Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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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

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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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Admissions Counselors The major purpose ot the Admissions Department is to help select a capable student body, from widely distributed areas, in order to bring together on the campus a representative group of American college women. The standards employed insure the selection of students who will profit most fully from the type of education provided at Stephens. The staff of sixteen counselors is headed by J Scott Hemry who joined the faculty in 1Q28 and became Director of Admissions in 1945. The admissions counselor is often the first member of the Stephens ' Tamily to meet a prospective student and her parents. After talking with the girl, her par- ents, and her high school faculty, he makes a compre- hensive report on her interests, needs, qualities of per- sonality, home background, and other items of infor- mation helpful to the student ' s faculty adviser and hall counselor. These admissions counselors spend a cer- tain amount of time on the campus, particularly during the opening weeks, when they cooperate closely with other counseling agencies. After school opens in the fall, the field man helps many of the new Susies solve any adjustment problems that may arise. As the year proceeds, he endeavors to keep in touch with the progress of each girl from his area. In January the admissions counselors are again on campus for confer- J Scott Hemry ences with students and faculty and, of course, to par- ticipate in The Faculty Show. They return to the campus early in May to assist each student in evalu- ating her year ' s work, and to sponsor the memorable Old Missouri Barbecue during Commencement Week for the visiting fathers. Baker Baltzer Brown Carr Draper Gallemore Gardner Kyd HiLDEBRAND McClard Phillips Stockdale Trefz WlBLE Williams Page 23