Ohio Wesleyan University - Le Bijou Yearbook (Delaware, OH)

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LEFT TO RIGHT: England, Anderson, Meredith, Taylor, Aiken, Ramsey, Beal, HLUIIIIII STHFF Having been removed from its previous combination with the New Student Office, the Alumni Campaign Office has been reorganized separately this year cmd now functions as an independent university organization. The main task confronting the Alumni staff at the present is preparing for the coming Centennial. lim McKinnie, returning to his Alma Mater after an absence of several years, has been working throughout the state organizing Alumni associations for the most import- ant phase of the celebration, the financial aspect. Turning to another part of the work of the office, we find Miss Mary Ramsey, editor of the Ohio Wesleyan Magazine. Published six times yearly, this publication is a true mir- ror of alumni activity. For her able assistant, she has Mrs. Bessie Beal. Mrs. Beal compiles complete records of the activities of each alumnus, and, through correspondence with alumni and alumni clubs, assists in arranging class reunions and alumni functions, ln the more routine phase of the work of the office, Miss Christena Aiken is in charge of all the mailing. She fills an exceptionally responsible position, for all contact with the alumni must be made through her. Assisting her is Mrs. Betty Anderson, record clerk, who keeps all records of alumni up-to-date. Mrs. Lura Meredith, secretary of the Cam- paign Office, has charge of the Alumni Fund, which is now concentrated in the Centennial Fund. It is therefore easily seen that the newly-created Alumni Campaign Office performs a very necessary function in the administration of the university, for successful contacts with the alumni are imperative if the school is to survive. The office takes care of this func- tion in a very efficient manner.

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Blydenburgh, Weeks, Kemp, Pe-rley, Gillespie. DEPFIRTITIEIIT UF HEFILTH The Health Department at Ohio Wesleyan carries on four main types of service, each of which contributes directly to the physical welfare of the student body.. First, the department endeavors to prevent illness by requiring complete physical examinations of all new students. These examinations occasionally result in the discov- ery of a malady of which the student is totally unaware. Consequently, treatment may be started which will correct the difficulty and prevent possibly tragic results. Second, the department maintains, on the first floor of Edgar Hall, a Student Health Service which attends to minor treatments that do not require hospitalization. This service provides adequate means for students to secure medical aid at any time during the day. Thus, illness is often caught in time. Third, the fully equipped Student Hospital provides complete facilities for the treat- ment of disease. It employs a staff of registered nurses and also has the full time service of the school physician at its disposal. Each student is entitled to ten days' free hospital- ization per year. And finally, the Health Department exerts a great deal of effort in an earnest attempt to improve the environment in which the students live. Yearly examinations of all persons employed in the preparation of food in the dormitories and an annual inspection of all rooms offered to students for rent constitute the chief activities of this phase of the depart- ment's Work. The Health Service, under the direction of Dr. G. T. Blydenburgh, demonstrated its ability to cope with emergencies during the flu epidemic in lanuary. Hospitalization facili- ties were excessively burdened, but the situation was handled exceedingly Well.

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IIELU STUDEIIT OFFICE Interpreting Ohio Wesleyan to students planning to enter college is the business of the New Student Office, which is located in Edgar Hall. Students are recommended by alumni, by present students, and by many persons who know Ohio Wesleyan and who think this is the college in which these students should further their education. Several hundred high schools are visited each year by Herman M. Shipps, director of new student work, by Mildred Alcott, and by William Lacy. Each of these three persons is assigned a definite territory and be- comes acquainted with principals and teachers in his area. The Century Club, made up of students acting on the advice of Miss Alcott, suggests likely prospects and calls upon many of them in their homes. On High School Day the Century Club entertains the prospective students, showing them around the campus and giving them an idea of what Ohio Wesleyan is like. Fraternities also play an important part in choosing students for Ohio Wesleyan, and Mr. Lacy works with them in this service. More than 200 students are legacies. Mr. Shipps, who became alumni secretary in 1921 and who knows many alumni personally, is responsible for alumni contacts. He Works with alumni groups in creating interest in high school students for Ohio Wesleyan. About three thousand students receive information from the college during the year. Marge Bittner and Ruth Williams have the job of writing the letters, along with keeping records and doing other office work. A new departure this year is Campus Echoes, an occasional bulletin prepared by Gerald Young, pub- licity director, and distributed by the New Student Office to give campus news to prospective students. The effectiveness of new student work is seen in the fact that there has been some increase in the student body in each of the past five years, with an increase of 182, in the present freshman class over that of last year. This rise is much more significant when compared with the change in enrollment in other liberal arts colleges of this state, in many of which the enrollment has decreased. LEFT TO RIGHT: Lacy, Williams, Shipps, Bittner, Alcott.