University of North Dakota - Dacotah Yearbook (Grand Forks, ND)

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M nfln or ulumfn DEAN HANSON Busiesf woman on lhe campus is Dean of Women Alice l-lanson lor il is her job 'lo advise and counsel I,9OO men and women. Quiel and dignified as behooves her posi- lion, she has held her ohlice for lwo years. ln her office lhe opinion ol sludenls is of paramounl imporlance for she is an advo- cale of a democralic educalion. Always ready when asked lor, Dean l-lanson on a busy day may advise over 50 sludenls, mosf ol whom Come on Jrheir own volilion. Nor only does she acl as adviser of sludenls on lhe campus. l-ler regular dulies also include keeping daily allendance records-and The subsequenf fob of giving oul' cur excuses-filling lhe Universi+y's social calendar lalways a big iobl, serving as chair- man ol Jrhe Sludenlr Alilairs commillree, and acling as advisory link belween lhe Uni- versily and lhe lralernilies and sororilies. Before joining The Universily lacully in l938, lhe Dean-an alumna of lhe Univer- silies ol lvlinnesola and Columbia-acfed as Dean of Girls al +he Grand Forks Cenlral high school.

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'The law of The Universify is The Adminisfralive Commilfee. Dean Hanson, Dean Towne, Dr. Hundley, Dean Bela, Dr. Telford, Dean Harringfon Mr Boyd Dr Wheeler Dean Wilmer Dean Breilwieser, Dean French, Mr. Wilson. HDTITITTISTRHTIVE Cllllllll Second only lo The Slale Board ol Adminislralion as a conlrolling Torce over The Universily is The Adminislralive comrnillee. l-leaded by Presidenl Weil, The group considers mallers of a highly conlroversial nalure, gradualion requiremenls, add'- lions lo Universily calalogs, and all mailers allecling The policy ol The school. Rules made by The Adminislralive commillee are The laws ol The Universily. The Slale Board ol Adminislralion is The only group wilh power over il. ln addilion lo The dulies already lisled The commillee has appellale iurisdiclion on items relerred from The Sluclenl Allairs council. Commillee members are John C. Wesl, Universily presidenl: William G. Belc, dean ol The College of Science, Lileralure and Arls: J. V. Breilwieser, dean ol lhe School of Educalion: l-larley E, French, dean of The School of Medicine: Alice M. l-lanson, dean ol women: L. C. l-larringlon, dean ol The College ol Engineering: O. l-l. Thormodsgard, dean of The School ol Law: E. T. Towne, dean ol The School ol Com- merce: John L. l-lundley, Allred Boyd, C. W. Telford and E. D. Coon, Tacully members al large: R. B. Wilmer, freshman adviser, W. E. Budge, freshman engineers' adviser: and R. O. Wilson, regislrar. -lQ-

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IJEHH UF FRESHIHEH ,J si. DEAN WITMER Adviser fo hundreds of wondering and wandering freshmen is Roberf Bonner Wifmer, recenfly appoinfed Dean of Freshmen. Problems of every imaginable sorf come before fhis alumnus of fhe Class of '22, who acfed as scholarship adviser fo firsl year sfudenfs prior fo appoinfmenf as fheir dean. Dean Wifmer's is nof a iob fhaf is done when regisfrafion is complefed, even fhough freshman orienfafion is one of fhe biggesf jobs on fhe campus. He is called upon fo adiusf schedules and puf freshmen on The roads fo success fhroughouf fhe enfire year. Affer receiving his degree in elecfrical engineering in 1922, he wenf on fo complefe work for a lVlasfer's degree four years lafer. Af fhe Universify of Michigan in l934 he fulfilled requiremenfs for his fhird educafional degree, and was granfed a docfor of philosophy in physics. l-le has been a member of fhe Universify faculfy for eighfeen years. This physics-'reaching dean is well able fo undersfand fhe problems of beginners af fhe Universify because he is a Norfh Dalcofa producf himself. l-le was born af Bafhgafe of American parenfs, and has lived a complefely normal Norfh Daliofa life. l-le is married fo a member of Phi Befa Kappa and an honorary member of Sigma Epsilon Sigma, and has an eighf-year-old daughfer. -2i.