Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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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....

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I 0 ffloers AST fall Dean XYel- don P. Shofstall accepted an appoint- ment as chief of the research unit of the German Youth Activities program under the direction of the military gov- ernment in Germany. Dean Shofstall was granted leave of absence to under- take this important duty, and Dr. Marjorie Carpenter was appointed act- ing dean of administration by President VVood. Dr. Carpenter has been a member of the humanities staff since 1940, and has been active in promoting and in- tegrating all-campus activities. She . served as faculty coordinator for the wartime activities of the College and was instrumental in launching the W. C. O. CWorld Citizenship Organizationj which has done excellent work in promoting the ideals of citizenship on campus and directing student thinking to- ward broader international understandings and toward our cooperative responsibilities for maintaining world peace. Dr. Carpenter's message to 'Sophie and through 'Sophie to all Stephens students, is the following: How can we learn more about ourselves while we are learning more about the world? VVhere can we take responsibility here on the campus so that we shall be pre- pared to take our places as responsible citizens in our communities? These have been the questions of which ELOVV In Conference Travel Bureau DEAN lVlAR-IORIE CARPENTER students and faculty have been aware more than ever before this past year. The juniors entered a world in which there were regulations to govern the community, they found themselves in the midst of other girls from various parts of the countryg they were exposed to new ideas, new points of view. The Seniors found them- selves with new responsibilities. The administration of regulations has been for many of us a new experience in citizenship. In the midst of mistakes and experiments we have had to learn and move on. We have faced changes in ourselves, changes in the College, and changes in the world. VVhile the nation was forced out of self- centered growth into adult responsibility as a leading world power, we have had to move from adolescence into a mature recognition of our assets and our liabilities. It has been an exciting year. Mlss MARY COLEMAN, Alumnae Secreiary Page 21 '