Radford University - Beehive Yearbook (Radford, VA)

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Dr. Moffett and friends at Cricket Hearth College’s First and Only Dean Sees Last Class of Girls (from a Roanoke Times article of Sept., 1961) Dr. MX edge Moffett is a living institution. For thousands, she is an unchanging symbol of campus days at Radford College. As Dean of Women, Dr. Moffett has guided, directed, and counseled hordes of unsure freshmen and overworked seniors from the first days of the college in 1913. This week, for the 49th time, she watched the stream of fresh-faced students pour onto the campus as Orientation Week began. These young women in sneakers and pleated skirts look little like the first student body at Radford, but like their predecessors, they will seek out Dr. Moffett for answers to their questions. They will be the last to benefit by the deans wit and wisdom. In June, she will retire. Dr. Moffett has been many things to Radford College. In the early years, she directed the home economics department . . . teaching her charges the fine points of sewing, cooking, and home care. She handled purchasing and food service for the 180 students and 15 faculty members. In 1920, she became the first woman dean in the state. There was little to see at Radford when Dr. Moffett l cgan her career, only Founders Hall, some resident houses, and 33 acres of land. Through the past 48 sessions, she has witnessed the transformation to a handsome campus with 16 buildings on 70 acres. As unofficial historian, she has kept, collected, ami written tin story of the college’s growth from a two-year state normal school to today’s fully accredited senior college with 1,600 students and 100 faculty members. She has seen the part-time graduate school and a nursing program for aspirants at Radford and Pulaski hospitals. Born in Cincinnati in 1892, Dr. Moffett grew up in Lexington and received her B.S., M.A. and Ph D. degrees from Columbia University, where she was a charter inemlnrr of Kappa Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi. Always active in the education field, she was formerly a director of the Virginia Education Association, and president of the Virginia Horne Economics Association. Noted for her wit and warmness, Dr. Moffett lives alone in her Radford home, and keeps on the go in her 1961 black sedan. Other people and places still fascinate her, too. and last year she toured Europe and the Near East by jet, her favorite type of travel. Looking today at her school of girls. Dr. Moffett speaks with noticeable pride. “The college is a very definite part of the Radford Community,'' she says, “and that’s not true of all col- by Norma Vecellio of the Roonvkc Times 8

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION 11 CLASSES 33 ORGANIZATIONS 115 FEATURES 161 SENIOR DIRECTORY 181 7

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Roanoke Timex Photo by John Cook Dean Moffi tt helps a freshman with her Orientation Week button. 'Dr. Moffett has guided, directed, and counseled hordes of unsure- freshmen. Roanoke Times Photo by John Cook