Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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For a number of year, Mr. Lee H. Morris has capably filled the posi- tion of business manager of the college. He has numerous duties, such as custodian of physical prop- erty of the coHege, supervhor of the plant system, director of the operating staff, purchasing agent for the college, general supervisor of the cafeteria, the college book- store and similar auxiliary enter- prises, and director of student em- ployment. This last duty perhaps brings Mr. Morris in closest contact with the student body, for he hires S l L.H.MORMS Business Manager acts as Treasurer of the Board of Regents. QUSIHQSS lVlllllLflGQl2 -QUDITGIZ l i Presiding in the college auditor's office is Mr. W. ,lj Auditor Baker, who has for some time successfully handled the money on this campus. Those first-of-the-term incidental fees are received in his office, as well as special fees col- lected from music students and those taking laboratory work. ln addition to collecting the various fees, he also acts as a disbursing and depositing agent for the school. All 1 N checks from the college l PAUL KEENE Assistant Auditor go through his office, and depart- mental funds are deposited there, along with funds of campus organi- zations. Mr. Baker makes a quar- terly financial report to both state and national officials, acts as Secre- tary of the Board of Regents, audits institutional and group accounts, is the administrator of staff retirement funds and the hospitalization plan, and handles other details relating to financial records of the college. the student help necessary to the ISABEL- BAYLESS Secretary successful operation of a school of this size. ln addition to the above duties Mr. Morris W. I. BAKER DR. RICHARD R. XJ Guidance Dir guidance p charge of t of Naval P enlisted cl, Associatior Welfare V VQ A bus Office, a d advisement protect the lAMES B. ll Veteran's P

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Q years, has He was l946, and 'ies as the ervice, the it service, a, and the ze, Kansas, five years. iall, Butler, 2 school at ary grades school at zation, and ork at the ship of the BY HILLS Secretary DQllll Oli LUCDMQH Since l92O the office of the Dean of Women has been in the capable hands of Dean Bertha Wells. Her tasks have multiplied as the years pass, until now she not only is the women students' advisor, but also is in charge of social affairs on the campus, advises students in their search for rooms, assigns lockers and distributes locker keys, and conducts an increasingly larger lost and found department in her office. A A DEAN BERTHA WELLS Perhaps the most difficult of her duties is the VIRGINIA POTTS Secretary to the Dean supervision of social affairs, which includes assign- ing rooms for meetings, keeping of an accurate date book of social activities, and chaperoning the formal dances given by the social organizations. Miss Wells handles all these problems with dis- patch, and helps immeasurably in the smooth run- ning of school activities. Dean Wells is from north Missouri, attended Kirksville High School, and received her A. B. from Drury in l9l5. She taught Creek and Latin in Lamar High School before coming here to teach languages. I5

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SABEL- BAYLESS The most recent department established at SMS is the Division of Testing and Guidance, under the direction of Dr. Richard Wilkinson, Professor of Psychology. Freshman aptitude tests are con- ducted by this department, as well as professional aptitude and vocational guidance tests. This divi- sion is responsible for coordinating both the college- wide program of testing, counseling, and the pro- gram of guidance of the student's occupational, DR. RlCHARD R. WILKINSON Guidance Director S t educational, or personality adjustment. i ecre ary Dr. Wilkinson joined the faculty in l939, just , , , , KATHLEEN BROWN after receiving his Ph. D. in psychology from the Secretary Ohio State University. He established a freshman . guidance program at SMS in l94O. During his three years of naval duty, he served as officer-in- charge of the Navy's school for training enlisted interviewers. Later he spent one year in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D. C., in charge of inservice training throughout the Navy for all f enlisted classification personnel. Dr. Wilkinson is an associate of the American Psychological n O la Association, a member of the Missouri Psychological Association, and a consultant for the Child Moms Welfare Worker, Greene County. ' ' I l l I . A busy man on the campus is Mr. james B. lnmon, who labors daily in the Veteran's Advisement Office, a division of the Department of Guidance and Testing. The college maintains this office for advisement and guidance of student veterans primarily for three reasons: to help the veterans, to protect the interests of the college, and to serve as a coordinating service between veterans, college, and the Veteran's Administration. The assist- ance to veterans in this department is primarily in the field of advisement for immediate and personal problems. Problems that protect the rights and entitlements of veterans and their dependents are numerous. Typical problems - JAMES B. INMON Veteran's Advisor handled by this department are proper enroll- ment procedures, subsistence adjustments, allotments for dependents, right and entitle- ments under Public Laws l6 and 346, change s of vocational objective, and transfers in train- ing. . l7 FRANCES VANATTA Secretary