St Andrews Presbyterian College - Lamp and Shield / Bagpipe Yearbook (Laurinburg, NC)

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i«p «p mmmm IMi BUSINESS OFFICE The secret of the Business Office must be locked up in the safe or protected under the fives in the cash drawer. No matter where they keep it or what it is, they have something down there that makes the place a nut house. Those people are crazy! They laugh and goof around as if money weren ' t a serious thing. But the heat comes on each morning and the tax man hasn ' t closed the school down yet, so one can suppose everything is in good hands in tuition land. Lindsay Thomas is head banker, and he runs around campus smil- ing like he just got enough money to pay the mortgage. His assistant treasurer, Bob Chaiken, dances around the nets like he didn ' t have a care in the world. And the girls — you ' d think that every work day was a bridge party. Miss Hunt, Miss Becky Perkins (276-2476), Mrs. Tesmer, Mrs. Matthews, and the hilariously koo-koo Jewel Peacock shuffle the cash-on-hand around like cards. You can ' t take it away from them — they ' re really a happy group. Almost reminds you of Robin Hood and his merry makers. Maybe that ' s the secret, they rob from the rich to give to the poor. But one look at the 70-71 tuition bill and you would know it ' s the other way around. At any rate, the Business Office does a great job, and with a smile, too. I mean, if you had all that money around, wouldn ' t you be kind of kooky, too? f ' ;- - M. Lindsay Thomas, Acting Business Managei JVNa.. N - Clifford S. Hewitt, Personnel Officer 22 Robert L. Chaiken, Assistant Treasurer 9iMMiia mmmiaM

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ADMISSIONS OFFICE Here ' s a student with 1550 on his SAT ' s, straight A ' s in high school, captain o f the football team, president of the senior class, active in both his church and the community, highest recommenda- tions, even has a crew cut. Says here he ' s applied to Princeton, Duke, Harvard, and St. Andrews. Of course we all sympathize with the difficulties our new Director of Admissions, Mr. Everett E. Gourley, Jr., puts up with. His secretary, Lalavae Simmons, provides recep- tion duties, correspondence, tran- quilizers, and a smile. Mary Wells McNeill, who is Financial Aid Offi- cer, plays a respective role in the Admissions game also. With the careful scrutiny of these people and the Admissions Committee, the various high school presidents are screened for admission according to the college ' s standards. Occa- sionally, one or two of the football captains are allowed to slip by, the Admissions Department feeling that that student might do better at Ohio State or Texas. Mr. Everett E. Gourley, Jr., Director of Admissions I iJHiii

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John W. Craig. Registrar REGISTRAR ' S OFFICE Last year Mr. Gross used to sit back in that private little office of his and have a good old time doing something. This year, that good old time has been turned over to the chuckling collector of transcripts. John W. Craig. With the able assis- tance of Mrs. Mary Parker and Miss Peggy Wade, the memory bank of the registrar ' s office collects all pertinent data about your academic endeavors. Leaving nothing out. those manila folders have your kindergarten grades on up to a record of your latest A P notice. Their efforts are not totally con- fined to students ' records. They also have the simple task of setting up those simple registration lines with the simple little IBM cards. Everybody is always excited about standing in registration line (re- minds you of Saturday matinees when you were a kid), and the reg- istrar is equally excited about those glorious days when his meager efforts at organization are employed. He skips through the lit- tle chore of setting up classes, times, and room numbers. Then he shuffles the little punch cards and files them away into the different courses of study. Finally, he pa- tiently listens to all the ridiculous squawks concerning math majors m music appreciation courses, etc. He then puts on his coat, loosens his tie, and proceeds home where he quietly commits suicide rather than return for another semester. It ' s no wonder they sit back there in that little office and chuckle the day away. Peggy M. Wade. Secretary 23