Macalester College - Quid Nunc Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Probably the tallest professor on the Macalester campus, AI. Allmrl Palmer is the Director of the Teacher Placement Bureau. New students make Dr. Palmer's acquaintance the first week ol' school when they take a barrage of tests under his supervision. assistants 'maneuv- ell: Macalester trouble shooter may well be the fourth title of Donovan Allen, newest member of the Administrative Stall. Practically any student prob- lem may be brought to Mr. Allen for he is Director of Guidance and Counseling, Chairman of Financial Aid Committee, as well as in charge of veteran af- fairs. ' -x ii 5 Jack ol all trades and master of them is Clmrles L. zlflillerl In addition to being an assistant to President Rice and Dean Dupre, Charlie, the name most stu- dents know him by, recruits prospective students lor Macalester. He also teaches the nurses human anato- my and physiology. 'l5

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Gladys H. Rl3IlK7'7l'Ill7'Z is an associate professor of psychology as well as Director olf Student Placement. Miss Reutiman, wlio lias a clieery liello for everyone, arranges job interviews lor graduating seniors and supervises financial aid, grants and scliolarsliips. Special assistant to Dr. Rice, Norris jackson is also Macalesterls ambassador-at-large. He aids the presi- dent in any matter requiring special attention and represents the president at various committee meet- ings. administrative Versatility is the word that best describes Royal A. Moore. YVl1en not kept busy as Educa- tional consultant to the President and the Col- lege, Mr. Moore wrote the prize Winning pag- eant script, THE QUICKENING POYVER.

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UPNDERWRITING Amiaaiieivs PFUTURE Edtieatiori d eve I o p m ent , g 1Qf e Edward D. Gates General Secretary Margaret L. Day Administrative Assistant 'I6 WSTH INCIOMEZ, i'1Ai'l'I'Al. GAINS. AND OTHER TAX NIZY,-tN'i',MLliS Dr' 'l'ANCll3I.H BENEFIT TU YOU As a gift-supported College, Macalester is what it is today because of the thoughtfulness of generations of friends. To coordinate the 'ipublic relations and fund rais- ing operations of the college, the Board of Trustees in 1956 created a Development Council. All members are volunteers appointed by the President. The General Chairman is Benjamin G. Griggs of Saint Pa11l, Vice President of Marsh K McLennan. The council immediately launched a ten-year, ten- 111illion-dollar development program designed to up- grade faculty salaries, improve buildings, equipment a11d campus appearance, and make the College a Meen- ter of an outstanding faculty and student bodyfi Some of the accomplishments to date: 1. a thirty percent increase in faculty salaries in two yearsg i 2. thirty new endowed scholarships, named for their donors, established by prominent Americans, 3. live new endowed professorshipsg 4. the completion of a 315,000 foreign language labo- ratoryg 5. a Special Occasions program has brought to the College such world figures as Eugene Black, Presi- dent, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bennett Cerf, writer, Keith Fun- ston, President, New York Stock Exchange. As it entered 1959, half-way through its third year, the fund raising program was 40 percent ahead of sched- ule, with over Ii5g,500,000 of the 310,000,000 already raised. A nation-wide survey in 1957 showed Macalester was in the top nine percent of America's private colleges in total income received from gifts that year. council Willard Hunter Associate Secretary Richard L. Desmond Associate Secretary