Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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Publications The publications schedule each year at Stephens represents long hours of exacting work for faculty spon- sors and student staffs, all under the general super- vision of Dr. Roy Ivan Johnson, Director of Publica- tions for the College. The student publications program is planned in the spring when staffs are chosen for the following school year and tentative schedules of work are set up. In September, even while registration is still going on, the senior staff members of Life, weekly campus news- paper, are distributing the first of the year ' s thirty issues. Meanwhile intensive work has started on the Stephens Standard, the literary and feature magazine. The senior staff of the yearbook, Stephensophia, per- fects its plans for a better-than-ever yearbook. And before the semester ends, work is well under way on the annual revision of ( ' ithin the Ivy, campus handbook. Throughout the year, regular issues of the Stephens College Bulletin and the Stephens College News Reporter appear, in addition to various departmental brochures and reports. The annual revision of Occupational Planning for College Women (an occupational guidance manual) and creative writing anthologies are also issued through the Publications Office. Outstanding among last year ' s publications is Explorations in General Edu- cation, edited by Dr. Roy Ivan Johnson and published by Harper and Brothers. This book tells of Stephens College ' s progressive program of education and of the experiences in setting up such a program. Included are chapters on the research program, the basic humanities Left to right: Miss Cole.man, Mr. Baxter, Miss O.vier, Mr. Winetrout, Mr. Baker, Dr. Johnson, Mrs. Keene, Mr. Fowler, Miss Johnson. Dr. Roy Ivan Johnson course, the basic course in marriage education, the clinical techniques, and extra-class activities. Students and patrons of Stephens take great pride in the high standards maintained by the college publi- cations. These publications reflect in their pages the quality and spirit of the institution. Says Dr. Johnson, Director of Publications, The importance of clear and accurate information, style of expression, and attractive format and appearance cannot be overestimated. The publications of a college are the face which it shows to the public. Since 193 I, Dr. Johnson has su- pervised most of the official publica- tions, and in 1942, he was appointed Director of College Publications. His assistant is Mrs. Lillian Keene. Dr. Johnson himself sponsors the Ae j ieni Standard: Miss Minnie May Johnson and James E. Baxter sponsor the Stephensophia; Howard Baker is the adviser for Within the Ivy; and Mr. Baxter sponsors the Stephens Life. Miss Mary Coleman edits the Alum- nae News. Co-editors of the Ste- phens College Neu ' s Reporter are Miss Mary Isabel Omer, Mr. Baxter, and Kenneth Winetrout. Page 21

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Dr. W. W. Charters Fc OR twenty-five years the Research Service has been quietly working on the Stephens Program. In 1Q21, President James Madison Wood proposed that we build a college which would be based upon the needs and interests of women. This was a new idea that pro- gressive educators at that time were merely talking about, but which they had not as yet applied practically to the actual development of the curriculum. The Research Service accepted the challenge and has been steadily working on courses, methods of instruction, Research Service advising, and administrative procedures to make them meet faithfully the needs and interests of the students. Members of the faculty in every division of the College make contributions. The students, year after year, experiment with many ideas and improved meth- ods of organizing and conducting their activities. 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 and the student body as a whole. Conspicuously the students of the College have caught the spirit of efficiency and improve- ment from the Research Service and from the faculty as a whole. The College by tradition has made the extra-cur- ricular life of the students an agency for training in im- portant areas not covered in the classroom. By means of manuals of procedure and in-service training each new set of officers is trained by its predecessors. A sub- stantial list of campus projects is initiated and devel- oped each year. Team work is emphasized; dependa- bility in performing assignments is developed; and initiative in proposing new ideas is encouraged. More than one-half of the graduates have had experience as officers of clubs, sororities, and committees and thus have learned in college how to assume responsibility. Later they will find this training highly important in their work in women s civic groups and other organi- zations in their own communities. The Research Service has watched and aided this development over the years. It has taught the girls how to study their problems and collect data necessary for reaching decisions. It has been particularly inter- ested in helping them to develop methods of evaluation in judging the efficiency of their organizations. In the spirit of research, the officers of the campus organiza- tions continually study their methods, watch for new ideas which make for improvement, and pass their recommendations on to their successors. Nothing that has happened in the evolution of the College is more interesting or important than the devel- opment of the scientific attitude among students in handling extra-curricular alfairs. Dr. Charters Miss Ytell Miss Dudley Mrs. Deimund Miss Omer Page 20

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Mr. Frank W, Dearing A. i.LL OF the financial affairs of Stephens Col- lege are supervised by the Business Department. It is the duty of the Business staff to collect student fees, other financial obligations, and to disperse the collected funds. The Book Store. Student Bank, Post Office, the Dietetic Service. Country Club, and all repairs and maintenance of college property are under the general supervision of the Business Department, subject to the Business Department approval of the President, stated Frank W. Dearing, Comptroller of the College and Secretary of the Board of Curators. Assisting Mr. Dearing in managing business affairs are: Thomas A. Utterback, bursar; Mrs. Elma G. Barton, paymaster; Mrs. June R. Tull, secretary to the comptroller; Mrs. Minnie J. Christman, assistant bursar; Mrs. Hazel Baurichter, assistant bursar in charge of student employees; Mrs. Lucille P. Sonksen, bookkeeper; Miss Dorothy Hanson, assistant pay- master; Miss Jessie Kyd, postmistress; William Day, president of the Student Bank; Mrs. Vauncil Ketchum, cashier of the Student Bank; Mrs. Elizabeth Bryson, Mrs. Virginia Campbell, Mrs. Thelma Johnson, and Miss Marjorie Warren, tellers of the Student Bank; M. W. Sparks, manager of the College Store ; Mrs. C. W. Musgrave, assistant manager of the College Store; Henry M. Belden, Jr.. superintendent of buildings and grounds; Mrs. Frances Ronayne, supervisor of dormi- tories, and S. K. Hartley, engineer. Miss Zoe Harris. Chief Dietitian and Director of Food Service aids the Business Department in the plan- ning of meals, purchasing all foods and departmental supplies, overseeing full-time employees and student helpers in the department, and supervising four dining halls, separate preparation units, a laundry, bakery shop, main office, and an accounting office. On Miss Harris ' Dietetic Staff are: Miss Juanita Shuck, dietitian of Tower Hall; Mrs. Bess R. Damon, dining room supervisor of Tower Hall; Mrs. Mary Anderson, food preparation of Senior Hall; Mrs. Inez Buffington, dining room supervisor of Senior Hall; Miss Lila Hartley, dietitian and dining room supervisor of Laura Stephens Hall; Miss Pearl Peterson, dietitian and dining room supervisor of Terrace Hall; Miss Desyl McCahon, director of storerooms in Dietetics Office; Miss Carrie Davis, dietitian; Mrs. Mabel Anglen, ac- countant in the Dietetic Office; Mrs. Hazel Bell, Mrs. Kate Jacobs, and Mrs. Elizabeth Miner, assistants to dining room supervisors. Miss Harris Director of Food Service The Dietary Staff Page 22