Manchester College - Aurora Yearbook (North Manchester, IN)

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Treasurer ' s Office Registrar ' s Office and minors for juniors-to-be. Then those who have a special flair for com- plications are turned over to Mrs. Helman. This isn ' t all she has to do in being registrar, for she teaches a home nursing class. Making up diagnostic tests, giving I.Q. exams to freshmen, and finding schools for seniors are three of the many things that J. G. Meyer must do as Dean of Education. Excuse signing isn ' t Miss Doner ' s only job. She helps Doc Holl worry when anyone goes on a trip in icy weather, especially if they are debat- ers, orators or conventioners. Hitch- hiking duets come up for special atten- tion along with broken ankles and courtesy to our flag. the only time people go to the registrar ' s window. Lost- and-founds are kept there and it is the headquarters for grades. Gletha Mae Noff- singer, poet and assistant to Mrs. Helman, is head boss of a quartet of girls who work back of this window. The treasurer ' s office has the best trained triumvirate. They are L. M., Fred and Marthe. A lot of sidelines go on there — insurance sell- ing, parking labels, and ar- rangements for using the chapel. After securing the chapel, you rush to Pappy Shull to get the curtains. Being janitor, superintend- The beginning of each term isn ' t

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DMINISTRATION Administrators are lrfe and blood people when stripped of their titles. For instance, L. D. Ikenberry is an excel- lent architect and most of our buildings were designed by him. He is also an ardent geologist with a rock collec- tion to which every one adds stones from here and there. Dean Holl, with pencil in hand, has solved more stub- born problems for students than anyone else. When he says, Now let ' s see, you know that there must be a way out. Next to him in this ability to make things work out is Edward. His usual job is secretarying, but every spring he makes out majors L. D. Ikenberry, A.M..LL.D. Carl W. Holl, Ph.D. Edward Kintner, A.M. Cora Wise Helman, A.M. J. G. Meyer, Ph.D. Alice A. Doner, A.M. 4 0 t i « i « 2i S M»J 15

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ent of the Barn, and general handy man are three reasons why he stays little. Who doesn ' t know Mart Huffman, fireman par excel- lence? He knows a lot about tennis and flowers. June isn ' t vacation for Alma Wise be- cause everything starts in all over again. Buzzers ringing every minute, feeds on third, a fire drill at midnight are incidents in the life of the matron of Oakwood. At times the fellas cause more trouble than the gals. On week ends Alma has a busy time of it, constantly ring- ing buzzers, seeing that the girls sign out, and get in on time. The kitchen is also in the dorm. The presiding genius is Mrs. Swihart. Besides the regular meals, which take on the proportions of circus food, she heads the prepara- tion of menus for institutes and banquets. And thus abideth Administration. SPECIAL ASSISTANTS L. M. Fish, A.B. Gletha Mae Noffsinger, A.B. W. H. Shull Mrs. E. E. Swihart M. H. Huffman Alma Wise 17