Washburn University - Kaw Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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Washbnlrn Qollllege ASLIBURN College was founrlerl lxy tlie General Association of Congregational Ministers ancl Cliurclies of Kansas, lfelmruary 6, 1865. Its cliarter cleelares tliat its purpose is the clififusion oi knowl- erlge ancl tlie arlvancement of virtue ancl religion, ancl the incorpora- tion of an institution of learning, of liigli literary ancl religious cliar- acter, X X if wliicli sliall coniniemorate tlie triumpli of lilnerty over slav- ery in our nation, ri it bl' and afforcls to all classes, witliout clistinction of color. tlie aclvantages of a lilmeral education. Callecl Lincoln College at the beginning, it receivecl its present name in recognition of a gift of twenty-live tliousancl clollars from lclialuorl Xiasliliurn, of XYorcester, Mass., wliose generosity gave tlie Hrst assur- ance of success to the enterprise. lts work at the start was largely pre- paratory, but tlie college clepartment was soon clevelopecl. Later, work in music ancl art was aclclecl. ln 1902. a Scliool of Law was organizecl. ln tlie same year a merger was formecl with tlie Kansas Meclical College wlierelby it became tlie Kleclical Scliool of XYaslilJurn College. 'l'liis scliool was cliscontinuecl Aluly 1, l913. THE FACULTY Kingman. SZIXH. Sellen. Kenyon, 1l1C'EilQ3l11'KJU, Niehaus, Croorn, l4OlJL'I', Johnson, XVelie. Zimmermain XYhittemoi'e, Frippen, Moore, Hal'sl1barg'el', XVi1son, Vvliite, Fulbright. C'olburn. Burkholder Dean, McKay, NVQ-lie, Leavitt. NVo1m-r. Jones. Diuulut. Foltz. Robison l'z1g'e 2.2

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.L 27 T- . 'ir 'avi J:r:f: :::,1' ARTHUR GODFREY SELLEN Dean of the School of Liberal Arts. ASH BURN College follows the trzxclitions of liherzil eclucation long' estahlishecl in this country hy other institutions of COllg'l'Cg2lflO11Z1l origin, such as Hzlryurcl, Yule, Grinnell, Oherlin zuul Carleton. lfirinly 1llI2lCllCll to these trzulitions, XX'ZlSlllJUl'l1. like those institutions, is incle- penclent :incl self-governing, free from sectarian or political control, with students :incl teachers of all clenoininations. XNi2lSlllJl1l'11 College of l,iherz1l .Xrts unrl Sciences is zlccreclitecl hy the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the ,Xssocizxtion of Ainericzin L'niyersities. lt is il ineinher of Association of .Xmerican Colleges zinfl of the .Xniericzln Association of L'niyersity XYOINCII. XYz1shlnn'n offers in its College of Liberal ,Xrts :incl Sciences the courses of study traclitionzilly recognized as the lnusis of higher ecluca- tion. Its stzxnclzircls of scholarship are high. ,Xcz1cle1nicz1lly, it compares lzivoittlmly with any college in this section of the country. ARTHUR G. Slil.I.liN, Dean. l':ig'i- 21 Tmnnvsmxzzu

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5- Fh-, ...Pham-N -WW Y AA.-,T---na--Y'-'W-L,-.S Members of the Faculty PARLEY PAUL WOMER, B. D., sc. D ..,....,.. . Pfcsifiuit Head of the Department of American Citizenship DUNCAN LENDRUM MCEACHRON, A. B., Litt. D ..... Vice-President Professor of English Language ARTHUR GODFREY SELLEN, Ph. D ....,.... . Dean Professor of Biblical Literature and History VVILLIA M ASBURY HARSHBARGER. B. S., Sc. D. Professor of Mathematics. DANIEL MOSES FISK, Ph. D., D. D. Professor Emeritus of Sociology. CHARLOTTE M. LEAVITT, A. M., Litt. D. Professor of English Language. CLEVELAND SCOTT LOPER, M. S. Professor of Engineering. SARAH LUCINDA DOUBT, Ph. D. Professor of Botany. JOHN, EMORY HOLLINGSWORTH. Ph. D. Professor of Greek and Latin. JESSIE DEAN, B. S. Librarian. LUTHER DENNY WHITTEMORE, A. M., Litt. D. Registrar. Professor of Education. VVILLIAM JOSEPH MORGAN, A. M., D. U. P. tSorbonneJ Professor of Philosophy and Social Ethics. ROBERT HILLS KINGMAN, A. M. Professor of Zoology. BURLEIGH REED, B. S., A. M. Professor of Chemistry. ,Lo WILLIAM ALEXANDER IRWIN. A. M. Professor of Economics. ELSIE L. JONES, A. M. Professor of Home Economics. VICTOR EDWARD WHITE, A. M. Professor of Political Science and History. FLEMING G. MOORE, Ph. D. Professor of Physics. BERTRAM VV. MAXWELL, Ph. D. Professor of History. NATHANIEI. E. SAXE, A. M. Dean of Men. Professor of Modern Foreign. Languages. GEORGE S. FULBRIGHT, A. B. Professor of Public Speaking. MILDRED NVILSON, A. B., C. P. H., Professor of Bacteriology. ERNEST E. BEARG, A. B. Professor of Physical Education. HARRY JUSTIN COLBURN, A. M. Associate Professor of English Lan- guage and Literature. FRANCES DAVIS VVHITTEMORE, Assistant Professor of Art. Page 23 34 J-.ol 2 win