Utah State University - Buzzer Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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Carl W. Petersen Roger C. Armstrong George D. Preston Fern B. Ercanbraclc J. V. McLea Newell V. Sanders R. O. Porter R. J. Potter George M. Fistcr Charles R. Hunter The Board of Trustees of a college is the link between the college and the people of the State. Members of the Board are chosen by the governor of the State. They are the policy-making body of the institution. Theirs is the job of choosing a president, or approving faculty members; they direct financial matters, accept grants, approve appropriations. All this they do without recompense. They are like referees in a ballgame. They make the final decisions which make the game run. These men and women are chosen from all parts of the State of Utah. They are chosen for the ability with which they can handle their job. They offer their services to the institution and gain a quiet satisfaction from a worthy cause and a job well done. 7

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education is power ' president dixon 5trong executive ability tempered by a fine ability to get along with people.” . . . “He is a man with great leadership qualities, high Christian ideals, exemplary character, and unquestioned integrity.” President Dixon was born in Provo, Utah. His father was one of the founders of the Farmers and Merchants Bank. President Dixon graduated from Brigham Young High School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University. He then went to Weber College as an instructor of modern languages. In 1917 he was made president of the school. He left Weber to obtain his Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago and returned again to become president of Weber. Receiving his Doctor of Education degree from the University of California, he returned in 1937 to again become Weber’s president. He served on President Truman’s commission for higher education, and is on the advisory committee of the United States Board of Education. 6

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C. Jay Skidmore Acting Dean of Students Mae Welling Dean of Women deans and administrators Dec Broadbent Murmur Manager J. Stewart Williams Carl Frischknccht Dean of Graduate School Extension Director King Hendricks Director of Libraries H. Dean Eyre Purchasing Agent Carlton Culmsee Dean of Arts and Sciences Ethelyn O. Greaves Dean of Home Ec. William H. Bell Registrar Milton R. Merrill Dean of Commerce Lewis M. Turner Dean of Forestry John C- Catlide Dean of Summer Sd LcRoy A. Blaser Director of Public Inf am and College Develops- The president of an institution has the job of overseeing the running of the entire college. But he cannot possibly be familiar in a very intimate way with all the little problems that arise. So he surrounds himself with qualified men and women to look after the details. These arc the deans and administrators of the college. There are seven deans at Utah State — one to represent each school. It is their job to iron out the problems within their school and sec that it functions as it should. Then there are those who are responsible for the business and purchasing of the college. These two groups of individuals are the real force behind the institution. Without it the students could not draw full benefits. The deans are the guardians of the student’s happiness. They listen to his problems and offer suggestions. They check scholarship and encourage students to get full benefit from their education. 8