University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Chancellor Rufus H. Fitzgerald The Chancellor’s Message Again the University, the students and the teachers, are called to defend the life we believe is good—in war or peace. Our people and the people of fifty-nine associated countries stand together against the forces which would destroy this life. Again the University and the Nation need your youth—your strength, your hopefulness, your laughter, your willingness and power to take on whatever needs to be done in this defense. The University holds for you in its teaching and in its learning the practical skills and the idealism to make your hand and your spirit strong. We hope this war will be short, but it may be long. The deans in every school are working with their faculties to organize all the resources of the University for special training in civil and military defense. While we do this we try to make real for ourselves and for you the values and the beliefs which the United Nations war defends. What I am saying is that whether we are at war or at peace we want you students to join the strength of your youth to the ageless strength of the University—which together arc the invincible power by which alone free men can live. 22

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Dr. John G. Bowman President Honorarius

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I)r. John Weber The Secretary Mid-century finds I)r. John Weber, University Secretary, still playing a forceful role in the University. A Pitt graduate. Dr. Weber started his career at the University as an instructor in the Mechanical Engineering department after having served as a captain in World War I. After a time as head of the M. E. department, he became business manager of the University in 1926. His other services to Pitt include membership on the board of Trustees and supervising engineer in the construction of the Cathedral and Heinz Chapel. In this latter capacity Dr. Weber achieved one of his greatest accomplishments—the selection of the famous stained glass windows in the Chapel after an extensive trip through the United States and Europe. Although today Dr. Weber is responsible for the physical needs of the University and is active in many outside interests including serving on the Hoard of Managers for Juvenile Court and the City Planning Commission, he has still applied himself zealously to the needs of the University’s expansion program. He looks forward to the time when the campus will be covered with a new science building, better s|X rt’s facilities, student buildings, and libraries. The Registrar Whatever problems may arise in the future concerning enrollment will find Dr. J. G. Quick, University Registrar, willing and able to deal with them; for at Mid-Century Dr. Quick has handled efficiently the high enrollments presented after World War II when veterans crowded the Universities and Colleges of this country. As the tremendous increase was felt at Pitt, Dr. Quick found himself faced with a shortage of teachers, insufficient space, and the problems that naturally arose from the sudden rise in attendance. In 1946 Dr. Quick met the question of lack of space by holding registration in Syria Mosque. The following year found the special Pre-Registration plan inaugurated which further decreased confusion and time needed to register. Another innovation suggested by E. A. Batchelder, assistant registrar, was the installation of the International Business Machine system, which also quickened the registration process. The I.B.M. machines turn out graded reports and address pre-registration kits speedily and efficiently. In the future streamlined procedures will handle the enrollment with more proficiency than was possible in the pre-war days when the enrollment was only 12,000 students. r 23 Dr. J. Gilbert Quick