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

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BERNARD F. STUTHEiT, DEAN OF MEN ... a busy man on the campus, ho helps veterans to organize their curriculums and get back into the swing of civilian life and peacetime education. ALICE M. ROBINSON, DEAN OF WOMEN . . . her bulletin board with its daily clippings of news items and amusing incidents from the morning papers is one of the most popular places in the building. COUNSEL, CONSULTATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT Three years ago the Dean of Men's office was the busiest place in the college. Men left in large groups to enter the armed services, and checking out of school re- quired consultation with the dean. Volun- teers and inductees alike took their turns in the office where they not only received signatures but advice and counsel and good wishes for their service careers. This year found the office again the busiest place on the campus. B. F. Stutheit, in his first year as Acting Dean of Men, was kept at a steady pace welcoming World War II veterans back to the college, assisting them in planning their curriculums, and helping them to get started in their dis- rupted education. Besides his regular duties, the Dean of Men serves as advisor to the Men's Council, which is a representative body of all the men enrolled in school. Affairs of the Dean of Women were held admirably under control by two capable substitutes while Dean Alice M. Robinson was away during part of the school year. When Miss Robinson left in the fall to study at Syracuse University, her efficiently run office was taken over by Mrs. lean Michaels of the social science department who retained the position of acting dean until her husband was discharged from the service in February. Mrs. Oscar Drake of Kearney continued in her place until Miss Robinson's return. Part-time work and special permits for extra activities must be passed by the Dean of Women. Help in planning schedules may always be secured in the office, as well as advice and counsel on personal matters. Miss Robinson is advisor of the Women's Council, which plans monthly programs for the year. Page 20

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ABLE ADMINISTRATORS PLAN, DIRECT POLICIES Most of the students on the campus aspire to go up in the world. If they follow the example of their leader and president, Her- bert L. Cushing, they should succeed, for President Cushing is up in the world both physically and mentally. Our tall president was born in Ord, Ne- braska. His interest in education and the teaching profession became evident at an early age. for he selected and took a course in normal training in high school. After he was graduated from high school he accepted a teaching position in the rural schools of Valley county. At the end of two years he secured employment in a hardware and implement store, and after a number of months among nails and hammers saved enough money to enter the Grand Island college. One discovers from the records that he was as successful and popular then as he is today. He lettered in basketball and debated in college and was business man- ager and editor of the college paper. He did the graduate work for his master's de- gree at the University of Nebraska and the University of Chicago and received the Doctor of Education degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University. In 1941 when the college had to discard its peacetime theme and swing over to a red, white and blue one. President Cushing capably brought about the transformation. This year the scenery of war was shifted again to that of peace, and once again President Cushing was there to quietly and effectively help bring about the long waited for and hoped for change. During an eventful and crowded year few students ever stopped to think that modern equipment, excellent textbooks, well-kept buildings and lawns and efficiently trained instructors had not emerged from nowhere. They merely took advantage of and thor- oughly enjoyed the many opportunities of- fered by the Nebraska State Teachers Col- lege at Kearney without once questioning the hows, whys or wherefores of those opportunities. Now is the time, however, to give credit where credit is due and to solve the mystery or rather lack of knowledge about the men behind the man behind the college. Just as the smallest cog is most important to the proper functioning of any mechanism, so is the small group of capable adminis- trators essential to the continued existence of our progressive college. This group, of course, is the State Board of Education, appointed by the governor and approved by the legislature. It is the duty of the members to formulate and control the policies of the four state teachers colleges of Nebraska. Other re- sponsibilities of the board are the selection of the presidents of the four colleges, the passing on the proposed budgets of the schools, the approving of the selection of instructors, and appearing before the legis- lature when matters concerning the welfare of the colleges are being discussed. The present members of the hardworking group include: Ralph Carhart, Wayne; E. D. Crites, Chadron; Edgar Ferneau, Auburn; Bertha I. Hill, Hebron; Alvin E. Johnson, Omaha; Everett L. Randall, Kearney; and Wayne O. Reed, Lincoln. Mr. Reed is the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Page 19 HERBERT L. CUSHING, president of the Nebraska State Teachers at Kearney.

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• • • ASSISTING When discharged servicemen began flocking back to the college, many of them were uncertain in regard to their classifications, due to college training which they had received while serving in the armed forces. Being a freshman one week didn’t mean that a man might not be a sophomore or even a junior the next week after his service credits had been counted in the registrar's office. Another irregularity popped up when married men had difficulty in finding apartments for their families. Aid given them in the secretary of publicity's office helped solve this problem. Arlene Christensen, bursar, left in De- cember to be married, so Uncle Sam settled his veterans' expenses with Doro- thy Williams whose duties as secretary to the president were doubled when she became acting bursar. Talking business . . . secretary to the president and acting bursar, DOROTHY C. WILLIAMS, A.B., Nebraska State Teachers College at Kearney . . . secretary of publicity, DOROTHY HOLCOMB, A.B.. University of Nebraska . . . registrar, EDITH M. SMITHEY, A.B., Nebraska State Teachers Col- lege at Kearney. For many of the men, particularly those who did not receive college training while in the service, settling down to serious study was not so easy. They soon found, however, that the concentrative atmosphere of the library, the willing aid of the librarians and the complete col- lection of books and material were con- ducive to learning and it was not long before they were giving the coeds high competition in grade averages. The men found also that the stress on physical fitness was not left behind them in the armed forces. They could take anything from a cut finger to the sniffles into the office of the college nurse and receive immediate treatment from her and the college physician. Good health, the college knows, is essential to good living. Faculty bookworms . . . librarian, FLOY C. CAR- ROLL, A.B., Knox College; B.S. in Library Sci- ence, A.M., University of Illinois . . . assistant librarian. MARY E. WILLIAMS. A.B.. University of Wichita, A.B.L.S., University of Michigan; M.S., Fort Hays Kansas State Teachers College. Health-guarders . . . college physician, W. E. ROSE, M.D., University of Illinois . . . college nurse, ALTA BERGQUIST, R.N., St. Lukes Hos- pital Training School for Nurses. Page 21