Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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ma, , A+. ' l2U5lll-Q55 MllllllGQl2 L. H. MORRIS Business Manager QUDITCDIX Presiding in the college auditor's office is Mr. W. l. Baker, ho has for some time successfully handled the money on this ampus. Those first-of-the-term incidental fees are received his office, as well as special fees collected from music students those taking laboratory work. ln addition to collecting the fees, he also acts as a disbursing and depositing agent the school. All checks from the college go through his and departmental funds are deposited there, along with of campus organizations. Mr. Baker makes a quarterly report to both state and national officials, acts as of the Board of Regents, audits institutional and group is the administrator of staff retirement funds and the ization plan, and handles other details relating to I records of the college. l3 Mr. Lee H. Morris has held the position of business manager of S.M.S. for a number of years, and during this time he has capably executed the duties which fall under his jurisdiction These duties are numerous and varied, such as custodian of physical property of the college, supervisor of the plant system director of the operating staff, purchasing agent for the college and general supervisor of the cafeteria, the college bookstore and similar auxiliary enterprises. Another duty which brings him into closer contact with the student body is that of director of student employment. I-le is responsible for the hiring of the student help necessary to the successful operation of the school ln addition to the afore-mentioned jobs, Mr. Morris also serves as Treasurer of the Board of Regents. W. I. BAKER Auditor

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llDlvlllWlSTl2-ll IVQ DQQH Another highly successful graduate of S.M.S. is Dean Wil- liard j. Graff, Administrative Dean since August, l946, the first person to hold this position. Activities falling under his juris- diction include general supervision of student personnel service, the supervision of field service, placement service, alumni activi- ties and records, mail service, and the coordination of public relations. The position of Administrative Dean here is another step up in his career in the field of education. His position just previous to his arrival here was that of superintendent of schools in lndependence, Kansas, a job he held for five years. Before that he held similar positions at Marshall, Butler, and Dixon, Missouri. Dean Graff was born and reared on a farm near Carthage, Missouri, and attended high school in Sarcoxie, Missouri. He graduated from S.M.S. in l93O, with a degree of B. S. in Educa- tion, and he received his Masters degree at the University of Missouri in l934. He later did further graduate work at the University of Colorado. l DEAN WlLLARD j. GRAFF DQllll Di LUOMQD DEAN BERTHA WELLS A familiar figure around S.M.S. is Dean Bertha Wells wh has held the position of Dean of Women since l92O. In th intervening years she has gradually assumed more and mor duties until now her office is a combination bureau for schedul ing social events, a vast lost and found department ,and a studen housing service. When any social organization wishes t schedule an event, the date is assigned from Dean Wells' office When one loses anything around campus, it's sure to turn up i the Dean's Lost and Found closet. Not only that, but she als dispenses lockers and locker keys at the beginning of each term Dean Wells is, too, a native of Missouri, being originally resident of north Missouri, where she attended Kirksville Hig School. She received her A. B. degree from Drury in l9l5 and then taught Creek and Latin in Lamar High School befor coming here to teach languages. l2

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',.,.... JAMES B. INMON Guidance Director ouionncr DIIZLCTOIZ Mr. james B. lnmon, familiar to veterans since the war as Veteran's Advisor, moved this fall to the position of Guidance Director for the college in the recently-formed Division of Testing and Guidance, a position formerly held by Dr. Wilkinson. Duties in this department under the direction of Mr. lnmon include the conducting of freshmen aptitude tests in order to place new students in the classes best for them. Also available to the students through this department are the professional aptitude and vocational guidance tests. This division is also responsible for coordinating both the college-wide program of testing and counseling, and the program of guidance of the students' occupational, educational, or personality adjustment. t . VE-llGl2ll ITS ll DVI SCR Kenneth Kraft, a recent S.M.S. graduate, this fall assumed the duties of Veteran's Advisor in the Veteran's Advisement Office, a division of the Department of Guidance and Testing. The college maintains this office for advisement and guidance of student veterans primarily for three reasons: to help the veterans, to protect the interests of the college, and to serve as a coordinating service between veterans, college, and the Veteran's Administration. The assistance to veterans in this department is primarily in the field of advisement for immediate and personal problems. Problems that pro-tect the rights and entitle- ments of veterans and their dependents are numerous. Typical pro- blems handled by this department are proper enrollment procedures, subsistence adjustments, allotments for dependents, rights and entitle- ments under Public Laws l6 and 346, change of vocational objective, and transfers in training. KENNETH KRAFT Veteran's Advisor PlHGQMQl'll BURQQU MRS. HAZEL PONDER Appointment Bureau Mrs. Hazel Ponder moved into Dean Graff's office in the summer of l947, and was placed in charge of placement and field service for the college. Duties connected with this position consist mainly of assisting graduating seniors and others in securing positions in teaching and other Vocational fields. Mrs. Ponder is a graduate of S.M.S., and is herself a former teacher. She has been chairman of the Rural Division of the Missouri State Teacher's Association, and has been quite active in promoting teachers' workshops. She is also active in various civic and welfare organizations. 14