Mississippi Delta Community College - Retrospect Yearbook (Moorhead, MS)

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Dr. J. T. Hall, Moorhead. President; Sam D. Stafford, Moorhead, Vice President. Otis W. Allen, Greenwood, Board Member; Mrs. S.N. Allen, Moorhead, Secretary ' to Board. Hugh M. A rant, Ruleville, Board Member; Thomas J. Bogue, Greenville, Board Member. VIRGINIA BLACKWELL GLANCES UP FROM HER STUDIES LONG ENOUGH FOR A PHOTO. Henry A. Cain, Rolling Fork, Board Member; Malcolm J. Commer, Jonestown, Board Member; Harry I. Clark, Doddsville, Board Member; J. A. Darnell, Glen Allan, Board Member; John Walter Garrard, Belzoni. Board Member. H.T. Greer, Anguilla, Board Member; Herbert Hargett, Indianola, Board Member; Jack E. Harper, Jr., Indianola, Chairman, Board of Trustees; Moody Helms, Cleveland, Board Member; Dunbar W. Lee, Mayersville, Board Member. Lewis I. Myers, Cleveland, Board Member; Hugh Tut Pavne, Leland, Board Member; Jo G. Prichard, Inverness, Board Member; Sherard R. Shaw, Clarksdale, Board Member; Mrs. Thomas Henry Showers, Drew. Board Member.

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ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL lb ■ y • Joe Ray, Greenville, Q)unselor; Ralph Ross, Leland, Counselor. Sherman Stauffer, Inverness, Business Manager; Travis Thornton, Moorhead, Dean of Student AfTairs. Robert L. Warnock, Moorhead, Assistant Dean of Students; Ray Whelan, Indianola, Assistant Vo- Tech Director. Raymond Bell, Greenville, Director of Greenville Center; Harmon Boggs, Moorhead, Dean of Instruction; Charles Callaway, Greenville, Assistant Vo-Tech Director; Joe Wayne Carley, Moorhead, Assistant Vo-Tech Director. Annie Castleberry, Moorhead, Assistant Registrar; John C. Castlen, Greenville, CETA Director; Phil Dixon, Moorhead, Counselor; Charles Foley, Moorhead, Vo- Tech Director. Curt Guenther, Indianola, Public Relation Director; Jack Harris, Moorhead, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds; Robert McAfee, Moorhead, Counselor; Robert McClellan, Moo rhead, Dean of Students. A TYPICAL MONTH AT MDJC-OCT. 3-PHI BETA LAMBDA MEETING Dr. J.T. Hall, in his eleventh year as president, directs the administration of Mississippi Delta Junior College. The college is governed by its 20-member board of trustees who are appointed by the supervisors of the eight supporting counties of the college. The eight counties in- clude Sunflower, Leflore, Sharkey, Bolivar, Coahoma, Washington, Humphreys, and Issaquena. Jack Harper, Jr. of Indianola currently heads the board. The board meets on the second Thursday of each month. Among its major actions this year, the board has: autho- rized the addition of a wing to the women ' s residence hall, hired a fulltime public relations director, dealt with the federal lawsuit against public junior colleges, and ex- panded the vocational curricula of the college. Adminis- trative personnel include counselors, secretaries, deans, and coordinators for all off-campus centers in such loca- tions as Greenwood, Greenville, Cleveland, Clarksdale, and Indianola. Departments of Administration The department of Student Affairs headed by Dean Travis Thornton handles statistical and other personal data on students, directs admissions and registration, and oversees student dormitory and recreational needs. The Business Office, headed by Sherman Stauffer, di- rects college expenditures record keeping and the dispersal of money for student scholarships and grants. Dean of Instruction Harmon Boggs directs the total in- structional program of the college which includes working with members of eight departments and the library staff His teaching stafT has 102 members. Vice President Sam Stafford devotes many hours to solving a multitude of administrative problems in the areas of federal reports, purchasing, and personnel. Jack Harris as superintendent of building and grounds handles the major chores of physical plant maintenance and bus transportation using his work force of 27 employees.

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Cynthia Alford, Cleveland, LPN; Wilda Anderson, Greenville, LPN; Patricia Barnes, Parchman, LPN; Donna Barton, Clarksdale, LPN. Renee Blackwell, Cleveland, LPN; Pamela Blanks, Greenville, LPN; Dorothy Boyd, Greenville, LPN; Ruth Ann Bright, Cleveland, LPN. Odessa Brown, Philipp, LPN; Rutha Campbell, Greenville, LPN; Diane M. Canada, Greenville, LPN; Mildred Price Canada, Greenville, LPN. Ardyce Anderson, Clarksdale, LPN Instructor; Clara J. Black, Clarksdale, LPN Instructor. Edna Cameron, Clarksdale, LPN Instructor; Alyne R. Foresman, Greenville, LPN Instructor. Mary G. Francis, Greenville, LPN Instructor; Mary Grissom, Indianola, LPN Instructor. OCT. 4-RUSTY RUSCOE REPORT TO THE STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICE. LPN TRAINING Student practical nurses are being trained by the dozens in college classes set up in Greenville, Greenwood, Clarksdale, Cleve- land, and Indianola. And yet the public demand for licensed practical nurses in the Delta area has not been completely answered. Since the LPN programs were first started in 1968, seven classes averaging 20 students per class have been taught each calendar year. Each LPN student is required to complete 1748 hours of training for completion of the course. Laboratory sessions for LPN classes are taught in Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Northwest Mississippi Medical Center, Delta Medical Center, South Sunflower County Hospital, Bolivar County Hospital, and Kings Daughters Hospital. 20