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

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Iohnstone Wilson Ill I0 EXEC TIVES Mathys Handling the welter ot schedules and class cards, grade slips and di- rectories is the ottice ot the registrar, R. O. Wilson. M. Beatrice Iohnstone, UND '91, handles the correspondence division, makes clever little speeches. Fel! Directing the comings and goings ol some l5U,OUO books is the job ot Librarian Della Mathys. Looking after the lilling in of bumpy campus roads, rak- ing of Winters rubbish, other jobs of buildings and grounds, is E. G. Felt, superintendent. Holder of the purse strings, Business Manager I. W. Wilker- son tigures as ex-otticio mem- ber in all sorts of boards as the man With the final OK. where spending is concerned. Wilkerson

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First of the University's six colleges, science, literature and arts school was founded in 1883, six years before Dacotah territory was divided into states. The school opened with one building, Old Main, then a three story structure which housed all the classrooms, a dining room, and some living quarters. lt had to, nearest Grand Forks buildings were some mile and a half away, and the only convenient means of student transportation into town was the railroad-or shank's mares. But times have changed. Now the col- lege conducts most of its classes in gi- gantic Merrifield hall, although parts of two other buildings are utilized also. The original faculty of five is now swollen to nearly 10 times that number. Now, instead of the 28 regular students of 1884, the college administers to the educational needs of some 700. Boasting nearly 20 departments, the school claims such well known teachers as I. M. Gillette, father of rural sociology, 1-lult, Libby, Per- kins, many others. 16 colle e of SCIENCE, LITER- ATURE ART Heading the college of science, literature and arts is beloved Dean William G. Bek, he of the ready laugh and the quick wit. Friendly, schol- arly Dean Bek is noted for his prodigious mem- ory, calls his former students from years back by their first names. A graduate of Missouri university in 1903, he earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. Relaxes in his spare time at his hobbies of music, gardening and stamp collecting, only heaven knows when he has spare time. L, F 'tl , SJ VE it HT! F