Word: classes
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Freshman class since 1931 has had a separate dean, Delmar Leighton '19, but it was not until this fall that the entire Freshman staff was located in the same suite of offices. With their offices formerly in University 4, the assistant Yardling deans were three floors away from Dean Leighton's sanctum in University 9. Last summer the Yardling force was moved to new third floor offices streamlined with the latest in telephone pushbuttons and filing cabinets...
...beginning of each year, the Freshman class, is divided among Deans Keppel and McMahan, except for scholarship holders from the National Scholarship areas, who are under Dean Chauncey's jurisdiction. With the files of University 9 bulging with admission records, letters from parents and headmasters, and confidential reports from instructors and advisers, the deans have complete dossiers on each Freshman at their finger tips...
These "baby" deans have always held somewhat of a monopoly over the Freshman class, where their intimate knowledge of what the undergraduate is up to can be of most value. As the Dean's Office sees it, the appointment of younger men injects new blood and new ideas into University Hall, keeping the older members of the staff more closely in touch with contemporary student life. This year's crop of "baby" deans brought two new assistants to Dean Leighton...
Knight McMahan '33, instructor and tutor in Philosophy, former First Marshal of Phi Beta Kappa, and first scholar of his class, is also new to Dean Leighton's office this year. As head proctor in Massachusetts Hall last year, his clarion call rivaled General Apted's in quieting the Yard when riot flags were flying...
After the World War the economic picture of the world in general was greatly altered. "In 1922 Fascism was born in Italy and in 1933 Nazism in Germany and the New Deal in the United States. All were based on private business and all provided work for the working class...