Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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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 '

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I SCOTT HENRY XVhen President Vtlood first came to Stephens College in 1912, he was able to visit personally the homes and the high schools of each of his hfty-two students. However, as the school grew larger, this became an impossible task, and he decided that a number of capable held assistants should be added to the stafl' to act as the personal repre- sentatives of the College and to serve as a communi- cational link between the school and its patrons. O O i The AdIH1SS1OHS Counselors N 1913, Harvey S. Walter joined the staff and later became Director of Admissions, a position which he held until his death in October of 1945. J Scott Hemry, who has served eighteen years as a held counselor, succeeded Mr. Walter as the director of the admissions program. The admissions counselor is often the first member of the Stephens family whom a prospective student and her parents meet. After talking with the girl, her parents, and her high school faculty, he makes a full report on the prospective student's interests, needs, her qualities of personality, home background, and other items of information that may be helpful to the student's adviser. The counselors spend a certain amount of time on campus at different periods of the year, particularly during the opening weeks, when they cooperate closely with the faculty advisers. After her arrival on campus in the fall, the field man may be-depended upon to help the new Susie through some of her adjustment problems. As the year pro- ceeds, he endeavors to keep in touch with each girl's progress and make reports to the parents. In the spring he is again on campus during the Commencement activities to assist each student in evaluating her year's work. ., .fast Eg., .- lhkiak liuowx CAR it l Jimi-1-:R f..xl.l.l-:mania tlxlmxlik li'fl1 llll,lllilYR.XXIP NIc'C1..xun liIlII.l.ll'S Su xxx- wx Sr-wKnxl,i' TRI-iFz XYim,i5 XYIl.1,i.uis Page ZZ px ti tl F C d I 'E i t b s d El P S K B N g Ir R su ov D th an as di sh grz de th Page