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

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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.

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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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PUBLICITV DEPHRTIIIEIIT Mr. Young The Publicity Office is an independent university agency this year, having been created from the Alumni and New Student Office. Under the capable direction of Mr. Gerald W. Young, a newcomer to the Ohio Wes- l9Yan family, it has already proven its inestimable value to the school. Mr. Young was faced this year with the task of organizing the Publicity Office into an efficient, smooth-working machine, and he quickly demon- Strated his ability to fill his position. Already, the results of his work are apparent. The enrollment of the school has materially increased and the prospects for the future are bright. The main function of the Publicity Office is to make Ohio Wesleyan more widely and more favorably known. This is accomplished, at the present, mainly through stories and articles of interest about Wesleyan Students printed in home-town newspapers and in magazines. However, in the near future extensive develop- ment is planned in other fields. Echoes from the Ohio Wesleyan Campus, a booklet published under the supervision of Mr. Young, made its initial appearance last fall. It features many pictures and interesting items COVGUHQ every phase of campus life. Each issue is mailed to a large number of recommended high school students, and preliminary contacts with high schools are established in this way. The Publicity Office works hand in hand with the Alumni and New Student offices. Alumni constitute one of the chief sources for recommending prospective students: the New Student Office follows up the publicity giVG1'1 bythe Publicity Office. Also, an earnest attempt is made to make the Ohio Wesleyan faculty better known both to the faculties of other schools and to the public. Much of the present success that the Publicity Office is enjoying is due to the helpful cooperation of Charlotte Rosse, secretary: Nancy Oldfield, home-town editor: Len LeSourd, sports: and Sidney Rowlemd faculty. I AS the total result of the work of the Publicity Office, Ohio Wesleyan continues to attract the high type of student for which it has become so famous.