Concordia Preparatory - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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The ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

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Who A so Served ACTING PRESIDENT MEYER XVhose ollice on the lirst floor seem- ed one of the busiest in the building . . . After he took over the reins of the school . . . Filling the vacancy made when President Arthur J. Doege re- signed that post, having accepted a call to a congregation in Mineola, Long Island . . . I-Ie discharged his duties with characteristic precision and seem- ed to carry the responsibility easily . . . A good combination- PREPARATORY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Professor Carl Weidinann . . . From whose office next door to the president came a continual flow of notices like, The following Sophomores must . . Who always seemed to have a million things on his mind . . . And a million places to be . . . At the same time . . . The remarkable thing, that he was in most of those places . . . Or his secre- tary Mrs. Aspenleiter knew why. PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE Wliere Mr. Herbert Thien took care of the scliool's good name and bad enrollment . . . Assisted by Miss Fick, his more than capable secretary . . . Be- tween the two of them they helped everyone from the presi- dent to the smallest eighth grade prospective high school freshman . . . And it kept them busy. 80 I...-