Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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, awggaarggg.-gtg Just completing his first year as business manager of the university is ,,., Zz. . MERRILL T. BARLOW, who came in June, 1942, from William Woods junior college to take over the allfimportant financial reins of the campus. Respected for his efficiency, Mr. Barlow early gained the liking of the student body by his loyal A f,-, attendance at Drake football games. He inaugurated a new system for bookkeepf ing and every department must account for money it receives and pays out. Under Mr. Barlow's supervision, the university knows just where it stands every minute of the day. ai if , i ,. at X lisff Q 1 4 N 2 3425! f er V 4 N52 2442 S f Qty Gr If as W9 22553 S 5 if i fran fQ?Qf..8f, , 5 K a- it 5 xiii Wil? 3 Head of the employment bureau since last August, RUTH JONES' only relaf SQ IVI at ,:,, ogQgQgjgQ tionship to Willis Jones of the admissions office is that of nextfdoor neighbor. Miss f-tial' Jones has the task of finding positions for the hundreds of Drake students who :ff want to earn part of their tuition and board and room. She produces these jobs, too, for all hours of the day, in all parts of the city. Along with this, the employ' fi l ll? ment office fills the numerous requests which come in daily from the business if jlll llzi A V concerns and people of Des Moines for temporary student assistance. A M No university can hope to 'function efficiently without a regular enrollment, and the business of securing students involves a large amount of routine labor. Drake's answer to this problem is WILLIS R. JONES, whose tireless work as admissions counselor has kept the university's enrollment up to par in spite of the armed forces' drain upon the male students of the country. With his efficient office staff, Mr. Jones has the background of every prospective student at his fingertips, and his unfailing energy keeps the admissions office operating almost night and day. Now finishing her fifth year as alumni clerk, VAVA SANDY has the un- ending task of keeping Drake's 9,5 00 alumni informed and interested in the uni' versity's progress. Eightyfnine of these former graduates live in foreign countries, which serves to complicate the everfgrowing pile of outfgoing mail. Miss Sandy also keep in touch with 3,000 former students of the university. One of the newer functions of the alumni office consists of keeping the over 700 graduates and alumni who are now in the nation's armed forces posted as to the activities of their alma mater. fy-.Q5i?'fi' l - Joint responsibility of MRS. CREE and MR. HODGES is to see that the finanf cial records of the University balance-a glib term which covers a multitude of duties. It is Mrs. Cree who has the final word on requisitions for supplies which ii' come in from every corner of the campus. Mr. Hodges, in his few unoccupied moments, has a genius for repairing stubborn typewriters. Anna Marie Bentley, E Homecoming queen and student worker in the business office, helps dispel the dull' ness which one usually links with the thought of figures and balancing an expendif - - V 1 EMMA J. SCOTT, registrar, occupied the unenviable position next door to ture for rulers against the income from student fees. the yearbook office. Of course she's been hearing editor's troubles via the card' board walls for 26 years. She has a ready smile and a quick answer for everyone. You couldn't possibly stymie her with a question about Drake. Her rightfhand girl was Barbara Stiles who decided that the joys of being a soldier's wife were more enticing about the first of April. Her lyrics to Drake's Alma Mater Hymn are under the pictures of campus buildings in the first section of the book. 26

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UE!-llll UF WIJMEN l DEAN CARRIE TAYLOR CUBBAGE has eff iiciently directed women's activities on our campus for thirteen years. She possesses a personal insight into the problems of the university, having been a leader in Drake women's groups during her underf graduate years. Her two daughters later brought home to her the university problems as they saw them. She fostered Won1en's League and they seek her advice on orientation problems, Career Confabs and distributing responsible ofdces to university women. She honors board members at a dinner in her home every year. Dean Cubbage also instructs classes in Latin, Greek civilization and Roman comedy in the liberal arts college. Leona Anderson assumed her duties as assistant dean two years ago. She guards the outer off lice and keeps a record of all women enrolled in the university. Together they supervise life in the dormitory and sorority houses. Disciplinary and Panhellenic questions are solved in this oilice. They have a very small amount of leisure time for even a lot of their noon hours are spent in munching sandwiches during committee meetings. The war has had its effects on this office. Uni' versity women have entertained men in the armed forces by dances sponsored through this office. They have learned and have taught us how to apply our energy to aid in the war effort. We also learned of opportunities in private industry to indirectly benefit our nation. Drake women have had capable leadership during these unsettled times. DEAN UF ME DEAN JOHN H. C-ABRIELSCN, popular dean of men, is a member of the combined facultyfstudent senate. He led in the reorganization of this group from the politically elected council of former years. A new constitution had to be drafted and the scope of student control determined. Students found him a staunch supporter of their demands for reason' able control in their own government. He has no assistant and on his shoulders falls the burden of advising university men during the most vital time of their lives. Their country needed them and it also needed brilliant unprejudiced lead' ers to write a fair peace after the war. The unif i versities were to provide these men. There was a housing problem for the dean of men when the WOH1C1l,S Army Auxiliary Corps took over the men's dormitory. Dean Gabrielson got busy and secured residences close to the campus to serve for the duration. He instructs classes in philosophy and debate. Varsity and intramural forensic tournaments are supervised and judged by him. Last summer he was selected to contact high school graduates and to publicize Drake's opporf tunities. The fact that the enrollment remained the same as the preceding year is evidence of his humor, sincerity and personality. During his college years at Drake, he was elected to Kappa Delta Pi, honorary education fraternity, and Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honorary. He returned to the university in 1937 from the principalship of East high school.

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Left ro right: Marjorie McAlisrcr, Miss Nethercut, Geraldine Ferring and Frances Cnrharr In her seventeen years at Drake, Mary Bell Nethercut has worked transformations in arrange' ments, in cataloging for convenience in reference and in rearranging the reading rooms. Miss Nethercut has charge of ordering books, oversight and discipline of the reading room, of the extension and continuation departments, reference work and general supervision. Mrs. Frances Dukes Carhart has been cataloger since 1927 and to her quiet eiliciency much of the present high standing of the Drake library is due. Mrs. Marjorie McAllister is hi charge of the circulation department. Geraldine Ferring, a Drake graduate who obtained her library degree at lvlichigan university, supervises the periodical room. Miss Ferring came from Marquette where she served on the library staff. Besides these four members of the regular staH', Mary Katherine Eakin and twelve student staff members help to keep the library functioning smoothly and efliciently. Ivliss Nethercut inaugurated a course in library instruction for students and from this class she selects her student librarians for the following year. Among the special collections in the library are the Frazier collection, the Downing collection in history, the Walter E. Coflin collection, the L. M. Larsen collection of war pamphlets, the C. O. Denny lvlemorial collection in Latin literature, and the Edgar Harlan collection in Iowa history. Harvey Ingham has given an interesting collection of old and rare books, besides many volumes of cur' rent interest. A new feature of the library this year was the map in the reading room. By flags and other identifying marks, the progress of the war was indicated. An interesting innovation this year to discourage conversing at the study tables was a large sign above magazines containing war information which read, 'iSilence-the enemy may hear you. The library was serving both itself and its country. Miss Nethercut had made the library this year the center for all information regarding our political and economic plans toward victory.