaculTy have uncompromisingly been wiTh an eye Toward improvemenT where possible. Prior To his coming To Ole Miss, Dr. BuTTs was a member oT The TaculTies oT The UniversiTy of Texas, The UniversiTy oT Virginia, The UniversiTy oT CaliTornia, Duke UniversiTy, and oThers. This summer he will be a member oT The TaculTy of The UniversiTy oT l-lawaii. This broad experience has enabled him To bring To Ole Miss a versaTile knowledge of The inner workings OT American colleges and universiTies. ln his dealings wiTh sTudenTs, he is Tirm buT sympaTheTic wiTh Their problems, yielding only where common sense ouTweighs esTablished rules. Mrs. BuTTs, a charming and gracious woman, is well adapTed To be TirsT lady of The UniversiTy. Her sympaTheTic inTeresT in The sTudenTs and TaculTy has in large measure conTribuTed To The populariTy oT The presenT adminisTraTion. T151 MRS. A. B. BUTTS