University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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It is fitting that the 1944 Index is dedicated to Massachusetts State College in the Armed services. The College is proud that through its sons and daughters it can share directly in the war for human f reedom, and is backing them and the war effort in a series of war programs. The College is training Army Air Force cadets; our teachers go out to other communities to train industrial workers; the Extension Service has taken leader- ship in Massachusetts food-production and preservation; teachers and adminis- trators are working the year through on the aviation teaching program and in the summer session. The College produc- tion departments — orchards, poultry plant, et cetera — have expanded to reduce our food purchases. New courses have been added, war-important research studies made, and short training courses for new farm workers provided. The College is glad to serve actively, and shall find new ways to do so. Another marked change has come to us. For the first time women students out- number the civilian men — 533 to 147. We welcome them, as it is increasingly apparent that women must play an im- portan t part in America ' s war eflfort and in the peace and rehabilitation to follow. I know that our women students join with me in pledging to Alumni and stu- dents in the Armed Forces our determin- ation to . carry on with the same high standards, to be ready for the readjust- ments of peacetime, and to keep the college high on the Nation ' s honor roll. President Baker HUGH P. BAKER President B.S. Michigan State College, 1901. M.F. Yale Uni- versity, 1904. D.Oec. University of Munich, 1910. LL.D. Syracuse University, 1933. WILLIAM L. MACHMER Dean B.A. Franklin and Marshall College, 1907. M.A. Franklin and Marshall College, 1911. Ed.D. Ameri- can International College, 1936. MARSHALL O. LANPHEAR Registrar B.S. Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1918. M.S. Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1926. EDNA L. SKINNER Dean of Women M.Ed. Honorary, Michigan State Normal College, 1922. B.S. Teachers ' College, Columbia LTniversity, 1908. M.A. Teachers ' College, Columbia University, 1928. RALPH A. VAN METER Associate Dean in Charge of the AAF Program B.S. Ohio State University, 1917. M.S. Massachu- setts Agricultural College, 1930. Ph.D. Cornell Uni- versity, 1935. 21

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Uai Be The board of trustees, legislative body of Massachusetts State College with two stated meetings a year, is composed of the governor of the Commonwealth, the com- missioner of education, the commissioner of agriculture, and the president of the college, all serving ex-ofBciis; and not more than fourteen appointive members. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, appoints new members for a seven-year term of office. Although personal expenses are paid, the appointive members receive no compen- sation. Most important among the duties and responsibilities of the trustees are the following: management and upkeep of all property belonging to the Commonwealth and occupied or used by the college; determination and regulation of instruc- tion in the college; election of the presi- dent, professors, tutors, and instructors and determination of their salaries, duties, and tenure of office; maintenance of the College Farm and provisions for its use by students; maintenance of experiment stations for practical demonstrations in gardening, planting, and growing. MettUe President His Excellency Leverett Saltonstall Vice-President Nathaniel I. Bowditch of Framingham Secretary James W. Burke of Amherst Treasurer Robert D. Hawley of Amherst Term Expires 19 5 Mrs. Katherine G. Canavan of Amherst Joseph B. Ely of Westfield Term Expires 1946 Clifford C. Hubbard of Norton David J. Malcolm of Charlemont Term Expires 19,!f7 Harry Dunlap Brown of Billerica John W. Haigis of Greenfield Term Expires 1948 Joseph W. Bartlett of Boston Philip F. Whitmore of Sunderland Term Expires 191 9 Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield Richard Saltonstall of Sherborn Term Expires 1950 Nathaniel I. Bowditch of Framingham Alden C. Brett of Belmont Term. Expires 1951 Mrs. Elizabeth L. McNamara of Cam- bridge Leonard Carmichal of Medford Members Ex-Officio His Excellency Leverett Saltonstall, Gov- ernor of the Commonwealth Hugh P. Baker, President of the College Julius E. Warren, Commissioner of Edu- cation Louis A. Webster, Acting Commissioner of Agriculture 20

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e Buf fe Qacf . Back of the smooth running of Massa- chusetts State College, there is an ad- ministrative group who keep it so. This is no simple task, especially during these war years, which, with the shortages of labor and supplies alone, furnish many new problems for administrative officers. President Hugh P. Baker is the personal link between the trustees and the faculty; Dean William L. Machmer and Registrar Marshall O. Lanphear administer en- trance procedure and the curriculum. Miss Edna L. Skinner, as Dean of Wom- en, is concerned with their problems. And, with the 58th C.T.D. here, Professor Ralph A. Va n Meter was appointed Associate Dean in charge of the Army Air Force Academic Instruction. The College secretary is W ' illiam J. Burke; while treasurer Robert D. Haw- ley, and assistant treasurer John K. Broadfoot see that financial ends meet each year. Gunnar S. Erick.son, as bus- iness officer, buys college supplies in addi- tion to other financial responsibilities. Guy . Glatfelter is now Acting Director of the placement service for students, as Mr. Emery E. Grayson is in the service. Placement Officer for women is Miss Margaret Hamlin. Di- recting the Experiment Station and the Graduate school, is Fred J. Sievers; Ro- land H. Verbeck is Director of Short Courses, including Stockbridge School; and Willard A. Munson, Director of the Extension Service. The organizations they control are closely allied with the regular college program. Basil Wood commands the tacking up of little signs in Goodell Libe, and in the Alumni Office George E. Emery is the medium between the great beyond (the Alumni) and the souls here on campus. Sonic of M.S.C. ' s administrators: rbeck. Wood, Broadfoot, Erickson, Hawley, Glatfelte , Miss Hamlin