Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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Trustees The XYt-slcizm lruxlccahip wzn rczllllx formed in 1827. Iliuugh the College did not begin l'm'mally until I831. The original limit on membership was form. but :11 u later date that numlm was extended to Iil'l'x-livc. .Xl present. liol'li-liw til the trustees hau- bccn clcrlul bi 11w lruslcc lmzml: lhc nlhcr Icn. known as alumni trustees. have been clu'lcd In the alumni lhcmsclwx 'l'iuxlccx arc clu'lcd lim' :1 pcriud ol Inc wars. and clulinns 21H- gcncmlh held awry lwu txcziix. 'lihc lumlimi ml the lruslccx ix. nl unnw. m xulcguzn'tl llu- interests nli H'Cslcyan. and their impliiil pmlmw ix m mixc lhc nvi'c-sszu'i funds by H'ilii'h iVi-slciim may be porlx'tuzncd as an institution ol iczu'ning. XViIh lbw cxwplions. Ihc lrustccx arc lizlslcrncrs, Ncw Ym'k liming lhtf largest I'cprcxcntzuiun. iliwcmi-nnc oi thcm zuc cn- gugcd in pmlmsionul work: lcn zn'c il! imlusliy: eighteen arc in business: and lhui arc in Imliliu. One ix a minister. and mic is u Icat'hci. President ul' lhc Board 01 ilirmtecs is Ai'lliui 'l'. Vamlcrhill: Henry lngrahzun Harriman ix Vii'cprcsidcm: iVilliam Gordon Murphi is scn'ctarlx: and President Buttcrlicld is a member cx- UH'iKiO.

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Faculty 011te again. in I946 the faculu was augmented in almost ex'ery department. by a fine group of teachen many of whom have already made real successes in their new positions. At the same time, well-known professors whom we have known through the past years were still with us. 1Ve still heard the Sehattschneider laugh, and Professor Neumann was still in a hurry. Prof. Eaton was slill making 21 Physics let'ture a good show. but among these and all the others such as Professors Peoples. 1Ynodlnidge. Snow. Millett. Bmekunier. 11101115011. 1Villiamsnn. Curtn. Blankenagel. and the rest we nnw met Henney. Parke. 11111111115011. Conklin. Fritl. and FuIIC1 in the English Dept.. Kapp. Sweetser. Phillips. and Rezuh in litnnmnics. Brown in Classifs, Cue and Some in Chemistry. Cole and Bunthln in Art. Bailey and john in Cm- ernmenl. Schorake in History. Prnl'ewns NI1Mzums and Knhs in Music. and others whom we saw I'm the hrsl time this war. XVilh a larger leflliQ for the larger lmst-war College. the quality 01' Wesleyan's loathing has been exeellent. and the Col- lege um be jilslly proud of its new 121111111 '45 well as 111 its old.

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Administration Heading up the administration is President Victor Lloyd Butterfield. whn Iit'st came to 1Vesleyan as Director of Admissions in 193:3, became Dean of Fresh- men in 1938. and President 01 the University in 1943. He is a graduate 01 Cor- nell 01' the class 01 1927, where he was a member 01 Beta Theta Pi. He received his MA. at Cornell and Harvard. and his PhD. at Harvard. He has come to know most 01 the student body by name and has done sinte his inaugural much to improve and widen the curriculum. Dean Leroy Albert Huwland is a XVesleian graduate 01' the class of 1900. and was a member 011 Psi Upsilon. Since his graduation he has served his Alma Mater in almost every ttapacity. from instructor to the position he now holds. He began teaching in the Mathematics Dept. in 1905, and became Dean in 1935. His degrees were received at Harvard and the University of Munich. He is a member of Sigma Xi. After service with 0-2 of 055. Associate Dean Sterling A. Callisen came to 1Vesleyan to occupy his present post. He had previously taught at Harvard and Rochester, and now teaches with the Art Dept. He is a graduate of Princeton and Harvard. Donald Eldridge is Director of Admissions, a post he assumed last year. He is a Wesleyan graduate 01' the class of 1931. and a member of Alpha Chi Rho. He travels much in connection with the Manpower Committee and is handling an increasedly difficult job. Frank B. Cawlcy was appointed Associate Director of Admissions last year, since which time he has been touring the country in connection with the Man- power Drive. He is a XVesleyan graduate of the class of 1914. a Psi U. During the war he was in charge of XVesleyans Navy Mess.