Manchester College - Aurora Yearbook (North Manchester, IN)

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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

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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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HE COLLEGE JjLoL OCflj Qiik BE JP fc 1 [p 1 J experimenting with white rats, killing snakes, and resurrecting the bones of a dinosaur. Professor Kintner is head of this department, David Studebaker is a lab assistant while Professor Neher, who came here from Mt. Morris, does all his own teaching and assisting. The Biology Lab began life as a gym. It houses an assorted collection — em- bryonic piglets, skeletons, stuffed animals, and Kint- ners. The boys make good assistants and whenever Pa- pa Kintner isn ' t there, one of them obligingly teaches and does a good job (though Quentin has been known to give the wrong exam). The profs over there get in on a lot of excitement — fainting maidens, putting sick cats out of their misery, This last gentleman makes numerous trips over the campus on observation tours. The varied kinds of shrubs and trees offer the possibility of a back-to- nature movement in which the botan- ists learn that trees are trees, but that Edward Kintner, A.M. Oscar W. Neher, M.S.