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

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flCRDEmiC flFFflIRS Academic growth in 1968 was only an indication of what is planned for the changing campus at West Chester. Under Academic Affairs Division, newly organized this year, were the College of Arts and Sciences and three professional schools: Education, Music, and Health and Physical Education. In keeping with this expansion faculty was increased from a mere one hundred in 1959 to four hundred at the present. Each department was able to extend the valuable pro- fessional extracurricular programs that emphasize scholarship and proficiency. All this de- velopment was well planned with the intent of being highly qualitative as well as quantitative.

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1 IH 1 1 . 1 wfTx. h v - 1 i Kat -....• ..cl Dr. Arnold Fletcher, Dean of Academic AfiEairs, and his assistant, Mr. Bernard Siegal, were primarily concerned with reorganization and efiBcacy of the new college structure. They had to plan for a growing student and faculty population, as the college took its first steps to greatly expanding undergraduate and graduate departments of study. Particularly responsible for the undergraduates at West Chester this year were Mr. Emil Messikomer, Dean of Undergraduate Affairs, Mr. John Lewis, his assistant, and Mr. Walter Buechele, Director of the Summer Sessions. Scheduling, credits, course offerings, and grades were some of the many items that were handled through their offices. Keeping order amid chaos of student records from admission to graduation was the task of Mrs. Helen Shippee, the college Registrar. i 1 1 Determining the qualifications of students to be admitted to the college becomes a more challenging job each year in the face of growth such as that at West Chester. Dr. B. Paul Ross, Director of Admissions, and Mr. Godfrey Studemund, Asst. (shown), examined applications for acceptable standards. The College of Arts and Sciences, first established in 1962, has grown steadily since then and has added an area of broad culture to the campus under the direction of Dr. Kenneth C. Slagle, Dean, and his assistant, Mr. Thomas Corr. They de- signed a program to develop individual interest and ability. 16