Macalester College - Quid Nunc Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Or Rice either . . . . . . Most students are familiar with thc white frame building on Macalester Street, called Rice Hall, which houses the health service department for the college. This department too has felt the Weight of in- creased enrollment. in addition to director Miss Dorothy Iacobson R.N., a part-time nurse, Lorraine Iensen has been added to the staff to help carry the load this year. o At registration time in September and February the health service really felt the rushl Approxi- mately l,OO0 physical examinations were given ' then. Besides serving as an infirrnary, Rice Hall is also a women's dormitory, and this year with a cos- mopolitan atmosphere. Among the seven Women rooming there, are one French girl, and two Chi- nese girls. The dormitory part of Rice is on second Hoot. The girls walk across the street to Wallace Hall for their meals. ABOVE: Miss Dorothy Jacobson, registered nurse V A in charge of the Rice Hall Health Service, pre- pores to give smiling co-ed Joyce Burger a rou- tine blood check-up os port of her ClOylS Work. ABOVE: Playing away their leisure time with their favorite phonograph records are Rice Hall resident Lorraine Jensen and Dorothy Campion, seated on the floor, while Pauline Okins watches proceedings from a rocking chair. 29

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Don't overlook Portland . . . lt was the Home Management House, a part ol the Home Economics department until 1945. Now as an oil-campus Hdormu, Portland houses l2 girls with Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Mousolite as house father and mother. There is one single and one triple room, the rest being double rooms. Residents look to Wallzice Hall tor their meals and house rules. 1 ABOVE: Just a casual evening at home with the Portland family. Gathered around the piano are Shirley Weeks, Gail Kaufman, Myrtle Henry, house mother and father Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mousolite, Homa Shahrokh, Julia Peake, Doris Kotval, Nancy Robb, and Marian Schueler. Pounding the keyboard are Donna Root and Mary Ann Cadwell. ABOVE: That eternal temale curiosity! lt seems to be getting the best ot Gail Kaufman, Shirley Anderson, Julio Peake, and Marion Schueler. ABOVE: The only handicap in enjoying a beauti- ful fire, is keeping it going. Replenishing the tire in Portland's living room are Myrtle Henry, Doris Kotval, and Shirley Weeks. ABOVE: Nobody has yet tried to measure maximum capacity for a phone booth, but three should be it. Giving Donna Root a bad time are Gail Kaufman and Mary Ann Cadwell. 28 i ABOVE: It the doctor says bed! Port land House alters all the comforts o home, Nancy Robb and Homa Shahrokh play nurse to Ruth Robinson. 4

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This all seems natural enough . . . Then why are we stressing building? Smiling Don Riesberg, director of student-veteran affairs, acquaints ex-Gl's Merle Kinvig and Allan Kritta with some of the cosmic laws in the new and complicated world of Veterans' administration. TOP: Busy members of the administration staft ot the Amer- icon Veterafns' Committee, Macalester branch, watching treasurer Allan Fobes make a vital notation are secretary Jane Wilson, president Dave Marsden and vice president Gerald Yates. BOTTOM: This is how it is, explains vet counsellor Don Riesberg to Vets' Club oftlcers secretary-treasurer Rollie Francin, president Dick Hardy and vice president Evert Larson. 30 The answer can be found in the tremendous num- ber of returning war veterans now attending Mac. While a great many veterans returned before the fall of 1946, the greatest influx occurred then and the ex- G1 enrollment jumped to 560, and another 130 vet- erans registered for the spring semester. Yet the maturity and the worldliness of the return- ing G1 has brought about a change in campus life. Before the war the average age of a fellow at Mac was 19, now it is almost 23. Last fall, eager Mac G1's, anxious to affiliate them- selves with a national organization, formed the Mac chapter of the American Veterans Committee, which immediately interested itself in the housing problem, subsistence increases, and other issues vital to the vet student. Every student automatically became a member of the Mac Veterans Club, which among other functions sought to keep members informed on the latest Veter- ans, Administration info, has a loan fund for money- less vets, and sponsors a yearly pre-Christmas dance. Nearly all veterans, previous to joining an organ- ization or in some cases even before registering at Mac, were likely to stop in at the veteranls counseling office in Old Main to see Don Reisberg, vets' coun- selor, who has helped many a vet with educational or financial problems. The worries of educators and psychologists about grave readjustments difficulties failed to materialize at Macalester. Mac itself, its faculty, its policies, and its friendliness have welcomed back the servicemen . . . and as for the veterans, they say they're glad to be back!