James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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E.MMER F. LONG Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds LENA RALSTON Postmistress and Clerfy ELIZABETH ROLLER Assistant to the Business Manager HELEN SHARPES Assistant to the Business Manager EVANGELINE THOMAS Assistant Dietitian MARY R. WAPLES, R.N. School Nurse ing straight how many week-ends we had been off campus during one quarter, seeing to our date slips and late permissions. Mrs. Funkhouser assisted the registrar in keeping our essentials for graduation and our class cuts. Mrs. Hamaker, Miss Roller, and Mrs. Sharpes worked in the business manager ' s office and presided over the records and our bank accounts — which were usually at the status of zero. Miss Waples helped Dr. Weems in the college infirmary to cure our ailments, which ranged from flu and mumps to cuts and bruises. They always had some healing salve or pills to administer. Miss Ralston ' s work was to keep the lines at the switchboard straight and to put the mail, when there was any, into the right box. Miss Thomas saw that our food was on time, and Miss Hudson super- vised the social activities of the seniors. Yes, theirs were necessary ministries, and they performed for us services which we shall not soon forget.

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= 4-Jil4lLllLsttutLVe td LAFAYETTE CARR Assistant Secretary to the Dean of Women LAURA FUNKHOUSER Secretary to the Registrar BESS T. HAMAKER Assistant to the Business Manager DORIS HEATWOLE Assistant Secretary to the President WILLIETTE HOPKINS Supervisor of Dormitories RUTH HUDSON Social Director Necessary to the last degree and very vital to the smooth running of the college was the administrative staff. It was the mission of Miss Hopkins to inspect our rooms and to see that our dormitories looked up-to-standard. She always came on the one morning of the week when we had decided to sleep late and had dashed out of bed as the bell rang for class — showering the room with our possessions, causing it to look as if a cyclone had just hit. Remember the dandelions which came up all over the campus? Mr. Long, who supervised their clipping when they grew up into puff balls, also had men ready when anything needed moving or any repair jobs were to be done. His duties were taken over during the spring quarter by Mr. Early, and we saw the buildings given a new exterior trimming in the form of a coat of paint. Most of this staff worked in offices. It was Miss Blain ' s and Miss Carr ' s responsibility to aid the Dean of Women in her sanctum, keep-

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DR. CARL H. McCONNELL November I, 1897 — October 18, 1939 As professor of biology and Christian gentleman, Dr. McConnell rvas among the best-loved members of our faculty. He received his degrees at Virginia institutions, but went abroad for study in the biology labora- tories of Jugoslavia, Germany, France, and Norway. Dr. McConnell had made extensive research on the hydra, and his papers have appeared in international publications. Although he has gone on, Dr. McConnell has left inspiration and ideals for others.