Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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v r l I l Mn. BARRY J. IIOLLOWAY To let the outside world know about Stephens Col- lege, about what it is doing and what it plans to do, is the work of the Department of Public Relations. Headed by Mr. Barry Holloway and equipped with a complete staff Working full time, this department gives Stephens much of the '6fame which it has acquired in recent years in magazines and the public press. Newspapers, magazines, and other publications are informed of new courses, new activities, new plans and ideas at Stephens. This year much time and attention has been devoted to the War-peace activities and the Stephens College Service Corps. The article which appeared this year in Vogue magazine was arranged for by the Public Relations Department. The reporter was Miss MOISELLE BABTLETT Miss RUTH FINLAY Miss ANNA MAY Fnmuzn W QLLLLZUVLJ invited to comeg he was assisted in securing pictures and becoming throughly acquainted with the college. Also Whenever a girl distinguishes herself on the Stephens campus, the news is reported by the Public Relations Department to her home paper. Committees of students from the Board of Publica- tions and from Stephens Life cooperate from time to time with the Department of Public Relations in evalu- ing the type of publicity which the college receives. Committees of students also assist in entertaining visiting Writers and other guests. Page 22

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fpnhgcalfiond The Director of Publications at Stephens College is Dr. Roy Ivan J ohnson, who is also associated with the program of educational research. The Office of Publi- cations is charged with the responsibility for supervising and issuing four general types of publications: C11 stu- dent publications such as the Stephens Standard, Within the Ivy, Stephensophia, and Stephens Lifeg Q23 official college publications which contain educational infor- mation of interest to prospective patrons and educators, such as the catalogue, special issues of the Stephens College Bulletin, and the Stephens College News Reporter: C31 occasional special purpose bulletins and announce- ments required by the administration for general fac- ulty and student information, C40 purely professional publications, including books, educational monographs, and magazine articles. This last aspect of the publica- tions program contemplates the release in the near future of books and monographs setting forth the back- ground of the Stephens, plan of general education and its development of such aspects of the program as the Research Department, the Humanities Course, Train- ing in Communications, Marriage Education, Clinical Techniques in Education, and Training for Citizenship. The latest periodical venture of the Publications Office is the monthly Stephens College News Reporter, which has a circulation of l2,000. The publications of a college, says Dr. Johnson, are the face which it shows to the public. The im- portance of clear and accurate information, the im- portance of appearance and style of expression cannot be overestimated. The quality of the college publica- tions should reflect the quality of the institutionf' DR. Rov IvAN J oHNsoN Assistant to the Director of Publications is Mrs. Mary McRoberts. Other members of the stall' who have assumed sponsorship or who lend assistance in the preparation of materials are Eugene F. Irey CSlephen- sophiaj, Russel G. Fowler tBoard of Publications and llfithin the Ivyj, Wal'ter E. Suft tStephens Lifej, Miss Jean Bailey tStudent Anthology of Creative Vlfritingj, and Hugh McCammon. Also assisting as co-editors of the Stephens College News Reporter are Eugene L. Shepard, Robert E. Hart, and Miss Elizabeth Stanton. f E - .Www ' mvhwxw Ut, it Mus. MARY NICBOBERTS Miss ELIZABETH STANTON ROBERT L. HART EUGENE SHEPAHD Page Z1 Miss JEAN BAILEY EUGENE Imax' RUSSEL FOYVLER ILIUG-I-I MCCAMMON'

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gilfm- C A1515 iuidion TlIe extra-class life of Stephens is administered through Civic Association whose membership includes all students on caInpus. Working in collaboration with C.A. are the nine major divisioIIs: Administrative Council, Campus Service Board, Pan-Hellenic Council, Student Congress, Independents, Council of Class Offi- cers, Student Activity Board, Board of Publications, and the newly formed War-Peace Organization, which is a temporary emergency division. Dr. Merle Prunty, head of the Extra-Class Division, states tlIe motivating and basic idea behind this division. In a democratic society, persons are all-important. Therefore, providing opportunities for the balanced and diversified growth of the individual is one of the most important responsibilities of the college. These oppor- tunities necessarily must be by the needs, interests, and capacities of each person. Approximately one hundred and fifty organization units O11 the campus provide a wide variety of growth Mrss Vrousr p BAKER 5- 3 'W . Miss VIRGINIA PAYNE tt! h MISS VIRGINIA SCOTT . MISS FRANCES S ILKNITTER Page 23 DR. MERLE C. PRUNTY experiences but also offer leadership opportunities for approximately eight hundred girls. The Extra-Class Ofiice maintains a two-year record of the extra-curricular participat.ions of every student as a means of encouraging adequate individual participation and as a protection, at the same time, against uoverloadsf' The success of a student in extra-class activities is evaluated by the faculty and sponsors of the campus or- ganizations in much tlIe same manner as success in class activities is evaluated by instructors. The Extra- Class Division is in reality a laboratory in high-grade, cooperative, communal living. ' During the war emergency various organizations within the Extra-Class Division are building their projects around a variety of war activities. As a con- sequence, the new emergency division of Civic Asso- ciation on war-peace activities lIas been developed. Its major function is to stimulate and coordinate all war-peace functions on the campus.