Washington and Lee University - Calyx Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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LOFTY COLUMNS ARCHITECTURE ' S SUBLIMEST CONCEPTION

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H36 DEAN ROBERT H. TUCKER DEAN TUC:CER IS A MAN WITH THE HAPPY FACULTY OF BEIN3 ABLE TO MIX THEORY AND PRACTICE. HIS POSSESSION OF BUSINESS ACUMEN AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES OF FINANCE HAVE BEEN AMPLY REVEALED BY HIS WORK IN WHAT MIGHT BE TERMED THE EXTERIOR WORLD. HIS IDEAS ON ECONOMICS ARE THOROUGHLY SOUND. THEIR TEMPER PROVED IN THE FORGE OF THE WORLD OF AFFAIRS. HE TEACHES NO MERE THEORETICAL DOGMA WHICH WILL CRUMPLE UNDER ACTUAL CONDITIONS. THEREFORE. TO OUT- SIDERS, DR. TUCKERS ACHIEVEMENTS BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF EDUCATION MAY ACCOUNT FOR HIS RANKING PLACE ON THIS CAMPUS. WE. HOWEVER. WHO KNOW HIM AS A MAN RATHER THAN AS A FIGURE. RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS NOT HIS SUCCESS IN SUCH FIELDS WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR HIS EMI- NENT POSITION. RATHER IT IS HIS IDEAL OF SERVICE. AN IDEAL WITNESSED BY HIS RECORD OF OVER TWENTY YEARS OF LOYAL AND FAITHFUL DEVOTION TO THE UNIVERSITY. WE LOVE HIM AS A FRIEND AND RESPECT HIM AS A PERSONAGE.

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DEAN FRANK J. GILLIAM FROM FRESHMAN CAMP TO SENIOR FINALS THE DEAN OF STUDENTS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MEN OF THE FACULTY WITH WHOM THE STUDENT COMES IN CONTACT, FROM THE ARRANGEMENT OF FRESHMAN COURSES TO THE APPLICATION FOR GRADUATE ADMIHANCE, THROUGH CHOICE OF FRATERNITIES, FORMATION OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR INTER- ESTS, AND ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION, IN ALL PHASES OF UNI- VERSITY LIFE THIS DEAN IS PRESENT. WASHINGTON AND LEE IS FORTUNATE IN HAVING AS CAPABLE A MAN AS DEAN GILLIAM TO FILL THIS RESPONSIBLE POSITION. VOLUNTARILY HE UNDERTAKES THE TEACHING OF FRESHMAN CLASSES SO THAT HE MAY BRING HIMSELF IN CLOSER TOUCH WITH THE NEW ARRIVALS. HIS LASTING IMPRESSION IS ONE OF CHEER- FUL FRIENDLINESS. NEVER DO HIS CAPABLY-PERFORMED MUL- TIPLE DUTIES KEEP HIM FROM DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE STUDENTS. A CONTACT WHICH BOTH HE AND THEY ENJOY. CLOSEST TO THEM IN LINE OF DUTY, HE IS PERHAPS CLOSEST IN THEIR AFFECTIONS.