University of North Texas - Yucca Yearbook (Denton, TX)

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Administration i 'Di-:iw W. bl. lVlcCoNN1-:i.I., Ph. ll. DEAN McCONNELL HE appearance of this annual marks the closing of another year of purported effort toward the cultivation of the mind. Some two thousand students and approximately one hundred instructors have been working to this end. The outlay in time and effort, to say nothing of the money cost, has been considerable. May we not, therefore, pause in the frenzied rush to write examinations designed to test our knowledge of the courses pursued, for a moment's reflection on less obvious but perhaps more enduring achievements? If effort has not been useless, one may find evidences of growth in respect to one or both of the following: Self-Confidemxe--One is prone to minimize one's own ability until he has discov- ered the fact that the ones about him who are most successful are, nevertheless, aware of their own limitations. The consciousness of one's own strength as well as one's own weak- nesses and the knowledge of another's weakness as well as his strength make for courage and self-confidence. A year of residence and study on the campus should add materially to the recognition of ene's personal abilities and capacities. Tolerance-Intolerance is a mark of weakness. The real student discovers that with increased knowledge and consequent recognition of his own powers he possesses no monopoly of superior ideas, and that some of his beliefs and practices are as indefensible as those that he observes in others. Such an attitude is fortunate, for it tends to develop, in the mind of the discoverer, an attitude of tolerance. It is a fact obvious to any observer that the novice is more likely to criticize adversely the artist because of fancied flaws in technique than is the artist who sees glaring weaknesses in the performance of the novice. It is a hopeful sign when education develops its possessor to the point where he can graciously accord to others tolerance in proportion to the tolerance others are forced to accord him. W. J. MCTCONNEI.T., Ph. D. I' lb L 0 x A i

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Administration W. H. lirwer-1, Ph. D. l, PRESIDENT EMERITUS SYCHOLOGISTS tell us that no two individuals ever see the same thing. Each object means different things to different individuals. A given stimulus produces different sensations, and the sensations lead to different percepts in different minds. The final interpretation depends upon many elements: the individual's experience, his previous training and environment, his habits of thought, his self interest, his peculiarities and idiosyncrasies, his heredity, even to remote arrcestrv All these are components of the concept he forms through the per cepts he gains through the sensations. One sees, rn general, what he Wishes to see, what he expects to see, what he 18 prepared to see. Emerson says that he secs himself. Maeter- lrnck says that one meets none other than himself on the highway of fate. Burroughs says that the observations of most persons in their study of ani- mals rs untrustworthy, because each reads into the actions of the animals hrs own per sorralrty, hrs own motives, his own individuality. One may trarn himself to see what is best for him to see, and this fact towlrds its dutres 1nd responsibilities and toward the pleasure of living is deter mined lrrgely by hrs interpretation of what he sees, or rather by what he really sees or perceives And he may see always the good or always the bad bome writer has sard in this connection that the bee gathers honey fr om the vrlest Weeds, whrle the spider sucks poison from the fairest flowers. W. H. BRUCE, Ph. D. ' C c if l 1 ' -N . u 1 C ' . 1 C f 6 Q ' L si I .CI ' u is of tremendous importance in education. One's attitude toward life, H ' z ' f Page I9

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- Administration gwfj l - x l Em'i'n L. Crank, M. A. Wnsros W. Cook, Ph. D. DEANS OF TI-IE COLLEGE ECAUSE he is young himself and embodies in his basic makeup many fundamentals , of the typical youthful spirit, since he too traveled the selfsame path not so many years ago, Dr. Wilton VV. Cook is excellently qualified to fill the position which he now holds. Stern and steady when the occasion demands, yet friendly and amiable With all his disciplinary duties, he is counted a friend by every boy in the college. He is never too busy with the routine of his work to take time out and have a chat with any of the boys who have a problem to solve, offering his advice, not in a dominating manner, but confidingly and freely, to be taken or rejected as the seeker sees fit. Drawing him closer to his college and closer to his boys is an instinctive collegiate spirit that finds him in the midst of every activity that the college sponsors. VVhether it is a football game, a tea, a dance, a debate, or a minstrel, you may rest assured that Dr. Cook will be there. You may be sure also that he will be surrounded by a group of friends, who are ready to enter into any activity that he proposes. Qualified by years of experience as a teacher, a psychologist, and a counselor, Miss Edith L. Clark serves as a mother to every girl Who enters the college. She advises and directs the girls in every legitimate undertaking that they engage in. Religiously, intel- lectually, and socially, Miss Clark is a strong influence for better living on the campuses of Texas. She remains in almost daily contact with every woman who enters the college. Her duties are not merely limited to the disciplinary cases that arise. Far from it. From the moment that they enter college until the proud time when they receive their degrees from the hand of the President, their lives are inescapably coincident With the direction of Miss Clark. She superintends and directs into proper channels the activities of the Women students, she helps needy girls find Work, she sees that all rooming houses are properly maintained, she settles cases involving any infraction of the college rules, and she arranges and aids in the carrying out of the social activities of the college, being vitally interested in the Young YVomen's Forum, The Mary Arden Club, and other similar clubs. P180 2'