Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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Board of urators EIAIIND the scenes of the College ad- ministration stands a distinguished group of people, eighteen in all, who constitute the Stephens Board of Curators. Periodically this group convenes on campus to hear reports, to discuss administrative and instruc- tional policies, and to take whatever official action may be necessary in furthering the progress of the College. Mr. H ugh Stephens, of the Exchange National Bank in jefferson City, Missouri, is chairman of the Board. Mr. J. D. Ellilf, vice-chairman, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri. Mr. Frank XV. Dearing handles the various duties of secretary. Other members of the Board include: Mr. XV. M. lfitch, attorney at law, Mr. AI. P. Hetzler, retired merchant, Mr. R. L. Smith, master farmer: Mr. C. lillsworth Huggins, manufac- turer, Mr. james R. Angell, public service counselor of N. B. C.: Nlrs. H. .-X. Brinkman of Hinsdale, lllinoisq Mr. john .-X. Robinson, banker: Xlr. .-Xlvin fi. lfurich, vice- prcsidcnt of l.t-land Stanford lfnivt-rsity: Mr. Ben D. XYood. director of Bureau of Collegiate liducational Research al fiolumbia l'nix't-rsityg Nlr. Robert I.. Suther- land. director of the llogg l-'oundation in Austin. 'lit-xasg Miss l'rndenrt- Ciulrighl. assistant supc-rintendt-nt of schools at Nlinnt-apolis. Nlinnt-sofa: Nlr. ll. L. Morrill, president of the l'nix't-rsity of Klinnm-sofa: Nliss Gr-neva l7rinlcwalei'. former professor of history: at Vassar Col- lege: Nliss Kale Stamper. public school instructor: Don- ald Nelson. presirlent, Society of lIlfll'l'H'l1fl1'l1f Notion l'irt'urc Producers: and Scott R. 'l'immons. attorney at law. l l MR. HUGH STEPHENS To the Board of Curators the students and faculty owe a debt of gratitude for their unselfish interest and their unfailing and faithful service in behalf of the Col- lege. lt is a body of distinguished men and women who are interested deeply in the problems of education and particularly in the interpretation of education and edu- cational needs as represented in the Stephens program. Two highly significant actions have been taken by the Board of Curators during the past year. The firS'C is the appointment of Dr. Homer Price Rainey to succeed flames Xl. XVood as president of the College. And the 50150961 is U10 announcement of a new Twenty-Five-Year P , . - . mgmm Of DCV0l0Pment designed to provide necessary funds for future building and endowment Page 18' Page 19 Service he l i' ll gram, ln ll, V Posed that wt ld' the necdS 21 l ml that Progfffeflli' talking giboul. pfacticalb' U' ll ' The Research 51 been steaflib' l 'f' tion, adviging, an them meet faithl students. The people in research are nume: division make con year, experiment The small staff of i has found its mai: and stimulating th As a new tw Director of the Rt ' I2

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tt 11414 M Page I7 In Grateful Memor NA E HAS left us a rich heritage. He was not only an artist in the creative sense, a great master of his own medium of expression. He was also a humanitarian. He found in music the way toward beauty-and therefore the way toward truth. And he helped thousands of others to fine it. Every lesson to every student and every performance at the piano was a source of inspiration. He touched miraculously and beneficently the thoughts of his listeners in music audiences at Stephens and in the far cities of the world. V He has left us a memory to be cherished, the memory of a man who knew how to live at once above the world and in it, who wore humbly the honors of the great and walked proudly in the common paths of friendship and human service. The dynamic quality of his life was the result of one formula, one principle: Self- investmentf' He said, on one occasion, One must not think too much about what is best for himself. His life perspective was always broad enough to include others. He never sacrificed outlook to inlook. He gave to life much more than he asked from it. He has left us, too, an example and a watchword. The example is that of a life geared to a purpose and an ideal-a life that acknowledged no end to growth, no ,period that could estop the progress of personal effort. And the watchword he has left us is as vital as his example. It is a kind of verbal similitude of his nature. His mind, to the very last, was busy with the demands of tomorrow. He was chart- ing the future. The burden of his thought was carry on. Again there must be no period to achievement! That is the watchword, he has left us. If we can visualize him at the piano, his skilled Hngers on the keys, we can hear it in counter- point fortissimo: Carry on. It is the one way to pay him the tribute he de- SGYVCS . -Adapted from the faculty tribute to Dr. Gauntlett, September, 1946.

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OR twenty-Eve years the Research Service has been quietlx xx orl'ing on the Stephens Pro- gram. In 1921 President james Madison Xl ood Jio I ' - posed that we build a college xx hich xx ould be based upon the needs and interests of xx omen. This xx as a nexx idea that progressive educrtors at that time were merelx' ex a not as yet applied practically to the actual dex elopment of the curriculum. The Research Service accepted the challenge and has been steadily working upon courses methods of instruc- tion advising and administrative procedures to mal'e them meet faithfullx the needs and interests of the students. The p e ople in the college xx ho carry on the necessarxf' research are numerous. Members of the facultx in everx division make contributions. The students year after year experiment with many ideas and improve them. The small staff of what is known as the Research Service has found its main function to be that of coordinating and stimulating the efforts of the faculty as a whole. As a new twenty-live-year period begins and the Director of the Research Service withdraws from active Research Servlce responsibilities, he is confident that the passion for im- prox ement through sound experimentation xx ill not abate. He hopes that Stephens College xx ill alxx ays be an institu- tion where any promising idea will be tried out and tested. He is confident that as long as research and xx ise judgment are major functions of the administration the College will do no uncorrected wrong and the daughters . i . . i .K 1 l 1 I I X 1 i .x X L A 117 1 'nfl 1 r C x x X 7 X fc 5 I L 2 C , x r talking about, but which th' f h d f x c c A 7 ' x c J c 4 X -1 1 , c , c x Q I C 7 J z e 7 7 1 1 4 y f y I V D V I 1 . facultl' est and he Col- Qn who on and H1 edu- Ugram- lqrfl by first 15 Hf.CCQfl nfl lhli ,,,Y4'Slf ,vlilrll ,..,,f If Q DR. W. W. CHARTERS Page 19 of the class of 1972 will ind a better program when the come to Stephens than their mothers found in 1947. Y In his twenty-fifth annual report to the faculty, Dr. W. VV. Charters, director of the Research Service, reviewed the scope of the research activities at Stephens and submitted recommendations for its future develop- ment. He pointed out the superiority of the cooperative faculty-wide program, pursued on a voluntary basis, as opposed to the staff of specialists who carry on studies for the faculty instead of with the faculty. He also stressed the importance of applying the results of investi- gations to the immediate problems in hand. The kind of research we are interested in, says Dr. Charters, is applied research-rather than pure research. new ' N 1 ! E lu' X . fx EIA, xx X ' X .. v ' X ,mfg ,,..4Qn....