Pomona College - Metate Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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Mrs. Throne and Betty Musselman worked together supervising the Coop during the second semester. THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE MANAGER entails much work, many headaches. However, Mrs. Throne, former secretary to several graduate managers, remained calm and unruffled throughout the confusion, interruptions and noise from the neigh- boring Publications Office. Her duties were to maintain a Morgenthau-like attitude toward all student organization finances, from Harwood teas to Drama productions. Practicallya full time job in itself was the arranging of schedules and transportation for intercollegiate athletics. One of her most baffling problems was to secure, very late at night, great supplies of blankets for Visiting basketball teams. Supervision of the Coop store and fountain meant buying supplies and handling student personnel. In this capacity she worked along with Betty Musselman, second-semester Manager of the fountain. Betty quickly added new duties to her established ones. Biggest jobs were to guard infrequent cigarettes with her life, and defend the mutilated juke box. Every coke, hamburger, or package of Spuds was presented with the courtesy that is a Coop tradition.

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f 17m; 77: umdaq WE WENT TO ASSEMBLIES held in Holmes Hall. These meetings were designed primarily to present to the students speakers of national and international reputation. Philosophers, educators, journalists, and professorsefrom our own campus, from Ohio, from Brazil, or from Czechoslovakiae appeared before an informal gathering of students, faculty, and townspeople. Follow- ing the lecture a smaller group was invited to lunch with the speaker, and often the talk continued in discussion form. Not always, however, were the as- semblies devoted to speakers. Formal con- vocations, AWS gatherings, and Thespian dramas were also given, and student enter- tainments were held at various times during the year. The attendance at the assemblies was rarely large; but it was usually atten- tive and receptive, since it was made up of persons who were particularly interested in the speaker or his topic. One of the more popular speakers this spring was Brazilian Erico Verissimo. He continued his policy of interpreting Brazilians to North Amere icans by discussing How Different Is a Brazilian from an American? Under the direction of Ray Unger, the Thespians presented Saroyan's Comin' Thru the Rye. Interesting lighting effects and the fine performance of the cast gave us an as- sembly to enjoy.

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Managing $tuden t a4ffaim Bobbie Payne, first-semester man- ager of the Coop fountain, was a fine executive, a capable business woman. ' , She had no trouble securing many en- gm e . thus'iastic soda-jerks, who offered ' . ' . cokes at any time, sandwiches occa- sionally. Good-natured, energetic, Bobbie spent c1 great deal of time at- tending to fountain routine, cleaning up and taking inventory. Books, invoices, sales tax, all were the responsi- bilities of Lois Gillette, manager of the Coop Store. Biggest rush and most worry came at the beginning of semesters When students from all three colleges flocked madly to buy text books. 17