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

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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

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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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L. F. Sea ton Operating Superintendent L. E. Gunderson Finance Secretary John K. Selleck Manager, Student Activities R. D. Moritz Dean, Summer School Elsie Ford Piper W Assistant Dean of Women W. C. Harper Assistant Dean of Student Affairs R. A. Miller Director of Libraries Emily Schossberger University Editor Chief work of the Administrative Council, composed of various members of the University administrative staff, was the endorsement of the report made by the Committee on War Emergency. Revision of the present and following school years was begun early in January and was approved before the beginning of second semester. As a result of hurried meetings and carefully studied plans Commencement Day for the class of ' 42 was set back to May 25; final examinations covered a one-week period only. May 18-23. Spring vacation was eliminated, as were the traditional College Days. Ivy Day was changed to Saturday, May 2. Opening date, length and character of the summer session remained the same. The college year 1942-43 was revised in accordance with changes installed for the second term, ' 41 - ' 42. Opening of the first semester was deferred one week; Christmas vacation shortened to one week only. Final work of the Council included preparation of changed schedules for drill and track. 25