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

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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

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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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Director of EX-Student Activities Hartwell M. Ramsey Hartwell M. Ramsey is the first official in the history of the University to devote all of his time to the needs and activities of ex-students. Supervising the work of ex-student groups, edit- ing publications pertaining to the exes and keeping a full index on all former students comprise the main portion of Mr. Ramsey's duties. He says again and again that a person's association with TCU does not cease with his graduation. When Mr. Ramsey appeared at TCU as a stu- dent in 1946, he already held a B.A. degree from Johnson Bible College of Kimberlin, Tennessee. At TCU he received a B.A. degree in journalism in 1948 and a B.D. degree in 1949. 1 As a student he gained national recognition by winning second prize in an American Newspaper Publishers Association contest. He also won the Fort Worth Press Award for outstanding work on The Skiff in 1947. The ex-student director served as pastor of churches in Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and Texas. And for seventeen months he was a U.S. rmy chaplain in the European Theater of Opera- ion. His diversified background in journalism and eligious work will certainly aid him in his new ork. Li. ..i,.. Special Director of Promotion Director of the Living Endowment Program Arthur D. Wenger Roy E. Curtis Directors of Special Programs Roy E. Curtis, director of living en- dowment, is a vital link in the financial chain of support of TCU. Traveling in a tri-state area, he solicits contributions for the maintenance of the ministerial education program at TCU. Mr. Curtis, a former pastor, might be called an ambassador of good will, for he travels almost 40,000 miles a year en- listing support and gaining new friends for the University. Another unheralded man-behind-the scenes is Arthur D. Wenger. special director of promotion. He attempts to in- terpret TCU-its standing, policy and purpose to Disciples of Christ churches in Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana. He s eaks before churches outh 7 Y groups and conventions extolling the vir- tues of TCU. Page 23