Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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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.

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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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EULTY BEHS AT WUHK i if H A Massage from Hank Drake University is now a part of a mighty war effort. Such a national emergency brings collegiate education out of the cloister. In retrospect, we shall recall many unusual things as a part of this year-the accelerated program with continuous school and graduation with degrees less than three years from freshman initiationg the coming of the first womens army to an American university ,campusg the rapid withdrawal of men from school as they responded to the need of our countryg the constant call for student labor in face tory, store, farm, and the auxiliary branches of the armed servicesg the ever pressing and always diffif cult decisions that were incident to war and youth. We shall have always a reverent appreciation for the hundreds of Drake men who exchanged the campus for the camp. The same problems that beset students also con- fronted the faculty. The countryls need for solf diers, scientists, and specialists beckoned teachers and many went, Two colleges lost a deang every college lost some professorsg Women and men teachers alike went to war service. Members of the clerical staff also joined the colors-in uniform and in industry. The uncertainty of how long a prof fessor might continue a course was part of the strangeness of the time. These might have been months of great Waste and confusion, but they were not. Time will make clear that students and faculty together worked with ine diligence to win the hos' tilities, and at the same time prepared to judge a peace with understanding and to secure its benefits for posterity. At the same time that we gave our effort to win the war, we pressed the search for new truth to defend culture against the resurgence of ignorance. As we fought to win peace, we pref pared to be constructive custodians of it. Our memories will, I trust, indicate that Drake men and women used their choice opportunity to add fuel to the ire that quickened the minds and warmed the hearts of men in that day of fog and confusion. PRESIDENT G. HARMON