Union College - Golden Cords Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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on help as compared to the pastf' In April, Welch attended the Ne- braska Association of Registrars and Admissions Officers. He also attended the National Association of Registrars and Admissions Officers in Denver and the Nebraska University and Col- leges at Wayne State College. He is a member of the American Personnel and Guidance Association a n d the American College Personnel Associa- tion. This year he visited all the acad- emies in Union College territory help- ing the seniors with the college admis- sions requirements which included entrance tests. Welch also visited An- drews University, Columbia U nio n College, and the University of Ne- braska, studying W a ys of adapting data processing to the college record office. juniors and seniors benefit most from the untiring help of Miss Marie Anderson, academic counselor. Miss Anderson received her B.A. from Un- ion College in 1928, and did graduate work at Northwestern University and the University of Southern California. She has been at Union as registrar and counselor since 1944. Stamp collecting is her favorite past time, while growing softball-sized tomatoes in the summer is her season- al joy. Besides standing in for the academic dean when he is unavailable, Miss An- derson attended the National Regis- trars Convention last spring before re- tiring from Unionis Registrars Office. Miss Anita Keith is the assistant reg- istrar. She and Lois Bayley, Welchis secretary, are the only other full-time workers in the Registraris Office. By rearranging the office, installing service windows, sliding open to the second floor hallway, we cut down a lot of noise and confusion that we had in previous years, said Miss Keith. Six posture,' chairs and six walnut- stained-plastic metal desks were add- ed to the office along with the new fluorescent lights. I 'su ...J X .H Heller Heads Denver Bampus Miss Ruth Haller, who heads UC,s nursing school at Denver, spends her time recruiting teachers and students, checking upon the janitor, renting the school,s apartments in Denver, order- ing supplies for the school, handling disciplinary problems, counseling stu- dents about students and faculty about students, and clearing her desk of ad- ministrative papers. Three out of every four weeks are spent in Denver, while the other one is spent on the Lincoln campus. She Ruth H alle-r has been with the Union 'College nurs- ing school for over 634 years and has been associate professor and chairman of the Department of Nursing for the past year and a half. Within the past year she has attended ten conventions on nursing. As if she doesnit have enough to do during her year-round program, she skies twice a month, knits sweaters, and expands her knowledge and ex- perience in the field of photography.

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L. VV. Welch l Marie Anderson 24 Ilegistrar's Ilffice Gets Facelifhand New Registrar Dr. Lowell W. Welch, alumnus of ,32, accepted last spring the duties of Dean of Admissions and Registrar. Since 1945 he has been the Dean of Student Affairs at Union. VVelch continued this year in his re- search of dropouts of Union College. According to Welch, approximately two-thirds of the students that begin at Union as freshmen do not graduate from Union. Une-third of these drop- outs have found denominational em- ployment, while the others have fin- ished their education elsewhere or have not graduated at all. For the first time this year, Welch used the college's new IBM machines in the registering of students and keep- ing the students, records together. He said that certain jobs are speeded up and efficiently improved by the IBM machines. We handle a larger number of students without more help. But we havenit found it possible to cut down Anita Keith

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Britain, Johnson look Forward To New Men's Dorm H. L. Britain People, is his interest, c'c0unseling his hobby, and golf his sp'ort. Robert Britain, Unionis dean of men since 1962, was ordained to the minis- try last spring, and since then, accord- ing to his wife, he seems to have bc- come the popular choice as Unioifs marriage chaplain. Britain said that he enjoys preparing sermons and Wor- ship talks, and the preparation of the sermons and talks in v o l V e s much studying and reading, which is an add- ed joy. The new high-rise menis dorm was Dale I ohnson of special interest to him this year. Ac- cording to Mrs. Britain, his main in- terest this past year was the progress of the dorm, and it might be added, the larger deanis apartment within the new dorm. Britain, alumnus of ,52, attended the American Personal and Guidance Association convention in Dallas, Tex- as, last March. Dale johnson, alumnus of '64, as- sists Dean Britain in counseling and guiding the men who fill Kern and Bancroft Courts and South Hall.