University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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Stressing the need of building for the future, Francis R. Smith, President of the U. of N. Alumni Association, outlined a two-fold program for the organization in his message to the Artemisia. First objective of the group is to secure a strong and adequately financed organization of alumni, and to this end the Association is conducting an intensive membership drive. Second aim is to arouse in- terest and support among the students in the hope that they will join and adhere to the organization. If these objectives are realized, the Association will be able materially to aid our Alma Mater, according to Smith. Left: Francis Smith, President of Alumni Association. Right: Max- Jensen, Graduate Manager.

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Silas Russ, Chairman V. 1 ' i Provided for in the constitution of the State of Nevada, this five-man board supervises in general the affairs of the University. Meets at least four times annually to pass on graduations, faculty appointments and withdrawals, financial matters, and student affairs . . . Principal problems which confronted the members of the board this year included possible settlements evolving from the varsity football players ' strike, the subsequent alumni investigation and report on the athletic conditions, and the report made by the state legislative committee which investigated conditions in general at Nevada . . . Tenure of office is ten years, though at present a movement to shorten the term is before the state legislature. Lcfi go rig it: Frank Williams, Anna Warden, Leon Hartman, George S. Brown, Silas Ross, A. C. Olmstead.

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A capable student leader, Dean Frederick Wood, one of the younger members of the University faculty, has risen from a position as mathe- matics professor to Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in seven years. Dean Wood still retains his interest in his position as Head of the Department of Mathematics. Spurred by the possibilities in the field of Mechanical Engineering, Dean Sibley, Dean of the College of Engineering and Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering, has, with his son as co-author, just fin- ished a text on Thermodynamics. Among his other works are a pamphlet on air conditioning, which is being published, and several text- books on machine design and me- chanical drawing. Through his position as Chairman of the Teacher Appointment Service, in which capacity he has served since 1923, Dr. Fred W. Traner, capable Dean of Education, has been a boon to every prospective teacher. So specialized has training in the Edu- cation Department become under his direction, that out of some nine hundred teachers in the state, two hundred seventy-five are graduates of the four-year school, and three hun- thed arc Nevada Normal School graduates. A soil specialist who has made suc- cessful experiments on the develop- ment of fertilizer; a man whose objective is the practice of scientific .igriculture as a profession, Robert Stewart, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Head of the Depart- ment of Agronomy, brings practical interest to his agronomy classes.