College of Wooster - Index Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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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.

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Art Murray, Specialist in Everything Most people are like Will Rogers-all they know is what they read in the newspapersf' and the only thing that gets into the news- papers from Wooster's campus passes through the capable hands of Art Murray. lt all began back in 1922 when the lady then in charge of publicity released a story about the powerful Wooster football team. The article indicated that the Ashland game was a walk away. It wasn't . . . and Art was introduced on the staif in order to keep sports articles a little closer to the facts. From that point his coaching days were numbered and his newspaper days on the ascendancy. Since then the man and the job have grown up together. Anyone who goes into his office will see, by the copy clipped to the wall, that it is a big job for one man especially when he must be reporter, photographer and editor, yet publicity takes but a fraction of his time. Even before the vogue of superman, Art was handling stu- dent aid as well. In fact this phase takes more than half of his working day. Assignment of workers and waiters, N.Y.A. jobs are all his responsibility. In Art's own words: lt's a cold day on the Equator when I don't interview a dozen fellows. As a result of these interviews, financial gaps are bridged, jobs are introduced to the proper men, and Art Murray has done it again. gm V+ . ' -.zitrs-1.'i2f.'Q.'J M ,MW ART MURRAY and his secretary Midge Young examine press notices which ART has written for newspapers. On this bulletin board all of Art's write-ups are pasted. Murray has a double role, lor he is both student aid and publicity director. Once a full time journalist, Art sends out dispatches about every phase of Wooster activity. IN THE DARK ROOM Art Murray spends much time. An experienced photog- rapher he sees his shots through from lens to press dispatch. Campus publi- cations are grateful for Art. Any pic- tures he has are available for their use. On iournalistic matters both Index and Voice editors lrequently seek his advice: invariably they follow it. OVER 300 STUDENT WORKERS owe their iobs to Art Murray. As student aid director he has charge not only ot plac- ing college workers, but also oi award- ing money grants. These two freshman leaf-rakers are part-time workers. They are Dick Craven tleftl and Iohn Stalker. Board iobs are the most popular. There are 114 men holding jobs in six dining halls.