University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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SILAS ROSS, Chcunna-n Eodtd on teaenti Obtaining the necessary government priorities on materials essential to completion of the long-sought gym- nasium; offering a special ten-week summer session as part of the regular undergraduate work; granting leave- of-absence to drafted instructors, and finding substitutes, have been the largest tasks of the year . . . The board, consisting now of four men and one woman who hold office for four years, has among its duties select- ing the president, confirming teacher recommendations, governing finance, and the guiding of Nevada ' s policies. Left to right: Mrs. Anna Wardin, President Leon W. FLutman, A. C. Olmsted, Silas Russ, George Brown, Frank Williams 16

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now beholds a changed situation. Our sons, our brothers, our relatives and our friends are being summoned to defend the Nation ... In the midst of the changes which are now taking place about us, we note the great emphasis which is placed upon the thoroughly-trained and well-educated man. There is an insistent and incessant demand for the technical expert, be he mathematician, physicist, chemist or engineer. Youth, recognizing its opportunities, its responsibilities, and its obligations, is clamoring for training along these special technical lines. Not so long ago it was the fashion among certain groups to discount and disparage high scholarship and thorough training but, when tested by the exacting stand- ards imposed by war it is found that the man who best meets and satisfies the demands of the present emergency, is he who in his college days was most thor- ough and diligent in his studies . . . The college man of today realizes, as never before, that he is part of the social order into which he was born and that from this day forward until peace is secured he will spend his life in a world dominated by the forces of destruction. During his brief sojourn at the university he must prepare, so far as is possible, both for war and for the aftermath of war — the problem of peace. Although the collegian constitutes but one per cent of our population, he knows only too well that, like it or not, in the world of tomorrow leadership will be thrust upon him. The educated youth of today takes seriously the call to service, and he knows that the summons will surely come to every trained man. A new standard of values now dominates his purposes for he cannot ignore the imme- diate present or the teachings of history. He dare not fail to secure for himself the best possible training for inevitable leadership ... It seems reasonably cer- tain that the one institution of our present civilization which will survive the longest is our system of education. It will change, as will all our institutions, but it will survive. This is, therefore, no time to be overcome by a sense of futility. Now, if ever, is the time for this generation to make the supreme effort j now, if ever, is the time for every man to place his shoulder to the wheel and exert his utmost effort. The defense tasks which confront the nation require the best thought and effort of all trained and educated men . . . The problems of the present and of the future constitute a challenge. Even though he knows that the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, youth strips for the race and girds himself for the battle, to insure that liberty shall not perish from the earth. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man. When Duty whispers low. Thou must, The youth replies, can. GERALUIXE IIARDMAX, Scc.lary U, the Pr.-sidcnt 15

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£c ' .c LlonttoL conomLC A newly-added task, that of Llniver- sity Vice-President, has given the comptroller added responsibility: taking, tabulating, and spending wise- ly and well the University monies j shifting purchase and expenditure to conform with government restrictions, buying the necessary materials for the gym., and acting as president during the six-weeks absence of Dr. Hartman. Comptroller Gorman has perfected his own excellent system of bookkeeping. CHARLES H. GORMAN, Comptroller JEANETTE RHODES, Registrar Tabulation of registration results each semester of this year revealed the effects of the world crisis in student enrollment. Full semester figures of 1001 were cut to 835 in the spring, as compared to 1141 and 1044 respec- tively for last year. New regulations providing full credit for seven weeks ' satisfactory class work, and, for those of last semester senior standing, grad- uation after satisfactory completion of ten weeks ' class work, given to all taken into defense or armed service, have in- creased the work of Registrar Rhodes. 17