Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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1 EMMETT J. SCOTT Sccretary-T i casurcr The office of the Secretary-Treasurer handling all the financial transactions of the University, and in many instance- going afield to promote the welfare of the University in diverse lines of outside publicity and community activity is contributing its part to the life and furtherance of the I'nivei site’s progress. Thi- office provides for the official press releases of the school, collects all registration fees, arranges the finances for all major athletic events, and oversees and arranges every program, oi whatever nature, which i not directly planned and executed by the particular department nearest the sphere of the activity. 'I lu completion of the new stadium, the largest and most complete in any Negro school, and the new gymnasium, complete in every detail of structure and equipment, providing an indoor track and swimming pool as special features of construction are monuments to the work of the Secretary-'! reas-urer’s office. rage fiftre»

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N S O N Miiriar in son ° in9a F. D. WILKINSON Registrar Many imptirics have l een ma le concerning the character of the work done in a registrar’s office. To the Registrar alone is it given to know certain points of contact of his office with the various activities of the institution of which it is a part and various transactions of this institution with the outside world. To the applicant the registrar .- office i- the testing lire through which his credentials must pass in order that they may insure hi- admission to lii-heart's desire. To the student the office i- the originator of the fearful ordeal through which he has to pass at each registration dav. By the faculty, it is often looked upon as the source of much annoyance because of its frequent and insistent demands for information concerning the records of student- and the origin of much red tape so abhorrent to the academic mind. To the high school principal, it i- a necessary evil in it- insistence upon complete and accurate records covering the entire secondary career of the -Indent, ami at the same time, a helpful influence m supplying information concerning the progress ni his graduates after entering college. Like the elephant which the Mind man came t«. -ec, the activities of the registrar’s office are judged too often l v the individual circumstances of the interested party. rage seventeen