Texas Christian University - Horned Frog Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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Dean of Students Thomas F. Richardson The dream of my life will be realized when the new Student Center is completed, Dr, Thomas F. Richardson said. The dedication of that building will be the climax of ll years of development of the student program at TCU. As the dean of students spoke, he gazed out his office window at the gaunt framework of the struc- ture rising behind the Administration Building. When Dr. Richardson came to the Hill in 1945 as a psychology professor, the student program lacked organization. By 1948 Dr. Richardson had molded a program of such merit that a department of the University was created with him as dean. He is largely responsible for counseling and freshman orientation programs. Dr. Richardson, who has been a member of the Disciples of Christ since 1939, has taught Sunday school classes in almost uninterrupted sequence for 30 years. Away from his work as dean, Dr. Richardson likes to tend his flower garden and to travel. In the summer of 1955 he and his wife drove to Alaska and spent several weeks exploring the Yukon by highway. napa Dean of Men Curtis J. Firkins Dean Curtis J. Firkins is primarily in charge of handling affairs pertaining to men on the campus. But that is not his only responsibility. The rig- orous freshman testing program is a brainchild of Mr. Firkins. He is chief appraiser in the Veteran's Guidance Center and engages in vocational counsel- ing with many persons and firms in the Fort Wcurtli area. After he received B.S. and M.A. degrees in science and education from the University of Illinois, Mr. Firkins began a career of counseling and training. For seven years he was engaged in educational training for the United States Department of Educa- tion. Before entering National Red Cross work, he served as resident manager for a young mens train- ing camp near St. Louis. Witli the Red Cross, Mr. Firkins traveled throughout the nation and with the advent of war was sent overseas. For 18 months he was area supply officer for the Sixth Army in the Pacific Theater and was later supply officer for the southern half of japan. Mr. Firkins came to TCU in 1946 as head of the Veteranls Guidance Center and professor of psy- chology. ln 1952 he was named dean of men, a job which leaves him little time for his many hobbies. Page 21

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fs . ,,.. Director of Information Services Amos Melton In the 1927-28 school year Amos Melton was a big name on the TCU campus. Melton edited The Skiff, lettered in football, won the Bryson Poetry Prize and was a member of Sigma Tau Delta, the Press Club and Bryson Club. As director of infor- mation services Amos Melton was a significant figure at TCU in 1954 also. Melton, who held a newspaper job in Shanghai in 1928, is primarily a journalist. His newspaper work in the Orient qualified him to serve in an executive position there during World War Il. From 1928 until 1949 he was a staff member of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and then served a year as sports editor of the Fort Worth Press before he came to TCU as business manager of athletics and director of sports publicity. In March 1952 he was named to his position as director of information services. Mr. Melton is a leader in church work in the TCU area. In addition to serving as chairman of the board of the University Christian Church he is a member of the joint boards of the Christian Church of Tarrant County. Page 20 .....M,i.-5-Hwy -L-1:-Q-4,-3, Registrar S. Wi. Hutton In 1945 Registrar S, W. Hutton was co-editor with Dr. Noel Keith of a book entitled Worship Highways-Guideposts for Spiritual Engineers. Mr. Hutton, whose entire life has been closely associ- ated with the Disciples of Christ, either in the edu- cational field or in the pulpit, is well qualified as traffic director on a worship highway. Mr. Hutton was named to his first pastorate in 1907, and he still preaches several times a month. He came to TCU in 1929 as a teacher in Brite College and was named registrar in 1952. In the spring of 1954 Mr. Hutton, sturdy church leader and religious educator, announced his resigna- tion as University registrar. As registrar Mr. Hutton had supervised re- cruitment, registration, record-keeping and research on prospective students. Since 1952 he had deter- mined who entered TCU in what capacity. Not only has the former registrar pointed out uguideposts for spiritual engineers but he has also established the academic guideposts for the University as well. The busy Mr. Hutton says some of his best recreation is working in the yard at his home. hw

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Director of Ministerial Students Thurman Morgan Mr. Morgan, we need a pastor this Sunday. How about fixing us up? Our church needs a youth director. Do you think someone from TCU can fill the bill? Thurman Morgan, director of ministerial stu- dents, hears requests like these every day. Wlienever he can, Mr. Morgan supplies the churches with need- ed personnel. And he helps all ministerial students find posts from which they can launch their Christ- ian careers. Mr. Morgan came to TCU in l95O to fill the newly created position of ministerial director. lt was not his first sojourn on the campus, however, for he had received B.A. and B.D. degrees from the Uni- versity and had been a member of the Board of Trustees of Brite College. Before TCU regained Mr. Morgan, he served for 22 years as pastor of various Christian Churches in Texas. One of TCU's IDOSt avid sports fans, he attends every sporting event possible and is particularly in- terested in baseball. But perhaps his greatest en- joyment is in replying to some inquiring church: Yes, we have just the boy you need. Page 22 . i 3 g . ,ff ,Qi-4 Dean of Women Elizabeth Shelburne From 1916 until l920 Elizabeth Shelburne, stu- dent at TCU, was an active participant in campus affairs. During her juniorand senior years she taught mathematics in a high school academy which was then a part of the University. She was elected secre- tary-treasurer of the l92O graduating class which left to the school the impressive marble drinking fountain in the main hall of the Administration Building. Miss Shelburne went from TCU to the now- defunct Carr-Burdette College in Sherman as regis- trar and teacher of mathematics. ln l929 she re- turned to the Hill as teacher and assistant dean of women. She was named dean of women in l957 and her teaching load gradually disappeared as the duties of dean became more demanding. Miss Shelburne was familiar with the work of dean of women long before she accepted the postl her mother served as a university dean of women for many years. Her father, a president of the church- related Carr-Burdett College, gave Miss Shelburne the benefit of a church-college atmosphere in her youth, Lessons learned from both parents have been invaluable to the woman who handles the many problems confronting women students. i 'f?',' .. -. .. ,, M s mil