Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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Dietary Department Page I5 Miss Zoe: lliannls A well-trained dietary staff is responsible for the planning and preparation of the meals at Ste-pliens. In preparing the menus for each week, Miss Zoe Harris, head dietician, and her assistants attempt to have nutritionally balanced meals and to give the girls what they like. All of the numerous dining rooms on the campus have exactly the same menu each day. Although the food supply is very much restricted in variety and quantity because of War-time conditions, meals at Stephens are suited to the tastes and needs of the average student. One new experience which many girls encounter soon after their arrival in September is the experience of 'fdieting scientificallyl' at special tables in each dining hall under the supervision of the health department. K

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Director ol Research ftllif A significant letter came in the mails today from a Stephens mother. It says: My husband and I are deeply grateful that our daughter who lived under Nazism for seven years can attend Stephens while such a tragic war is going on. She appreciates her privileges as an American in America. l hope that every Stephens woman comprehends to some extent, at least, the great blessings which she possesses. Our blessings are gifts from a long line of capable ancestors who worked with sincerity and intelli- genee to bequeath substantial treasures to their descendents. Their most notable gifts are not financialg they are the moral and social values and customs which together constitute the American way of life. Tln-se they gained through blood, sweat, toil, and tears. tjifts by ancestral donors demand the intelligent responsibility of the recipient to maintain and improve them. She who accepts gifts without a commitment to improve them is a parasite who ac- eepts all and gives nothing. ll' Stephens women achieve the aspirations of their alma mater they will be known in their spheres ol' life as partieipants in all movements to maintain the heritage of the youth of America. They will wateh the etiieieney ol' democratic proeessesg they will cooperate with their neighbors in improving the methods by which American ideals are realized. They will forever remember that every individual is a person of worth who must be given a democratic opportunity to develop the best of which he is eapahle. he the amount great or small. They will voteg they will drive for better thingsg they will co- opfratl-Z and they will enjoy the life which they will help to build. Stephens women should be nobly r-liar-:lets-rizefl as those who give more than they have received. -W. W. CHARTEHS W. W. CHARTERS Page I4

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Administrative Qiiicers W. P. SHOFSTALL 'N'NlNn- i L At Stephens College students are important. This importance shows itself in many Ways: 1. In the way classes are conducted. Teachers know students as individuals. 2. In the extra-class facilities. Clinics of many kinds are available. The extra-class program allows for the participation of any interested student in a great variety of activities. 3. ln faculty-student relations-a friend-to-friend relationship rather than the relationship of the mighty and the weak. -1. ln the philosophy underlying the curriculum, which is built in terms of student needs. I n these four ways, Stephens-through actions as well as words--states its belief in the importance of the students, and back of this conviction is another even more significant assumption. This assump- tion is that the essence of a democracy is respect for the individual. Stephens College believes that respect for the individual student must be shown in the conduct of classes, the opportunities of the extra-class program, faculty-student attitudes, and the curriculum. If it is to prepare citizens for the df-morraey of tomorrow, this philosophy must be maintained. W. P. SHOFSTALL, Dean of Administration Page I6