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

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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

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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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Grade school guiders . . . A. O. Thomas teachers, BLANCHE SKINNER, A.B., A M., Colorado State Teachers College . . . LODESCA NYQUIST MIL- LER, A.B., Nebraska State Teachers College at Kearney . . . LOUISE ADAMS, A.B., Nebraska State Teachers College at Wayne; A.M., Univer- sity of Nebraska. Dual duties . . . director of A. O. Thomas school and of the Teacher Placement bu- reau, A. E. BURKE, A.B., A.M., Ed.D., Uni- versity of Indiana. PREPARING. Country counselor . . . rural edu- cation instructor, R. W. POWELL, B.S., Northeast Missouri State Teachers College; A.M., Univer- sity of Chicago . . . not pictured, GAIL POWELL, A.B., Nebraska State Teachers College at Kear- ney; Graduate Student, Univer- sity of Chicago, University of California. Teaching toddlers ... A. O. Thomas teacher, MALVINA S. SCOTT STOUTEMYER, B.S., Fre- mont College; A.B., Colorado State College; Graduate Student, National Kindergarten College, University of Chicago, George Peabody College; A.M., Colum- bia University. Evidence indicates that education will play a greater part in the post- war world than ever before. The increasing enrollment in colleges and universities all over the nation makes the desire for education a growing fact. Men who before the war had no intention of ever attend- ing college are still returning every day with new attitudes toward its importance. The first requirement for good education is good teachers. Train- ing young Americans to make a better peace must begin when they first enter school at kindergarten age. Well-prepared teachers are essential if young people growing up are to capably maintain and participate in the American way of life. Teacher training at Kearney en- ables students preparing for ele- mentary instruction in both town and country to observe and prac- tice teaching methods in the A. O. Thomas training school on the cam- pus and in rural communities. Under the guidance of experienced super- visors, they learn the beginnings of good citizenship. Page 22