Meredith College - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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FACULTY Lois P razier, Ed.D. Assistant Professor of Business Ruth B. Robinson, B.S. Instructor in Business P- f1% Ernest F. Canaday, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics Dorothy K. Preston, M.A. Instructor of Mathematics MUSIC DEPARTMENT Versatility and strong individuality ... a separate table at registration . . . Dr. Cooper, jack of all trades — teacher, performer, photographer ... a chapel trio — Garriss, Blanchard, Clyburn ... an office Christmas party with gag gifts for all . . . Mr. Pratt and Bee Hive coffee . . . theory students for Miss Swanson and student teachers for Miss Haeseler . . . choral direc- tion — Miss Donley . . . faculty recitals. . . . BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Frequent field trips . . . Dr. Frazier — business-like in class, understanding out of class . . . Mrs. Robinson ' s willingness to sacrifice lunch hours to give much needed shorthand takes . . . student surveys in statis- tics class . . . spring trip to Richmond . . . bulletin board decorated with Christmas cards made by Sen- iors . . . patience with the machines . . . the feeling of accomplishment on getting debits and credits to balance. . . . MATH DEPARTMENT Pass to the board! . . . echoes through the hall of chalk taps on the board . . . Dr. Canaday plus choco- late candy equals contentment . . . gift to each student teacher — a stick! . . . chalk on clothes, and hands, and feet, and . . . endless formulas . . . Mrs. Preston ' s Hawaiian slides . . . two-minute problems that are two-hour headaches . . . wastebaskets filled with scratch paper . . . and, as always, a 2 + b 2 = c L . 2(1

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Lula M. Leake, M.R.E. Assistant Dean of Students Dorothy McCombs Library Assistant Vera Tart Marsh Registrar Faye F. Orders Bookkeeper Miriam H. Prichard B.S.U. Director Virginia B. Pruden, A.B. Assistant Librarian STAFF Lois S. Renfrow Secretary to the President Lucy H. Saunders, R.N. Nurse Virginia Scarboro Secretary, Business Office William J. Senter, B.S., M.D. Physician Harry Simmons Supervisor of Maintenance MaBelle Smith Assistant Dean of Students Frances E. Thorne Dining Hall Hostess Martha J. Whilden House Director Betty Jean Yeager, A.B. Secretary to the Dean of Students

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HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT Getting up early in the practice house . . . long hours preparing for the Christmas exhibit . . . Miss Hanyen ' s imported green, blue, and white belts . . . Miss Brewer ' s asserting, Oh, girls, that would be a happy choice! . . . the decision about making fudge or divinity . . . last minute preparations for the annual fashion show . . . Precept: Don ' t ever stitch over a pin. . . . ART DEPARTMENT Frequent visits to the Art Museum . . . ruined manicures and kerosene-stained clothes . . . afternoon labs and seminars . . . efficient Dr. Downs . . . offices wallpapered with sketches . . . patience with fresh- men and charcoal-smudged faces . . . Miss Jeffries ' prize painting, Waiting . . . bouncers lined along the hall of Second Joyner . . . four years ' work cli- maxed with a senior exhibit. . . . Ellen Dozier Brewer, A.M. Professor oj Home Economics Jennie M. Hanyen, A.M. Associate Professor of Home Economics Arthur C. Downs Assistant Professor Lucy B. Jeffries, Assistant Professor Ed.D. of Art M.F.A. of Art Edwin K. Blanchard, M.Mus.Lit. Assistant Professor of Music James L. Clyburn, M.S. Instructor in Music Phyllis W. Garriss, M.Mus. Assistant Professor of Music Isabelle Haeseler, M.S.M. Instructor in Music Harry E. Cooper, Mus.D., F.A.G.O. Professor of Music Beatrice Donley, B.M. Associate Professor of Music Stuart Pratt, Mus.M. Professor of Music Jean Swanson, M.Mus., F.A.G.O. Assistant Professor of Music 2]