Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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ADMINISTRATION Again this year the president's office was the center from which all student enlistment work was directed .Through the efficient administration of this office, faculty and student groups have travelled through every part of the state acquainting high school students with Alma College. They have met with unusually promising results in this work. Aiding Dr. Dunning in carrying out all of the myriad duties connected with the supervision and administration of the general policies of the college was his most able secretary, Mrs. H. O. Abernethy. Continuing under the direction of Mr. William Ellis, business manager and assistant treasurer of the college, the business office again had full control over all business matters affecting the college. An important part of the work of this office was the supervision of the maintenance of all college buildings and the regulation of student labor. When Mr. Joseph Yeager, who had been bookkeeper for the past several years, left Alma this spring to assume a position in another city, his work was taken over by Miss Virginia Tice assisted by Miss Joyce Garberson. PRESIDENT DUNNING AND MR. ELLIS' OFFICES 20

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PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY ln September, Dr. and Mrs. Dunning celebrated the fourth anniversary of their moving into the president's house on the Alma campus. Since their coming to Alma from Kalamazoo in 1938, Alma's president and first lady have frequently acted as a most gracious host and hostess to the many noted guests of the college, as well as to faculty and student groups. Mrs. Dunning, an Alma alumna herself, has for several years played an important part in women's organizations both on the campus and in the city. 'I9

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Although it has been established as a working organization for only two years, the office of Mr. L. Robert Oaks, executive secretary of the college, has this year clone a fine piece of work in organizing the alumni. Through the work of Mr. Oaks, Alma College Alumni Associations have been formed in many cities of Michigan. By keep- ing in close contact with the Alumni through the publication of the Alumni Bulletin and through personal contacts, this office has developed an alumni fund of 55,000 which will go to aid the college in combating the many problems which arise from the war situation. This year marks another successful season in the service of Professor Robert W. Clack as college registrar. Besides all the work on admissions and credits, the registrar's office gave psychological examinations to all incoming students, worked out the schedule of classes for each semester, and recorded and distributed all grades. Prof. Clack has for some time been noted for his keeping of detailed records of each student's academic work. This year the registrar was aided by a staff composed of Rama Kirkwood, Frieda Volpel, and Nancy MacLeod. MR. OAKS' AND PROFESSOR CLACK'S OFFICES 21