University of Nebraska Omaha - Tomahawk / Gateway Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Bedqar, Byrne, Haugh, Iacobberger Majors, Martin, Murray, Stryker Board of Regents Chairmen . . FRANK T. B. MARTIN Vice-Chairmen. . . HIRD STRYKER Secretary . . FLOYD j. MURRAY Treiztiirei' . . . . W. DALE CLARK Bitiiiiiiigf ami Groimds Committee Athletic! Committee H. A. JACOBBERGER, Chairmen HIRD STRYKER, Chairman HIRD STRYKER J. L. HAUGH FLOYD J. MURRAY HARRY S. BYRNE A. D. MA ,IORS H. A. JACOBBERGER Libmtry Committee Faculty, Stiiiieiit Reliztiom Committee MRS, J. E. BEDNAR, Chairmen FRANK T. B. MARTIN, Chairmen HARRY S. BYRNE MRS. J. E. BEDNAR FLOYD J. MURRAY W. DALE CLARK Fimmce Committee W. DALE CLARK, C lmirmmi J. L. HAUGH A. D. MA JORS

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FIRESIDE CHAT functional unit in the community and to serve the needs of adults, has enlarged the faculty and increased the number and types of courses offered in the School of Adult Education. Thoroughly democratic and liberal in his methods, Mr. Haynes has long adhered to the policy of inviting faculty advice and cooperation on administrative matters. However, during the past year he has inaugurated a new policy that, in its implications, is well-nigh revolutionary. Since the adults of today were the students of yesterday, and since adults should have a clear understanding of the problems which a graduated student must face, Mr. Haynes has asked for opin- ions from competent business and professional men and women. In addition, realizing that students, more than anyone else, understand not only their prob- lems, but also their hopes and desires, Mr. Haynes has invited representative groups of students to meet with him and offer their advice and opinions on mat- ters of administrative policy. However, no bare recital of facts can properly interpret that which stands out most clearly in Mr. Haynes' dealings with students--his personality. His charm and ease of manner, the depth of his culture, his sympathy and considera- tion for the most trivial of student problems, his sincere desire to serve the young people of this region, and his quick and incisive intelligence are qualities that distinguish Mr. Haynes among his fellows. :l.., 1-21131: 4 .--.weighs . .Q--, -VA ,1 Y ,::, V Y V Y 3 , 3

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l ': ESS' EDGAR A. HOLT t Dean of the College Dr. Edgar A. Holt, Dean of the College and head of the department of history and government, has attained a distinguished record of scholarly and administrative achievement, culminating in the recent admittance of the Uni- versity of Omaha into the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. Transmitting to his students a philosophic integration of the facts of history, Dr. Holt has inspired them with the high quality of his scholarship and his gen- uine love of learning. As Dean of the College, he has worked untiringly to better the status of the University of Omaha. As a result of his labors, the faculty has been enlarged and is recognized by the people of Omaha and by the faculties of neighboring universities to be a superior group of scholars. When Dr. Holt came to the University in 1931, the Library had fewer than eight thousand books on its shelves. Under his guidance as chairman of the Library committee until June, 1938, the Library grew until over fifty thousand volumes were catalogued. Because of its growth, Senators George W. Norris and Edward R. Burke of Nebraska, in March, 1939, designated it as an official deposi- tory for all documents published by the Federal Government.