 He made many changes during his 15 years as president.In his first five years, he organized the utilities department at the university (previously, workmen reported directed to the university president for even the most trivial matters); oversaw vast improvements to the university's library system (for which the main library in the heart of the campus bears his name); presided over the building of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and the McCasland Field House along with athletic director Bennie Owen; oversaw the new liberal arts building; approved the creation of the School of Religion; reorganized the School of Journalism; helped get funding for the creation of the University Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; established the University Press; increased the salary of the faculty; converted the School of Business from a two-year program to a four-year program and renamed it the College of Business Administration; and saw the building of the new Oklahoma Memorial Union.By 1934, the University was the tenth largest state institution in the nation and 24th largest institution of higher learning in the nation.