Kalamazoo College - Boiling Pot Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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99 MUNICIPAL RESEACH BUREAU The CiTy OT Kalamazoo Qrdains .... lT's a meeTing in The CiTy Hall, buT There are no TeeT on municipal desks in Kalamazoo. Members oT The sTaTT oT The Bureau oT Municipal Research are discussing ciTy problems and The progress oT Their currenT sTudies. The Bureau, as The sTaTT members call iT, is manned by qualiTied sTudenTs in The PoliTical Science DeparTmenT oT Kalamazoo College. IT was organized in I934 as a division OT The CiTy Manager's OTTice, To aid adminisTraTive oTTicers in The invesTigaTion oT ciTy problems. Such proiecTs as a sTudy oT local unemploymenT Trends, invesTigaTion of parking and airporT TaciliTies, a survey oT The personnel program, and revision oT The ciTy ordinances have been considered by The Bureau. In addiTion To These acTiviTies concerned wiTh acTual local problems, The graduaTe and undergraduaTe sTudenTs meeT in a weekly semi- nar wiTh adminisTraTive assisTanTs oT The CiTy C5overnmenT To sTudy The broader phases OT Technical municipal adminisTraTion. This in- Troduces The sTudenTs To pracTical as well as TheoreTical consider- aTions involved in successTul public adminisTraTion.

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WKZO Kalamazoo Co lege Tor several years now has recognized The nm porTance and unlversallTy OT radio noT only as a medium Tor Trann :ng sTudenTs buT also as a means oT keeping The college abreasT oT The Tlmes This year The college exTended :Ts radio program by seT Tung up a sTudenT radlo sTaTT wnTh Jack MonTgomery head sTudenT announcer as DnrecTor oT Radlo IT began a serues oT bu weekly gunz shows which have grown popular largely Through The eTTorTs oT Dr E B l-llnckley oTl1cual qulzzer sn By allynng nTselT w1Th The Book of The MonTh Club The sTaTl was able To oTler a book as a prize To The winner oT each show Thus show un addlTxon To The regular TlTTeen mlnuTe weekly aTTernoon program comprises The raduo schedule Tor The college The weekly aTTernoon program IS usually a lecTure by one oT The members oT The TaculTy alThough :T ns someT1mes clevoTecl To one oT The college Tunchons such as l-Tomecomnng The May FeTe or musical programs ln addlhon To Jack MonTgomery The college radio sTaTF Includes Rnchard Mules Sam lvlyerscough RoberT WesT Frances TrnesTram Conslrance Peck Barbara Kelly Eula Besemer chIeT, and Jerry Cruncher lJack lTAonTgomeryl, his ersTwhile sTooge.

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