University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School - Mirror Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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ASSISTING STAFF I 1 11 ' Admiration of the students rightfully belongs to the members of the assisting staff. Without their painstaking interest, our difficulties would have been insurmountable. Miss Mullen is most deserving of our gratitude for her considerate understanding of student and patient alike. To Mrs. Reed we are indebted for her ability to meet our incessant demands for clinical supplies. Her duties are multiple and our appreciation of their value is in- capable of expression. The bright-eyed, charming Miss Nixon is a ray of sunshine wherever she appears. She and Miss Underwood take efficient care of the stenographic work of the School. Miss Hagan, Mrs. Carroll, and Miss Elchenko are deserving of our highest praise for their interest in the welfare of the students. Their presence in their respective de- partments is an incentive toward work of a higher quality. Miss Marriott is our ever-ready, always helpful, librarian who helps us solve so many of our bookish problems. We, who are graduating, will recall the members of the assisting staff as helpmates throughout our student days. To them, we tender our lasting praise. Front Row — Miss Margaret M. Nixon, Secretary in Dean ' s Office; Miss Polly Jacobson, Dental Cataloguer; Miss Katherine L. Underwood, Stenographer; Miss Alice V. Elchenko, R.N., Assistant in Oral Surgery; Miss Mary A. Hagan, Secretary, Orthodontic Clinic. Second row — Miss Beatrice Marriott, Librarian; Mrs. Mary C. Reed, Secretary, Ope rative Clinic; Miss Frances Mullen, Information and Case Record Clerk; Mrs. Charlotte P. Carroll, Secretary, Prosthetic Clinic. Page Twenty-four

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT KATHARINE TOOMEY No one has endeared herself more to the hearts of all our graduates than Miss Katharine Toomey, our highly regarded and respected administrative secretary. Her wisdom and excellent judgment serve unfailingly all who know her. Through Miss Toomey ' s appreciation, students learn the infin- ite worth of true courage and aspiration as well as the need for a willing consecration of all we possess to the highest we see. Shortly, we shall go forth to practice our profession in a troubled world, which today has a right to look to its university-trained men for competent and responsible leadership. If we can but follow the good examples and precepts reflected by Miss Toomey, our lives will be more wisely, nobly, and usefully lived. DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS In attempting to understand why graduates have such a fond feeling in their hearts for the University of Maryland, we find that the old maxim, The first impression makes the deepest impression, as much as any other factor, is the explanation. The feeling of being-at-home, which sup- plants that feeling of utter helplessness experi- enced by every freshman entering college, is due to the merry smiles, sincere handshake — itself a distinctive rarity — and the sincere words of greeting accorded by our Director of Admis- sions, known in the catalog, and officially, as Willard McConkey Hillegeist, but to his friends, which means every student in the University, as Hillie. When Dr. H. C. Byrd, in the course of his reorganization program, created the office of Director of Admissions in June 1936, Mr. Hillegeist was called upon to organize and take charge of this new department. Since then, his duties have included the evaluating of the cre- dentials of applicants, corresponding with and interviewing prospective students, and attend- ing to other matters pertaining to pre-regis- tration. WILLARD M. HILLEGEIST Page Twenty-three

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Presenting the DEPARTMENTS Page Twenty -five