McKendree University - McKendrean Yearbook (Lebanon, IL)

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Ishe £ ea n Dean VanWinkle has served the school as dean and registrar and also as an instructor. He has been an invaluable consultant as guidance director also. Yet, in each capacity he has proved an adept and understanding leader and adviser. His is a full schedule, as any student may know after having to wait in line for a brief interview with the much-demanded dean. Somehow, despite his many pressing duties, the dean can always produce a friendly smile and call a student by name. Most of the students feel that he is really their friend, and thev are right. Dean Lewis B. VanWinkle pauses at the entrance of Old Main. LEWIS B. VANWINKLE A.B., B.D., M.A. Dean and Registrar [12]

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RUSSELL GROW VB., A.M., Ph.D. President Dr. Russell Grow receives a gavel made from a century-old window sill of historic Old Main. Our (president Dr. Grow assumed his duties as president of McKendree last January 1. Since then he has been actively representing the school at churches and meetings throughout Southern Illinois, building up financial and moral support for the college. On April 20, 1950, Bishop J. Ralph Magee inaugurated Dr. Grow as the twenty-fourth president of the 123-year-old institution at an impressive service. Students have sensed the spirit of accomplishment which surrounds the campus as an improvement program is carried out, but Dr. Grow hasn ' t finished yet. He has plans, and, judging from past experiences, he ' ll complete them. mi

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T OLIVER H. KLEINSCHMIDT Conservatory diploma, A.A.G.O. Music and fine arts division CHARLES J. STOWELL a.B , A.M., Ph.D. Science division [13] EARL H. DAWES B. Ed., M.A. Soc : al studies division EDWIN P. BAKER A.B., A.M., LL.D. Language and literature division ohe Division Qhairmem