1954-1972

E.C. Dean Of Women 1 Enjoys Her Work By LINDA LATHEM always willing to take time to " . .For her price is far · d above rubies." She's a mother- si~ own and disc:ll~s a problem a mother to hundrncis of girls- _with one of lher girls-or one of and boys, too. ner boys. A charming, \Varmhearted "I enj_oy meeting the young white-haired lady, Erma Lee men. I like to see who my airls Barber has been a mother to are gong out with iust as their many ihundreds of students dur- parents would." mg her 16 years as dean of Having no child..en of her women at East Central Junior own, iMiss Barber loves the stu– College, Decatur. dents as if they were her own "We''Ve had some outstanding children. She is CO'lcerned when students to pass this way during they aren't doing their best. She my stay here. Many former stu- worries when they worry; she 1s dents are known ail over the unhappy when they .are unhap– iworld-students I've known and PY· She has love and compass- 1oved," Miss Bar:ber said. ion for aU iher girls. Time has steadily marched M:iny have passed this way on. Students have come and dunng her 16 years as Dean of gone. Changes have come with W?men. All who have ·passed ti1e passing of years. this Wa)'.' have gone away re- "I remeber when women membermg the warm smile an students could not '1ccept a ride the cheey greeting of this char– w1th a male teacher even if ming lady. caught in a rainstorm. Students The mother of students– had to date on c~.mpus. In re- Erma Lee Barber-leaves tent years, students have been ECJC at the close of this school given much more freedom. year. With her go many won– Young ladies are now allowed derful memories. Her smiles and to wear pants to class-an &ind words will b~ missed. She unheard of thing only two years will 1 be remembered as the ago. Rules at East Central are mother who gave her aH to her as lenient and in some cases, students ... "for her price is more lenient than rules at other far above rubies." junior colleges.

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LOVES ~EOPLE - Former student and now head of the mathematics department at East Central Junior College Shelby Harris discusses the freshman-sophomore prom with Dean of Women Erma Lee Barber. Miss· Barber has been a mother to many hundreds of girls, and boys too, during her 16 y~ars at ECJC. A charming woman, Miss Barber likes nothmg better than to chat with her friends. ERMA LEE BARBER

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A ~alented woman -and an ap– preciator of beauty. Miss Bar– ber enjoys crocheting and nee– dlework. Her coilecuon of Afri– can violets is to ~ adn1ired and her ability to grow them is to be envied by any g<.rdener. J>. sympathetic and under– standing person, Miss Barber is

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