University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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Williams, Ross, 13ro n, Olniste.id, Cl.irk. BOARD O F REGENTS ■ TaHc gcn ' ernment of the affairs of the Llniversity of Nevada is in the hands of a Board of Regents provided for in the original consti- tution of the state. Since 1917, when the statutes of the state creating this board were last aniencied, it has consisted of five members elected by the people at large, one each two years to serve a term of ten years. Mr. George E. Brown of Reno is the chairman of the present board, of which the other members are Mr. Silas E. Ross of Reno, Mr. George Wingheld of Reno, Mr. A. C. Olmstead of Wells, and Mr. Frank Williams of Goodsprings. Miss Carolyn Beckwith, secretary to Dr. Walter E. Clark, serves as secretary of the board. The board members are responsible to the voters of the state for their administration of university affairs. They have control of all expenditures of money accruing to the university from any source. They elect and fix the salaries of all members of the university staff, whom they hold responsible for setting and maintaining proper standards for all phases of the university ' s life. In spite of the fact that no compensation is received for their services, members of the Board of Regents spend many hours solving the problems of the university which come to them in administering their office. It is through the very devoted labors of the present members of the board that the doors of the university have been kept open and that steady progress has been made during these recent years of depression. 20

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DR. WALTER E. CLARK PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY if-vhe progress of the universit) has been rajiiil under the leadership -- ' of Dr. Walter E. Clark. The enrollment has ddubled, and the standard of instruction of the entire institutioji has been raised diu ' ing his administration. Pour of the main campus builtlings have been added, and man} ' of the other structures ha e been reno ated and enlarged. Dr. Clark is an educator and economist of note, and his administration has been one of which the state and the students themselves may be proud. 19

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GEORGE S. BROWN Mr. Brown has bcx-n a member of the Board of Regents since 1927, and chair- man of that bod) ' since 1929. A gradu- ate of Brown University, he took a two- year graduate course at Columbia Law School and was admitted to the Nevada Bar Association in 1897. He has prac- ticed law in the state since that date, and was judge of the Fourth Nevada Judicial District from 1902 until 1911. Mr. Brown rejoices at the progress made b) ' the Unu ' ersity of Nevada, and devotes much of his time to the problem of fur- thering its advancement. MAXWELL ADAMS As ' ice-president of tile Unixersity of Ne ' ada, Dean Adams has been an able assistant to President Clark in adminis- trati ' e affairs since 1917. In addition he is dean of the College of Arts and Science, the largest in the university, in which the enrollment has grown steadily until there are now four hundred and sixt} ' students taking work in the arious departments. Dean Adams is ita]l in- terested in organic chemistry, and con- ducts several advanced classes in this subject. He has published a number of research articles in this field. 21