Union College - Golden Cords Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

Page 33 text:

Dr. Oliver Pogue, Margaret Erwin, Pansy Iohmon Whitfield lletires After 2l Years After 21 years as Food Service Di- rector, and over 17,200 meals, plus numerous banquets later, Miss Ruth VVhitfield retires from Unionis staff. I hope I will never retiref, she said, if retiring means sitting in a rocking chairf, One of Miss Whitfieldis favorite in- terests is traveling. The good old USA should always be your favoritef said Miss Whitfield. But next to Amer- ica she loves Switzerland because the people there are wholesome and stable. The government is stable, the people are honest, and the scenery ahhhhhh . . . This summer she plans to venture into the northern regions of America to Alaska. Cold weather is my favorite, she laughed, perhaps that is why I live in Nebraskaf, My greatest joy is working with peoplef, she says proudly, somehow I can forget my work when lim work- ing with and for othersf, When she accepted the position as director 21 years ago, the k i t c h e n was inad- equate, there was no storeroom, and the floor fell out of the refrigeratorf, Between 55 to 65 students assisted her then, while now the number fluctuates between 80 and 93. There never was a dull momentf, she chuckled recall- ing the good old daysf, Upon graduation from Emmanuel Missionary College, now Andrews University, Miss Whitfield joined the Adelphian Academy, Michigan, staff where she taught and cooked for the entire school. In her years of service to Union Col- lege and to the Colden Cords, Miss Whitfield has employed over 1,600 students. School Doctor. tturses Watch Students' Ilealth Someone once said, Happiness is health. Mrs. Pansy Iohnson, R.N., and Mar- garet Evans, R.N., have taken this proverb as their motto. For those that come to the health center in the north- east corner of the second floor of the administration building, there is for them much more than pills or liquid medicine. There is a warm smile, a cheerful word of encouragement, and a willing and able hand. School doctors include Dr. Oliver Pogue and Dr. Chester L. Norman. Dianne Gregg and Jeannine Bohr are the nurses' assistants in Rees Hall, while Alvin Hensel aids the nurse in South Hall. This year new bedspreads were bought for the women's infir- mary in Rees Hall. The nurses' clinic was open for three hours three mornings a week, and two hours each afternoon except Friday and Sabbath. Ruth Whitfield

Page 32 text:

F loda Smith librarians Wait New Addition 'Tm a hoarder of the first degreef' said Miss Floda Smith, Union College librarian. I like to collect stories and poems. I love to camp and go on pic- nics. There's always the fresh joy of hiking, and, of course, I'm intrigued by photographyf Miss Smith reflect- ed. She added, 'KYou wouldnit believe it, but I actually love to read, which I suppose, you could list as one of my hobbiesf' Miss Smith is often asked to give in- spirational programs with her slides and poetry. She looks forward each week to the next Sabbath morning when she teaches the Sabbath school lesson to the junior division of the College ' View Seventh-day Adventist church. Next year, Miss Smith, along with the other librarians, will be teaching courses preparing students for a minor in library science, offered for the first time at Union. Q nad 1' Alice Fowler, Cheryl Wheeler, Kathy Saunders Assisting Miss Smith are Miss Ger- trude Huygens, associate professor of library science and associate librarian, Miss Chloe F outz, instructor in library science and assistant librarian, Mrs. Alice F owler, part-time librarian, and Mrs. Barbara Iacobs, office secretary. Misses Huygens and Smith attend- ed the meeting of the Nebraska Li- brary Association in Lincoln, while Miss Foutz spent her Thanksgiving vacation on the Denver campus of Union College to improve the library in the Clinical Division. Chloe F outz: Gertrude Huygens

Page 34 text:

wi f., . I , 1, ...-