Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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,. XE. 'g WALTER G. BAUER, Dean of Arts and Sciences Dean Baueris oHice is always occupied by members of the university family. Faculty members come there on busi- ness, and at times they drop in For a Friendly chat. Before every vocation there is a long line of students waiting there with petitions for c: Few hours extra time to catch a iruin,ior several day's time to travel to California or almost any point north south, east or west, or For whatever pops into the student's head when he anticipates going home. There is a great need For a sense of humor like the Deonis; the excuses a college student can think of for not being oh campus range from Grandma's confirmaiion to the wedding of sister Jane's best Friend. The students who have counseled with Dr. Bauer have Found him understanding and sympathetic, and always ready to help make college life happier and more successful. 16

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PRESIDENT O, P. KRETZMANN, Able Keeper of the Flame Through the polished wooden doors of the Music Hall, up a short Flight of worn steps, a turn to the left, through another door, then you are in the oHice oi the president. The room is warm and Friendly from the drapes on the windows to the books on the shelves. Attention is First Focused to the portrait oi Christ hanging on the west wall and then to the man sitting beneath the portrait at a large, dark deskeDr. O. P. Kretzmonn. We see him more Frequently though in chapel or in walking to cmdt rom Music Hail, and we Fomiliariy refer to him as HO. P. He is our friend, counselor, and leader a man who has guided the university and the student body through the difficult war years and now in the post- -war period where the challenge of growth has been met with success. We remember his convocation addresses at the opening of each new semester, and we remember his stirring and inspiring Lenten sermons on the passion and love of Christ. But we also know of another side of our president, We remember his wit and humor cut the dedication ot the Hoie-his initials are among the many carved on the tables, and we remember his easy smiie and Friendly manner at receptions and informal parties. The proud papa of two growing sons, President Kretzmonn is our ideal of a college president. 15

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Henry W. Prahl Virginia Busse t Palmer Czamqnske Q Vera T. Hahn L Richard Knudsen John Soveson -, Walter G. Friedrich a Henry Hinck Herbert Umchh Englis 1948 saw many changes in the Department of English . . . Dr. Umchh as acting head during Dr. Friedrichhs sabbatical leave . . . new Faces of faculty meetings . . . the debut of education in screen version. But much remained as always . . . the muddle 0F Beowulf 0nd Bunyan . . . 0F Chaucer and his Clerk . . . bibliographies and Footnotes and three by Five cords . . . the deep, contented feeling at reaching the Fitteen-hundred mark. Richard Knudsen Margaret Ford 't Howard Bohr ' Lulu Moore Erhardt Essig H. Alan Nelson Beatri Ce Everson 17