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

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Jonuary 9, 1940 To tho Students end Friends of the University, Our university was the earliest expression In Wisconsin of the consuclng oeslre of the early settlers to have an Institution of higher leurnlcE tmda evcillable to the youth of the state. Since Its foundlrir: elr.ost 100.000 Students have studU-d on this campus, -kiny oiore than thst nuicber hove taicen extension and correspondence courses teu t by our stsff. Tl uulvorslty thua la entwined Id the life and history of the state as Is nothing alaa In Vlscon ln. ' ;. ' e must ojsume, tho o of us t ho carry the university rasponslblllty, that oui- cltlzcta want the best Institution we can possibly main- tain, ' ' ' o hove never soucbt size but rtther excellence. Our Btandarda are hirii end our requUteents are rlf:orous - studttts uae the word ru ed. It is the confidence In us of the pnrents of this stnte Xtut brln -s us nunbers. They aend ua our students •nd It la our Job to serve then to tho best of our nblllty. Ttnt the university bus servod well Is attested to by the character ud quality of those . our graduates, men and women, who are leaders CTorywhora and Id ell vnUka of life. Let us ' tmlntoln this tredltloa of ezcallanca and of great public sarvlcal You an the cumpus have a responsibility to uphold tho tradition. Yo s vary alncerely. e i, S-.in '

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PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY CLARENCE ADDISON DYKSTRA EXECUTIVE head of the University since the stormy year 1937, he has maintained his trust through many difficul- ties, including the outright opposition of those to whom his school entrusted its finances. FRIEND of all the students and well known to many, he enters upon his senior year with I940 ' s class and may well continue to be a graduate president for m any years to come. TEAChHER at the University of California before his Cincinnati days, his instructorship has here broadened into a life example for his 12,000 pupils. ADMINISTRATOR and savior of Cincinnati during the period of Its great floods, his ar- rival at Wisconsin, with a considerable decrease in salary, marked the beginning of a more careful stewardship of the University ' s budget. SALESMAN of his school to all the nation, network broadcasts from the University of Wisconsin campus have become a regular NBC feature. EXECUTIVE FRIEND TEACHER ADMINISTRATOR SALESMAN