Black Hawk College - Sauk Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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'W Dnly inaugurated. President Whalen twffieizilly b gins his duties as ht-:id of lilnek llgtwli College. Black Hawk's First The inaiignration of 21 president of the United States is .it rare ocea- sion indeed. but rarer still is the inauguration of 21 College president. Black Hawk College students had nn opportunity to observe one of these Cerernonies when llr. Richard Earle W'halen, Jr, was lIlL1Llgl1l'l1tCCl as the lirst President of Black Hawk College. Qver seventy representzltixvs from colleges and universities all over the nation were in attendance. The oldest college represented was Har- vard, liotinded in l636.

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Board of Education With Lee O. Dawson of East Moline as its president, the Black Hawk College Board of Ed- ucation assumed its Hrst year of responsibility in resolving current problems and planning the fu- ture of Black Hawk College. The seven member board decides, among other things, budgets and future policies at their monthly meetings. Under their able leadership, the college has gone through the most difheult of all years: the initial one. Lee O. Dawson, President Rey Brune Eugene H. Case The Rev. Kenneth M. Home Jeanne S. Kerns CMrs. R. JJ Neal Smith Rabbi Jordan I' Taxon X l 5

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Registrar and M, 4 f if-as eeretaries Mrs. Dorothy Kramer Diane Danielgrmn Registrar Secretary to the President 5.152 Ex it 2 ' i -fr 'i f' V . ..,, 4 mi Liu ,W , .js Inspecting one of the newly arrived typewriters are: Mrs. Phyllis Peterson, fseatedjg Mrs. Mary Riordon, Mrs. Wanda Lam- bert, Mrs. Harriet Kline, and Mrs. Evelyn Swanson, oflice sec- retaries. 0 l-I Taking time out from busy library duties are Miss lNfIary Blorrissey Mrs. Kurrle, and Mrs. Theorell. Buying new books, sending out old ones to be rebound, and levying fines on overdue library books are but a few of the duties performed by the head librarian, Assistant Pro- fessor Viola Theorell and her stall, Assistant Professor Mary Morrissey and Mrs. Bertha Kurrle. Mrs. Kurrle was added as a full time secretary, this year, thus eliminating the need for student help in the library. This year, the old study lounge adjoining the library was converted to another room of the library.