University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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Vice President Burt Brown Barker Burt Brown Barker, now serving as vice-president of the University of Ore- gon, has always been active in semi-pub- lic and public affairs, After completing underclass work at Willamette, he attended the University of Chicago, and from there went to Harvard where he received his LL.B. degree. He has served as secretary-treasurer of the Chicago University club, and helped incorporate the alumni associa- tion. While serving as president of the association, he instigated the first alumni magazine and made it successful. He was one of the founders ,of Delta Sigma Rho, honor debating society. He was also interested in Y. M. C. A. work in Chi- cago, ancl was ia member of the board of managers of Hdye Park Branch, and was chairman of the boys' work committee. Burt Brown Barker While connected with the Chicago Bar association, Mr. Barker did a great deal of notable work in the fields of defense of poor persons accused of crime, graft and corruptions in jails were exposed by the committee of which he was chairman. The general control over the University is vested in the State Board of Higher Education. Present members of the board include B. F. Irvine, E. C. Sammons, C. L. Starr, C. C. Colt, F. E. Callister, F. C. Pease, Herman Oliver, Albert Burch, and Mrs. Walter Pierce. At a meeting held on March 7 the board, in order to solve the financial dif- ficulties now facing the University and College, voted to have but six schools in each institution with a dean at the head, and also voted to have a chancellor at the head of all the institutions of higher education in the State. Boa rd of Regents Z0

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President Arnold Bennett Hall Arnold Bennett Hall came to the University as president in l926. He is one of the foremost educators of the nation, an au- thority on international law, and an earnest advocate of judicial settlement of international dis- putes. Dr. Hall is a graduate of Franklin College and the Univer- sity of Chicago, where he took his law degree. Before coming to Oregon, he was associate profes- sor of law and political science at the University of Wisconsin. He is a member of the Amer- ican Political association, the Dr. Hull American Social society, the League to Enforce Peace, the American Institute of Criminology, the American Ju- dicature society, the American Peace society, the American Society for the Judi- cial Settlement of lnternational Disputes, the Social Science Research Council of America, and the Universal Union for Peace. For several years he was chairman of the committee on problems and policies of the Social Science Research Council of America, and in i923 founded the Pa- cific Coast regional committee of that organization. He was the first chairman of the regional committee. ln l927, Dr. Hall was a delegate to the Institute of Pacific Relations, held in Honolulu, and has several times been invited to' address the Pan- Pacific confer- ence on international social relations. For several years Dr. Hall has been state chair- man of the National Student Forum, and in November, l93O, was invited by President Hoover to participate in the White House conference on Child Health and Protection. Since he has been in Oregon, Dr. Hall has done a great deal to build up the University and the state. He has toured the state on several occasions to acquire a personal contact with many of the fathers and mothers of the students. President Hall has been one of the University's staunchest friends, for dur- ing the financial crisis that has faced the school he has worked hard and loyally for the institution, and he has stood by us until the end. During fall term Dr. Hall conducted a series of lectures for the freshman class. These lectures pertained to such fundamental problems as character, personality, spiritual qualities, and intellectual interests. President Hall gave these addresses to help the beginning college student in his first year away from the guidance of home-life. 19

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The Personnel Division The Personnel Division includes the Bureau of Personel Research, the Deans of Men and Women, and the employment offices. Coordinated with these are nu- merous other agencies, such as the Health Service and the academic advisers. The purpose of all these agencies is to supple- ment university teaching with individual information, counsel, and service. Armed with information as to his own talents and limitations, as to the require- ments, opportunities, and compensations of the various occupations open to col- lege graduates, and as to facilities for training and growth open to him in the University, a student can intelligently plan his career. i Dean Karl Onthank The office of the Dean of Men is a place of service to the men of the Univer- sity. lt is a place where a personal interest will be made manifest in those situ- ations and adjustments that frequently arise in the lives of college men. Supervi- sion and advice is given concerning such problems as student living conditions, financial difficulties, scholarship, fraternity questions, student activities, awards, and personal problems. The purpose of the office of the Dean of Women is to serve the interests of the women students. lt cooperates with student organizations on the campus in an attempt to develop student leaders and create a feeling of responsibility among them. It attempts to build fine social standards and attitudes, and provide op- portunity for each individual to share in making the University a great center of learning and a center of fine .living. Through guidance, it hopes to stimulate students to be intellectually alert, socially at ease, emotionally well-balanced, hap- py, worthwhile social beings. Schwering Macduff Earl Zl