Plymouth State University - Conning Tower Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

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Muriel Young, Secretary: Faye I. Gibbs, Registrar; Beverly Boyden, Secretary. ADMINISTRATION Lena B. Mickey, Account Clerk; Arthur F. Hanson, Business Administrator; Hildergarde C. Brown, Bursar; Mary M Plummer, Admin. Asst, for Business.

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS There have been gradual changes occuring in the administration of Plymouth especially during the last decade. In the early fifties, there were fewer people working as administrative assistants so that each person did whatever had to he done. As time went on there has developed a greater degree of specialization, but the attitude of co-operation still prevails. Nurses E. Louise Jordan. R.N.: Eleanor R. Elliot, R.N. Faith Clough. Receptionist; Bertha F.. Klose, Secretary to the President. Housemothers — Chrutcle B. Aldrich; Emily Avery; Georgia M. Bannister; Absent when picture was taken: Mildred Hand. Bookstore Emily Bartlett, Manager; Marian Librarians — Thelma F.. Bedell; Lois C. Everts; Pugh. Assistant. Katherine Perdue; Enid Williams. 9

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FACULTY Russell House had its beginning as the residence of Moor Russell and his family. Born in Litchfield, N.H., in 1757, he became well-known for his ability in business affairs. The original house, said to have been built in 1797, is now the living room, but the large fireplace has been preserved with a brick oven, as well as a device for heating water which consists of a firebox connected with the chimney by a flue and above this an iron kettle surrounded by a wall of brick. Between 1820 and 1825, the house was enlarged to a two-story brick structure. The foundations in the cellar under the fireplaces and the queen post frame in the attic also represented original workmanship. There is also an unsupported staircase, one of the few in northern New Hampshire. It was built by specialists, and, according to folklore, if the bill had been paid at once, the builder would have inserted an ivory disk in the top of the newel post. Such a disk exists in the staircase at Russell House. The fireplace, mantels, and the inside shutters of New England design have remained unchanged ever since the State purchased this house in 1925 to provide accommodations for approximately thirty women students. Russell House