West Central School of Agriculture - Moccasin Yearbook (Morris, MN)

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SIHCG May l9l5 Prof E J Volden has served the UnIversIty of MInnesota West Central School of AgrIculture wIth a degree of effIcIency wIth few attann Many know of hIs IntegrIty In seeIng that the UnIversIty TGCSIVGS every cent that IS comIng to the INSTITUTION but few know that he IS lust as axactlng In seeIng that every IndIvIdual gets every cent that IS comlng to hIm from the UDIVGVSITY Correct In every detall and nothrng less IS the standard he has lIved by Few Indeed ever QUESTION any of hIs many reports Not only has Mr Volden served extremely well In the busIness offlce but he IS an exceptIonally good teacher ln the classrooms as In the offIce he respects ambItIon honesty and IntellIgence HIS students know theIr subgect matter They expect to work In hIs classes and know that the InformatIon obtaIned wIll be worth the effort The Importance of good credrt IS taught to all hIs classes for he has always recognIzed Its value Whlle emphatlc IH Impresslng on a student the duty of meetlng hIs oblIgatIons few faculty members have been as Interested In helpmg students who are In trouble When he retrres June 30 the Unlverslty wIll ,pw K lose a faIthful employee whose outstandung characterIstIcs are effIcIency :Y and loyalty He served under all four supernntendents of the West Central School and ExperIment StatIon and to each he gave un E J Volden questIonIng loyal support In the admInIstratIon of the statIon busIness hixf 'O A B Rolfe Farm EHQIDGS Gas and Arc Weldlng Bookkeepmg Busmess Manager Valecllctory On June 30 l955 Mr Alec B Rolfe wIll retlre from the Unnverslty of Mlnnesota to spend more tIme In the north woods of Mlnnesota whIch have become so dear to hIm and hIs Wlle ln the years SIHCG l923 when he IoIned the staff as Instructor In Motors and Forge he has served the UnIversIty of MInnesota IH many responslble and Important capacItIes As Supenntendent of BuIldIng and Grounds Proctor of Spooner Hall Instructor In weldlng and a faculty advIser on the Moccasln Board he has QIVGD unstlntlngly of hIs tIme hIs energy hIs abIlIty and hIs devotIon to whatever task has been at hand DUFIHQ the years that he was Supenntendent of BuIldIng and Grounds many of our buIldIngs were constructed or remodeled under hlS super VISION A few of the prolects that stand as tokens of hIs skIll and labor are the GymnasIum .lunlor Hall Junlor GIrls DormItory the Seed House the paved streets sldewalks and the water malns Dunng the years from l925 to l946 he welcomed and gulded twenty one classes of boys through the often stormy waters of the freshman year They wIll recall the shrewd good sense the frIendly Interest and the far seeIng wssdom In the guIdance he gave As a superIor teacher, he IS remembered by all who have been In hIs classes All who have ever known hIm wIll remember hIm for hIs remarkable memory, hIs flne com mand of the Engllsh language, hIs conclse remarks and hIs keen sense of humor that can QIVG a crItIcal or serIous sItuatIon on amusIng aspect The West Central School of AgrIculture has been fortunate In capturIng and holdmg hIs Interest and untIrIng devotIon from l923 l955 11 , . . . I , . . . . . . Q I , sl-i,, IM ,4 . . . . . . nM,mgww, . , 4 ' 4-,J-1 I I fmfg , A '. Vp A231 ' ' . It-'tit' Q - 1 A 1 I . . . . I A xv T 0 L. , , -K A, c If J ' Ir K I I, ff VI M 1' ,X I.. . l I .' f - I ' -1 ' I gg! l n V 'X I , . . J . . . . . 0 . . . . . I 1 I 1 1 1 F, I 52' . . . . , . I I I I M 1 1 - I I -

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LESLIE LINDOR RALPH SMITH GENE ROBINSON X Q lf , LESLIE LINDOR, Physics, Farm Mechanics, RALPH SMITH, Coach of Football and Basketball, Farm Management, GENE ROBIN- SON, Precepior of Spooner Hall, English, THELMA GILBERT, Home Making, Crafts, PHYLLIS LERUD, Home Economics, Home Making, HARLEY HANKE, Veterans' On-rhe4Farm Training Pro- gram lnstruciorg ORVILLE NORDSLETTEN, Chemistry, Biology, ROBERT HANSON, Preceplor of Senior Hall, Farm Engineering. THELMA GILBERT PHYLLIS LERUD HARLEY HANKE ORVILLE NORDSLETTEN ROBERT HANSON Q