Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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HCUSING H T-he Department of thousmg was established by Me Board of Trustees on f arch 25, 1949, to provide Ol' the efficient operation of the greatly increased on- Fqmpus residence hall facil- ities, Since the end of the war, C0mpletion of Simmons Hall l and McElwain Hall resi- dence buildings for women, RUSSELL E. CLARK find new quarters for men LV: Pollock Circle and Nittany Dormitories in- tisglsicd the College-operated living accommoda- the Swor students by approximately 300fKQ. When I est Dormitories for freshman men are com- p eled, the campus accommodations for both men and Women students will total about 5,400. The Operation of Eastview Terrace for married gfgguate -students and faculty members and Wind- th , I 'f 0llQl' community for married veterans and Helffamilies, is also handled by the Director of Ousrng, Director PURCHASING AGENT Purchasing of equip- ment, supplies, and services required in the operation of the College is the responsi- bility of the Purchasing Agent. Each year more than l00 departments or divisions, op- erating under 850 budgets, Purchasing Agent write 50,000 requisitions for any one or more of l00,000 Gm S used on the campus. Purchases ount to about S4,000,000 annually. HAROLD W. LOMAN different item ite MQW requisitions are filled from the 2,500 b ms kept In general stock. Other items must be ought 'l:l'OfT'1 Q Dproved vendors. Choceflfralized procurement makes quantity pur- GdvZeS possible, and enables the College to take mage Of quantity discounts. The Purchasing Agent also supervises the opera- mUl'flQI'0ph department and the campus mall Service EO0D SERVICE Today, more than four times as many students as in pre-war days eat in campus dining halls. To make possible the ef- ficient planning, prepara- tion, and serving of whole- some meals to nearly 4,000 men and women students, the Board of Trustees on March 25, l949, established Nl -PRED A' BAKER the Department of Food Service. Center of the food service program is the Food Stores Building, opened last September. The new organization makes it possible to centralize the buying of all foods which are received and stored in the Food Stores Building and from there supplied to unit kitchens. Baking and meat cutting also are handled in the Food Stores Building. Menus, planned by a committee of dining hall supervisors, take into account the different nutri- tional requirements of men and women students. Food is prepared according to tested recipes. Director PERSCNNEL SERVICES The rapidly growing faculty and staff and the greatly expanded program of benefits for employees of the College caused the Board of Trustees to estab- lish the Department of Per- sonnel Services in October l949. This department was set up to improve employee relations and to offer Dimcfo, through a central office ser- vices formerly handled by a number of offices and persons. There are five divisions. The Security Benefits Division handles retire- ment, life insurance, and group hospitalization. The Employment Division maintains a central em- ployment office where people seeking employment are interviewed and departments needing help place requests. The Safety Division administers the College-wide safety program and Workmen's Compensation ln- surance program. The Personnel Records Division maintains detailed personnel records. The Job Classification Division classifies and evaluates clerical, technical, maintenance, and service positions. FRANK F. MORRIS

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S. K. HOSTETTER Assistant to the President in Charge of Business and Finance, Treasurer ASSISTANT T0 The business af- fairs of the College are handled by the office of the Assist- ant to the President in Charge of Busi- ness and Finance and its six depart- ments-Accounting, Purchasing, Physical Plant, Food Service, Housing, and Personnel Services. The Office of the Assistant to the President in Charge of Business and Finance was established in l935. lt also includes the duties of the Treasurer of the College. ACCOUNTING The Executive Account- ant is responsible for the organization and operation of all College accounting procedure and personnel, central and departmental, the preparation of financial reports and statistics, the periodic audits of depart- mental operations, and the administration of all ac- counting routine. CARL R. BARNES Executive Accountant Work of the Accounting Administration is car- ried out through the Bursar, Property Inventory, and Auditing Departments, and Accounting Opera- tions. The Bursar handles collection and payment of all student accounts, as well as other collections and disbursements. Equipment records, building ap- praisal, and salvage and surplus are the work of Property Inventory, while the cost department is a division of Auditing. Accounting Operations include the work of the tabulating, payroll, and bookkeeping departments, the fee assessor, and the veterans' co-ordinator. THE PRESIDE T Three of the departments reporting to this of-- fice were established during the past year: Food Service, Housing, and Personnel Services. The expansion of residence hall and dining hall facilities during the post-war years and the estab- lishment of a faculty and graduate student housing area, Eastview Terrace, prompted the establishment of the Department of Food Service and the Depart- ment of Housing. The Department of Personnel Services was set up to handle the expanded program of benefits for College employees and to serve the interests of the enlarged staff which has resulted from a growing student enrollment. PHYSICAL PLANT The Department of Phy- sical Plant is concerned with the maintenance and im- provement of buildings and grounds on the main campus and at Extension Centers as well as the addition to the physical facilities of the College. Maintenance and im- provement work is conduct- Director ed through the divisions of building maintenance and operation, landscape construction and main- tenance, and utilities. GEORGE W. EBERT The supervision of the work of janitors, carpen- ters, painters, and the campus patrol, as well as the maintenance of lawns, trees, shrubs, walks, athletic and recreation areas, and farm property are among the many functions of this Department. Other functions include supervision of Plant Extension, operation of the Power Plant, distribu- tion of electricity and heat, and the operation of sewage lines and the telephone system.

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The need for the co-ordination of all student activities outside the class- room prompted the Board of Trustees to establish on Assistant to the President in Charge of Student Affairs March 25' the WILMER E. KENWORTHY Office of the Assist- ant to the President in Charge of Student Affairs. Wilmer E. Kenworthy, executive secretary to the President, was named to the new position. Developed as a parallel organization to Business and Finance, Extension, and Resident Instruction, the new Office advises and assists the President in administering student affairs, other than curricular and financial. DE 0EE . The Office of the Dean of Men co-ordinates several agencies which contribute to the welfare of all men stu- dents. lt functions to link all supplemental activities with curricular matters to help produce a well-rounded individual. One of the basic duties Dean 0fMf-'f' of the Office is to counsel groups or individuals. A resident counselling pro- gram, which extends to Nittany Dormitories, Pollock Circle, West Dormitories, and Windcrest, was started last Fall. HAROLD K. WILSON Other principal activities of the Office include housing of all men students, contributing to the welfare of fraternities and the Association of Inde- pendent Men, assisting men students in financial matters, counselling student government groups, providing class excuses, other than medical, and administering disciplinary measures. ln this mat- ter, the Office is striving toward a preventive rather than a corrective ideal. ASSISTANT T0 THE PRE IDE T S The Assistant to the President in Charge of Student Affairs also serves as liaison between the President and such agencies as the Dean of Men, Dean of Women, College Placement Service, Coun- sellor of Veterans and Foreign Students, the Health Service, Chaplain, Associated Student Activities and Student Union. He assists these departments in performing their duties. Another activity of the new Office is the assist- ing of departments or divisions of the college in developing educational programs outside the class- room. The establishment of the Office of the Assistant to the President in Charge of Student Affairs re- flects the interest of the College in maintaining ci well-rounded program for all students. Participa- tion in student activities, as well as work in the laboratory and classroom, are considered an im- portant part of a college education. DEAN 0F WlllVlE The Office of the Dean of Women co-ordinates the various phases of campus life to produce o wholesome collegiate environment for the 2200 undergraduate wo- men students enrolled at the College. The principal functions of PEARL O. WESTON the Office are the counsel- Dean of Women ling of women students, guiding those in transition from one school to an- other, and representing the interests of the women students in an administrative capacity. Among the other activities of the Office are the assignment of rooms in the residence halls for women and the advising of various women's organi- zations, including Mortar Board, Panhellenic Coun- cil, Leonides, Cwens, and Chimes. The Office also assists the women students in conducting the affairs of their student government organizations.