Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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FERA and Student Jobs The FERA is designed for students who. without its help, would be unable to continue their education, and con- sists of allotted sums paying up to $20 a month for each individual, the max- imum amount to be earned being $150 a year. This plan is supervised by federal men in each state. The sum al- lotted to each college amounts to 5% of the student enrollment. Thus for Ripon it allows for the employment of about 36 people. The fund is adminis- tered in each institution by its presi- dent. and only those in actual need are considered for em- ployment, an investi- gation being made into the financail sta- tus of the applicant. The institution itself does not receive any specific benefit from this fund and no reg- ular employee can be displaced by an FERA worker. The type of work is termed as that which is ‘socially desirable. The fol lowing are some of the projects included under the FERA: Histories of insti- tioiis. Biographies of fac- ulty members. Social center research. Laboratory research. Tutoring Indexing and filing. Stenography. Recreation. Adult education. Social service. Tree surgery. Community planning, etc. Theoretically, it is fine, and in most The ranutil labor siilt of FF.R.l cases it has worked out admirably. One weakness, however, in the case of some of the incoming freshmen, is that they have not had enough experience and do not know how to work under their own initiative. I Ienee they must be carefully guided and their work over seen. The following is a statement from Coach Carl H. Doehling who is in charge of the FERA in Ripon College. “The plan at Ripon worked out satis- factorily, although the same diffcultics have presented themselves Here as in national PWA and CWA work, in w h i c h workers themselves did not feel it necessary to extend their greatest effort. In general, however, there has been a very consci- entious effort made by the majority. Without its help. I question whether at least fifty students could have attended Ripon this year, and I hope the plan will be continued.” One of the most important features of the work is that be- ing done in Lane Li- brary. Linder the di- rection of Miss Jose- phine Hargrave, librarian, issues of the College Days arc being indexed for reference work. Indexing and filing, and the mending of books, plus other duties in the library, has given work to numerous students. Many students are thus benefiting by the practical experience gained in the various departments, along with the financial aid that is derived. —15—

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Alumni To date. Ripen alumni have success- fully organized eight distinet Alumni organizations. The groups are as listed: Chicago Edward T. Pares, presi- dent. Other officers elected in a recent meeting, on January 31. to be exact, are: Secretary-treasurer. Miss Ruth Fehlandt. '28. Executive Committee: Trustee Wil- liam R. Dawes. ’84; Kenneth Falconer. 32: Edgar Raddant, '32. At this time fifty alumni, former stu- dents. and other friends of Ripon at- tended a dinner in honor of Dean Grace G. Goodrich in the Old Town Room of Hotel Sherman in Chicago. At the meeting following the dinner, it was moved and approved that the Ripon almuni group merge into a more inclusive ‘ Ripon-in-Chicago Club” which would take in not only gradu- ates. but also ex-students, trustees, and parents of present and past students and former residents of Ripon. T h c approximate membership of the or- ganization before merg- ing into the new club was sixty. The mem- bership now will no doubt increase in great numbers. Milwaukee Har- old Haun. president. Meetings are held frequently in Milwau- kee and the approxi- mate membership is one hundred and fifteen. Chippewa Valley Henry Christofferson. President. Kenosha - Racine David O. Jones. Presi dent. The last meeting of this unit was held at the home of President Jones at Racine Wednesday. January thirtieth. Special guests were Dean Goodrich, Dr. Mack T. Henderson, and trustee Dr. D. Ken drick Roberts. Lakeshore—Dorothy Zufeldt Mikal- afsky, President. Madison -Harold A. Engel. Presi- dent. Twin Cities Nellie Sanford New- comb. President. New York Rcinhold Gehner. Pres- ident. The New York group numbers about forty. Most of these organizations have a meeting at least once every years. The meetings are usually held in some one of the officer’s or member’s homes, and besides having a jolly reunion, they keep up the work of interesting high school students in their old Alma Ma- ter. Other than these eight alumni or- ganizations. many of our sororities and fraternities have alumni groups that meet and interest stu- dents in their particular houses. A publication, given the fitting name. The Ripon Alumnus,’ is is- sued in the months of January, March, June, and October of each year by the Ripon Col- lege Alumni Associa- tion. The editor is Clemens E. Lueck, ’2 3. Association officers arc President. Howard 13. Temine. Racine: vice president, Mrs. M. L. Aldridge, Stoughton; treasurer, Harry A Cody, 33. Ripon. and secretary, Clarence G. Busse, 29, Green Lake. —14—

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News Service Lueck The Ripon College News Bureau was organized by Theodore Bra me Id '26, and Rein hold Gehncr 30 for the purpose of making the citizens of Wis- consin and the middle-west Ripon Conscious ' It endeavors to keep the entire state of Wisconsin informed as to what is going on at Ripon College: to make prospective students interest- ed in Ripon College: and to cooperate with state newspapers in the role of a clearing house for college informaton. All questions of policy are decided by an informal committee composed of President Evans representing the trus- tees. Carl 11. Doehling representing the faculty, and myself representing the news bureaus ' stated Clemens E. Lueck when questioned concerning the officials of the bureau. Margaret So- berg. Pi Delta Omega, holds the posi- tion of assistant to Mr. Lueck, acting as a reporter of all news events on the campus. 'Pile bureau is supported by a fund voted for that purpose by the trustees. Miss Soberg in her contact with both the student body activities and with the news bureau has been able to ob tain and send to the leading newspa- pers throughout the state stories of lo cal interest. Respective Wisconsin papers are informed when a boy or girl from their towns are outstanding in some field or are selected to an office. Elections and achievements of major importance are sent to the metropoli- tan papers of Milwaukee and Chicago as well as the smaller publications in the state. Because of their great ad- vertising value, pictures of the Prom King and Queen, cadet officers, and other individuals who are particularly outstanding in their field are sent to the Milwaukee and Chicago papers. The news bureau also follows facul- ty members and the debate and orato- rical contestants in their trips in Wis- consin. On the coming of a speaker from the college to a town, the local paper is furnished with his picture and a short resume of his life and achieve- ments. This preparation for the speech to follow has done much to advertise Ripon College. In addition to these various services the bureau maintains a large athletic- program. At least once a week one general story is sent to 80 state papers. This story contains a summary of the previous game and a forecast for the following Saturday. Three or four times a week a larger story is sent to Milwaukee and Chicago. Associated Press, and United News Service. At each game an effort is made to bring a reporter from a large paper to report the game. These reporters are assist- ed by Mr. Lueck who. in the absence of a reporter, writes up the game not only for Chicago and Milwaukee pa- pers. but for the Associated Press and the LInited News Service. One of the most important functions of the Ripon College News Bureau is to serve as a clearing house for infor- mation. Editors do not take just any article, so different styles of writing must be used in the articles sent to the various papers. A constant service is furnished to editors seeking informa- tion concerning activities of the stu- dents from their towns who are at col- lege. Much information is sent to the society editor of the Milwaukee Journal pertaining to social activities of the Milwaukee and suburban students.