The President’s Report for May 13, 1958

McCluer, Franc

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llBPO!tf of the mESD>&N'f O'I THE CotJ.BCI to the BO.ARD OF DIRBCTOBS of LUDUWOCI> COLLEGE Mey 13, 1958 It u a pleaauro to make tbia report t() the Board of Director• of Liildenwood College. STUDEti,'J; ,SHIIVBMBNt The year has been a satisfying end rewardiD.S one from the standpoint of the ac:hlevemant of individual student■ and from the standpoint of the achievement of. many groups within the student bodyo The LINDEN BARK, for example, won the All•Aarican rating (top retina) by the Associated Collegiate Preaao Tho GRUTIN, a literary publication including poeias, short atoriea, and esaaya written b,- students majoring 1n Bngliah literature, ia a very attractive volumeo Again one of our otudenta wae a winner in tha Young Artists• Contest . which is eponsored by the ~1o17Z!n'e Division of th~ Sto Loui• Syephon)' Soc:ietyo ·she ls Sally Miller• uh.o won i n voice and appeared in concert in Sto Louis in Apdl wlth other winneroo .ladith lttger, a sophomore p1an1st, renked anoog the top three in a pTafoss1ona1 contest for a cash p~izeo 'the conteet wa opoaaor$d by A oophomc.n."e from Kaas&z City, Helen lltce. has received a echolarablp providacJ by the hesbyt erian Board of Foreign Mlsst.ona for om year of foreign atudy at Geneva. Switze rland, and Jecn Taylor• a aopbow,re from Detrolt, wf.11 be an enchm,ge atudento President'• Repc,1:'t .. 2 - May 13. 1958 Perhepa more significant than these are the very fine fellowahipa won by mambera of the een:f.ot' clcas ·who are going on for graduate etudyo Ellen Devlln baa ,-10n a Woodrow- Wilson fellowahip 11 provid1ng tuition and_ living coats for araduate atudy in the fie ld of Engl~ah literatureo Ann Stewart has won a graduate ua:latantab1p, whlcb providea tuition and living costa, 1n the field of biochemlstry at the University of tlU.noi&o Heather Anm,r hu won a tuition echola~&hlp to Wah1qton University Lal~ Schoolo Blaine Lunt haa received a teholarship to atudy hwrumities in• ~rman univeraity from the Federation of German•Amrican clubso Marilyn deBeer ~ ·received a acholarahip for auaner grcduate atudy in dramati cs from Noi:wem-rn Academy O where ahe will teach next year o She will atucly at the Univaralty of Minnesotao BIBOLLMBlll' We have enrolled 535 student, for the coming year.~ ~lowing for the maunua number of cancellations that '-le ha-.re had in the last ten year•• tbie would a.tve us 433 resident atudent•~ We think that we shall do better than thia and have our dormit oriea fillado We have a cortetant probl em with multiple en~llment•~ Many may have observed 1n one of tlte ·r.ecent Sunday magazine aectioua. of the ST~ LOUIS GLOBE• DEMOCRAT au article that callgd attention to the fact t~at ·the, anticipation of eub~tantial increafle in enrollratnta by 1970 had eomho~ le~ student• to believe that colleges 1-1ere overcrowcwd ~n 1957-580 Many.,. therefore, apply at varioua inatitut1ons and soms f4itl to t~form ue of tha fact thct we are ' Hcood or third choiceo H~ard9 for iutance, enrolled 1800 freshman lut year have acccnaodar.:ed 10.000 more ~tudente this lut f a llo Of the 1890 college• ~d univeratttes ln ft.mer ica only 40 laat year ,.,ere overcrowded ad had to turn down student• because o f ls.cit of epaceo 7 A President'o Repo~t Kay 13. 1958 A mharp upturn ln the number of high school graduates will bagin in 19600 A eubotantf.aJ. tncreaee in enrollmnt• pd.oi- to that date wUl be the reaule of an attr8Ctive program of a pMticular institution or the reault of the increase in the percentage of high school graduates who go on to colleseo In the 23 stetes included in the mlddle•w.:at area &nd the aouth there a:~ 15 four year collagec for women. 10 of which are privately supportedo Of tha pdv~ely supported colleges Mary Hardin .. Baylor, in Texas, Asus Scott. in Georgia. and Llrtdenwood ere the only 3 llaving more than 450 etuclent&o Competition for Btudenta is intensified~ we seek to r~ioe the admission requb:emiants md academi,: standardao USE OF CHAPBL We hwe been much encoursged by tbs frequent uf.le of the chapel snd educational f&eUit:f.es within this buUd1ng on the part of various atu<.:lent groupso Our regular clu;pal t.'lld veoper services are 0 of course. held in t:i-.e aanct~ary0 snd not a wee' ;:. pD.ssea but tvbat some stuciant organizatton uses Fellowship Hall or other fec111tiea ln this buildingo ~lfBlSTIAN COLLEGE SUtU>AY This year 40 atucwnto cook pert in the wonhip aervicas f.n the Pt'eabyterian churches in the Sto Louis area on National Chr!atisn College Suaday0 ~prll 200 Students partieipated 1n tb.ese aervlcee by making short talks on the Ch~iztian college. s1ng1.mg ooAos, J.e~ca.ng in pr&yez-11 or readi03 the ScriptY?'Oo We have received many complimon~, on tb.e eontribut1ono which «Jtudenta mode in the churcbea on this Sund~ o May 1311 1958 Tha t'.ay Day ad Parents O i>&y programa brought to the campus 360 persona from the families o f our e l:udenl:co While the rain forced us t o have the May Day progrLW itu1ide , all prosrs:r;a were carded out and the purposes of the week-end prog1-t1111e were, we believe, .-~c:ompli.Dh~d effect:tvelyo Identical worahip services at 9:30 and U:00 on Sunday morning. and tHo seatings for dinner in the dining room wera necestHlry o 1.'ACUL'l'Y RECOGNITION D!NN!R The dinner held in recognition of five members of the teaching staff. each of \1bom has aerved th~ college for 30 years or more• was appreciated by the honored members of the f aculty and their collee.gueso The citations were handed to them by the Pres i.dent of the Bo&rd of D1rectoro of the College, and the presence of Board m0mbere added greatly to the aignific&nce of the occ11Wiono Members of tha teaching •taf f honored were: Mmy Eo Lear , 42 yeara as a member of the Department of Chemistry, Gert1-ude Isi~or, 33 years as a member of. the Depart111ent of !baic, Mary •!'erhuce, 32 years as a member of the Department of !t:>c!ern Languagea , B!iz.abeth Dawson" 31 yeara as a mamber of t.be Dep8rtraaut of En.gU oh, In spite of Che recf JSion, tha~e h.se be~n 311 incrcmse in the number of and in tlle: s f.~e of gifts to thL privn.tcly aupported colleges through the MlaBour1 College Jof.nt Fund Comnittc:c, Xnco We have been cncouri.ged by this response ~nd nre taking th:li appeal to cot:poraationa wU:l\ hea.dquinrtera in the smt1Uer President 'a Report - s - May 13, 1958 co11111.1nitiea of the state, NJ well as those in Sto Louie, Xmlaas Cit)', and Sto Joaepho The Missouri College Joint Fund Coomittee 0 Inco received a gift from the Lilly Foundation for the purpose of holding conferences for trusteeso These conferences were ~nnounced to m12mbers of the Boards of the several collegeao Oae conference was held in K&n1u111 City where Dr o Frank Ho Sparks wu the principal spe&tter, and one was held in Sto Louis where Mro Milburn· Po Akers , Editor o f the CRtCAGO SUN•Tlt-ESp was the principal speakero Lindenwood was repres ented at the ~as City conference by lirao James Ao Reed, and at Sto Louie b;y Mro Howard Io Youns, Mrso Artl\,1f i;tockatrom• Mra,o Horton Watkina, . , '' ,. :, .. ~ - ' , Dro Sherean Skinner; and Dro Wo Davidaon M:Dowello Minutes of t he two meetings will be aent you by Dro Page, Executive Secretary o f the Muaouri Coll ege Joint Fund Coanittee 0 Inc .. WOMANPOWBR STUDY The National Manpower Council hu issued o significant volumt on the ' aubject of 11\t!omrmpower''o 'i'he atudy deacribea the ch,in3ing role i n paid employment in t he lives of American wmneno The number of working womel'l hea 1ncreued from approxiiutely 5,000,000 in 1900 to 22.000.000 today9 lbre than one•balf of t ile 22.000. 000 employed women are married, and nearly 3'11 of all married women in t he country hold Jobe o The Manpower Councn•o study throws consider light on the extent to which employed women are an eeeenti&l part of our national economy and on the unique role whi ch is the:Lra in providing health, educational, and othe r vital 1erv:lce1. We beUeve it will have implications both in the inmediate future and in the long range plooning of coUegee for wameno We have attempted to take these implications into account in our counseling progrmno We have also arr~ed for en .assembly progrmn f.or fr~shmen dur ing Orientation Ueek in which Mlaa Preddenl: '• RAtpor& May 13. 19.53 Lichliter will dlfeuaa career poaaibiU.tie•, fielda open to women tn 1~lclt there are abortegea. and the importance of general liberal arts education in relation to career opportunitieao Ve alao plan to eaphulze these iqtlic•toae in Mis• Lichliter'• letter to new student• and to parentso We hope we may add to the Pananu' Day prosram a convocation for parent• ln which wo ,.iould diacuss opportunities for their daughtere o Departmea.U of Che college are encourased to carry on meetings on a voluntary basis to diacuas career opportunities in their fie ldao The long range implication of tbla study of womenpower and of the &air!. Council of Women'• Colleges juettfy a very cSt'eful 111tudy o f our own curriculum and progrm ln the light o f changing expectationa of women and changing oeecla . in our t'IOrldo Several collegu for woman have become co-educational• ~ 0th.ere are considerlna this as t he way to be of the best aeJVice to woman lo the mdern ,,orldo I am inclined to think thu mveaent grows out of a deeii-e to attract students rather than a conaidered decision that aeparate educltion for women will not meet their needs ao adequately a co•educationo Co- education i i more popular with high achoo-1 gr aduates o lt might be tbat a foundation grant to a tudy the needo and prob lea in the education of womeu could be securodo Whether the atudy be made on th1• buts or not. we at Lindemi<>od mu•t face eoma general queaticms about hlgb.er education ln the next ten years. and a.OID8 apecific questions about the relatio of our curriculum to the needs of youna womno For example. will the program of liberal education change in any major wayn? It uow con.sis ts pretty largely of two years of introductory couraea in varlot.18 fields, end two yeare of specialized study.. the deaand for vocatioac prepare.ti.on eeems to support thia program11 but it b poeaible. and I think likely. that liberal educ~tion may bacom a four year course without epecidizal President'• Repo~t May u. 1958 'the pressure for understanding cultures of other areas ad languages other than our own in the mod.ern world support the rnoveant to cc,ntinue • broad education for four years and to provide graduate education for speclallzatlonD Other queotiona that we have to face in the next decade are: Can we contioue to operate on a nine month calendar? Shall we cont:l:aue to limit the size of clu•e• to 25? What use can be made of televiaf.on and other devices to aicl the teacher? What use shall we make of retreats for college teachers during aummer muthe and sabbaticals? To what extent will teacher education becoae graduate in char,s\cter? What specif ic building and financial needs do we see for our own plt'ogrG in the next 10 or 15 years, and for the next 50? For our church there 1e the question, "Shall we maintain our colleges u a part of our mieaionary e ffort , or shall wa endorse and support from our national beuvolences institutions of high quallty only?"o J.UD!NWOOD COJJ&GE~,.ST 8 CHARLIS PRES;BYTER;tAN CHURCH CORPOUTION Attached la a copy o f the Treasurer's report of the Lindenwood College ; and Sto Charles llreebyter·ian Church Con,orat1ono REGOMMINDATIONS The Finance Comml.t tee joina in~acommending that the attached conaolidated budget for 1958•59 be approvedo It is recommended that subject to the aatiafactory completion of required work the indicate~ degree be awarded to the following student•: Bachelor of Art s Heather At"mUr Gul Atal Maney K'.a:y 'BotvSC Z' Yolanda Lou Breeden Martha Jo&in Bu~gin Maria Chern.er Alyce Faye Chevalier Sally Wood Cox President'• Report Bacbelor gf Arts (Cop~inued) Marilyn Joyce deBeer Dorothea Ellen Devlin Nedra Louise Durham Carol Geneva Gardner Mary Lucille Goodnick Roxie Clara Greene Donald Lee Grima Jsaea Wayne Hodgeu Nori Hott.a .JaDat Marc! Joneo Cleo Joon Leclaire .. 8 -Barbara Eugr nia Lee Margaret El zabeth Miller Shirley May Nolt1nd Sarah Nan Nordyke Prancee Sue Potte~ Carol Robert a Punt Grete Lucinda Reh& Nancy Maria Roberta Metta Steva Roussal1e Julia Spickelmier Sbildmyer Loia Ann Stewart Sandra Allee Taylor Bdwin Ducton ·Van Woert Jane Havenhill Winter Carolyn Joy Wood Bachelor of Scienc-t Joan Margaret Broeckelmann Mary Anoo Carr Ann Clevenger Mildred Eli2abeth Devlin Mariva Stirn Dorman Sydney Anna Finks Olive Conot6.nce Gibson Nancy Sue Hulse Janot Sue Johnson Sondra Rooe Jupin Dod.a Edna Langeneckert Phyllis Jlcndereon Layton Wanda Bulla~d Lesley Frances E11~abeth M::.Clintock Suzanne Hil&enbrandt Penzler .June Eloille Schmidt Dorothy Loui se Shippey May 13, 1958 President'• Report Bachelor of z.bale Barbara Josephine Koeller B~helor of Misis Edueat~~ Mary Ann Gatchell Loia Blain~ Lunt ltiplomas Mary Ann Gatchell - Piano Karen lt:lCee Gloser - Pi4110 Judith Ann Kiger - Piano Mey 13, 1958 Barbara Josephine· Koeller - Organ Respectfully aubmitted, l t )1!.e{/,..~.C-- l-v o L. McCluer/ President 

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