University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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Hugh L. Biggs Uean of I en The office of the dean of men is maintained primarily as a source of advice and information for men students. Though his functions are diverse, the dean handles all problems concerning student loans, fraternities, dormitories, housing, and general student conduct, and is freshman class advisor. During the past year the number of loans from the University Student Loan funds totalled 247, and the amount of such loans was more than $17,000. By virtue of his position as director of loans, the dean of men is required to do a great deal of financial counseling. The office of the dean of men attempts to main- tain a close contact with the fraternities, dormi- tories, and living organizations, and is responsible to the administration for the morale and cooperation of these groups. In the past they have proved to be splendid adminis- trative agencies, and have shown a remarkably high sense of loyalty to the University and a fine spirit of cooperation with the administration. Uecin of W omen The dean ' s office represents the interest of the women students. It is an administrative link between students and faculty and, unlike an academic department, has no inherent strength unless it is devoted to the needs and interests of the individual woman and every social grouping. It is a confidential office and, therefore, it is functioning most effectively when least is said about it. In its advisory capacity, its success is measured by the success of the women ' s organ- izations. Some new phases of administration have been important during the last year. The position of Ficsliman Dean was established, and Mrs. Hazel Prutsman Schwering has been giving her time to the adjusting of freshman girls to college life. An activities study and the development of a new system of personnel records have been the most significant single projects. Virgini Judy Esterly Dean of Women

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Colt, Watzek, Pease I he blcite Doard ot Hinher Laucafion The State Board of Higher Education has been kept continually busy in its super- vision of the Oregon institutions of higher learning since its establishment by the sen- ate of the Oregon legislature in 1929. Mem- bers of that body oversee the affairs of the University of Oregon, Oregon State College, and the three normal schools located at Ash- land, La Grande, and Monmouth. Members of the board have met in the last year to grant degrees to graduating students, confirm faculty appointments, make grants for new buildings, and formu- late policies for the schools to carry out. Men who serve on the organization are : C. C. Colt, Portland, of the Oregon Life In- surance company, the First National Cor- poration, and the Title and Trust Corpora- tion. Mr. Colt was appointed to serve nine years, the longest term for which any man was appointed. B. F. Irvine, also of Port- land, who is editor of the Oregon Journal, was selected to serve for eight years. C. L. Starr, Portland attorney, was chosen for seven years; E. C. Simmons, Portland, well- known banker and manufacturing man, for iqncp six years ; Albert Burch, Medford horticul- turist, for five years; E. C. Pease, retired merchant in The Dalles and director of the Federal Reserve Bank of that district, for four years ; F. E. Callister, Albany banker, three years; Aubrey R. Watzek, Portland banker, for two years ; and Frank Oliver, Canyon City stockman, who was appointed for a term of one year, and has just been reappointed for a nine-year term. C. L. Starr is chairman of the board. All members are appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. The direc- tors serve without salary, but receive ten dollars a day and necessary traveling ex- penses while on duty as actual members of the board. The group makes an annual visit to each of the institutions under its control a n d hears reports from the heads of each of the schools. When one member ' s term is ended, another person is appointed to take his place. The variation in the length of terms keeps both experienced and now men on the committee, so that as many difficulties as possible in the organization of the group may be dispensed with.

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I lit 1930 Jummcp O The summer session of the University of Oregon will be almost a floating one this year, for, under the supervision of Alfred Powers, cruises to both Hawaii and Alaska have been planned. In addition to the trips, classes will be held both on the Eugene cam- pus and at Portland, in which many promi- nent educators from all parts of the United States will teach. The southwestern trip to Hawaii will be the first attempted by the University to the Islands. It will be much longer than the Alaskan cruise, and the boat will sail in June. Classes will be taught both on board the boat and at the University of Hawaii, where that institution ' s faculty will cooper- ate. The courses will include history, inter- national relations, journalism, anthropology, geology, education, and literature. While at- tending the classes sponsored by the Hawai- ian school, the students will be housed at Punahou academy. Karl W. Onthank, ex- ecutive secretary of the University, will be in charge. The cruise north to Alaska proved such a success last year that the administration has decided to repeat it. Students planning ess i on on making the journey will attend the first two weeks of post-session at Eugene, and on the morning of August 13 leave for Seattle from where they will sail the following day, returning about August 26. Special courses in landscape sketching, botany, geography, and the art of the Alaskan Indians will be given in addition to the regular subjects. W. G. Beattie, assistant director of the ex- tension division, will be in charge of the Alaskan trip. The University ' s summer sessions have proved invaluable to school teachers through- out the state as a means by which they may learn the newest methods in education for both the elementary and high school. Each department of the University of Oregon co- operates in the summer work, some of the regular professors instructing classes in Eugene and some lecturing in Portland. To supplement the teaching staff, well-known professors from the larger educational in- stitutions of the United States come to offer courses along the line of work they are famous for. Many regular students of this school take advantage of these sessions to make up woi-k they have missed during the winter months.