Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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THE PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE TO THE CLASS OF 1947 Seventy-two years ago this May, the first students of the Indiana State Teach- ers College (Normal School to 1927) met in the only building on the campus. Since then the school has enjoyed great expansion, both material and academic. Many outstanding characters among students and faculty have been associated with the college during these years. Practically every class has had some of its repre- sentatives reach high positions in chosen fields and the Class of 1947 will contribute its share. We entertain high hopes for you because of your native capacities, your educational achievements, and the opportunities you will have in a new age in which to apply your talents and training. The traditions of this school were estab- lished by people like yourselves. You have profited by the contributions of former classes and your participation will help future groups. When you stop to realize that your attitudes, your likes and dislikes, in fact, your entire personalities and philosophies of life are the result of education, you must feel a keen sense of respon- sibility to those who follow us. We bespeak for you a wholesome respect for the ordinary decencies and homely virtues accompanying truth and character. If exercised, they will add prestige to the college and success and respect to your individual lives. You are graduates of a great school. Go forth and make your contributions, and may the world be kind to you. Dr. Uhler dictates a letter to Miss Jenkins. Thirlccii

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-•. r r Dr. Uhler is concerned about everything which might strengthen and enrich our college academically. Indiana is fortunate indeed to have such a shrewd and kindly chief executive. Perhaps no institution in the country can claim a president who is more generally regarded as fair and forward-looking by his cam- pus, his communitij. and the state he serves.

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STAGE DOOR As Dean of Instruction, Dr. Heiges is perhaps the first of the faculty with whom incoming freshmen become ac- quainted. Although serving in a general capacity, his primary duties revolve around credit evaluation, supervision of student and faculty schedules, and departmental organization. Mr. Beard is Assistant to the Dean of Instruction. This office is concerned primarily with the student testing program and the com- piling of individual profile charts. However, other functions of the office include private student conferences and certification for Junior Standing. Mr. John Davis, a familiar figure to Sen- iors, handles the problems concerning Student Teaching as well as operating the Placement Bureau as a service for both alumni and graduating students.