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

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We Are Proud of Our Personnel Department DR. EARL F. SYKES Director ol Personnel No more progressive or efficient organization exists on campus than the Personnel Department. Some of its many duties are the directing of such opportunities as loans, employment, and extra-curricular activities. Aiming to promote the welfare of every citizen of our college community, it deals with problems of student adjustments, testing programs, and whatever problems need solving. Mr. Clarence L. McKelvie has been the competent director of this adminis- trative office since it was established in 1936. Last October, when Mr. McKelvie left the campus to become Lieutenant Clarence L. McKelvie, Dr. Earl F. Sykes took over the department. Dr. Sykes has had experience in organizing guidance for secondary schools in Montana and in personnel work at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York, where he received his Ed.D. degree. Like Lieutenant McKelvie, Dr. Sykes is interested in keeping up to date. The Person- nel Department under his direction continues to exert a profound influence on the college and its members. We cannot speak of the Personnel Department and its competency without mentioning Miss Mildred Scott, who is the very able and aff ' able secretary to the Director of Personnel. New responsibilities brought on by the war emergency are constantly being accepted by this office. Registering for ration books is only one of the wartime situations handled by the staff of the Personnel Department. LIEUTENANT C. L. . k•KEL •IE Former Director ol Personnel Twenty-Jour

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We Introduce Our Dean of Men and His Staff Mr. Ralph Ricker, A.B., M.A. Dean of Men Being a Dean of Men, a teacher in (he Social Studies and the English Departments, and a coach of the football team may well be positions for several different people. These, however, constitute an outline of the various responsibilities of our Dean of Men, Mr. Ralph Ricker. This is the first year that Mr. Ricker has served as Dean of Men at West Chester, and he has certainly handled the job well. Chief among his duties are the assigning of rooms in Wayne Hall to all resident students, the supervising of fire and air raid squadrons, and the creating of a sociable atmosphere among the men in the dormitory. Since he is a member of both the Social Studies and the English Departments, Mr. Ricker has many curricular obligations to meet. As one of the coaches of our football team, his responsibilities become even greater during this season. Because of his close connection with athletics, Mr. Ricker is enabled to know and understand better the men who are under his supervision. Closely linked with Mr. Ricker ' s position as Dean of Men is the work of the Deans ot Women. Together, they are striv ' ing for close cooperation between the day and the dormitory students. Miss Eileen McCormack Secretary to the Dean of Women TiK ' enlv-threc

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One of our English instructors, Miss Geyer. pauses tor a moment to have her picture snapped for Sekpentine. That ' s Mr. Zimmer coming out ol the doors alter chapel. PROFESSORS ARE PEOPLE . liss Holland, one ot our math instructors hard at work at her desk. Miss Broadhead took time out from her work in the Geography Depart- ment to have her picture taken for us. i liss Henslee. a member ol the Music Faculty, posed very graciously lor our cameraman. Surrounded by winter ' s blanket of white is Miss Clark, a member ot the Engliih Department and an advisor to Serpentine. Miss Blair, one of the ad isors to the freshman class, was snapped as she came out ot the south door. Surromulcd by papers and biological specimens is Miss Greenwood, a member of the Science Department. T i,vnlj -Jii ' e