West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES The OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT serves as the main spoke in the Weslevan wheel. MISS MARGARET DEAN, secretary, shares many of the duties of this office. Scheduling chapel and as.sem- bly programs is only one of the many responsibilities. All daytime telephone calls are handled through the switch- board operated by MRS. BUNNY MARRS. After a hasty registration and attend- ing several classes, a number of students find their way to the OFFICE OF THE DEAN and Dean Schoolcraft to change their courses of study. All appointments to see the dean are arranged by MISS SHIRLEY HYMES, secretary to the dean. JO ANN WILLIAMS, secretary, assists in recording grade reports and keeping the permanent record files. Soon after arrival on Wesleyan ' s cam- pus, students find occasion to visit MR. HEYWARD WILLIAMS, trea.surer. who is always willing to accept their pavment of fees for the school vear in the TREASURER ' S OFFICE. MISS REGINA KENNEY, assistant to the treasurer, issues receipts for the pay- ment of bills and issues activities cards. MR. WILLIAM HICKS, business man- ager, has the responsibility of controlling the expendituies of the college. MRS. SHIRLEY DEAN is .secietary to this office.

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A. A. SCHOOLCRAFT. Pcan PATHWAYS of WE5LEYAN The pathways of Wesleyan are as nu- merous as the ever-increasing host of students who come hither, over hill and dale, over land and sea, and over the long stretches of the years; who live, and labor, and learn together, on this campus beau- tiful, and wholesome, and enlightening; and then go hence to domiciles, and duties, and destinies as different as their points of origin, and as they themselves. Of these converging, and intertwining, and diverging pathways, made, and in the making, and to be made, many have seg- ments in common, while each has parts utterly unique. In this brief sketch, it will be possible to do no more than highlight some of the common-to-many segments, and spotlight some of the unique parts. The pathways that converge on Wes- leyan bridge a period (1890-1955) unpar- alleled in all time for perpetual, penetrat- ing, and piofound change. They come from the Victorian era, in which life was un- complicated by autos, movies, aeroplanes, radios, television, and Communism, and from the ambiguous Atomic age, that may either usher in the true Golden Age of unprecedented peace and prosperity and progress, or sink humanity with all its achievements and aspirations, all its pos- sibilities and promi.se, in eternal extinction — exceeding in a matter of minutes the cumulative folly, and tragedy, and carnage of the centuries. Geographically, the pathways of Wes- leyan come from the ends of the earth — from primitive South Sea islands, and from pastoral West Virginia hills; from Greece, where ancient civilization reached its Continued on page 117

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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES The purpose of ADMISSIONS OF- FICE is to solicit prospective Wesleyan students. Students conduct their first business with Wesleyan through MR. GEORGE SCHUM, director of admis- sions, who receives and checks applica- tions for admission. With the assistance of MR. WILLIAM NEELEY, direc- tor of public relations; MISS ELLEN ROUSH, admissions counselor; and MISS JACKIE CAMPBELL, secre- tary; this office has the responsibility of selecting a student body that will make for a better Wesleyan community. The function of the VICE PRESI- DENT ' S OFFICE, under the direction of MR. JAMES LING, is to rai.se funds for college improvement. At the present time, money is being rai.sed for the build- ing program with the hope that some more new buildings will be constructed on the campus in the near future. MISS JANE MARPLE, secretary, records all college requests and endowments. The responsibility of the ALUMNI OFFICE is to keep all alumni informed of the most recent Wesleyan news. From this office the College Bulletin is pub- lished monthly and sent to all alumni to keep their interest stimulated in their Alma Mater. MR. JAMES STANS- BURY, director of alumni affairs, helps to promote good alumni relationship. All news of alumni ' s whereabouts is recorded in the files kept by Mrs. June Flowers, .secretary.