University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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CURRICULAR ADMINISTRATION 15 be noticed. In the past tl1e three dollar fee for THE Kvmswrsnox has been paid in the spring quar- ter. Since the enrollment recedes each uquarter, it was decided to move it up to the winter quarter this year. In view of the unex- pected increase, this was indeed a fortuitous stroke. Another interesting sidelight gleams on the fact that previously there was a maximum limit of four hundred set upon freshman registration. At the time this limit was set, there was no indication that more than this number of yearlings would apply for enroll- ment, and when this year, to the surprise of one and all, some four hundred and fifty desired to ma- triculate, the limitation was unob- trusively obliterated. The increase in quantity apparently did not bring down the quality standard, since intelligence tests proved that the new frosh were far above the average in brain power. If THB KYNEWISBOK were inclined to back patting it might be said that THE GRAND OLD PHILOSOPHER, DR. LOUGH VENERABLE VETERAN DR. W. D. ENGLE the first year collegians showed their intelli- gence by matriculating here. NOTHER or the activities designed to add to the attractiveness of a college education is the ,newly reorganized Placement Bu- reau. Under the direction of Wayne Shroyer and Iarnes Binns, the Bureau finds jobs for students, thus enabling them to gather enough coin of the realm to pay their next quarter's tui- tion. A more significant function ofthe Bureau is to secure positions- for grad- uates. It has made a fine gesture in un- dertaking to look after the interests of students, even though they may have finished their period of study. With other colleges adopting mod- ern methods of advertising and sales- manship, it became mandatory in order to keep above financial quicksands that the University of Denver accept this theory. Dean Lawson was then pre- sented with another job and was ofzli-

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14 1935 KYNEWISBOK rules supreme, one in which the administration rules supreme, but will accept suggestions, and one in which the students rule, with their ac- tions subject to veto. The question discussed, then, is whether or not the inadequacy of student leadership has necessitated a more dic- tatorial method of approach from the adminis- tration, or whether the executives, like many leaders of the present era, have decided to use censorship as a harness. On Dr. Hunter's right hand, in the eyes of the student, stands Iohn E. Lawson, Dean of Men. In the duties of this jack of all trades may be found the key to the University's pro- gram of expansion and self-preservation. Under his supervision is the field work department. Its success is shown in the fact that record freshman classes for the past two years have built up the enrollment way above the two thousand mark 3 and, for the first time in his- tory, winter quarter enrollment exceeded that of the autumn term. A little sidelight ought to H. .. 5 . . s we ss' r S. s fa. .WEE P' .. I E si-ggi?-H N sr .N m 1 -ws B . B 1 MANNERISMS No professor can give the impression of a kindly uncle explaining something to a group of children gathered about his feet as can Dean Duncan. He has a peculiar charm that has made him probably the best liked professor. And no lecture is complete unless the Dean scratches his head-a gesture that provides his students with an opportunity for delightful imi- tation. Diminutive Essie Cohn must stand on a chair to write formulas on the blackboard. She calls rawboned, six-foot engineers her cherubs. Dr. I. C. Stearns is famous for his clowning and W. H. Hyslop for his loquaciousness. Professor Recht once passed candy during a final, he keeps his classes up till 3 a. m. studying the stars. Andy Wood at Commerce has been selling and rnortgaging my horse, lim, for longer than anyone can remember. Ben Cherrington, the smooth and urbane internationalist, still sees hope in the League of Nations. IN HIS HANDS-A UNIVERSITY g

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16 1935 KYNEWISBOK DEAN WALTERS SPEAKING cially endowed with eight external duties which included: following up inquiries from prospective students 5 directing field work, stu- dent placementg mailing of bulletins and other information, the speakers' bureau, radio broad- casting, scholarships, and investigating student mortality, which means finding out why students leave school. In addition he has the job of advising the Interschool Council, and his knowledge of facts about which the councillors know little makes his sal- ient influence in their discussions and deliberations valuable. Almost every student activity at some time or other finds itself in need of his advice, in- fiuence or guidance. He is a conven- ient connecting link between the Chancellor's office and that mythical - realm in which students are sup- posed to rule supreme. ECOND oNLY to the Chancellor in rank is the 22-year veteran ad- E ii MANNERISMS R. H. McWilliams always bites his lip and rufiles his hair so that his classes will know he has just told a jokeg the dramatic Professor Sco- field has a hard time with his wisecracks. Among the psychologists Dr. T. R. Garth is noted for strange experiments that involve crys- tal gazing, clay masks, and picture puzzles. Pro- fessor Miller is outstanding for his booming voice and elaborate vocabulary. Dr. Clive Iohn Card is possessed of a precise, icicle-like mode of diction. Curing stuttering is the specialty of speech professor Elwood Murray, whose students live under the fear that his trouser belt may stray even farther from the bottom of his vest. Mrs. Marion Robinson achieved fame by denying that favoritism governed her choice of casts. Dr. Levette Davidson drives his classes to distraction with his unique rendition of poetic classics. Dr. Wm. Luebke's lectures may be on any subject but they usually end in a discussion of the derivation of some word or other. ministrator, W. D. Engle, Vice-Chancellor. Into Dr. Engle's office a large percentage of the students find their way. They come, hatpin hand, or nervously twisting a handkerchief, to arrange for a deferment of tuition payment or to apply for a much-needed loan. To Dr. CONCENTRATED ENERGY