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

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LouiseTroxell Greeley Truly remarkable for getting things done and doing them well, Mrs. Greeley is an example to the women of her state and of the nation. In these times cf hectic advancement of her de- partment, with the new women ' s dorms ready to pose a new prob- lem, she has sacrificed neither the welfare of the women ' s office or the wideness of her Interests. The Columbia trip has Increased her Influence. Wisconsin women have for generations been actively interested in government, and University-women carry on this tradition in a way that is most grati- fying to all those whose privilege it is to see their work close up. Two things are contributing to an in- creased activity in this field. One of these is a generally wider interest in government brought about by courses in public administration which include an emphasis on the opportunity for be- ginning this service on the campus. The other is the expansion in University housing through our new dormitories. Our course of training for officers in wom- en ' s housing units has brought a fine response and has uncovered potentialities for leadership of which we had not been aware. eaid 0 JiujAi! TS uJ (a ' oi cn.

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Scott H. Goodnight can C ' Considered the most representa- tive Dean of Men today. Scott Goodnight came to the University in the dim past as a Professor of German. Without much doubt, the system which he has intro- duced into his department dates from his training in the rigid German standards. The fact that discipline can be combined with such widespread popularity indi- cates that the man matces the office, and not the office the man. As a University increases in size, it must develop a personnel system as a means of knov ing its students, their needs, and the ways to meet them. The Wisconsin Personnel Council is composed of representatives from the teaching fac- ulty and from all the personnel agencies ; it is attempting to coordinate and de- velop the latter more effectively. By grouping the testing service, the dean of men ' s office, the Registrar ' s office and the information office together v;ith it in the north and central corri- dors, we hope to attain a greater unifi- cation and convenience in functioning. That is the primary purpose of the re- moval of this office to Bascoir. We are more spaciously accommo: ' ate:l and we hope to have a larger student utilization of cur services than ever before. en

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eorge c s ellery ean. Now rounding out his twenty-first year as Dean of Wisconsin ' s Col- lege of Letters and Science. George Sellery takes his place as one of the University ' s grand old men. But, in another way, he has none of the characteristics of an old man. He still walks when he wants to go anywhere within reasonable distance, never having owned a car; and he con- tinues to be perhaps the faculty ' s best home handy-man. In times when the purposes of education are changing, it is the manifest duty of school curriculums to change with it. For that reason, the College of Letters and Science, as the broadest college in the University, has been especially interested during the past year in the activities of the Committee on Curriculum Revision. The principal changes recom- mended by that body are in my depart- ment, and it is with profound interest that I watched its proceedings. I would count perhaps chief of the many valuable reforms the broadening of the first year curriculum so that first year students need not feel they are forced into an unyielding academic treadmill. President Dykstra himself is scheduled to give one of the new courses, a work for which he is eminently qualified. cunce TCld2