Whittier College - Acropolis Yearbook (Whittier, CA)

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DR. MENDENI-IALL Although a great deal has been said about the relative merits of our chapel programs which have been attended by students with appropriate detachment, President Menden- hall has done a great deal toward furthering his point that speeches need not be tight and tedious, as dead as a dinosaur and not nearly so interesting. Dr. Mendenhall possesses the narrative gift, a vast knowledge of his sub- ject, a sense of humor, and the gift of well- balanced compression.

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1, V . I i, 'f FACULTY Mrs. Pfuetze--This enterprising dean of .women knows how to make friends among students-because she works with them and for them, not over or against them. Her enthusiasm and interests seem almost inex- haustible. Because she is a progressive in poli- tics, sociology, and religion, Mrs. Pfuetze is a friend as well as a leader of young people. She is a women's adviser-but a twentieth century edition. 1 , Mr. Hockett-One of the executives of the school who enjoys the college as a whole. He may be seen Watching football practice, talking with students on the campus, and at the plays as well as working in the treasurer's office. The explanation of his sympathetic handling of his debit and credit duties may lie in his past experience as a musician. At any rate he has succeeded in symphonizing the college budget. ' Mrs. Vfalker-Mrs. XValker, whose sad, sad tasks include issuing blue slips and plac- ing still juvenile graduates in responsible positions upon graduation, still finds time to chat even with long-suffering, but con- Hdent student poetasters. Her interest in the college literary society proves the sincerity of her conviction-that Poets should be poets in fact as Well as name.