University of Wisconsin Whitewater - Minneiska Yearbook (Whitewater, WI)

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pm a; '38-'39 This busy life full of problems does not hinder Mr. Yoderls everyzready smile and constant Will' ingness to aid any and every student at all times. . . A With the President in his political work and always behind him in administration policies are Secretary Doudna 0f the Teachers College Board of Regents, Madison, and Regent Seymour 0f Elkhorn . several conferences :1 year and many contacts keep these men together working for the better . . W.S.T.C. . . . ment of a cause . Power behind the thronell is indeed the proper . Miss Maeta Lewerenz, in her own ofllce adjoining that of the President, handles the financial work of the title for the oHice force of the college . . school . . . does the buying and paying of bills . schedules the use of the buildings for every! thing from candy sales to the Junior Prom. . . . Miss Olive Werner takes the brunt of meeting . handles all of the dictation for the President and this year did much people in the outside office . . 0f the placement work in the absence of Mr. Carl! MRS. DAHLE MISS LEWERENZ MRS. SHUKART MISS WERNER son . . . regular duties are to relieve Mr. Yoder of routine . . . passes out doctors.a cards . . . hane dles N. Y. A. cards . . . etc. takes care of the mail, Mrs. Ann Dahle, across the hall from the Presi' dentls oHice . . . . this year handled most of that work after secretary to the Registrar in name Dr. Nelsonls illness . . . She keeps the combinar tion to the huge safe which holds all the records of the school . . A Transcripts for summer sessions and advanced study . . . aid in liguring courses . welcoming new students . . . answering in! quiries . . . keeping and recording grades . . . all fall in the line of her duties . . . Recreation in her new house 011 Highland street. . . . Mrs. Mattie Shukart, formerly Mattie Chesemore . . . just Mattie to most people . . . more than eflicient right hand llman', to Mr. Roseman . . . handles his dictation and does much to aid place ment . . . keeps track of graduating studentsa records and keeps them informed about opene ings.

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MR. YODER under the guidance of President C. M. Yoder, the kindly, whiterhaired gentleman who reigns supreme . . . from his office in the central building to the far ends of all sections of school . . . from White . . When he returned to his ofhce after a brief vacation last water to New York and Washington . summer, he found many problems . . . enrollment figures astounding . . . 961 students entered this year . i . rooms to be found . . . courses to be lined up . . . a shortage of teachers to face . . all come in the stride of the president of a teachers college as popular as Whitewater. . . . Additions came to his many regular duties this year . . . besides seeing that everything ran O.K. from the furnaces and fixings t0 the teachers . . . Mr. Carlson on a leave of absence left some of the regular duties of the Director of Commercial Ede cation . . . Dr. Nelsonis illness left his duties as Personnel Director to the President . . . College 18 MR. DOUDNA MR. SEYMOUR Life and Problems to be taken care of . . . 395 Freshmen meeting twice a week . . . The daily output of letters from the main office tall dictated by Mr. Y0de0 almost doubled . . . from the regular administrative letters to letters everything regarding teachersi positions, summer school cur, riculum, requests for catalogues, and information to parents concerning their sons and daughters. . . . Personal contacts must be taken care of . . . conventions such as the National Education A550, ciation at Cleveland in March to be attended . . . Even politics play an important part in the Presi' dentis life . . . always with the interest of eduI cation and the college at heart . . . Governor Heilis threatened budget slashing caused much con! cern and worry . . . Whitewater is already scrimp' ing too much on needed money . . . Legislative problems called Mr. Yoder to Madison several times.

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MR. CLAY J. DAGGETT MR. CARLSON Standing: Mr. Foland, Mr. Fricker, Miss Benson, Mr. C. E. Dagget, Mr. Abell. Seated: Mr. Randall, Mr. Crouse, Miss Bisbee, Miss Clem, Q: '55; ' V 5W 4W MW 14W due to the death of two of our teachers, Mr. Cobb and Miss Alvord, the retirement of Miss Thatcher, and the huge increase in enrollment . . necessary to fill vacancies and handle the extra work. . . Mr. Clay J. Daggett returned from Madison Where he had been working on his Ph.D. last summer to take over the guiding reins of the commercial department along with duties as Director of Academic Education . . In spare time he built a new home and welcomed a '7 lb. 5 oz. daughter for the iihousewarmingh . . . Replaced Mr. P. A. Carlson, Director of Commercial Edus cation . Carlson is taking a welleearned leave of absence for a year . . working on research material for his courses here and at Northwestern University where he has taught for the past tWO summers. Miss Jane Clem, head of the typewriting department, is con! tinuing work on her revision of WThe Technique of Teaching Typewriting traveled on Great Lakes last summer for seah air . . . Miss Edith Bisbee completed iiBrief Form Drills for publication this year . . has begun work on :1 methods book in shorthand . . main interest out of school is peach nursery . . . She kept mixers in hand for first semester . . acquired new dog, Vii . . Miss Marie Benson returned to duties after teaching summer school at Northwestern . . Kept alumni interested in school as Chairman of Alumni Committee. emphasized tranSr cription more than ever this year .