Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Front row: Mrs. Albert Ehlers, Mrs. L. W. Goebel, A. E. Hotle, F. W. Rasche, George P. Wirth, Jr., Samuel J. Schmiechen. Back row: Armin Haeussler, W. F. Naefe, George Sonneborn, Edward W. Brueseke, Erwin R. Koch, Edwin J. A. Koch, Michael Baas, Henry W. Dinkmeyer. The Evangelical and Reformed Church exercises general supervision and control over Elmhurst College through the college Board of Directors. The Board meets several times each year. It transacts much of its business through an executive committee which holds frequent meetings at the college. Reverend Erwin R. Koch, D.D., is the present chairman, and the other officers include Mr. George P. Wirth, Jr., vice chairman; Rev. Edwin J. A. Koch, Ph.D., secretary; and Mr. Anton C. Negri, treasurer. Besides these officers, the Board of Directors is divided into several committees, such as the Executive, Faculty and Curriculum, Finance, and Buildings and Grounds Committees. The Board of Directors determines the poli- cies of the college. The members are elected by the General Synod, although some are chosen by the Board itself. The responsibility of securing all the new and various accommodations, such as additional housing facilities, staff members, personnel, and classroom equipment, belongs to the Board. These responsibilities grow heavier every year, as the college itself is growing. This year the Board appointed Mr. Theodore Krohne as Business Manager of the college. Everyone, including the student body, is working to raise money for the new dormitory which is to be erected in the near future. This dormitory is to be built in units, so that it can be added to in years to come. The Board of Directors has set aside several bequests, totaling $11,000, for the dormitory fund. 18

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CLVfljLMXXqiL pwm, 0Wl fihsMdsunL Mellowed buildings, majestic elms, spacious lawns, kindly professors, exuberant and wholesome youth, music, song, and laughter— these are the things that greet you on the Elmhurst campus. But there are other things — more important — not so tangible. Devotion to the finer things, sensitivity to the need of the world, steadfastness of purpose, honesty, reverence, mu- tuality, friendship, quality of character and richness of spirit— these are the things we cannot picture here. You will discover them only as you meet these young people and learn to know them. May you read enough between the lines to want to cultivate these friendships. I can assure you that they will be most rewarding. Sincerely, H. W. DlNKMEYER

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Osjclvl ifi JthsL QoikqsL Alfred Friedli, M.A. B ringing successfully to a close his second year of college administration here at Elmhurst, Alfred Friedli has quickly made the adjustment to his post as Dean. Dean Friedli came to Elmhurst with a wealth of executive experience in the field of Education, and he has helpfully guided the college through these past two years of growing pains as a result of its educational expansion. Every student has come to know Dean Friedli for his friendly smile and inspiring personality which he perpetually displays despite his tre- mendous task of setting up curriculum schedules. Moreover, he willingly listens to each and every student problem, although this is not his official task. Dean Friedli with all of his technical obliga- tions still finds time, nevertheless, to keep that intimate relationship with the student body through his classes in Psychology and Sociology. (DsmLD SiudsmLL Genevieve Staudt, M.A. To Dean Staudt falls the responsibility of being the encouraging and somewhat parental element here at Elmhurst in her role of dean to the students. To her the students pour out their troubles, whether they be roommate or class difficulties, to an understanding friend who tries to guide them to the solution of these problems. In addition to the students ' personal welfare, Dean Staudt is genuinely interested in producing teachers of the finest type from her classes in Education. She not only presents the theories of education, but she also helps the students to receive actual teaching experience through classroom situations. Dean Staudt will always be remembered for her helping hand which has led many students along their particular paths of life as they journeyed here for a while through the halls of Elmhurst College. 19