Emporia State University - Sunflower Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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THE FACULTY MEN let their hair down and really enjoyed them- selves at their annual picnic. Second semester blew in on a raw wind and the faculty rapidly shuffled and dealt the cards of destiny for the next four and a half months. More classes closed in the faces of disgruntled and tardy enrollees, more sore feet resulted from standing in checking lines, and more fees were paid. Result — another record enrollment. Basketball season came and went and is best forgotten. Mayhap 1940- 41 will be a different tale. Our administration reports that our education costs a quarter of a million dollars annually. We say it ' s worth it I Discarded coats make for most of the com- forts of home in the FACULTY MEN ' S ROOM in the Union. [ 17]

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DR. EDWIN J. BROWN, director of the Graduate Division. I resulted for many of us who plan the pursuit of pedagogy as a permanent profession. Exams in January turned the vineyard of l nowledge into a batch of sour grapes for procrastinating pupils. DR. E. R. BARRETT, head of the English De- partment, confers with George H. Pliilllps. 16

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ART PROFESSOR H. F. JAMES, head of the Art Department, browses a bit in a spare moment. Professor James heads a depart- ment that is recognized throughout the mid- west as a leading art institution. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DR. JOHN W. BREUKLEMAN, Biology Department head, contrives to make the secrets of plant and animal life familiar to the students of his department. [ 18 ]