Emporia State University - Sunflower Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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7726 Faculty Honors Dr. E. R. Barrett was the guest of honor at a faculty dinner last sum- mer. Recognition of 25 years of service as head of the Emporia State English Department was the oc- casion of the party given in the Coffee Shop. President Thomas W. Butcher spoke to the group of Dr. Barrettt ' s valuable contribution to Emporia State. Dr. E. M. Hopkins of the Univer- sity of Kansas called particular atten- tion to Dr. Barrett ' s national work in English education. He said that he and Dr. Barrett founded the National Council of Teachers in English as well as the Kansas Council of Teachers in English more than twenty years ago. Dr. Barrett came to the Emporia State campus as head of the English Department in 1914. DR. E. R. BARRETT The faculty and guests present at the dinner honoring DR. BARRETT gave full atten- tion to the photographer who interrupted the festivities. [ 29 ]

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SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS DR. M. WESLEY ROPER, head of the department of Sociology and Economics, pauses for a moment in his daily task of sowing the seeds of knowledge in the none too fertile undergraduate skulls, and studies n pamphlet at his desk. SPEECH DR. F. L. GILSON, godfather of the well-known Gilson Players, searches the spacious files in the Speech office. 28 ]

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J( M CfldlPUS Radios blasted war bulle- tins at five-minute intervals. Warsaw was being bombed. Hitler was on the march. England declared war. America worried about neutralitv. The Athenia sank — and on board was Irene DeMun, voice instructor, and possibly Speech Instructor Kathryn Kayser, and the English Depart- ment ' s Richard L. Roahen ; but we could not be sure. In the midst of this turmoil and excitement, enrollment, even a record- breaking enrollment of such as the one in September, 1939, seemed defin- itely a minor thing. Enrollment was held, however, and although it hardly seemed possible in a world stirring to war drums, we soon found ourselves waking to the sound of alarm clocks, forgotten for three months, [ 30 ]