Texas Christian University - Horned Frog Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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Dean of Harris College of Nursing Lucy Harris Miss Lucy Harris is a trainer of nurses. She is dean of one of the United States' best schools of nursing, Harris College. Harris College of Nursing was welcomed into the TCU family of colleges in 1946. And Miss Har- ris has been dean of the college since then. For the six years previous to 1946, she directed a nursing school which was a part of Harris Hospital of Fort Worth. Dean Harris has helped build an excellent nursing school. Harris College offers a three-year course to students desiring a nursing diploma and a four-year course to students seeking a regular University degree. The college provides opportuni- ty for first hand experience in patient care and in other phases of the nurse's work. The dean is president of the Fort Worth branch of the American Association of University Women and represents the National League for Nursing on a joint commission for improvement of patient care. An active member of the First Methodist Church for 25 years, Miss Harris has taught Sunday school classes and worked with the Wesleyan Service Guild. Raising poodle dogs is a new interest of Dean Harris. s at are t sirs a i Dean of the Evening College Cortell K. Holsapple A dictionary definition of philosopher and one which accurately describes the philosophical dean of the Evening College is one noted for calm judge- ment and practical wisdom. Dr. Cortell K. Holsapples philosopher attributes are virtually indispensable in his work as dean. A table of values and needs for an evening college are entirely different from that of a day college, the dean points out. He states: The needs of adults are different from those of the average college student . . . Generally speak- ing, the adult is more interested in education than in acquiring a degreef' From his father, a pioneer Disciple of Christ minister in Texas, Dr. Holsapple inherited a close relationship with the Disciples. An ordained minis- ter, the dean was pastor of the Christian Church in Jacksonville before he re-entered the field of educa- tion. He still preaches frequently. Dr. Holsapple smilingly calls himself an inter- mittent golferf' When he is not putting on some green, he is usually puttering about some piece of woodwork or engrossed in a game of chess. Page 19

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Former Dean of the School of Business Ellis M. Sowell On Feb. l, l954, Dr. Ellis M. Sowell, who had been clean of the School of Business since its organi- zation in 1944, left TCU. The School of Business had grown from 65 business majors in l944 to 572 majors in the spring semester of 1954. TCU lost not only a brilliant administrator but also a top lay church leader when Dean Sowell re- signed. He was an elder in the University Christian Church and superintendent of the churchls Sunday school. Dr. Sowell, active in the state program of the Disciples of Christ, was president of the Texas Christian Missionary Society, board member for the Disciples Pension Fund and board member for the Texas Missionary Permanent Fund. When Dr. Sowell left TCU, the University lost a master administrator and an active church leader- qualifications which will assure him success in his new endeavors. Acting dean of the School of Business after Dr. Sowell's resignation was james H. Key. Page 18 Dean of the School of Fine Arts T. Smith lVIcCorkle As silent epics flirted across the screen of one of Fort Worth's early movie houses, a Texas Wes- leyan College student, violin tucked beneath his chin, provided mood music. The young violinist who played background music for the antics of john Barrymore and Mary Pickford was Tom McCorkle, who played for the theater to help finance his study of music at TWC. After he was graduated, he progressed from the pit to the stage, and, accompanied on the piano by his wife, launched a series of violin concerts. Since then music and the violin have played major roles in the life of T. Smith McCorkle, dean of the School of Fine Arts. Before he came to TCU in 1942, Dr. McCorkle played in several symphony orchestras, wrote musical criticisms for newspapers and acquired other degrees-M.A. from SMU and Ph.D. from the University of Texas. Son of a devoted Methodist layman, Dean Mc- Corkle has given much time to religious work. ln addition to serving 18 years as a church choir director he has taught Sunday school classes and served as chairman of music and on the Board of Stewards. His life has been tuned to the vibrations of the violin string, but his favorite diversion is working around his home.

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fs . ,,.. Director of Information Services Amos Melton In the 1927-28 school year Amos Melton was a big name on the TCU campus. Melton edited The Skiff, lettered in football, won the Bryson Poetry Prize and was a member of Sigma Tau Delta, the Press Club and Bryson Club. As director of infor- mation services Amos Melton was a significant figure at TCU in 1954 also. Melton, who held a newspaper job in Shanghai in 1928, is primarily a journalist. His newspaper work in the Orient qualified him to serve in an executive position there during World War Il. From 1928 until 1949 he was a staff member of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and then served a year as sports editor of the Fort Worth Press before he came to TCU as business manager of athletics and director of sports publicity. In March 1952 he was named to his position as director of information services. Mr. Melton is a leader in church work in the TCU area. In addition to serving as chairman of the board of the University Christian Church he is a member of the joint boards of the Christian Church of Tarrant County. Page 20 .....M,i.-5-Hwy -L-1:-Q-4,-3, Registrar S. Wi. Hutton In 1945 Registrar S, W. Hutton was co-editor with Dr. Noel Keith of a book entitled Worship Highways-Guideposts for Spiritual Engineers. Mr. Hutton, whose entire life has been closely associ- ated with the Disciples of Christ, either in the edu- cational field or in the pulpit, is well qualified as traffic director on a worship highway. Mr. Hutton was named to his first pastorate in 1907, and he still preaches several times a month. He came to TCU in 1929 as a teacher in Brite College and was named registrar in 1952. In the spring of 1954 Mr. Hutton, sturdy church leader and religious educator, announced his resigna- tion as University registrar. As registrar Mr. Hutton had supervised re- cruitment, registration, record-keeping and research on prospective students. Since 1952 he had deter- mined who entered TCU in what capacity. Not only has the former registrar pointed out uguideposts for spiritual engineers but he has also established the academic guideposts for the University as well. The busy Mr. Hutton says some of his best recreation is working in the yard at his home. hw