Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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I love communications as a whole, and I love the kids. They're really great. Kids are marvelous. That's what Rose Hlatky has to say about her job as a Rider switchboard operator. Since Rose started work here six years ago, facilities have almost doubled and the switchboard has had to expand. There are now two operators during the day when it is the busiest and one at night until 11. How- ever, calls can come in and out of the school 24 hours a day. I like it here, Rose says, lt's a nice organization, and I have a nice board. So much work is being done by telephone these days instead of by letter. lt is because of this that Rose and the other operators have to frequently turn students down for personal calls. There are 360 phones and only 10 trunk lines, six for incoming calls and four for out-going calls. All long distance calls leaving the College and all the calls coming in have to go through the switchboard. We're busy people, Rose says. We take in 700 or 800 calls a day. There are student relief operators, though, who come in on break periods and Saturdays and Sundays. lt's amazing how well they do with no previous ex- perience, Rose said confidently. The one thing that surprises Rose is the amount of in- formation she has to know. You get hundreds of differ- ent questions, she added. Prior to her work at Rider, Rose worked part-time in a hospital at the switchboard. Someone there told her about the job being offered at Rider. l didn't think they'd accept me because I had six children, but they did. Two of Rose's daughters attend Rider now. They're twins and both commute presently from their home in Levittown, Pennsylvania. Maria, one of the twins, be- longs to Zeta Tau Alpha and hopes to eventually live on campus. Angela is the other twin. Besides the pair, Rose has four boys: Mark, who attends Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Joseph and Greg, both in high school, and Chris, who is in the sixth grade. l enjoy my kids. They're great fun. When she's not working or spending time with the kids, Rose likes to hook rugs, embroider and read Cher favorite hobby.J And there's always Shanon, the Hlatky's Irish setter. She doesn't go to school. She even flunked out of obedience school. ei 1 375-Qfrq-xlctf-YSTSZQSJJSA 'X NXSws .. Nb1:33f.ig1:1.,?g 'F -, i-F. . ' 311 Kfgtihififlftiil K .Ah -1,-.-A . - i '. . - xxXF,-3 .six-H -.X - ir: .:mX-Qlsxx-'AL-bs .1 . as :-'X ' -P,.gi-skew... 134 1 E

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Sara Radin 0 V-sq You hand over your check to that smiling lady behind the counter and she in turn hands you some nice green bills. If you return again the following week, chances are you'll be called by your first name. I remember their names and faces once I come in contact with them. Students are surprised. This charming individual can be found in the Bursar's Office in the person of Sara Fladin. Sara is interested in the students. I like to con- gratulate the students and encourage them if they do something newsworthy. Attending student affairs on campus is one of Sara's pastimes, along with gardening and traveling. Originally from central Pennsylvania, she returns home frequently to see the mountains. Now Sara lives outside Langhorne, and drives 40 miles a day to work, so you know I like it. The one objection Sara has to her job now is the fact '19 X 4 K -aff fs: friir'-3,1 . H- ARS E .0 - ' '33': ' -4 .- ' ', .'.'i',, . ,- 5. gV.,, .-c' . EI 'E 11 T I 1 .-.... that she's confined to do most of her work in the back office. I miss the contact with the students, she com- mented sadly. Her work in the back consists mostly of banking and cashiering. She takes care of veteran billing, forms and accounts and tries to help them when they need help. She also writes mail, helps at the counter when she is needed, and assists the girls in the back office when necessary. I feel that I work with one of the finest groups of people on campus, Sara said smiling. We even pitch in and help each other when we're caught up with what we're doing. Sara feels that she has made friends here at Rider, and we agree with her. lt has enriched my life to be here. I hope that some day Fiider will be one of the fi- nest schools in the country. si 133

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Mary Nelson With the mop as her trademark, she goes diligently about her work. She's Mary Nelson, maid of Kroner C. I like working around people. That's why I do this kind of work, Mary stated. Mary has worked here for seven years, six of them for the Trenton Custodian Company. She's been in Kroner C for the last three. Mary is respected and Mary respects the students in return. l've never had any trouble or complaints since l've been here, she added proudly. Mary, who lived in Princeton most of her life, now makes her home in Trenton. Her husband, Warren, owns his own barber shop in Pennsylvania. The Nelson's have six children, three of which live in Connecticut, two in Trenton, and their youngest, Sherry fknown as Bunny 5, 14, lives at home. Bunny loves school and has graduated from the Barbizon School of Modeling. She eventually wants to be an executive secretary. There's a very good family relationship between the children and ourselves, she says. l've never had any trouble from any of my children. Aside from her duties as maid, wife and mother, Mary is also very active in church affairs. She is president of the Elite Usher Board at the Union Baptist Church in Trenton, as well as a deaconess. Her hobbies include reading, traveling and attending dinner dances and other social functions. Mary is loved there, the same as she is loved at Rider. To what does Mary attribute her success? I move along with the changes, so I have no trouble at all. When the students change, I change. SQ 135