Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS ERNEST O. HOLLAND.President OSMAR L. WALLER. Vice-President CHARLES A. ISAACS. .General Secretary WILLIAM C. KRUEGEL.Auditor FRANK T. BARNARD.Registrar MIRIAM C. GERLACH.Dean of Women Twenty-one

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BOARD OF REGENTS HON. LOUIS F. HART, Governor of the State, Advisory Member Ex-Officio EDWIN A. RITZ...President ADAM DUNCAN DUNN.Vice-President R. C. McCROSKEY.... . .Term Expires 1927 ARTHUR W. DAVIS.Term Expires 1925 F. H. HULBERT.Term Expires 1927 CLIFFORD L. BABCOCK, State Treasurer.Treasurer Ex-Officio ERNEST O. HOLLAND.Secretary Ex-Officio Twenty

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ADMINISTRATION OME people believed that with the signing of the Armistice by the German military representatives on November 11, 1918, democracy had triumphed forever. This was reflected in the speech of men and women in all parts of America; it was to be found in the newspaper headlines and editorials. For a while many people were deceived by this conclusion, and really believed that the battles of democracy were over. During this great World War eighty-five per cent of the officers in the American Army were college men. The great majority of these men did splendidly; a few, as one would expect, failed miserably. But the military leaders of America believed that the average college man is worthy of trust and is able to adapt himself to new and difficult conditions. In a word, it was a tribute on the one side to the man who believes enough in himself to want to get the best of training; and on the other a tribute to the worth of a college education. What has been said concerning the college men and their leadership in the world is applicable to women who are enrolled in the colleges and universities of the country. They, too, represent much of the best leadership among the women of America. The reconstruction period following the Civil War was a most difficult one. Economic conditions were bad and did not improve for many years following Lee ' s surrender at Appomattox. But, the poor economic conditions lasting from 1865 to to 1885 were not in themselves the most serious aspects of the situation. The great tragedy lay in the fact that the ideals, so much in evidence during the Civil War, were not maintained during the years of peace that followed. As a result there was a moral and ethical slump in the American Government and among the American people. Another reconstruction period, world-wide in extent, is before us. First of all, we need morale, the courage to meet with fortitude and good sense the problems our own country, and the world, are now facing. Secondly, we need more educated men and women who will be able to look below superficial evidences and understand the real needs of our people and our democracy. The hope of the American Government rests very largely upon the college men and women who are eager to do their part in raising and maintaining the ethical and governmental ideals and who have the capacity to understand what is best to be done in these difficult times when democracy’s battles must be won again. E. O. HOLLAND, President. Twenty-two