Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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9 olle e of Sciences and Arts Sell oo ol Alusic and Fine Arts D ean C. C. Todd of the College of Sciences and Arts and Head of the Department of Chemistry, is charac¬ terized by his gracious poise and genial personality in dealing with present-day college problems. Dean Todd received his Ph. D. de¬ gree from the University of Chicago with Phi Beta Kappa rank. Opportunities for specialization in the languages, literature, history, phi¬ losophy, economics and the physical sciences are included in the College of Sciences and Arts. D ean Herbert Kimbrough of the School of Music and Fine Arts, was educated at Springfield Nor¬ mal in Missouri. His later training in music included study under masters in Berlin, Germany. Coming to Washington State Col¬ lege in the early days as a piano in¬ structor he was made Dean of the Schools of Music, Fine Arts, and Speech in 1918. One of the first deans to be appointed, Dean Kimbrough has watched Washington State grow from its pioneer days. The three depart¬ ments under his guidance show the re¬ sult of earnest effort successfully di¬ rected. 17 —

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CARL Morrow, Dean of Men JAean of Aden T HE goal for a genuine democratic spirit was reached not .only by the participation and cooperation of the Washington State College students, but through the furthering of this ideal by the Dean of Men. His office has proved itself worthy of recognition by supervising the prob¬ lems, desires, and needs of the men students, and facilitating their adjust¬ ments to college life. Dean Morrow, a graduate of the University of Iowa with 12 years of experience before coming to Washing¬ ton State as first Dean of Men in 1926, has given his unceasing efforts in car¬ ing for the health, scholarship, social activities, and general welfare of the group. ANNIE M. FERTIG, Dean of Women Jdean of Women T HE office of the Dean of Women might be compared to an animated switchboard. In that office are received many messages from students, parents and faculty. These messages concern academic problems, social life of groups or individuals, financial difficulties in¬ cluding possibilities of loans or em¬ ployment, personal adjustments, stu¬ dent activities, changes of residence or curriculum, and housing and health problems. These calls can be met many times by the dean or the assistant. At other times the calls must be referred to others for expert advice, but at all times it is the duty and privilege of the staff to give the best service in their power to the students, and through them to the State College of Washing- 16 —

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4 Dean A. A. Cleveland School of Education Dean H. V. Carpenter, College of Mechanical Arts and Engineering Sclr ool of Education D ean Alfred A. Cleveland came to the State College of Washington in 1907 when the depart¬ ment of education was created and was elected Dean of the School when it was established in 1917. The purpose of the School of Education is to train teachers of the various high school sub¬ jects, supervisors of special subjects, principals, and superintendents. Es¬ pecially valuable to the student is the opportunity offered to do cadet teach¬ ing, either in the local high school or in one of the senior or junior high schools of Spokane. College O fMech ante and Engineering I N HIS thirty-three years here with the College of Mechanic Arts and Engineering, Dean Carpenter has been instrumental in establishing the high reputation of the State College Engi¬ neering School which claims nation¬ wide recognition. Dean Carpenter is vitally interested in communication—the radio, tele¬ phone, and power transmission, and in Electrical Engineering, his special field. The Engineering Department, civil, mechanical, electrical, and archi¬ tectural, together with physics and mathematics are under the direction of Dean Carpenter. — 18 —