University of Wisconsin Madison - Badger Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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LOUISE TROXELL GREELEY Dean of Women “What are young people like nowadays?’ “Are they more serious than formerly?” “Howr have they reacted to hard times? ’ These and others like them are the questions we are most often asked in our office. Possibly because we act as a general clearing house for the interests of the women students, we are expected to know the answers. It is a curious thing, this unflagging interest on the part of the public in the emotions and reactions of the young. Each year certain disturbing things happen among students and we wish there were fewer for whom the difficulties of life seem too great. But for every one of these there are hundreds who meet what life brings with a courage and resourcefulness that is an example to their elders. The first realization of the depression brought a kind of stoicism to many, quite foreign to their natural temperaments. Time has softened this. Courage remains but I am happy to see that the old gaiety, so inalienable a right of youth, is coming hack again to our students. “What are they like?” They are courageous, they are purposeful, and they are an inspiration to all whose privilege it is to work with them. Page 27

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SCOTT HOLLAND GOODNIGHT Dean of Men Dean of the Summer Session Dear Class of ’36: You are, doubtless, not a perfect ’36, but it may be successfully contended, I believe, that you are one of the best qualified classes that has graduated from the University in several decades. The reasons lie more, perhaps, in your environment and in the effect upon you of general social and economic conditions than in yourselves. Recent classes, notwithstanding their earnestness, have been graduating into the futility and stagnation of unemployment. Classes prior to 1930 had had a too joyous and carefree outlook on life and had not found it necessary to take college work too seriously. In contrast to the first group, you are graduating at a time when the outlook is brightening and when you can go forth with some expectation of realizing the purposes of your training. In contrast to the earlier groups, your student days fell in a depression period which has brought about a more serious interest in study, in selfculture and in the problems of public life than any student generation has had for decades. The difficulties are not all gone, even yet. Some of you may fail to find employment or you may meet with frustration and disappointment, hut, as a class, you go forth probably better equipped and with better prospects than your predecessors for many years. Wisconsin is proud of you and wishes you well. Cordially yours. Page 26

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RAY I- HI LS EX HOFF Student Financial Adviser Handling an annual volume of business of almost §300,000 and acting as guardian angel for the finances of almost 60 student organizations, Ray Hilsenhoff, student financial adviser, has made his new office felt as an important factor in campus affairs this year. Mr. Hilsenhoff, who for several years held this position outside of the regular office hours of his position in the university business office, was the logical choice when the office was put on a full-time basis and made an official part of the university administration. Formerly paid by the organizations he worked with and acting as an optional convenience the organizations could use if they wished, Mr. Hilsenhoff is now paid by the university from funds supplied by the student groups; all student groups handling money except fraternities and sororities come under his jurisdiction. Although the new system has been in effect less than a semester, it has proved its value. An outstanding example is the Class of 1937 Junior Prom, which showed a profit of §1200. A large part of the improvement in dance management was due to the pressure from Mr. Hilsenhoff and Scott H. Goodnight, dean of men, for a reduction in the number of complimentary tickets and a more careful estimation of expenditures. The success of the system is shown by the fact that the university booking service for orchestras has been brought under it and that several fraternities and sororities have sought admission. Discounting the stories of graft in publications and other activities, Mr. Hilsenhoff says that he sees the chief value of his office in providing some sort of administration which lasts from one year to the next; similarly, the information gathered by all organizations may be pooled to help in the formation of financial policy. Page 28