Washburn University - Kaw Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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Students receive support through special serviees INTERVIEWS play a principal part in Marion McDonald's position as Director of Financial Aids and Placement, a newly created office, part of the maior structural change in the administration this year. He talks to students applying for part-time iobs and sets up interviews with various organiza- tions and school board representatives for all those who have decided on business and professional careers. Dean McDonald, who is also an assistant dean of students, has some advisory obligations as well. He supervises the giving of financial aid to those who are applying for scholarships and stu- dent loans. The work-study program, which was enact- ed last year to provide iobs to students in need of financial assistance, is under the auspices of his office and has helped hundreds of students. 18 Specialist utilizes testing in determining aptitudes A 1952 graduate of Washburn University, Harold Hula returned this fall to assume the posi- tion of Director of Counseling and Testing. The duties of those in his office located in new facilities in Boswell, Room 12, are twofold. One task is to administer tests to individuals in relation to specific problems and to groups of students need- ing the American College Testing, Graduate Record Examination, and the Miller Analogy Test. The other phase of Hula's work involves the field of guidance. He attempts to help students decide on their maior areas of study by using scores on the various tests as a guide. Counselors provide information about graduate schools and about employment possibilities for graduating sen- iors.

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Dean evaluates Students' ideas COORDINATING stu- dent activities and serving as chief administrator for the Of- fice of Student Affairs is Ray B. Loeschner, Dean of Student Af- fairs. Orientation, living groups, social activities, and academic counseling are all phases of university life administered through his office. In addition, Dean Loeschner serves as a link be- tween faculty and students as he attends student social and academic functions and sits in on various student committees to learn their viewpoints on current university issues and policies. Associate learns Iehabod viewpoints COUNSELING students is one of the main responsibilities of Marie Moore, Washburn's Associate Dean of Students. ln addition to this im- portant task, she is in charge of on- campus housing at the Carruth and Benton Hall dormitories, meeting with the house officers weekly and planning the year's activities. She also advises and super- vises the housemothers for the wom- en's groups on campus, and is the sponsor of Panhellenic Council and the Dean's Council. Her first major proiect of the school year is orienta- tion, of which she is chairman and coordinator of student advisors. 5 1 t Assistant dean Shoulders jobs A FAMILIAR figure to students, faculty, and alumni as head coach on the football field, Ed Linta is also Assistant Dean of Students at WU. Before this year, Linta was assistant gridiron coach and Director of Counseling and Testing. He serves as adviser to the International Club, which was reorganized this fall, and helps foreign students seeking special counseling. He also sits in on Inter-Faith Council meet- ings. Disciplinary problems which crop up in the men's dormitory are another area within his province as an as- sistant dean. 17

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' H Y' 'ifjf' 1 X. . .ogy -. Student activities promoted by director THE SMILING face of Mrs. Mary Lou Metzger is a familiar one to all Washburn- ites who daily tramp through the Memorial Union. Mrs. Metzger, Director of Student Union Activities, heads the office which serves as a hub from which evolve the ma- iority of the co-curricular events scheduled on campus. Working closely with the Student Union Activities Board, Mrs. Metzger assists student chairmen as they strive to make proposed proiects ranging from forums to dances into realities. In other areas, she compiles and coordinates the student events calendar issued each fall and spring. Room reserva- tions for club or proiect meetings must be made in her office, and game equipment is checked out there, also. Mrs. Metzger serves as a non-voting member of the Memorial Union Advisory Board which meets monthly, and attends the bi-monthly meetings of the SUA Board. She accompanied five members of the Board to an SUA Area Conference in De- cember. Union, dormitory feeding needs menus, budgeting BEGINNING his third year as Director of Food Services at WU, Cliff Morris is responsible for planning weekly menus for cafeteria and short- order service in the Union lchabod Room and for arranging well-balanced diets for dormitory resi- dents and contract-feeding students. Breakfast is served short-order in the lchabod Room for town students and faculty, and there is a cafeteria-style luncheon at noon. Dorm residents are served three meals a day-tvvo at Benton Hall and the evening meal in the lchabod Room. Mr. Morris manages the Trail's End snack bar in the Union basement and prepares food for various club and administrative receptions, lunch- eon meetings, and banquets. Not only concerned with the preparation and serving of good food, however, Mr. Morris is responsible for considering all economic aspects of food purchasing and takes bids from local sup- pliers each month in an attempt to keep food ser- vices running self sufficiently and economically. writ