Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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s. ' ean of Women Mary Yost, soft-spoken lady executive, has been at Stanford for twenty-five years, constantly working for the betterment of Stan- ford women. A Southerner from Virginia ' s Shenan- doah Valley, Miss Yost as a girl broke local tradition by going to a Northern college, Vassar. After com- pleting her college career, she became a member of the faculty at Wellesley, and later taught at Vassar and the University of Michigan. Then she answered the challenge of Stanford to come West. During her years at the Farm, Dean Mary has seen the old ratio disappear with the constantly increasing enrollment of women students, which culminated during the war ■ years with women in the outstanding student positions. She has met some of the problems presented by this - influx of women by providing, among other things, the most modern and finest residences. To answer the many questions about women in the world of today, Dean Yost has sponsored a vocational guidance pro- gram and an information service. Miss Yost ' s office in the Administration Building is visited by a continu- ous stream of alumnae who remember her with re- spect, and by students who come to her office with problems, requests, and ideas. In a less formal role she has greeted Freshmen each quarter, has guided them with informal talks at Roble, and has given con- structive criticism at innumerable committee meet- ings. Dean Mary retires at the end of this year from the post she has held so long and skillfully. We dedi- cate this 1946 Stanford Quad to Dean Mary Yost in sincere appreciation of a difficult job well done.