City College of New York - Microcosm Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Lester Nichols. Director of Public Relations PUBLIC RELATIONS BUREAU The Public Relations Bureau has achieved for the College, what in former years had boon considered virtually impossible, namely a good “press. Good not only in the sense of favor- able — in itself a notable achievement — but also in quantity. Many of us will remember the pleasant mo- ments reading tho nows clippings on the per- petually over-crowded Collcgc-in-tho-Nows“ bulletin board adjacent to the Cafeteria en- trance. In actuality the clippings on the board were but a fraction of those items concerning the College which appear daily in the metro- politan press and out-of-town newspapers. Everything from tho Centennial Day celebra- tion to the House Plan Date Buroau got more than adequate coverage. The Public Relations Bureau was organized in 1933. its purpose to keep the New York City taxpayers constantly informed of the program and services offered by tho College. The first director of publicity at the College. Irving Rosenthal, was indirectly responsible for the choosing of a college mascot — in 1934 he or- ganized the contest in which the beaver was chosen. Les Nichols, tho present director, has since his appointment in 1946 reorganized the Bureau and is primarily responsible for its present success. He is ably assisted by Israel Lovino. Lawrence Weinor. Ed Walzer, Ann Marie Petrenko, Bob Avery. Bob Rothstein and Bob Stein. LIBRARY Professor Jerome Wilcox, the college's chief librarian, who would like to dump some of his quarter of a million volumes instead of coal in the hole adjacent to the Library Building, eased the book shelf situation somewhat this past year by setting up an annex in the base- mont of the Army Hall building. Present plans call for the gradual improve- ment of the Army Hall branch with better light- ing facilities, private conference rooms and a special section for access to the large binded newspaper files on catalogue. While budget oxpoctations aren't too rosy at present, Wil- cox assisted by associate librarians Charles K. Angrist and George E. Nelson, are constantly making surveys of areas on the campus proper where extensions can possibly be set up. The growth and expansion of the library stock hero has been directly attributable to some 29 trust funds contributed by alumni donors. Professor Jerome Wilcox

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Student Activities. Veterans' Counsel- ling, Placement, and Health Guidance. Testing and Guidance, headed by Dr. Louis Long, ably assisted by Dr. Lavange Richardson and Dr. Miriam Farios. administers entrance examina- tions and givos guidance to students. Dr. S. L. Crawley, Associate Dean of Students, heads Student Activities, with Assistant Doan J. Peace and Mrs. E. Junken to help him in the Day and Eve- ning Sessions, respectively. Veterans' Counselling handles the problems of veterans attending the school undor P.L. 16 and P.L. 346 under the leadership of Mr. Stuart Clarkson. Placement, a favor- ite hang-out for hopeful seniors, is under the aegis of Messrs. Burton Shotter (graduate placement) and John Ryan (undergraduate placement). Aiding han- dicapped students with thoir special problems in school is Dr. C. Roth, head of Health Guidance. Also connected with Student Life is Dr. Frank Shuttleworth, former Acting Associate Dean of Stu- dents, who is currently conducting a study of the effectiveness of college entrance examinations. The Department of Student Life, like the administrative staff, faces the prob- lem of lack of funds. Spread out in the different buildings of the college, the Department hopes to consolidate and thereby improve its efficiency. As part of its campaign to relievo con- gested conditions in the Scionco and Technology courses, the College has re- quested tho construction of a new Me- chanical Arts Building. The City Planning Commission has approved the request, but money will not bo appropriated for the project until 1954. The Planning Commission, however, has allocated the necessary funds to complete the College library. These funds will be available in 1953. The school might have been forced to curtail its activities considerably, were it not for the heavy influx of veterans, who. through funds derived from the G.I. Bill of Rights, provided about one- third of the total operating costs in 1947. The veterans, however, are graduat- ing, and anticipated fodoral funds for 1948 are about one million dollars less than the year before. College adminis- trative officials therefore look hopefully to Albany, where the State Legislature can considerably alleviate the crowded conditions by authorizing state aid to tho College, the public institution with the largost enrollment in the state. Robert J. Shotter and John F. X. Ryan Dean Sumner L. Crawley and Dean James Peace

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 Takon on a warm, sunny Juno exam day