University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Guiding hand of the University, the Board of Regents this year took the initiative in revising the school program for the year 1942-43, in preparation for a growing national emergency. As recommended bv a special War Emergency committee, the Board officially approved a shortened school term for this and succeeding years. At its regular meetings each month the Board also authorized an extensive building program for the University of Nebraska and its out- Iving schools. During the course of the year work progressed rapidly on the new University library; Love Hall, a women ' s cooperative dormitory on the Ag campus was completed and occupied; a men ' s dorm- itory at the Curtis School of Agriculture was finished; foundations were begun for a large Home Economics building at Ag; and the field house closing one end of Memorial Stadium reached the final stages. Usual Regent functions included general administration of University affairs, supervision of the faculty, control and disbursement of University funds, and selection of the chancellor and deans. R. W. Devoe President, Board of Regents BOARD OF REGENTS Board of Regents, left to right — L. F. Seaton, L. E. Gunderson, C. Y. Thompson, Frank M. Johnson, R. W. Devoe, Chancellor Boucher, M.A. Shaw, Stanley D. Long.

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CHANCEllOR ' S MESSAGE Nineteen forty-two will be known throughout history for the all-out battle between two philosophies of life — dictatorship and democracy. The irreconcilable conflict is shown clearly in pronouncements on education. The Nazi philosophy was stated by Hitler: Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberal- ism has ever invented for its own destruction . . . There must be only one possible education for each class . . . We must therefore be consistent and allow the great mass of the lowest order the blessings of iUiteracy. As early as 1787 our Congress declared: Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encour- aged. Our country has flourished on this philosophy. We have dedicated our lives, individually and collectively, to the American Way of Life.

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ' VtanlTjl. lJionmion ' More than the man who, at the end of each six weeks, gently tells playful students that they are not fitted for University academic life. Dean of Student Affairs T. J. Thompson is in reality an advisor and friend. He and the members of his office staff in 104 Adm. help hundreds of forlorn and troubled individuals to settle problems concerning scholarship, employment, housing and eligibility. A member of the local draft board. Dean Thompson also serves as chairman of the University committee on student deferment cases presented to the board. In her first year as Dean of Women Verna G. Boyles has ripped open the old tradition that deans are bears. Her pleasant office in historic red-bricked Ellen Smith Hall is a meeting place for B. W. O. C. ' s and bewildered freshmen alike. She takes a keen interest in campus activities, men ' s as well as women ' s; offers splendid advice to all con- cerned. As chairman of the faculty committee on social affairs she has begun a campaign for improvement of university parties, hopes to get them all on a firmer basis. Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, professor of secondary education in Teachers College, last fall assumed the three-fold position of Director of Admissions, University Examiner and Registrar. To the average per- son this indicates a life of nothing but red tape and more red tape. True enough, but Dr. Rosenlof is still an interested listener and talker. His efficient stripping of all needless expenditures to accom- modate lowered working funds and an enrolment decrease promises a smoothly running University despite war shortages and priorities. 24