Pomona College - Metate Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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ADMINISTRATION As any insfifufion mus+ make adiusfmenf fo widespread currenf condifions. so in +ime of war musf +he liberal arfs college shiff i+s emphasis and augmenf ifs prac- Jrices. The +ask is no+ easy: The risk of losing purpose and +radi+ion is great Buf infini+ely greafer is Jrhe iob Jro be done +oolay. And Jrhe adiusfmenfiof Jrhe school mus+ be done Jrhrough +he adminisfrahon. for Jrhe selecfion of Jrhose who are +0 come +0 Pomona. and +he endless efforf +0 keep Jrhese on +he righf frack once +hey are here is wifhin Jrheir hands. The iob has been done well and we begin +0 realize +ha+ our adminis+ra+ors are infereered in us bo+h as persons and sfudenfs. +ha+ +hey have made Pomona worJrhy of us. and us worfhy of Pomona. These offices whose fasks border on +he Jredious, and somefimes unpleasant are +he backbone of our well regulafed. easy +0 live in world. If we can cafch him befween frequeni' Jrrips +0 many schools. special mee+ings. and classes. we will learn +ha+ J. Edward Saunders. as Dean of Admissions. is a mosf imporfanf and efficienf adminisfra+on The Admissions Office brings us here; Peg Maple. below right and her sfaff in +he Recorder's Office keep us here. No+hing we do or neglecf +0 do escapes +heir eyes.

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GIBSON Much of old Pomona muswL now be car- ried on by ifs women. H is up +0 +hem +o carry on +he Jrradifions while Pomona men do a bigger iob. Dean Gibson's charm and understanding have made +he adiusimenf of +he Soufh Campus 6 far easier fask. NICHOLL Wi+h moswL of Pomona's men away. leaving no one wifh whom +0 exchange s+ories. Dean Nichoil's inieresfs have largely become Pomona women. buf only because if is his fask +hese days +0 coordinafe peace fime Pomona wi+h war aciive Pomona. We mu5+ blend +he schedules of +he Mefeorologisfs. +he Linguisfs. and +he Engineers. and +0 +hese adiusf +he civilian acfiviJries. To make his year and his acfivifies compleie. +he Oxy rally was held. +hough in February. and +he sfory of +he Ha+s was +olol once more. Dean Nicholl's +radi+ion is carried on.

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Three imporfanf cogs in Jrhe wheel who are Jraken for gran+ed. forgoHen offen. no+ enough appreciafed. bu+ always presemL when we need +hem are Mrs. Throne. Dr. Munz. and Dr. CoHrin. Helen Throne. in addifion +0 be- ing a compefen+ and indusfrious Graduafe Manager. is her own secrefary. She lends a helpful hand +0 +he many who come +0 her wi+h problems. mon- efary and ofherwise. Financially responsible +0 almos1L every deparfmenf in Jrhe college. she execufes her imporfanf and no+ so enviable posifion wifh dexferier and accuracy. Equally busy in anofher phase of adminisfering is Phillip Munz. Dean of +he faculfy. Dr. Munz leaves +his year +0 do research work af Cornell Universify. and if is a grafeful and appreciafing s+uden+ body which says goodby +0 anofher Pomonan. Familiar +0 all of us is Dr. Gilberf CoHrin. whose already cumbersome Jrask of caring for our minor illnesses has been enlarged wi'rh +he responsibilify 'For fending +0 Jrhe heaHh needs of Jrhe army unifs. Behind +hese +hree adminis+ra+ors labor Jrheir re- specfive s+affsesecre+aries. nurses. and +echnicians. We seldom +hink much abouf Jrhem unless an emergency arises: even +hen we are likely +0 forgef +hem as quickly as Jrhe need came. Bu+ if we sfop +0 +hink how many people devo're +heir full Jrime +0 keeping all phases oi campus service running smoofhly. we realize +he magnifude of Jrhe fask of mainfaining even as small a school as Pomona.