University of Idaho - Gem of the Mountains Yearbook (Moscow, ID)

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; b , M Administrative Officials John R. Dyer THE ADMINISTRATIVE work of the University is entrusted to a staff consisting of five department heads and several important assistants. To the administrative officials go such duties as management of registration, financial control, preparation of publications, library administration, and supervision of the buildings and grounds of the University. These officials are responsible Lo the President of the University. Dean John R. Dyer succeeded the late Martin Fuller Angell as Executive Dean of the Southern Branch of the University of Idaho at Pocatello. Dean Dyer came to the Southern Branch from the University of Kansas, and has just completed his third year as head of the Branch. The officials are Frank Stanton, bursar; Ella L. Olesen, registrar; Oren A. Fitz- gerald, university editor; Mary Belle Sweet, librarian; and R. W. Lind, superin- tendent of buildings and grounds. Administrative Staff

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Board of Regents Governor C. Ben Ross THE HIGHEST administrative body of the University is the Board of Regents, composed of members appointed for five-year terms by the Governor of the state. In the hands of this board, in conjunction with the President of the University, rest the policies and administration of the University of Idaho. The Board of Regents hold an annual meeting each spring at the University in Moscow. The board members are Mrs. J. G. H. Graveley, Boise, president, with term ending in 1934; Clency St. Clair, Idaho Falls, vice president, with term ending in 1935; W. C. Geddes, Winchester, secretary, with term ending in 1933; Asher B. Wilson, Twin Falls, with term ending in 1932; and T. A. Walters, Caldwell, with term ending in 1936. W. D. Vincent, Commissioner of Education, and Mrs. Myrtle R. Davis, Superintendent of Public Instruction, are ex-officio members of the board. Board of Regents Pay egies Fit a), = terete

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© o 8 Fe TSE SEEEEEE OTHE HEESE SHEET E TOES ECT SEHETE RES ESEs AA 2° Dean of Women Permeal J. French ONE OF the most important administrative sections of the University from the standpoint of relations with the people of the state is the position of Dean of Women. This office includes contact with innumerable aspects of college life and offers one of the best means by which high school students may be interested in the University of Idaho. Much of the valuable work and a good deal of the promi- nence of the position of Dean of Women is made possible by the woman who has held that post at Idaho for a number of years. Miss Permeal J. French is the Dean of Women at the University of Idaho. The efficiency of her work is best spoken for by the smoothness with which her department performs a great amount of import- ant administrative work for the University. under the control of the Dean of Women. She also has supervision over the two ¥ Either directly or indirectly, every phase of the social life of the campus comes i women’s halls and the many sorority houses on the campus. In addition to regulation of the social life of the campus, Miss French, in her i years at Idaho, has been directly responsible for the establishment of a number of the University’s most cherished traditions. Among the most important of these has been her connection with the annual Campus Day. Many other traditional forms have been materially helped by Miss French’s interest. The Dean of Women also makes important contacts for the University in her trips throughout the state. Each spring she visits the larger high schools of the state, meeting high school students and giving them information in regard to the University of Idaho. r24)