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A GREATER GETTYSBURG had already "become a part of the tradition of the College."111 During the Hanson administration, additional recognition came to Gettysburg from a number of outside agencies. In 1926 for example, the Association of American Universities added the College to its prestigious list of approved institutions of higher learning. During most of the years of his presidency, Hanson held influential positions in the Lutheran church. He continued serving as president of the West Indies Mission Board until that agency became part of the Board of American Missions in 1926. For the next ten years he was a member of that board, during which time he was chosen its president. Between 1936 and 1944 he served on the executive board of the United Lutheran Church in America. During the depression he was a member of several state and local agencies charged with administering relief. In 1935 Governor George H. Earle named him to the commission established to plan for and carry out the celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. During World War II he was chairman of the Selective Service appeal board for one of the areas into which Pennsylvania was divided. While the Hanson leadership was obviously successful in fostering and maintaining a strong feeling of unity and support within the College constituencies, there was another side to this administration, one which cannot be ignored. Many remembered the president as the builder of much needed new buildings; few knew to what extent the endowment fund was decimated in order to pay for them. The U.L.C.A. survey published in 1929, while it ranked Gettysburg among the three strongest Lutheran colleges, was nevertheless critical of its management style. "The functions of administrative officers are very inadequately defined," the survey concluded. "The president, personally, assumes direction of practically all aspects of administration. There is not sufficient delegation of responsibility 111 Since Hanson made many speeches, and since they were often reported in some detail, we can find good examples of his style in the Gettysburgian, Gettysburg Times, alumni bulletin, and publications of the Woman's League. For many years he and other College spokesmen informed incoming students about the three noes, but they were not usually discussed in the G-Book. The 1941 issue of this annual declared that the College "expects of every student honesty, temperance, and clean personal living," which drew a quick response from the Gettysburgian. In the October 16 issue, the editor praised the expression "of these moral principles" in positive rather than negative terms. By the 1920s enough students had access to automobiles to make campus parking a problem. There were efforts to regulate and minimize it. Distressed at the student ignoring of signs, the Gettysburgian of September 22,1932 suggested a fourth abstention for a Gettysburg gentleman: no parking. 48