Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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DEAN OF 'WOMEN ,,,, ., ., y . -Q . if .JZ n the Dean of Women's office the practice of calling coeds on the carpet has long been aban- doned. lnstead, our Dean of Women, Dorothy C. Stratton, is striving to make it possible for each coed to obtain the most from her college education in her scholarship, her social life, and her extra-curricula. ln counseling the coeds of Purdue and in helping them make the necessary adjustments, she is ably assisted by Miss Clare E. Coolidge, Assistant Dean of Women. Also aiding Dean Stratton is Miss Ruth Houghton, Director of the Placement Service for Women. Dean Stratton was graduated from Ottawa University with a B.A. degree and obtained her mas- ter's degree from the University of Chicago. After having received her Ph.D. from Columbia, she was honored in june, l938, by an LL.D. from her alma mater. Actively interested in benefiting coeds, Dean Stratton helped with the organization of the new sci- ence option for freshmen women. She also organized plans for the Contemporary Culture and Vocational Guidance Conferences which are held in alternate years. Because of her personal interest in campus activities and benefits that coeds derive from them, she sponsors Cold Peppers, Mortar Board, W.S.C.A., Pan-Hellenic Council, and Y.W.C.A. Dean Stratton is on campus both winter and summer, Last summer her major project was a train- ing school for house mothers who came from thirty- eight campuses to obtain information about house management, student personality adjustments, indi- vidual counseling, and methods by which the intellect may be stimulated. During the rare occasions when Dean Stratton can close her desk and get away from it all she enjoys golfing, traveling, and observing people. 23

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