University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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Miss Smithey, who also plans the registration pro- gram, keeps the records of all students. There is the matter of transfer of credits from this to other colleges which it is also her duty to take care of. Olive Bircham, a new member of the office staff, is her sec- retary. Miss McCall is the woman who took your money. Rather, she is the woman to whom you paid your fees at the beginning of each semester. It is her duty to keep the hooks of the college, and few people could do it more efficiently. She can, at any time, tell you the financial status of each department or fund on the campus. This seems impossible to someone who has no knowledge of bookkeeping and office routine, but to Miss McCall it is not only simple but also neces- sary. An additional duty of Miss McCall’s is her position as secretary of the company formed to build the new Boys Dormitory. Last May, a year ago. Miss McCall announced that students from neighboring states would be required to pay non-resident fees. This required a careful checking of the records of residence. One of the most important changes made by the ad- ministration was the adoption of the semester system, replacing the quarter plan. There were changes on the campus such as walks built, driveways changed to in- crease die parking space, and the most important of all, the building of the new Mens Dormitory. Miss Williams, who with President Cushing moved to the first floor at the beginning of the year, is sec- retary to the President. Last year Grace Mathews was a Senior; and this year she is one of the important cogs in the administra- tion pinion. Most of us met Grace during the year when we forgot to return a book to the library on the exact day that it was due. If we had a fine, she took the money that we had to pay for our neglect. There are students who help in the office. They work on files, type letters, add long lists of numbers on an adding machine. Some of them may work at the switch board. This work is important to the students, and it is important to the administration, for a great deal of work must be done to keep the school running efficiently and orderly.

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i Mil •‘There are many evidences char the whole educational structure of the state is threatened and certainly there are increasing evidences that if certain portions of the educational structure are destroyed at this time, it will be but a few years until other portions will meet the same fate. There is no assurance that once destroyed it can ever be rebuilt, regardless of how constructive a pattern might be devised for a new type of program. The friends of education in Nebraska should insist that those entrusted with responsibilities move very cautiously and very carefully in any direction which threatens the structure so carefully designed by the founders of the great commonwealth of Nebraska.” This statement was made by President Cushing to the press during the latter part of January at the time the Governor recommended a 12 per cent decrease in appropriations for the State Teachers College at Kearney. Behind. President Cushing and his statement, were eight hundred college men and women and their parents who sent cards and letters of protest to state legis- larors. Mr. Cushing and many other people believed that the situation was one of che gravest that the college had ever faced. Most of us could see the undemocratic principles involved when appropriations for education in Nebraska—they have al- ways been much lower than the appropriations for education in other states—were suggested to be cur still lower. But most terrifying of all, the governor had indi- cated in his proposed budget a larger cut for Kearney than for any of the other State Teachers Colleges. 16

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FI (' IL T V New Faculty are Young JUST as capital must have labor in order for production to take place, there must be a faculty as well as students in a college. Oth- erwise, there would be no college. Yes, vveVe heard that someone once said that a group of young people in a meadow consti- tuted a college. It s true they constitute something, hut it sounds more like a picnic. But to go back to the faculty. Among the new members of this years faculty there are a large number of interesting young men and women. There is Miss Olive Rurcham. She is the new assistant registrar, as well as the official J-‘trs( Row—Loft to Hinh —Mr. Mantor. Mr, Durflittgtr, Mis; Harrin, Miss Adams, Mr. Arnold. Second Row—Mr, Fox, Mr, Klein, Mrs, Dunfavy. Miss Kelly. Mr. Parker. Third Row—Mrs. Rerqnist. Mr. Powell. Miss Bradsfreet. Miss Crawford, Mr. Wilson. Fourth Row—Miss Hosic, Miss Wirt, Mrs. Powell, Miss Carroll, Miss Scott. greeter. She meets everyone who enters the office, whether it is a bill collector looking for Miss Mc- Call, or a father wondering why Lemuel didn’t get no betterV a D,” Incidentally, there are fewer objecting parents that visit the college than most of us might think. Miss Hazel Bradstreec is new this year too. She holds down one half of the gymnasium, reaches physical education to women, and teaches first aid classes for blushing boys and girls. 18