University of Central Missouri - Rhetor Yearbook (Warrensburg, MO)

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1 f v . 1 'ww' ,N it 4. v 5 U Business Office viewed fI'0I11 east hallway- Destroyed records inside business office. Q 'V , u ' J. f . , -.X , , s.- 'Vx' , 5. Hallway outside of President Lovinger's receiving office, Interior view of President Lovinger's receiving office. Dean Peters' Office and mailboxes. Interior hallway of business office. Interior view of business office 7

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,.....X Main floor of the Administration Building as viewed from Hendrix Hall lobby. Fire damages Administration Building interior 'ggakli ' .Qyirim Looking down east hall from mailboxes. Fire ravaged the south end of the second floor of the Administration Building on January 18, 1968. The blaze, discovered at 11:50 p.m., reduced to smoldering ashes the recently remodeled business offices. Also damaged were the outer offices of the President and the Dean of Administration, the sports information office, the secretarial pool, and the mail room. Records which were destroyed were from the previous year, and had already been audited. Heat from the fire, which was thought to be the work of an arsonist, cracked the third-floor classroom Windows. Subsequent smoke damage tainted newly painted ceilings of the third floor. Administrators were forced to temporarily relocate their offices in the College Union, Dockery Hall, and in other parts of the Ad Build- ing. Fire damage has soared to an esti- mated S 1'75,000. 6

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Devoted service merits dedication of RHETOR Centered beneath the titles of the editor and assistant editors on each issue of THE STUDENT is printed- Adviser, Mrs. Evelyn Runyonf, These few words only hint at the responsibility and pride concentrated in CMS and its weekly publication by Mrs. Evelyn Run- yon, THE STUDENT adviser for 15 years. The greatest reward in all of the grueling work is the pride I can have in the people who have worked on THE STU- DENT staff and in their own lifeis workf' commented Mrs. Runyon. On campus, in addition to her STUDENT responsibili- ties, Mrs. Runyon is a faculty adviser to Sigma Sigma Sigma social sorority, as well as the sorority's Alumna Adviser. As the sole journalism instructor until this year, Mrs. Runyon has taught practical journalism, improvement in writing, news writing, and freshman English. Earning her Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education and her Master's Degree in Ad- ministration, Mrs. Runyon has also done post grad- uate work in journalism at Colorado University. Born in Heston, Kansas, Mrs. Runyon has lived in both Kansas and Missouri throughout her life. First an educator, she has, in addition to CMS classes, previ- ously taught science and physical education in Kan- sas and Missouri secondary public schools. Vitally interested in international affairs, she toured the West- ern European nations in 1956. Her journalism career has included advertising work, copywriting, ghost writing, free-lance and newspaper writing. She and her husband jointly published the BRANSON WHITE RIVER LEADER in Branson, Missouri. In addition, she has been associated with the WICHITA DAILY, the KINGSMAN JOURNAL, the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, and the Associated Press News Service. During the early portion of her collegiate teaching career, she was sponsor of both THE RHETOR and THE STUDENT, as well as instructing classes at CMS and at Whiteman Air Force Base. Rather than signifying these few words as the RHE- TOR's dedication to Mrs. Evelyn Runyon, perhaps it would be more appropriate to portray her dedication to the CMS students. Interested, as well as interesting, proud, as well as pride-instilling, creative, as well as inspiring, to Mrs. Evelyn Runyon, the 1968 RHETOR is proudly dedicated. 8