‘Going to get Better’

by Connie Gibbs, Financial Aid Officer

When I arrived at the college in 1975,
there was no financial aid office. Up
until then student aid had been one of
the those "other related duties" tacked
on to someone's job description.

My first day on the job coincided with
the first week of classes for the Fall

types you wouldn't believe

by R. Reid

The typing pool has packed and moved
five times in as many years. We really
are getting to be experts at moving.

At Mathers we used to have to haul the
mail up numerous flights of stairs.

The switchboard operator had to listen to
phones, people at the counter talking,
photo copiers, collators, ditto machines,
inquiries from faculty, (dramatic
eonfrontations from faculty) give
directions and on top of that you could
reach out and touch each other we were
so crowded.

On Welch street we had an old-fashioned
plug board which was a novelty for its
users. We also had a beautiful mountain
view out the front, a park setting across
the street and much more room to
breathe.

The dusty road didn't dampen our spirit
in this very happy place. Alan Smith
parked his bike right out front. We were
at Welch St. long enough to organize
another move, this time to Lynnmour.
Finally! A permanent campus.

30

semester. I had no training and no
adjustment period. I was absolutely
inexperienced. I remember being
ushered into a room with the dimensions
of a broom closet, containing a desk, a
broken chair and a large body of very
stale air. (Think of an ancient Egyptian
tomb being unsealed for the first time in
milenniums). There were no windows and
no air vents; in short, no ventilation.

I reeall that day as an endless succession
of students who all wore the same
expression. It was the expression you see

The typing pool has moved three times
on our permanent campus and we still
aren't sure we can throw out our packing
boxes, or can we?

We moved from Mathers to Welch to a
portable on campus to a trailer, to an
office in the NB portable to finally end
up in the Dungeon, where we_ will
probably reside for at least another

Claire has had the same job and four
different bosses during her time at the
college.

Jan has had nine or more different jobs
on campus, beginning in the typing pool
and doing many varied jobs in varied
areas. She has come back to the pool
because she feels that it is the best area
to work in.

Sheree was with the pool for nearly four
years, Rose Marie is still in the pool
after 3 years. Sandy has been with us for
2 years. Jan has come back home.
Claire really keeps her staff.

The typing pool has been involved in
organizing the Christmas parties and the
pienies. We would like to see a social
committee elected to plan more social

functions for the college as a whole.