College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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THE BOOK STORE sold 520,000 worth of text books this year. Here Bertha Uhlendorff, book store head, is selling a book to Betty Houliston. In the back- ground is Les Elliott, one of the store's four student workers. Because the store doesn't try to operate for profit it's able to sell everything at ten per cent less than the market price. DONALD DICKASON, assistant business manager of the college is one of the busiest men of the campus. The photographer stopped everyone who came into his oifice for five minutes, and then took this picture. These people waiting for Dickey's counsel are tleit to rightl Bob Kerr: Bob Iohnson, college painter: John Handloser: Cody, janitor at Taylor hall: Mrs. Shafer, Mr. Dickason's secretary: and a salesman. ren. ,, -r-as ,, :mfg 9 -3 -F, .7 . -,v,.-.'.T t'1,......,,- .,-. m..,.. l MCE lla 11 'iiixfktk , Q, 52. ,PQ 'fi gi 13 'J i jf' I vi' ha.. ....... se... .Lf sf-.. .,. ze... ...ef at-....e' .gy .ia n' .J.'X.l.-y ' gigs- ay .-:,gg,Q-fq,,p,- cnwfzil ll is Ci Being assistant business manager is like sitting on top of an elephant and leading the cumbersome beast forward. This may sound like a circus and it is, but then again it isn't. That is, it's like managing a three ring circus, but then that's no circus. Mr. Dickason has to see to such various duties as supervising plumbing, landscap- ing, carpenter Work, and putting handles back on Douglass doors, not to mention running the book store, which in turn sells everything from desk lamps to peanuts. Of course, Miss Bertha Uhlendorff has actual management of the book store and the peanuts, but then Mr. Dickey has the supervision of Miss Uhlendorff. ls Purchasing' Iiqent Perhaps the more difficult part of his Work is in purchasing the supplies that every day flow into Wooster. Office supplies for the Ad. building, pianos for the conservatory, Windows for Kenarden, text books for the students, and blue books for the professors, all must be ordered by Mr. Dickason. By taking the text book as a case in point, one can easily illustrate the central position that Dicky holds. He orders the books, he sells the books, then buys them again for resale, and the circle is completed. All of which proves that it is a big busy position on which the only 'circles We would complete would be those we'd get under our eyes.

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WESTHAFER . . 22 Years at Wooster ln addition to being professor and head of the Physics Depart- ment, Dr. W. R. Westhafer has been Dean of the College since 1929. Only a few of his duties are arranging the chapel programs, planning the curriculum, and acting as buffer between the faculty and stud- ents. He taught at Ohio Wesleyan, and Amherst before coming to Wooster in 1918. Included in his accomplishments are the publica- tion of two books and several magazine articles, and the attaining of Phi Beta Kappa rating.

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More Administration Notables Deans Display Diplomacy Headquarters of the Wooster diplomatic department is the Dean's office, second fioor of the administration building. John Bruere is the Dean of Men, and a popular one, too. Section pledging, initiation week, freshman orientation, class cuts-solving these prob- lems are some of his duties. Wooster's ultra-efficient dean of women is Rachel MacKenzie. All social affairs of the college receive her special attention, in addi- tion to her usual deanly duties. From Bundles for Britain to marriage, it's all in a year's work. This is the attitude of the dean of women's office. Miller Marshals Absent Alumni Alumni office secretary John D. Miller and his two assistants, Pearl Heckbert and Ethel McCullough, keep track of Wooster's 9,101 living graduates. So that graduates may keep track of campus happenings, this oiiico pub- lishes a twenty-page Wooster Alumni Bulle- tin ten times a year. Over 2,100 alumni subscribe. Last fall, Miller and his assistants published a 640 page alumni catalogue con- taining the names of all of Wooster's gradu- ates arranged in three indices, alphabetically, geographically, and departmentally. A cata- logue was sent to every alumnus. Treasurer Takes Tuition ln 1870 Wooster's attendants paid fifty dollars for their college tuition. But Wooster standards have risen, and with them the tuition cost. For the 1940-41 session, treasurer Bruce Knox collected a three-hundred--dollar fee. During the year, Wooster's new treasurer handled over one-and-one-half million dollars. General supervisor of the invisible 125 is John D. McKee, business manager of the college. The 125 are the workers behind the scenes who keep the machinery of the college in perfect running condition. Operation and maintenance, supervision of dormitories - these are some of the duties of his office. Auditor Attends to Accounts Frank Spalding's official title is merely College Auditor, but that phrase covers a multitude of activities. Books of all shapes and sizes Hlled with column after column of figures are the bones', for this watchdog of the treasury. Every penny, given or received, is catalogued in its several proper positions. Incidental to his job is administering advice to treasurers and business managers of cam- pus organizations. Minutes consume the hours of Curt Taylorls day, figuratively and literally. As secretary for the Board of Trustees and secretary of the college, Taylor must record and mimeograph the proceedings of the Board and of com- mittee meetings. His secretaryship extends to Prexy, for whom he keeps an involved schedule of appointments. ' Registrar and Recruiter To Arthur Southwick, Registrar, and Rackey Young, Director of Admissions go the task of providing the college with material. ln the course of the year they interview and correspond with 1,000 youths setting about 300 on the Wooster pathways to knowledge. An interesting job at all times, their's sometimes is a sad one. Rejections are their unpleasant task, but in the joys of serving youth to the best of their ability, they find emoluments of sentiment which are beyond value.