Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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First row: Miss Elizabeth Adams, Miss Grace Allardice, Mrs. Elsie Anderson, Miss Jean Baer, Miss Mary Chamberlain, Mrs. Martha Cooper Second row: Miss Grace Curtis, Miss Loretto Cusack, Mrs. Mae DePree, Miss Florence Gilchrist, Mrs. Madelin Grover, Miss Cathryn Henry Third row: Mrs. Josephine Loucks, Miss Frances Matz, Miss Margaret McCaul, Miss Marie Moore. Miss Ruth Mostrom, Mrs. Ann Nickells Fourth row: Miss LoREN. Parrish, Mrs. Audrey P.atrick, Mrs. Frances Potts, Miss Mary Skinner, Miss Claire Sudderth - ' Pn .A «? V:V : rage 25

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Miss Grace Curtis T. HE Residence Counselors, headed for the past nine years by Miss Grace Curtis, are in reality Stephens ' out-of-class teachers. The twenty-four counselors and twenty-two assistant counselors are college graduates, and are appointed with full faculty standing. These counselors work in cooperation with teachers and ad- visers to help each girl make the most of her oppor- tunities in all phases of her college experience. The Residence Hall Counselors Realizing the significance of a good hall program in maintaining school spirit, the residence counselors assist each girl as fully as possible to maintain high standards of good citizenship, to use her time wisely, and to develop a mature attitude regarding her own physical and mental well-being. They study and dis- cuss residence hall problems; they hold special confer- ences with hall members and hall groups; and they instruct senior sisters and campus leaders in the duties which they will be expected to fulfill. This instruction is given each spring through a leadership course in which emphasis is placed on the basic principles of psychology as they apply to the problems of guidance and leadership. A new project, headed by Miss Mary Omer, was introduced this year for the purpose of training assist- ant counselors who look forward to residence hall counseling as a career and who wish to prepare them- selves for the duties of a major counseling position. Through their widespread activities on the Ste- phens campus, the residence counselors constitute a significant sector of the educational program. As ' out- of-class teachers, they provide an important part ol the education in human relationships which is found outside the classroom. Conference in Counselor ' s Office Page 24

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Mr. Robert J. Sailstad T. HE policies and services of the Public Relations Department, directed by Robert J. Sailstad, are de- signed to interpret the College program to alumnae, parents, and educators over the entire country. Through a carefully organized program of publicity, the News Bureau sends out news releases to home-town news- papers and national magazines concerning the activities of the College as well as personal news stories about individual students. Photographs to illustrate the releases are furnished by Mr. Townsend Godsey. Public ' Relations ice (TVS This year the Department aided in the prepara- tion of articles about Stephens for three national maga- zines: American, Cosmopolitan, and Science Illustrated. Special feature articles were also prepared for numerous newspapers. In March the department sponsored a special conference on public relations, bringing to the campus several outstanding people in this field to dis- cuss with students the vocational opportunities for women in the area of public relations and publicity. Through special bulletins and letters, the Depart- ment keeps in touch with the 30,000 Stephens alumnae and patrons located in every state in the Union and many foreign countries. The objective of these efforts is to sustain a widespread interest in the affairs and projects of the College and to organize that interest for the support of Stephens Tomorrow. Working with Mr. Sailstad are Mrs. Peggy Phil- lips, director of the News Bureau, and Miss Marilyn Turner, assistant in the News Bureau. Left to right: Mrs VVufst, Mrs Smith. Mrs. Harle, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Phillips Page 26