Portland State University - Viking Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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DEAN OF STUDENTS Portland State offers to its students, through academic divisions and stu- dent government, a complement of ac- tivities. Nearly all activities are wholly student promoted. Fine Arts Festival, Homecoming, Winter Carnival, and Anniversary Day are a few of these. Many others, musical offerings and dramatic productions, student publica- tions, debate and art presentations, are sponsored by the academic departments and various organizations. Organizations play a part in provid- ing extra-curricular and co-curricular outlets for the student body. Portland State hosts nearly 50 interests, reli- gious, service, and social groups. The college, through the Student Ac- tivities Office and the Associated Stu- dents, Welcomes additional groups, en- courages the increased student partici- pation in campus-related affairs. CHARLES W. BURSCH, ll Dean of Students

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DR. JEAN P. BLACK Librarian LIBRARY Portland State's Z-million-dollar library was formally dedicated October Z3 though its doors Were actually opened in January, 1960. Functional and modern in design, the library is operated on the open-shelf principle which al- lows the individual direct contact With the circula- tion books. The library is organized in three divisions: Ed- ucation, Science and Social Science, and Humani- ties, each with a specialist librarian to assist stu- dents and faculty. There are seven on the Techni- cal Processes staff, the unseen department respon- sible for securing, recording, and preparing the many varied materials circulated by the library. At the present time additions to the library's collection of nearly 64,000 volumes are averaging 1,000 a month. PSC's graduation classes have contributed to the equipment of the library. The Class of l957 presented a microfilm reader and the Class of l958 added a microcard reader. The handsome table- type exhibit case in the foyer was a gift of l959,s class.

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PLACEME T OFFICE DOUGLAS J. McQUAlG JOHN F. JENKINS Financial Aids Officer Director of Placement and Housing Portland State students take advantage of the many services and iobs offered by the Placement office. The Placement Office is of imme- diate importance to more of Portland State's commuting student body than are similar offices at' campus institu- tions. The large number of students who work and the greater number of jobs available in this metropolitan area combine to make Director John Jenkins' headquarters in Old Main somethingof a college traffic center. According to placement records, there were 1844 part-time jobs listed and 4028 students referred by the of- fice this school year. At the full-time level, there were 297 positions of- fered and 696 students referred. Establishment this spring of a new scholarships and financial aids office under Dr. James Caughlan is recogni- tion of the students' dilemma in a pe- riod of rising college costs. The of- fice which will be in operation next fall will combine information and help on student loans, particularly the expanding federal loans under the National Defense Education Actg state and private scholarships, and the foreign student program. 29