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

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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.

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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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is UHIVERSIIY Emiiuvmini I ii MABEL DAVIES DALE NORDOUIST Mabel S. Davies direcTs and Dale NordquisT assisfs in solving problems of sTudenT employmenf. Working Their way Through college are nearly one-half oT The l,965 sTudenTs enrolled aT This UniversiTy. A big TacTor in securing empIoymenT Tor Them is The work oT The sTudenT empIoymenT bureau headed by Mabel S. Davies. Dale NordquisT is her assisTanT. I-Iis special TorTe is down- Town parT-Time work. Miss Davies is direcTor Tor The NaTionaI YouTh Admin- isTraTion on The campus. Records OT sTudenTs who have received NYA help speak weII Tor her seIecTion meThods. NYA sTudenTs have consisTenTIy been above The Univer- siTy scholarship average. IT is TurTher inTeresTing To noTe ThaT The IasT Two Rhodes Scholarship Winners have been Tor a Time aT IeasT under NYA assisTance. ApproximaTeIy 230 sTudenTs have parT-Time NYA jobs. Vifork clone by These sTudenTs range Trom building and grounds deparTmenT helpers To IaboraTory assisTanTships. SERVICE DownTown empIoymenT is cared Tor by Dale NordquisT. I-Iis work is The job oT TerreTing ouT jobs Trom downTown business men and Then finding The sTudenTs To Till Them ouT on The campus. AbouT I9O persons do This sorT oT work every year. In addiTion To NYA and downTown work sTudenTs are employed To serve The 600 sTudenTs who eaT daily aT The Commons and 38 more work Tor Their rooms in Camp Depression. I OTher sources of empIoymenT aparT Trom The Employ- menT olzfice include The various deparTmenTs of The Uni- versiTy where sTudenTs draw maps, correcT papers, and prepare maTeriaIsq and The diTEerenT TraTerniTies and sororiTies where men are employed as waiTers.