University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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NIVERSITY BOARD OF REGENTS ozlerning Kodg of the Zlnizlemitzf A separate Board of Regents has con- ducted the affairs of the institution from the date of its establishment, 1892, until the present time, with the exception of a brief interim, 1911 to 1919, during which the government of the University was given over to the then newly created State Board of lfducation. As now constituted, the Board consists of seven members who are appointed by the governor, and who may be removed only by impeachment proceedings or by legislative act changing' the law by which the Board was created. The president of the University is re- sponsible to the Board and meets with them once each month to discuss Univer- sity allairs and policies. The Board chooses the president, and appointments ol' other administrative oliicials and members of the faculty must have its approval. ab QUE x ,, f Front row, I t IBN S. Chambers, P. ,fTLEl1,bette1', Lloy d N le,-and C-llaud' C,H'gtchett. Sfro , -JS. ,J-E?:?ettli,f'joseph , 1 7 X W . L . I ' 'J ' 4.-1 E f,,f' .2 . ,sg + :Ji N . --' ,1 ', E. CiHQ1:1wf-fF1QfW- H- :9'5iI3l.. ?' . . '- . C A Q Qin W:-Mcmraai 1h24sac?w-iv- -. , if a i ?Ei?z7Mi: w 1 '54 :ii 1 f 1215532-tin 'V' i 0 '35-115' 5 W '.1: '5?3 5555? 5 msg if 1' ' L, rvgyife. .r Qu' 2 , 5 C'-,,, 35, L11 . I' LM yi At present there are four members of the Board who are alumni of the Univer- sity, the newest of the Regents being E. C. Hopper, ll r., of Eufaula. Officers of the Board the past year were Eugene P. Ledbetter, president: Lloyd Noble, vice-president: and Emil R. Kraet- tli, secretary. Newly elected ofiicers are Lloyd Noble, president: Joseph C. Loon- ey, vice-president: and Emil R. Kraettli. secretary. Nlembers of the Board, their home- towns, and the date of expiration of their terms are as follows: Eugene Paul 1,ed- better, Olclalzoma City, 19405 1.loyd Noble, .1l'd77l01'U, 19413 Joseph Claude 1,ooney, lffereolca, 1942: Claud Clarence llatchett, Durant, 1943: Joe Vvhite Kle- Bride, Ailltldllflfll, 1944: Claude Starr Chambers, Sefrziimle, 1945: and Erastus Cleveland Hopper, Ezzfzznfa, 1946. sg .

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Nationally known as an eclucator :Intl atlministrator, Dr. lvilliam llcnnett Biz- zcll. president of the Lvnivcrsitv, has clirectctl the institu- tion to a top posi- tion among the col- lcgcs anal universi- ties of the nation. Since coming to the University, Dr. Biz- xcll has seen the enrollment g r 0 W from 4,183 in the fall of 1925 to hcyontl tht- 8,000 mark this year. l.il'c has honorctl him . . . serving as president ol' the National Association of State Universities . . . presiding at the International Congress on lilclucation for Democracy '... contributing to books antl journals on higher education, having heen selectctl from the College prcsiclcnts in the nation as the one to write the article on lligher lfalucation for The E111'y1'I0fvedia ,ln1w'ifc111a. These distinctions anal more, hut his most notahlc achievement is seen in the thousands of young lives which he has set on the high road of ahuntlant and un- selfish living. Scholar. lecturer, administrator, author - Prexyl' Bimell cmhotlies them all . . . a lilie clevotctl to the interpretation of that highest of all arts-the art of living. n yf

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, L Finn. R. KRAETTLI . . came to the Uni- versitv in 1913 and is the ollicial secretary ol the v l, n the 'Board of Regents. and assistant to the president. 21 l' t I.1'f1' fa rigfff - Carson, Reavcs, Gittinger, Johnson, Moririet, Salter, VVardell, Bizzell, Kraettli, Stephenson, Collings, Dodge, Findlay, Adams, and VVaclsack. iversity, secretary of 15-t131W1lN'lf5Y?E.ATU1iS Somewhat analagous to the cabinet system employed by the president of the United States, the University Administrative Council is set up to coordinate the activ- ities and policies of the various departments, and to aid the president with regard to administrative and dis- ciplinary problems which he may refer to it for con- sideration. The council is composed ol the president ol the Uni- versity, the dean of men and counselor of women, the deans of the L'niversity's schools and colleges, the regis- trar. and the president's assistant. A. Grant lfvans, president of the University from 1908 to 1911, is credited with having started the Coun- cil, defining it as a 'lcommittee to advise the president on the Ht'l'11'.Y of the University. Vllell skilled in the art ot administrative technique 1 e these two top-ranking assistants to the president. lLmil R. Kraettli and Dr. Nl. l,. lvardell. bflr. Kraettli is specifically concerned with such mat- ters as preparing the budget and in carrying out admin- istrative orders of the president. Dr. Vllardell, professor ol' history at the University since 1925. was appointed to the ollice ol' assistant to the president in September, 1937, and he is in charge of the Universitvs forthcoming semi-centennial celebra- tion to be observed in 1942. l le has been assigned the task of studying educational methods in other colleges and universities with the purpose of applying these modern ideas to life and training at the University of Oklahoma. DR. M. L. WARDELL