Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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Under the sympathetic guidance of the student coordinators an attempt was made to place each student in a job suited to his ability and needs and to provide a variety of work experience for those who wish it. Although the work requirement has been raised from twelve to fifteen hours a week, the shortage of man-power has made a considerable difference. The M.L.F. (Men’s Utility Force), the traditional general force, under Paul Riggs and later Harold Smith, has clone its best to fill the gap. But to do the work for which there were not enough men a new organization, the W.U.F. (Women’s Ltility Force), was established with Gladys Hart as foreman. Cynthia Shoens, Barbara Owens, Edna Wade, and Alice McConaughy donned coveralls and undertook such jobs as plumbing, rebuilding chairs, repairing doors, packing books for shipment, and operating machines in the carpenter shop. Don Van Devander of the carpenter force, Clyde McMasters, service department head, and many others deserve credit for their part in the w T ork supervision. 29

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She St cic e c, rew Mary Slabotsky and Bob Taylor, student co-ordinators of the in¬ dustrial department. For the first time in the history of Park College, the supervision of the industrial work system has been completely under the management of students. At the first of the year Bob Taylor and Mary Slabotsky were given the title of student coordinators and with the assistance of Alice Niemann and Stanley Houston and with advice from President Young and Professor Knight have made this innovation successful. Here Gladys Hart is using a hose on Herr House windows and sidewalk to make it ready for Open House. 28

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Dlie Sc uppor The Juniors The junior class opened the social season of the year with the first all-school party, “The Witches’ Bid,” under the guidance of President John Burton, Vice-President Paul Riggs, and Secretary Anna Stanhagen. Along leadership lines the juniors are second to none with Walt Silvernail as head of the M.S.G.A. and Ruth Rinehart and Clyde McMasters on the Student Council. Bruce Anderson and Jody Montaldo brought honors in public speaking, and we point with pride to Velma Jean Helms, Eloise Todd, Peggy Shedd, Stephen Griswold, Clyde McMasters, George Sywassink, and Bill Thede on the athletic field. Juniors also have been active on the college publications. Commendable work on the Stylus has been done by David Black, Bruce Anderson, Alison Smith, Marjorie Rosay, and Valjean Wiley. Narva co-editors, Hugh Broadley and Jack Mooney, were both sup¬ plied by the junior class with Jean Brown taking over second semester. The Sophomores These are the students who have reached the half-way mark of their college days. It is the year which the freshman antici¬ pates and the year which the juniors look back upon. Th is class has contributed much in campus activities. In men ' s athletics there are such stars as Evans North, Sheldon Houts, Hank Masuda, Jim Teener, Abe Dohi and Art Kamitsuka. Out¬ standing among the girls are Audrey Wiggins, Ann Gilchrist, Gladys Hart, Margaret Jacobs, Sunny Burton, Dorothy Wiley and Carol Shedd. Neither is the class lacking in executive ability. It was represented in the W.S.G.A. by Ruth Jones and Ruth Holden and in the “Y” by Howard Wallace, Ruth Holden, Don Airey and Betty Ann Meyers. Four sophomores, Audrey Berlin, Evans North, John Swearingin and Wilda Osborn, have laeen particularly out¬ standing in music. The officers of the sophomore class are Howard Wallace, president; Virginia Reif, vice-president; Ruth Holden, secretary, and Jim Teener, treasurer. Wallace Reif Holden Teener Burton Riggs Stanhagen 30