University of North Texas - Yucca Yearbook (Denton, TX)

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gC 22 Administration P. IC. MCDONALD, M. A. THE REGISTRAR N CONNECTION with college the average student is inclined to consider only the things that savor of culture and the collegiate mood. He considers the athletic teams, the coaching corps, the instructors, the departmental heads, and the president as an integral part of a great organization. In later years, these things chiefly hold their place in the memory of the student. Perhaps the most serviceable part of the college is overlooked. All too often the student fails to consider the valuable work that the large technical staff, under the able direction of Mr. McDonald, renders them. He forgets the vast service that is done for him in the process of registering, the filing of credits, the giving out of mation. From the time that he enters school until he holds his last position, his life and work is vitally connected with this office. From the hands of the registrar to diverse points all over the country there runs a maze of connections that directly joins him with each of the hundreds of students that have attended this institution. Mr. lVlcDonald is willing at all times to answer the slightest indication of an inquiry that approaches him over this series of contacts, making the slightest question of the former student a personal question of his own, searching and striving until he finds the solution to the problem, and then communicating it to the questioner. And finally, whenever an old student returns to the campus, Mr. McDonald always is able to greet him by name, recalling some experience that he had in the old days, putting the facilities of the college and himself at his se'rvice grades, the awarding of diplomas, the filing of transcripts, and the dispensation of infor-

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- Administration gwfj l - x l Em'i'n L. Crank, M. A. Wnsros W. Cook, Ph. D. DEANS OF TI-IE COLLEGE ECAUSE he is young himself and embodies in his basic makeup many fundamentals , of the typical youthful spirit, since he too traveled the selfsame path not so many years ago, Dr. Wilton VV. Cook is excellently qualified to fill the position which he now holds. Stern and steady when the occasion demands, yet friendly and amiable With all his disciplinary duties, he is counted a friend by every boy in the college. He is never too busy with the routine of his work to take time out and have a chat with any of the boys who have a problem to solve, offering his advice, not in a dominating manner, but confidingly and freely, to be taken or rejected as the seeker sees fit. Drawing him closer to his college and closer to his boys is an instinctive collegiate spirit that finds him in the midst of every activity that the college sponsors. VVhether it is a football game, a tea, a dance, a debate, or a minstrel, you may rest assured that Dr. Cook will be there. You may be sure also that he will be surrounded by a group of friends, who are ready to enter into any activity that he proposes. Qualified by years of experience as a teacher, a psychologist, and a counselor, Miss Edith L. Clark serves as a mother to every girl Who enters the college. She advises and directs the girls in every legitimate undertaking that they engage in. Religiously, intel- lectually, and socially, Miss Clark is a strong influence for better living on the campuses of Texas. She remains in almost daily contact with every woman who enters the college. Her duties are not merely limited to the disciplinary cases that arise. Far from it. From the moment that they enter college until the proud time when they receive their degrees from the hand of the President, their lives are inescapably coincident With the direction of Miss Clark. She superintends and directs into proper channels the activities of the Women students, she helps needy girls find Work, she sees that all rooming houses are properly maintained, she settles cases involving any infraction of the college rules, and she arranges and aids in the carrying out of the social activities of the college, being vitally interested in the Young YVomen's Forum, The Mary Arden Club, and other similar clubs. P180 2'

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Administration 'Wm IX. C. MLTGINNIS, B. B. .-X., B. .-X. BUSINESS MANAGER A. C. MCGINNlS1thC man Whose beautifully written signature adorns every Activity Ticket-proof in itself of his supervision-. He keeps a watchful eye on school expenditures, and reigns supreme down in the office where the business of running a college becomes a thing of cold figures- dollars and cents-pay rolls-warrants-statements for ever-inquisitive auditors--departmental funds-their apportionment and recording-checks on incidental expenses-requisitions-demands of students for post-dating checks in payment of entrance fees-these are only some of the things that must trouble the dreams of this man-but even if the figures are cold, the :nan is not-an unchanging personality-sincere and democratic-a man who knows you tomorrow if he knows you today-one feels the quiet harmony of college is based on the efficiency with which its business is managed. 1 'nge