Hutchinson Community College - Dragons Tale Yearbook (Hutchinson, KS)

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One of the most familiar faces around Hutchinson Junior College is that of Dean Ellsworth R. Briggs. The Dean is already widely known in Junior College circles through his interest in the students' and school's welfare. His work in promoting State Aid for Junior Colleges has also sent him traveling over several thousand miles. An example of his work in this facet is that he traveled over a thousand miles see- ing 26 State Senators and Representatives during Christmas vacation alone. His dili- gent work and constant effort to improve has shown him worthy of heading Kansas' largest Junior College. Dean Ellsworth R. Briggs orks One of the iobs of every student who is enter- ing college is to become acquainted with the head of the school, the dean. This year, however, getting acquainted was not limited to the students. For this was the first year in the history of Hutchinson Junior College that the guiding hand for Juco would not be that of Dean Lockman. Upon the re- tirement of C.M. Lockman last Spring the Board of Education went searching for a new dean and found him in the person of Dean Ellsworth Briggs of Pratt Junior College. After arriving in Hutchinson in August, Dean Briggs soon had everything in fine working order and ready for the coming school year. lmmediately the students took a liking to Dean Briggs. His interest in the student affairs and his per- sonal attention to the problems of each student were attributes which made him a standout .. The opening assembly for the entire student body, featuring the Dean's inaugural address, was the first chance that the students had to get to know Dean Briggs. Here, in part, is what they heard: The home, the church and the school are the basic institutions of all societies and must work together for the improvement of each generation ....... Some stu- dents misuse college by breaking away from the good influences of the past. Don't let that happen to you. Keep your feet solidly on the ground by a good relation with home, share your triumphs and problems with those who care most about you-Dad and Mother .... .... Keep up your church connection ....... Extra sleep on Sunday morning never made anyone great, but dutiful participation in the services of your church will guide in the right direction.