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

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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

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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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 9 I Richmond Davis has the distinction of being two new faculty members. Not that he sports a split personality, but he has served in two departments of the college. After a semester of work as die li- brarian for the A. O. Thomas school, Davis was transferred to the college English department. Gavin Doughty once told an interviewer, I didn’t like to practise, and I liked to take toy au- tomobiles apart.” He is not an industrial educa- tion teacher, hut the new piano and organ instruc- tor. Mr. Doughty must have outgrown that state of mind, for while we sat in our classes, it wasn’t un- usual to hear him practising Chopin and Brahms, He played the second piano concerto in G minor with the college symphony orchestra. It was this that made us realize that the only thing he takes apart now is the piano. And he certainly puts it back together again. He does it in an accomplished manner, too. If you ever see a short red-haired man carrying a brief case, and wearing rubbers on wet days you’ll know that it is Fred G. Halley. He came west this year to teach physical and social science at A. O. Thomas. Nebraska is as far west as he has ever been. Another addition to the faculty at A. O. Thomas is Miss Ruth Kelly. Last summer, she took work at Oxford on her doctor’s degree. An Antelope reporter had lots of fun interviewing her last fall. She told the reporter that education in England is casual, that Holland is friendly, Paris is beautiful, and Oxford unforgettable. Dr. Dean Nichols is one man who has taken bis doctor’s degree. So often it is the other way around. He started out to be an actor in a stock company, but he found that stock was falling. Then he became a history teacher. From that he drifted to play directing. His doctor’s degree was taken at the University of Michigan, working before the footlights, and backstage with the Michigan Re- pertory players. Miss Grace Mathews was a member of last June’s graduating class. This year she fills out contin- gent tickets and receipts at the beginning of each semester. Then at the end of the semes ter, she makes out refund slips. Between these two personal appearances, she takes the money for library fines. She has many other duties too. He has been to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and has covered 16,000 miles, and is happy that lie is verily” unmarried. That is Roy Watkins. He came at the beginning of the second semester ro teach Latin. He is working on a paper that will someday be a dissertation for a Ph. D. Robert B. Thrall may look like a college student, but be isn't one. He teaches in the college indus- trial education department, and supervises the work at Thomas school. The fellows say that he de- mands a lot of work. He wears a coverall apron at school, and balances a wicked tea cup at various faculty acci vities. Convention for Women Last October 5, at the Crystal Room of the Fort Kearney hotel, the National Education Association unit of this college gave a dinner honoring Chan- cellor and Mrs. C. S. Boucher of the University of Nebraska. Chancellor Boucher was in Kearney as speaker at one of the sessions of the state meeting of the Ne- braska Federation of Women’s Clubs. At this meet- ing he talked about Cooperation Between the Home and the School.” Other speakers talked about the challenge to American farm women, about the way modern youth looks at life, and the American home as the foundation of our nation. Miss Enochs ad- dressed the convention on Personality.” A noted guest of the convention was Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, Washington, D. C., president of the General Federation of Women’s clubs. She was pre- sented by Mr. Cushing at a reception. A large num- ber of Kearney people and members of the State Normal Board were invited to the reception. The college faculty and officers of student organizations also went to the reception. During the week, dub women from all over the state invaded the college. They attended the eve- ning sessions in black lace evening gowns and dashed about over the campus during the day in gray suits. In short, cliey looked just as one would expect club women to look at a convention. KUer and Nidicis stroll lo the Club House. 19