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

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Dean of the College Dean R. B. Harris, Dean of the College since 1934, fills his pipe to enjoy one of his favorite pastimes as he sits by the museum building, a structure that was much newer when he came to the college in 1916. He is Director of the Department of Biology and Director of Extension. Dr. W. H. Bruce, President of Teachers College from 1906 to 1923, still watches the progress of the institution with whose growth he has been prominently connected in the past. Not as physically active as he once was, his eternal spirit of youth still prevails. Theron J. Fouts, Dean of Men, came to North Texas in 1920 as head football coach. Along with directing the men ' s activities on the campus, he is also Director of the Department of Health and Physical Education. fcstJ of km? org Tkm Dean o Men

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PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE When one attempts to chart the course of civiUzation tlirough past ages, one be- comes impressed cjuite as much with its fadings and its deflections as with tlie gen- eral direction of its progress. Imiced, civihzation is hke the vine, which creeps for- ward, ahering its course with no apparent cause, often growing downward, rather than Hke the towering pine, the central branch of which always reaches higher and higher with the passing of the years. Yet there can be no iloubt that the trend is al- ways upward, each nation or people making great contributions to society and then retreating from the scene as its own strength declines and a new and different cul- ture develops. We are probably living in one of those periods in which the most radical changes in the course of civilization are being made. Historians may record 1941 as the year of one of the world ' s major crises. Certainly many long-established insti- tutions, political, social, and cultural, are now being overthrown and new ones, the nature of which no one can predict, will soon be developed. If the democracies are not completely destroyed by the present struggle — and few of us believe that they will be — the United States, under young people now of col- lege age, will undoubtedly play a major role in the reconstruction of world aftairs. Hence the American college has the greatest opportunity and responsibility it has ever had to give to the leaders of the future a knowledge of the past, with its val- uable contributions and its tragic mistakes, as well as a knowledge of the present, with its potentialities to give to all mankind health, employment, and education. % i (L n .

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Dean of Women Miss Edith L. Clark, Dean of Women, performs the task of being something of a mother to every girl of the col- lege, directing their activities, settling their problems, and looking out for their general welfare. Registrar and Associate Dean, P. E. McDonald heads an organization that is the historian for every college stu- dent ' s scholastic record. His brisk good humor helps to make this man one of the most loved personalities on the campus. The man who handles the purse strings of the college, Dixie Boyd, is charged with administering the finances of the Teachers College. Mr. Boyd has firmly established himself with his unchanging, democratic efficiency. Regis+rar Busmess Mana ger te