Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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a shining porch light always means open house at the spragens ' home. the presidents every two years, in an impressive ceremony, presi- dent spragens renews the grant of power to the civic association from the administration of the college, this is no token ceremony but an honest recognition of the im- portant part which the students themselves play in administering most of the functions of the college, power is vested in the president of the college, naturally, but also a great weight of power is vested in president of c. a. and in the student legislature, this year it is dy- namic, pint-sized sylvia tarantino who has endeared her- self to both faculty and students through her unusual capacity for leadership and for the humility with which she accepts her responsibilities and administers them for the greatest good of all. it is power which is wisely given, for the administration knows that the college is only as strong as its students and it knows that Stephens women always accept opportunities for leadership and the chal- lenges which they offer, preparation for democratic citizenship is emphasized at Stephens and this is just that in action, operating efficiently day-by-day on the campus for the common good of all. president and mrs. thomas spragens and president of civic association, sylvia tarantino.

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board of curators the board of curators is the responsible governing body of Stephens college, under the charter granted the school by the state of missouri. as such it has the responsibility of establishing the basic policies of the college, diplomas of all graduating students are issued through the authority of the curators. president of the board is mr. hugh Stephens, a retired banker of Jefferson city, missouri, and a gran dson of j. 1. Stephens, for whom the college is named, mr. j. s. pillsbury, secretary of tlie century electric company of st. louis, is vice-president, mr. gordon p. freese, the comptroller of the college is secretary-treasurer of the board. other members of the board are: miss prudence cutright, asso- ciate professor of education at niacalester college in st. paul, minne- sota; dr. phillip g. davidson, jr., president of the university of louis- ville; miss geneva drinkwater, professor of history at roUins college, winter park, florida; mr. v. m. fitch, retired lawyer of imivcrsity city, missouri; mr. j. p. hetzler, retired merchant of Columbia, missotiri; dr. ernest 1. hilgard, dean of the graduate school of Stanford tmiversity; mr. alien mcreynolds, an attorney of carthage, missouri, mr. donald m. nelson, executive of consolidated caribou silver mines, inc., of beverly hills, California; mrs. dorothy c. sevedge of milwaukee, Wisconsin; mr. r. 1. smith, master farmer of fulton, missouri; mr. scott r. timmons, attorney of kansas city, missouri; mrs. kate stamper wilhite of moberly, missouri; dr. ben d. wood, director of the bureau of collegiate educational research, Columbia university, new york city; and mr. w. c. Windsor of tyler, texas. , , , , ,,. i i- j ' ' ' J ' J ' the honorable roscoe p. conkhng, who died oc- , ,., , .,, , . . , tober 28, 1954, became a member of the board honorary life members are mrs. e. s. pillsbury and mrs. j. h. robles, f Stephens college in 1936 and served until 1941. he returned to the board in St. louis. June, 1951 and was a member of the executive committee at the time of his death, judge conkling became a member of the supreme 6 court of missouri in 1947 and had completed his term as chief just ice of the court shortly be- fore his death.

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assistant to the president advisor and friend in the solution of a thou- sand difficulties, mr. clyde reeves was appointed as assistant to the president on may 14, 1954. he had previously been the vice-president of the bankers life and casualty company in Chicago since 1952. mr. reeves is in charge of developmental work for the college, he also aids the president in establishing a long-range, sustained, fund- raising program for the college, as if to prove that assistants have a lot of work to do, mr. reeves is also the general director of publicity and publications offices. mr. clyde reeves, assistant to the president. publie information mr. baxter and mrs. wolls, of public information. news bureau mrs. peggy phillips of the news bureau, and her fea- ture writer, mrs. alien.