West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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ADMINISTRATORS DEAN OF WOMEN BETTY BOYD, A.B. All interests of women students in the University are in charge of a special executive office of the University, the Dean of Women — Miss Betty Boyd. In Miss Boyd ' s own words, Everybody knows that 1900 women can have a lot of interests. In practical terms the job is a balance between talking and listening. The dean of women is adviser to numerous student groups- Li-toon-awa, Associated Women Students, Pan-hellenic, YWCA, Mortar Board and others. REGISTRAR J. EVERETT LONG, M.A. J. Everett Long, Registrar of the University and Chair- man of the Committee on Admissions has been at the Uni- versity since 1929. hHe attained his present position in 1945. The position combines responsibility for admissions, records, registration, and student accounting. This office schedules Interviews of applicants for admis- sion direct from preparatory schools or other colleges or Universities, decides what credits are acceptable fc work completed elsewhere. Issues I.D. cards, maintains complete academic records on every student, and certifies the aca- demic records of all students for teaching certificates. DIRECTOR OF STUDENT AFFAIRS JOSEPH C. GLUCK, B.A., B.D. Mr. Joseph C. Gluck, as director student affairs. Is re- sponsible for directing the crossroads of campus activities, the Student Affairs Office. The office handles University calendars, programs, general Information, complaints, and all emergency incoming calls and wires. Located In the office is a Master calendar of all major University events, as well as records on all students organiza- tions and financial records on students funds. The office Is the headquarters for all scholarships, awards, and loan.s applications, and major committee meetings are held there. It Is the control center for campus parking and for all vending machines placed on University property.

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THE GOVERNOR OF WEST VIRGINIA The promising future of our great State is yours to enjoy. The training and leadership afforded you through this Uni- versity can best equip you for that role. No other state has been so richly endowed with God- given assets as here in West Virginia. We would like each of you to remain in this great State when your education is completed at the University. The industrial and eco- nomic era on which we are embarking requires the leader- ship and pioneering spirit of youth which each of you pos- sess. With the proper educational tools our people can meet these challenges and profit by their successful con- clusion. Again, I offer sincere wishes for your continued success and prosperity. You are benefitting by the standards of this great educational institution. As you continue the pur- suit of your goals may you apply these same concepts to every day living. Very Sincerely, CECIL H. UNDERWOOD Governor BOARD OF GOVERNORS CECIL UNDERWOOD Governer of West Virginia A. C. 5PURR, President Wheeling E. G. OTEY, Vice-President Bluefield K. DOUGLAS BOWERS, Secretary Beckley November 14, 1957 GREETINGS! I am happy to have this opportunity to extend personal greetings to each of you, through the pages of the MON- TICOLA. One of my most pleasant memories was the day I was honored with a degree from our State University. So will it be with you. To the Class of 1958, I say congratulations for complet- ing your college education. The years of hard work and long hours of study will reap rich dividends in the fulfill- ment of goals you have ,set for yourself. To the Undergraduate, urge you to complete your aca- demic training. Never before has the value of education been more Important on the world scene than it is today. WILLIAM G.THOMPSON Montgomery RAYMOND E. SALVATI Huntington THOMAS L. HARRIS Parkersburg MRS. PAUL HAMMANN Martinsburg FRANK J. ZSOLDOS Pineville FORREST H. KIRKPATRICK Wheeling IRVIN STEWART, Chief Executive Officer Morgantown 16

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%% ARMAND RENE COLLETT, Ph.D. Dean o ♦ ' ' r ,3i The College of Arts and Sciences, the largest unit of the University, accounts for approxinnately forty-five per cent of the total University enroll- ment. It offers instruction in some tv enty or more subject matter fields from the broad areas of the biological sciences, the humanities, the physical and social sciences. Students enrolled in the college devote the first two years follovi ing a program of studies designed to complete the student ' s general education and the last two years of the undergraduate program is intended to provide intensive study in one or more fields of knowledge. In addition to granting baccalaureate degrees, programs leading to a master ' s degree in art and science are available in almost all departments. Several of the departments also include curricula leading to degrees in specialized professional fields as well as to the doctorate in philosophy. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES SCHOOL OF MEDICINE EDWARD JERALD VAN LIERE, M.D., Ph.D. Dean A ground breaking ceremony was held December 9, 1952 at the site of the present heating plant for the new Medical Center. It was provided for by an Act of the West Virginia Legislature on March 9, 1951. The 1250-room Basic Sciences Building was erected on a 145-acre tract next to the Monon- galia General hfospital. The Basic Sciences Building was occupied the last week of June, 1957 and the first classes began last September for medical, dental, and medical technology students. Pharmacy courses are also giv- en in the building. A 400-bed teaching hospital was coordinated with the planning of the Basic Sciences Building to which it will be connected. The contract for the hospital was let on July 3, 1957 and construction began in August with completion scheduled for the Spring of 1960.