Bay City Junior College - Crucible Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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Dean Butterfield has plen- ty of information about the value of the Junior College Faculty Sponsored by the late G.L. Jenner, former super- intendent of the Bay City public schools, Bay City Junior College had its inception in 1922. The late W. Leroy Perkins was the first dean, succeeded by the late N. B. Sloan, who as Principal of Central High School retired in 1926 because of illness. Then George E. Butterfield, who had been serving as registrar, assumed his present duties as dean. Under his capable direction Bay City Junior College has taken its place among the foremost junior colleges of Michigan and has expanded from a handful of students to more than seven hundred and fifty. Besides the two regular sem- esters there has developed a summer session offering the regular transfer courses in all departments of study. Mrs. Helen C. Watson is secretary to Dean Butter- field. Miss Grace Fettig is Registrar; Mrs. Thelma DeFrain, Recorder; and Clarence Schultz, bursar. Miss Zielinski and Miss Fettig teach psychology 1. Mr. Schultz has many busi- ness duties; Mrs. Watson knows office techniques; Miss Kessler is chief librar- ian. Our Dean is here in the role of Psychology 21 instructor.

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‘‘Here is the staff that produced the Bi-Weekly’’ Cuucille Staff Since 1923 THE CRUCIBLE has been published every year without interruption. The first sponsors were Miss Mathilda Schroeder and the late Guy Ferris. Since 1929 Miss Nellie May McGregor has been the advisor. There have been several able editors and staffs whothrough the years have help- ed to shape The Crucible’s policies. The 1946-47 Bi-weekly was under the co-edit- orship of Robert Wiecha, who graduated in January and Robert Dean, who continued to carry the burden of publication assisted by Lewis Coumans. Staff members included Gerard Adams, Robert Costa, Carol Ehmann, Edward Jabonski, Ester Lisuis, David Penrod, Helen Ryan, Mary Urban, and Betty Wirbel. With Lewis Coumans as editor -in- chief and Robert Dean as assistant editor, the Annual Staff was organized the second semester. Bruce Newton has planned the layout of the yearbook and taken charge of the Art production assisted by members of the Art Department, Donald Permoda, Peter Simon, and Helen Levy. The cartoons were orig - inated and drawn by Robert Monks. Elizabeth (Bettie) Heath has collected and edited all printed material. Sports events were written by Robert Costa. The Social Life feature was cooperately written by Mary Urban and Mary Pittsley. Special event article was written by Gerard Adams. Adver- tising for the Crucible has been solicited in Bay City by Scott Pope and Donald Smith, in Midland by Bert Braun, and in Saginaw by Bruce Newton. All copy material was typed by Bettie Heath and Bruce Newton. Throughout this Anniversary Issue of The Crucible is a novelty in layout for college annuals, a scheme of design know as 'The Inverted Pyramid. Each page is designed and balanced with its com- plementary page, forming the inverted pyramid Style. The entire 1947 Crucible is centered around the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Issue theme with the dedication to all the founders, builders, and alumni of the Bay City Junior College during its twenty-five years of existence. We wish to thank our sponsor, Miss McGregor for her untiring assistence and Mrs. Plum, art instructor, for her suggestive ideas. We wish to thank the entire faculty and student body for their supply of information that has made this sil- ver anniversary issue complete. An added thanks to Hartwell Graphic for their help in printing The Crucible for the first time in Lithographic Offset. ha

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The English department in 1922 had one instructor, Miss Mathilda Schroeder, who remained head of the department until her retirement in 1944. There are now seven instructors including Nellie May McGregor, head; Ada E. Hobbs, Henry C. Klingbeil, Earl Smith, Louis K. Ueberhorst, Gladys Klingbeil, and Margaret B. Omans. All the English courses are in conformity with the standards set up by the English department of the University of Michigan. Here are the Math Pro- fessors. They know all about equations. at They all look serious. No wonder! They teach Eng- lish. Mr. R.C.Schellenbarger started University trans- fer courses in mathematics in the Bay City Junior College twenty-five years ago. Terminal courses for two year programs and refresher courses have been added to the curriculum since that date. Other former instructors were Mr. Rogers and Mr. George of the science department and the late Eugene Dusnak. Present instructors are Meta Ewing, head; W.C. Thorsberg, Leo L. Bailey, Nelda Taylor, and Frank Hewitt.