Monticello College - Echo Yearbook (Godfrey, IL)

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Academic Directors Page 22

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Dean of Students “Just a little bit of everything is Mrs. Florence Duree's job ot Monticello. As Dean v of Women, she is often colled upon to counsel students on personal problems ond she handles all decisions with o firm but friendly manner. Her office hos a steady streom of persons in ond out of it, and she manages to use her personal experiences to help the individual solve her own problem. Mrs. Duree is adviser to the Junior Class ond the Junior Committee, helping members to organize and plan for the George Washington Banquet and Ball. She also assists the Social Chairmen in planning monthly activity schedules, and serves as Student Council sponsor and organizes the sponsor-sponsee program. The generol housing program and consideration of Admissions Committee applications also keeps Mrs. Duree busy. Page 2 I Assistant to the President Dr. Gail E. Myers, Assistant to the President, was formerly Director of Publications at Colorado School of Mines. This year he fills the newly created office, assistant to the president, at Monticello. Responsible for general administrative procedure. Dr. Myers is constantly working in close cooperation with the President and other administrative officers to guide the policies of the college. He is in charge of the public relations program which includes such college publications os the viewbook and catalogue. Dr. Myers, in addition to shouldering these responsibilities, serves as acting president in the absence of Dr. Duncan Wimpress, and is the director of the development program, Monticello's Program for Progress. The special capacity Dr. Myers filled this year was that of Chairman of the Presidential Inauguration Committee. The numerous tasks which Dr. Myers hos accomplished this year have relieved the office of President of many detailed responsibilities, enabling a more efficient administrative operation. Mrs. Florence Duree, dean of students. Dr. Gail E. Myers, Assistant to the President.

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The academic life is Monticello's chief purpose. Her goal is to educate the individual and that goal can only be achieved through the concerted effort of the academic deans. In the College and Preparatory School Dean John Schweitzer and Miss Marguerite Little fill this capacity. Presiding over the college or preparatory school judiciol council or explaining the commencement to student marshalls, Dean John D. Schweitzer's every action is directed toward achieving the well-being of each faculty member and student. In his capacity as Dean of Faculty, Dean Schweitzer is responsible for the faculty, their employment and positions, and the student's academic work. If ever one finds the upstairs hall on the way to Alden Room nearly impassable due to the crowd of preps, there is no need to be alarmed. These girls are waiting to be next in the office of Miss Marguerite Little, Director of the Preparatory School. Miss Little, in addition to directing the preparatory school, a job requiring that she present the ultimate solution tc the problems of some one hundred and fifteen students, serves as academic dean and dean of students to the girls, and serves as a member of the college judicial council. She is concerned with the curriculum development and making certain it concurs with the regulations of the Illinois Department of Public Instruction. She is also involved in the employment of professionally prepared faculty members. Planning, guiding, and selecting the academic courses of Monticello's academic life, these personalities are a vital port of the character of the institution. Skillful and efficient Mrs. Robert Sweeney serves os f secretory to the Deans.