Aquinas College - Thomist Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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.wr . s 11 ' 1 Q55 ,M--Hr ,,.-M uaffw .4-:-'ra' Some daysl really run, laughs Mr. Eugene Smith, Aquinas' new Dean of Men, chairman of the biology department, and father of two. This year, in the person of Mr. Smith, male students are experienc- ing the layman's approach to the obligations of the position. When approached about taking the new office, he was not sure he could handle it in addition to his other duties, however, he stresses the fact that he has had tremendous co-operation from everyone: administration, faculty, and students. His duties as Dean of Men range from arranging for male housing to giving advice on personalproly lems. According to Mr. Smith, a regulation should not exist unless it is enforced. Unenforced re- gulations are ridiculous. Asked whether he considers himself to be a lenient or strict administrator, he emphasizes that, fairness is the keynote of my position. Very tactful. In an office piled ceiling-high with papers, books, posters, and what-not, the Aquinas student can usually find its Dean of Women. It's an office that serves as a THOMIST room for the yearbook staff, as a clearing room for many of Aquinas' events, and frequently as a crying room for the distaff element of the college. Miss Gertrude M. Horgan, Dean of Women at Aquinas College, is a native Bostonian, having been born and raised in the land of the bean and the cod. How did she get into administrative work? Confesses Miss Horgan, I have a notorious inability to say 'no'. She stresses the fact that hers is not a disciplinary office, rather, it is one of service. It is her task to be the ad- ministration's voice to the student, and the studer1t's voice to the adminis- tration. It is her duty to help with the financial, personal, social, and aca- demic problems of the student. When the student brings problems to the per- sonnel dean, says Miss Horgan, The student makes the office, not the dean. is 3' 5 'uf'

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FACULTY il The year, 1962 marked Rt. Rev. Monsignior Arthur F. Bukowski's twenty-fifth year as President of Aquinas College, this period has been characterized as being marked by dedicated and continuous striving for excellence. Thisbrief comment might be applied to Monsignior, as well as his approach to education, for he is, as all who have been his students know, dedicated to, and continually striving for excellence. l-low do things look from behind the pad of pink slips? It's difficult to say, says Sister Mildred, Dean of the College. lt's rather disturbing to have to write excuses. l'd rather feel that a student would rather be at his classes. Dean since 1937, Sister Mildred received her Ph.D. in classical languages in Munich, Germany. She ad- mits that she was rather surprised when she was given permission to go to Europe to study. While there, she was able to visit Greece, Italy, and Northern Africa. Before she assumed the posi- tion of full-time Dean she taught Greek and Latin for a few years at Catholic junior College. Her greatest ambition is for a fine arts building, complete with auditorium, to develop more fully the cultural side of Aquinas.

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