Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Dr. Mark Hllingson Hope H. Miller Alexander Booth Clark Union Counselor Ass't Publicity Director Mary Dotterrer William B. Cutler Residence Halls Office Manager Alfred Davis Publicity Director Alfred A. Johns Student Personnel Ada B. Vernon What would R.I.T. be like if these people did not exist? Well, first of all, no prospective student would ever receive the Institute catalog, application blank, or any other information that he might desire. But, of course, he would probably not write for these, because if the public relations staff did not exist, the prospective student probably would not have heard of R.I.T. in the first place. If the student-to-be should overcome these first dif- ficulties, he would still not find anyone here to register him. Perhaps he could register himself. Now. he asks, where do I live? There is no one to tell him; in fact, there is no one here to oversee any buildings for living or for studying. Well, maybe that's o.k.„ because he wasn’t sure that he was fitted for the particular course and field that he had been thinking about, and there The routine practice of typing up records is diligently carried out Checking a Veteran's record—only one of the many jobs of the in the main office Registrar’s office Eleven

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Faculty and Staff

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Lena Karker Laurence Lipsett Nurse Educational Research Howard A. Simmons Leo F, Smith Registrar Dean of Instruction Dr. Victor Murphy Physician Marion Steinmann Librarian James W. Wilson Educational Research Burton E. Stratton A Uttnni A ssocittlion Harry Rider, Jr. Buildings and Grounds William Toporcer Ass't to Registrar is no one here to give him counseling tests and advice. If the student could get along at R.LT. without all of the people mentioned so far, he might have a very inexpensive education, because there would be no one to assess and collect tuition. But, on the other hand, there would be no one to run the Institute’s financial affairs properly and to take care of the endowments that provide much of the student’s expenses, so perhaps his tuition would be twice as high—that is, of course, if there were someone to pay it to. In any event, tuition is disposed of. What is next? What does the student need to carry on his work? There would be no bookstore or purchasing depart- ment to get and distribute his supplies. Well, he can go to the library for his books, and—but there would be no library! That means no reading or writing assign- ments. That won’t make this R.LT. student sick—but it is good that it doesn't make him sick, because there would be no Medical department, no place to get his sick excuses. In short, without these people there would be no R.I.T.. for they are carrying on some of the forgotten, but necessary, functions that make the difference be- tween a smoothly operating educational plant and a heap of nothingness. They are the year-round support of much of the activity that is taken for granted. Each summer they conclude the business of the previous school year and begin work on the next. On Saturdays, when students and most of the rest of the faculty and staff have lied to the restful hills, some of these people stay around to prepare the Institute for another week of Education. Without the everyday, every week, every month and year services of the faculty and staff groups, the Insti- tute would indeed be a phantom ruin, not the bustling, warm, and efficient school that it is. Our two energetic Librarians restock the shelves with new and returned books T welve