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 SOME IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS 383 When it became quite certain that Mr. Rust's determination to withdraw could not be changed, the minds of the Trustees turned at once to Mr. Wallace Heckman, with whom many of them had personal acquaintance, and who had been associated so prominently with the higher interests of our municipal affairs. After full consideration of the matter, and at great personal sacrifice, Mr. Heckman, to our delight, consented to take up the heavy load which Mr. Rust had laid down. He brings to the task which lies before him a large experience in business management; careful training of a legal character; and above all strong sympathy with the ideals of the institution. Mr. Heckman was a successful lawyer and he was made Counsel and Business Manager, his appointment dating from February i, 1903, so that at the close of the first quarter-century he had been engaged in his important duties more than thirteen years. He served the University with devotion, ability, and success. The University was also most fortunate in developing in its own business office a master in university accounting. Trevor Arnett came to the University as a student in 1896 and was gradu- ated in 1898. He then spent a year in the Graduate School of Arts and Literature. Mr. Arnett had before coming to the Uni- versity as a student enjoyed exceptional advantages for learning the science of accounting in large corporations. As President Harper needed statistics and financial statements from the business office, and his attention was called to Mr. Arnett by Dr. Judson and Dean Carman of the Academy who had known him in Minnesota, the President began to send him into the office of the Business Manager to go over the books and prepare financial statements for the President's office. He continued this service for the President for two years while still pursuing his studies. He showed such a genius for accounting that, at the end of his first year of graduate study, he was persuaded to give his entire time to the business office with full charge of the accounting department. Two years later, July i, 1901, he was made Auditor, the Comptroller becoming Business Manager. There were now two general officers in the Business Department, the Business Manager and the Auditor. The former worked in close association with the standing Committee on Finance and Investment, and under that committee had the management of all property belonging to the University. He received and turned