West Chester University - Serpentine Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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SOVEREIGNS Seventeen

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In world affairs, it is no longer possible for social organizations to be complete in themselves and to be held separate from all other organizations if they are to function properly on the highest level of efficiency. Similarly, administrative activities in the microcosm of West Chester vvould be of little value if they were not coordinated into an inter- active whole. Responsible to the chief executive. President Swope, and through him to the Board of Trustees, each member of the administrative departments carries on a portion of the work of the school, per- forming tasks which may vary from the lowest menial labor to the handling of large sums of money, but which in any case must be accomplished with a maximum of efficiency and pr oductivity. The attainment of desired results often involves a large amount of actual labor, physical and mental, but there are compensations. There is much satis- faction in seeing the college administration run so well that its functioning is almost invisible. The truth of hHomer ' s statement, Light is the task when many share the toil ' , then becomes apparent. ADMINISTRATION 47 47 Ninets