Mansfield University - Carontawan Yearbook (Mansfield, PA)

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Dean of Instruction DR. BERNARD BAUM A.B.. A.M., Ph.D., University of Michigan Two major areas of the instructional pro- gram coming under the jurisdiction of the Dean of Instruction have a pronounced effect upon both students and teachers. Students are affected vitally for from this office recommendations are given for accept- ance for admission to the college, records are compiled for the accumulation of authentic credentials for each student, and plans are prepared to assure the acceptable academic status of all candidates for graduation and certification. Dr. Baum confers with Rose Adams, secretary. 12 ■VUMIMIMimiWII

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Dear Faculty and Students, The class of 1961 is the first class to have moved through four years at Mansfield under the present administration. Probably the most basic impact upon your lives has been the influences of change and of the pursuit of excellence. These philosophies have not been some capricious, spur of the moment, development. They have been spawned by the simple fact that you go into a world of change, and into a world where more and more emphasis is placed upon competence. In material things we have changed from a library with much to be desired into the most modern library in the area, from a classroom building of antiquity to one which equals the new public school buildings in the state, from the absence of an athletic field to one which is a credit to our college. It is in the area of spirit and of thought, however, that we have made our greatest changes. It is here that we have continued to press forward toward excellence. The new curriculum, a revitalized faculty, a faculty with great competence in their areas of academic preparation, and the appearance of outstanding scholars, leaders, and thinkers on campus have all contributed toward an improved educational atmosphere. Perhaps nowhere are these changes more in evidence than in the fact that we have not been satisfied with just a new library building, but we have insisted upon the acquisi- tion of the best in books which are the most vital part of a new library. Because of these things, all of us who have participated in preparing you during your four years here can feel a sense of confidence. We have done the best we can to prepare you for the world into which you will enter — a world of change and a world which demands great ability. Our best wishes accompany you in the years ahead. Sincerely, LEWIS W. RATHGEBER President President Rathgeber and Lady M

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, ■ ' i . Assistant Dean of Instruction THOMAS COSTELLO B.S., Shippensburg; M.S.. Bucknell University Faculty teaching assignments are made, course offerings are scheduled, instructional problems are alleviated, curriculum reorgani- zation is developed, and authentic credentials are maintained justifying the professional classification of each teacher. The responsibilities of the Deans of In- struction are legion ; their influe nce upon the organization and administration of the in- structional program is infinite. 13