Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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01 EDITOR ALAN DODD Powwow Editor Alan Dodd, a Connecticut Yankee, has adopted the West, particularly WSC. His former experience was doing public relations work for WSC. Powwow The WSC Powwow is a magazine which both current students and alums of the school may well be proud. These publications usually average just under 30 pages per issue and have readers all over the world. Editor Alan Dodd and Director of Alumni Affairs Harold C. Myers work in close cooperation throughout all operations and have established a workable organization to keep all alums well notified of campus events through the year. Campus activ¬ ities are covered in each issue by considering all aspects of the activities which take place at spaced intervals, for example, Homecoming, Dad’s Day and Mother’s Week¬ end. Other extremely important features are activities that are common at WSC. Two examples of those covered in issues of this year are the foreign student program and the feature on KWSC, Pullman. Certain other articles appear in the Powwow every month; one such article is “Cutting up the Classes.” This consists of stories sub¬ mitted to the Powwow by alumni, and it is divided up into groups according to the year they graduated. An “alum of the month” is featured with each issue. The “Student Outlook” is a new phase written by a student to give WSC reactions to local and world news. Office Scenes Gretta Bendixen, student assistant Mrs. Carolyn Marks, secretary to director The staff of any publication is of course the core of a successful enterprise. This staff is well-equipped both as a group and individ¬ uals. The work of the members entail widespread activities. They must gather the material to be used from their alumni readers plus current campus activities. Leslie Gabe, foreman of print shop Ralph Devlin, head of print shop The presses roll for the Powwow ten times during the year, from September through June. Circulation passes the 3500 mark each month and copies are sent to alums and various groups all over the world. The red outlined cover is the trade-mark of the Washington State college Powwow alumni magazine.

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President Irwin A. Davis Treasurer Clarence L. Hix Director Harold C. Myers Alumni Association Under the capable supervision of Alumni Director Harold Myers, the alumni association has made a strong attempt re¬ cently to develop a better organization. To a great degree this has been successful. There are now nineteen clubs for WSC alums to get together with their cougar friends. Six of these clubs are outside the state of Washington and one is in Hawaii. Plans for enlarging alumni activity all over the state are aiming for a membership mark of 8,000 by the end of 1951. Another policy will be to grant alumni memberships to persons who aren’t alums, but who are interested in further WSC develop¬ ment. These persons will be called “adopted alumni.” Some of the events which they will be able to participate in are the football “booster” dances held every year. The alumni association is unique in its connection with the college. It is dependent upon the college in that it is housed on campus and its magazine, the Powow, is published by the college. It is independent from the standpoint that it pays for its own director and is a completely self-supporting group. In changing to a self-supporting basis, association dues were raised to four dollars per year with three of the four dollars going to the alumni office and the fourth going to the local club. One of the objectives this year was holding a series of alum meetings throughout the Northwest, with special programs featuring athletic coaches and other personalities of the col¬ lege. These programs were to aid groups in setting up their plans for the year. Row 1: Harold C. Myers, director, Spokane; Clarence Hix, treasurer, Pullman; Lyle Maskell, second vice-president, Yakima; Irwin A. Davis, president, Seattle; Mrs. Marjorie Locke, Los Angeles, California; and Claude K. Irwin, 6rst vice-president, Pullman. Row 2: Fred Talley, Spokane; AI Ayars, Sunnyside; Earl Gibb, Bellingham; Stanley B. Norman, Seattle; Charles R. Devine, Spokane; Marshall A. Neill, Pullman; Morris Swan, Vancouver; E. J. DeVoe, Portland; and Larry Broom, Waitsburg.

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HARRY E. HOPKINS Vice-president, the State College of Wash¬ ington. A.M., University of Pennsylvania. CARL PETTIBONE Business manager and comptroller. B.A., the State College of Washington. Administrators If it is true that the students are the “soul” of an educational institution, it is equally true that a faculty is its “heart.” Thus it follows that one of the objectives of the administration is to enhance the efficient working of the entire college as to benefit both students and staff. The primary function of the administration is to aid the educational processes which will result in the maximum amount of the desirable learning oft the part of the student. Action of this office is also planned to make it easier for faculty members to achieve sound educational objectives. This phase of administration is primarily concerned with faculty aims. HARRY M. CHAMBERS Registrar. M.A., the State College of Washington. LAWRENCE C. ANDERSON Administrative assistant. B.A., University of Washington. 28 SEYMOUR T. STEPHENSON ROBERT A. SANDBERG Dean of faculty. Ph.D., Yale university. Executive assistant to the president. M.A., the State College of Washington.