University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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THE OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF WOMEN The oTTice oT The Dean oT Women is The cenTer oT all acTiviTies Tor women. Miss McDaniel's policy as a Dean oT Women has been ThaT oT prevenTion raTher Than oT cure, and as such, Takes on The aspecTs of an adiusTmenT oTTice where The individual's needs are given consideraTion beTore They Take on The proporTions oT problems. In Miss McDaniel many girls have Tound inspiraTion Tor accomplishmenT, and Through her, many have received invaluable assisTance in Tinding a place in Their chosen vocaTion. No person is more responsible Tor scaTTering The good will oT The UniversiTy ThroughouT The sTaTe Than Miss McDaniel, who Takes a viTal inTeresT in The consTrucTive program oT The A. A. U. W., and in speaking beTore women's clubs, girls' groups, and high school girls in preparing Them Tor enTrance To The UniversiTy. Miss McDaniel has esTablished a sysTem oT Treshman conTerences, whereby she conTacTs personally and individually every Treshman woman To discover The parTicular problems oT each one, and To lend her help in solving Them. Through This oTFice The working sTudenT is assisTed in making her adiusTmenTs To school acTiviTies and To employmenT. The oTFice oT The Dean oT Women has been largely responsible Tor raising The scholasTic sTandards among women. Every house moTher and The presidenT oT each house are periodically inTormed as To The grades of each girl in The house, and also as To The scholasTic ranking oT The respecTive houses as a group. In adcliTion To her oTFice obligaTions, Miss McDaniel Tinds Time To be a Triend To every sTudenT- evidenced by The TacT ThaT in each day's program she greeTs sTudenT Triends who come To her Tor a word oT cheer Trom The personaliTy lady. lThis was submiTTed by The ExecuTive Council OT W. S. G. A. as a TribuTe To The helpful guidance which Miss McDaniel has so Treely given during The pasT year's acTiviTies.l Page 25

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1 THE CFFICE GF THE DEAN OF MEN The office of The Dean of Men was firsf creafed in T928 wiTh Professor M. L. Wardell as The Acfing Dean, buT wiTh The arrival of J. F. Findlay in l929 The office assumed new imporfance and responsibilify since Dean Findlay handles Thar office alone and is nof handicapped wiTh addifional Teaching dufies. ln The few years ThaT The office has been a separafe unif, under The leadership of Dean Findlay, iT has cerTainly proved iTs worTh as a deparfmenf of conTacT, guidance, and help To The men of The Universify of Oklahoma. Guidance, vocafional and educaTional, is available To all who wish iT and is parficularly organized for freshmen. In T930 This office sTarTed The developmenf of personnel records for all freshman men of The Universify. The records proved so beneficial ThaT They were exfended To cover The enTire college work of universiTy men. These personnel records include a summary of The scholasfic achievemenT of each individual, his oufside acTiviTies, a large sampling of personal rafings on him, and cerTain personal and vocaTional informafion. They are aT The disposal of universiTy men for The purpose of checking Their scholasfic and personal progress while in college. These records are now complefe enough Thaf They are recognized as a fair cross secTion of a sTudenT's characfer and abilify and are being used exfensively as a source of reference for recommendafions. The office of The Dean of Men has been of greaf service To Universify graduafes by giving recommendafions based on These personnel records. In iTs presenf capacify This deparfmenf has done much To sfabilize work in scholarship and social acTiviTies of all sTudenTs. In This connecfion The office of The Dean of Men compiles The comparafive scholasfic reporf, each semesfer, for all fraTerniTies. This office is responsible for The housing of all men sTudenTs: This includes The supervision of frafer- niTies and approximafely 350 rooming houses for men. The Dean of Men is The infermediary for all problems arising beTween The men and householders. The laTesT duTy To be assumed by This office is The supervision of fraTerniTy rush, The office will have charge of The filing and keeping of all daTe cards and The Dean of Men will supervise The assem- blies of men going Through rush and will be The infermediary in all problems arising befween fraTerniTies and rushees. The assumpTion of The many new funcfions and acTiviTies of The office of The Dean of Men is Typical of The increasing imporfance and popularify of This now indispensable deparfmenf of The UniversiTy, and The human, undersfanding and sfraighfforward manner wiTh which Dean Findlay deals wiTh The men of The Universify has gained for him The confidence and respecf of all who have come in conTacT wiTh his office. fThis was submiffed by a member of The Men's Council in appreciafion for The services rendered by Dean Findlay To The men of The UniversiTy.l Page 24

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THE LAW SCHOOL AbouT The Time oT STaTehood, when The inTlow of popula- Tion To Oklahoma was so greaT, The need oT a School oT Law became so pressing ThaT a number oT The more enTerprising lawyers and iudges oT Oklahoma CiTy organized Temporarily The EpworTh UniversiTy Law School. ln l909, as soon as The UniversiTy RegenTs TelT ThaT The Tinancial condiTion oT The Uni- versiTy was such as To permiT iT, They organized The UniversiTy oT Oklahoma Law School, and The EpworTh Law School immedi- aTely disconTinued and senT iTs sTudenTs here To Tinish Their courses. The main universiTy building had been desTroyed by Tire and iT was almosT impossible To house The new Law School upon The campus. IT was seriously proposed To Take iT To The counTy courT house and The CounTy Commissioners very kindly Tend- ered The use oT ThaT building, buT space was Tinally Tound in The Geology Museum in The old Science l-lall, where a place was cleared large enough To accommodaTe The class OT 57. Vlfooden shelving was builT around This space Tor a Law Library and only TirsT year work was given, There being buT Two mem- bers on The TaculTy. The nexT year The preparaTory deparTmenT oT The UniversiTy having been disconTinued, The Law School moved inTo The basemenT oT whaT was Then The Carnegie Library Building, which is now used by The College oT EducaTion, and The parTiTions in The basemenT were all re-arranged To suiT The needs oT The Law School. FirsT and second year work were Then given and The TaculTy increased To Three. The Third year TirsT, second and Third year work were given and The TaculTy was increased To Tive. ln I9I2 The LegislaTure gave The UniversiTy a new Law Building which was duly consTrucTed ouT oT TirsT class BedTord sTone and dedicaTed on The 4Th oT March, I9l4, iusT one hundred and TwenTy-Tive years aTTer The ConsTiTuTion of The UniTed STaTes wenT inTo eTTecT. The Law School however had been conducTed in The new building Tor a year beTore iT was dedicaTed and while iT was sTill in The process oT consTrucTion. AT TirsT only Treshman sTanding was required To enTer The Law School buT This was laTer raised To sophomore sTanding: Then To iunior sTanding, and now Tor The lasT Tour years, To senior sTanding. NeverTheless The aTTendance in The Law School has sTeadily mounTed unTil now iT has passed The Three hundred mark and The capaciTies oT The school are in all respecTs being sTrained by The congesTed con- diTions. NeverTheless The building has proved To be well adapTed To expanding needs and accommo- daTes The presenT Law School body very saTisTacTorily. One enTire sTory is devoTed To The Law Library and ThaT sTory is planned especially Tor The convenience oT sTudenT library sTudy and Tor convenienT use oT The books boTh by The sTudenTs and The TaculTy. The school was, even beTore iTs compleTe organizaTion, elecTed To membership in The AssociaTion oT American Law Schools, as a complimenT To The sTandards and ideals which iT had adopTed and was pursuing, Though iT was conTrary To The rules oT The AssociaTion To admiT a school beTore compleTe organizaTion, IT has complied in all respecTs ThroughouT The years wiTh all reguiremenTs and sTandards of The AssociaTion oT American Law Schools, and has even gone beyond Them, and iTs work Today is accepTed and Tull crediT Tor iT given in every law school in The UniTed STaTes ThaT gives crediT To any oTher law school. Progressive and improving ideals concerning The sTandards of The proTession however ever demand higher and more comprehensive aTTainmenTs and iT is The purpose oT The school To con- sTanTly increase The gualiTy oT iTs producT and noT To over-emphasize The quanTiTy. An excessively large Law School is noT desirable, buT one whose graduaTes will be an honor To The proTession, and saTisTac- Tory and successTul aids in The True adminisTraTion oT The law. JULIEN C. MONNETT Page 26