MacMurray College - Tartan / Illiwoco Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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Mrs. MacMurray confers the office of President of MacMurray College upon Dr. Louis W. Norris during in- augural ceremonies in Annie Merner Chapel. T ie Torch Is Dr. Louis William Norris, the ninth president of MacMurray, was inaugurated on November 24, 1952. He was already well-known and well- loved by the time he was officially installed. Dr. and Mrs. Norris have brought a graciousness and warmth to our campus that have won them secure places in the hearts of all our students. Suppers, teas, and informal gatherings have confirmed our first impression that these two grand people are sincere in their interest in every girl. Dr. Norris is a man who believes, as he stated in his first address to the faculty, that Teaching is fun! This man has helped to create the new spirit of growth and activity that pervades our campus and our classrooms. Through his own personality he has poised us all, faculty and students, on the starting line. We wait, expectant and ready to move onward. Dr. McClelland ' s twenty-seven years of service, with his great strides in the expansion of MacMurray ' s campus are the foundation on which the new president will build. We turn to Dr. Norris with certainty — knowing that he will carry our college forward to fulfillment of all our fond dreams. 16

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The ' D eans DEAN WENDELL DYSINGER Academic Dean of Students Since 1940 MacMurray students have been taking their academic and vocational problems to Dr. Wen- dell S. Dysinger, Dean of the College and Director of Personnel. Not only does Dean Dysinger have the job of counseling Mac girls, he also serves on national educational committees of various kinds and has travelled extensively addressing conventions throughout the country. In addition to these diversified activities, Dr. Dysinger has written numerous pamphlets concerned with vocation- al guidance. Yet, busy as he is, Dean Dysinger always finds time to advise with MacMurray girls, thus aiding them both for the present and for the future. Dean Wendell Dysinger DEAN ROMA HAWKINS Dean of Women Mrs. Hawkins ' charm and warm sincerity have endeared her to hundreds of MacMur- ray girls. Throughout her twenty-two years of service to the girls on this campus she has been an ever active counselor, advisor, and friend. She is counselor for the Students Association, Y.W.C.A., Junior Class, and Fire Captain. The campus freshmen and upper- class literary societies, and the Founders ' Day, Thanksgiving, and Dad ' s Day pro- grams are all guided by Mrs. Hawkins. The orientation lectures and classes in Old Testa- ment History in the summer session are included in her busy round of activities. An irreplaceable part of MacMurray will go with Mrs. Hawkins when she retires at the end of this year. Mrs. Hawkins