The 1948 Stephensophia hails him as a friendly, hospital
leader with a plan. In fact, this year marks the first of a 25-year plan,
although we’re not told much about what’s actually in it. Details are yet to be
unfolded, the yearbook staff reports.
Field trips are popular in various academic programs this
year. The science program, for instance, includes a field trip to the Lake of
the Ozarks and biology and botany enthusiasts engage in a “real Missouri fox
hunt” and get a first-hand look at the countryside with a hike to Devil’s
Icebox. Sciences, we’re told, are strong and practical. In geology class,
students are learning to predict weather; in botany, students discover how to
plant their own gardens.
Students taking social studies courses get field trips to
housing developments, the police station, the county court, state prison and
industrial plants in Kansas City or St. Louis to learn about important problems
such as labor, crime and politics. The World Citizen Organization participated
at a mock UN Conference held at Missouri University with Stephens representing
the U.S. and Brazil.
And three editors of Stephens Life attend the Associated
Collegiate Press Convention in Minneapolis.
Among distinguished guests to campus this year include
distinguished musicians Lois and Guy Maier, Syliva Zarembra and San Roma. The
Aviation Club hosts Miss Elnora Johnson of TWA, William Gray of Pan-American
World Airways and Florence Kerr of Northwest Airlines. And the Foreign
Relations Club hosts Raymond Swing, a noted correspondent, General John
Hildrig, assistant secretary of state in charge of occupied territories, and
Richard Lauterbach, a Times correspondent.
John Brinnin, a poet, is in residence at Stephens during the
spring semester.
The 1948 Stephensophia includes a slight variation of the
Ghost of Senior Hall story we hear today. In this version, a student is
doctoring up a Union soldier secretly in her room, but the two actually die as
they sneak out one night and come up against a flooded creek. When the bridge
collapses, they both drown. That’s a slightly less violent version than the
stories we hear today of the soldier being killed and the student hanging
herself from a Senior Hall window.
While we in the marketing office have our doubts, the Stephensophia staff has included photographic "evidence" of said ghost.
We’ve not mentioned it in a while, but the Burrall program
is as active as ever. Overseen by the Burrall Cabinet, the program includes
Sunday evening prayer, Saturdays at 7:22, an evening discussion program, a
weekly Vespers service, a symphony orchestra, a choir featuring University of
Missouri men and a concert chorus.
Among notable students this year is Barbara Temple who
became Barbara Lander, a world traveler who was active in her church. She also
started the Grand Forks, N.D. chapter of PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians
and Gays). In 1948, Temple was president of the Student Activity Board, which
hosted campus wide events such as the spring picnic. 
Joy Kuyper, editor of the Stephens Standard literary journal
this year, went on to work in advertising in New York and for the Herald Daily
Newspaper.
Barbara Berry, editor of this year’s Stephensophia, earned a
degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and worked in advertising
as well. She was also known for being a talented cook and hostess.
And Doris Mitten became Doris Holden, who was active in politics
in Dallas, serving on a number of boards and organizations including the United
Republicans of Dallas County. This year, she’s president of the Senior
Independent Council.
As usual, there are a few amazing full-page photographs in
this year’s Stephensophia.
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