University of Alabama - Corolla Yearbook (Tuscaloosa, AL)

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i. WILLIAM F. ADAMS ROBERT EARL TIDWELL DEAN OF ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS DEAN OF THE EXTENSION DIVISION Dean William F. Adams directs the Office of Ad- missions and Records, which maintains records for students in all schools and colleges of the University. Dean Adams is Chairman of the Class Schedule Committee and is in charge of all notices of holidays, class dismissals, and deferred examinations. In addi- tion to this, he supervises the mailing of grades at the end of each quarter and is in charge of mailing bulletins to prospective and active students. Dean Adams also directs field representatives who travel the state as informative agents for prospective stu- dents. A graduate of the University, Dean Adams form- erly served on the staff of the Mathematics Depart- ment. He has been Dean since 1946. Dr. Robert Earl Tidwell has directed the Extension Division for twenty years. He has served as Princi- pal of Ensley High School, State Superintendent of Education, and was for five years Director of the Educational Training Program for T. C. I. Dean Tidwell directs four University Centers located in Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Gadsden, serving citi- zens of the State who are not able to attend the Uni- versity in residence. Other departments of the Extension Division are Commerce and Engineering, Home and Family Life, High School Counseling and Guidance, Correspondence Study, Audio-Visual Aids, Club Study and Library Loan, Adult Education, Radio Broadcasting Service, and University News Bureau, all under Dean Tidwell ' s Supervision. Poge 23

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%e DEAN d WOMEN ♦ ♦ ♦ MRS. JENNIE MORRIS HOWARD Assistant to the Dean of Women MRS. lONA B. BERRY Dean of Women The office of the Dean of Women attempts to as- sist women students in adjusting themselves to a new environment, in discovering and establishing sound values, and in stimulating a desire of building in themselves a sense of discrimination in conduct. Dean lona B, Berry coordinates the activities of this office. Mrs. Jennie Morris Howard is presently serving her fifteenth year at the University. She holds the position of Assistant to the Dean of Women. Mrs. Sue Gunter retired as Assistant to the Dean of Wom- en in 1949 after thirty-six years of service to the University. Further aid to coeds is given by Mrs. Bessie L. Hoyden and Miss Grace Baker, Counselors to Women, and Miss Emily Searcy, Acting Housing Director and Counselor to Women. Several women ' s organizations cooperate with the office of the Dean of Women in providing inter- ests and activities for coeds and in raising the standards of scholarship among these students. Pan- hellenic Council, WSGA, YWCA, Alpha Lambda Delta, and Mortar Board ore among the most active groups working through this office. Triangle, Sopho- more service organization, also cooperates. Page 22

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ERNEST G. WILLIAMS WILLIAM E. PICKENS, JR. ACTING TREASURER Ernest G. Williams began working in the Treas- urer ' s Office as a student assistant, and today as Acting Treasurer he handles the investment of all University funds. He also handles all of the Vet- eran ' s Administration billing pertaining to the University. Besides his administrative duties, Mr. Williams also serves as the faculty adviser of Quadrangle, of which he is a former member. The office, established as a service to the student and the University, controls all student financial records. COMPTROLLER William E. Pickens, Jr., became a member of the University administrative staff in 1931 as Chief Accountant, and since 1943 has served as Comp- troller. In this capacity he directs the budgeting and accounting for the entire University. He is a graduate of the University with a B.S. degree in Commerce. LAND COMMISSIONER As University Attorney and Lend Commissioner, Clifton H. Penick has the administration of 26,000 acres of University lands. This office also has charge of the Ann Jordan Farm of five thousand acres in Coosa County. In his tenth year as Land Commissioner, Mr. Penick is Secretary-Treasurer of the Gorges Memorial, a member of the com- mittee in charge of the University Retirement Sys- tem, and Secretary of the Board of Trustees. i CLIFTON H. PENICK Page 24