Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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BOARD OF REGENTS Charged with the responsibility of governing the affairs of the institution, the Board of Regents was created under the same law that estab- lished the State College of Washington. The board consists of five members appointed by the governor of the State with Governor Arthur B. Langlie and President E. O. Holland as ex-ofTicio members. In addition to approving matters concerning policy, expenditure and personnel of the col- lege, the Board is especially concerned with the care and preservation of all property belonging to the college. The annual meeting of the regents is held on the first Wednesday in April. Other meetings are called from time to time. ORTON PERHAM KIMBROUGH B. A. Perham, Yakima, is the current president of the Board of Regents with C. W. Orton, Sum- ner, vice president and treasurer. Arthur W. Davis and S. A. Kimbrough, both of Spokane, are other members and they hove given years of fine service and hove been president of the Board. There is one vacancy on the Board caused by the resignation last fall of George H. Gannon, formerly of Pullman and now of Yakima. DAVIS 19

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GOVERNOR LANGLIE Arthur Langlie is the youngest governor ever to wield the head gavel in the State of Washington. Until the time he took over the gubernatorial duties, he v as Mayor of the city of Seattle and a prominent lawyer. Governor Langlie is a graduate of the University of Washington and during the time he attended the coast school he had played baseball here against the Cougars. PRESIDENT HOLLAND Dr. E. O. Holland is in his 25th year as President of the State College of Washing- ton and is truly deserving of the credit proffered him by students of the college and by citizens of Pullman. His student days were spent at the Uni- versity of Indiana where he managed the football team and wrote sports news for one of the big Chicago dailies. Ever since his arrival here, President Hol- land has stressed the importance of raising grade standards and the college average. 18

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Dean of Women Mills College, Drury College, and Kobe Women ' s College in Japan all claim the past services of Miss Lulu Holmes, Dean of Women at Washiing- ton State . . . member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, Miss Holmes graduated from Whitman College . . . took graduate work at Columbia Uni- versity ... is often in demand as speaker at out-of-town meetings and club group discussions . . . Dean of Men Genial, popular counselor of Wash- ington State ' s stronger sex. Dean Otis McCreery is recognized nationally as an authority on problems of youth .... was Dean of Men at Drake University and the University of Min- nesota . . . member of Alpha Tau Omega . . . a master of the culinary arts ... is frequently seen on the campus tennis courts . . . 20