Washburn University - Kaw Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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E their attitudes. Some come with an as- sured air: ul know what I am about, but I'11 indulge you to extent of waiting while you advise mef, Others come with their programs already carefully made out, more in the interest of initi- ation than education. The pose of others is, HI came here to get an education, but l'd like to see the man who can educate me. There is the youth who is heard for his much speaking, the boy who comes from the high school with a fine- scholastic record, manifestly warped by a desire to reward athletic prowess, the girl who feels grown up because in high school she was called by her Christian name, whereas in college she is ad- dressed uby her maiden name. The majority, however, are more in- dividual than peculiar. They are just decent, wholesome boys and girls from good homes, fresh from high school, and eager to learn and ufit inf' From a teacher's standpoint there is not much that is comical about them-more often a bit of puzzlement of pathos -but mostly they present the outlines of just so many problems and responsibilities, each student with his own particular background, personality, needs, ambi- tions, aptitudes, and weaknesses. So, instead of appearing comical, each one of them looms as a big job-two big jobs, in fact: the job of assisting them to adapt themselves quickly to the new situ- ation and the task at hand, and the job presented to the faculty, of adapting themselves to the personalities of the students, to the end of skillfully guiding them. Not much comedy in this. 25 -Wg I pf 'P jjj! Q 1 uf vis ..- F-21 1 X ,1...-- ' f 'll ' 'Y 1 - ' ,,, 4:-'mb - the students Oh, yes, there to laugh at- with a laugh that is likely to fade away And then we watch change-grow, we hope. is sometimes something in a sigh.- And they do change, and we believe they grow. In the freshman year they run around and try to ujump their environment, just to discover their limitations and the elasicity of the rigidity of college con- ditions. Still in the plastic stage, as sophomores they carry on with an as- sumed bravado and a thin shell of so- phistication, glad they are still alive and hoping for the best. The juniors have begun to shed their chrysalid teguments, dry off, and dream of wings. And then the seniors, often spoken of in the trite phrase, Hdignified seniorsw - this is mostly in high school, by the way. I should say gravity is more apt to qualify them, and why not? The four years of striving and association is drawing to an end. They are looking out with dubiety on an unstable world-and yet with high courage. So this is how, superficially, the stu- dents look to me. Nothing very humor- ous about it, is there? a l T.

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As the Faculty See Us by Harry Justin Colburn CQWILL you please write an article on cHow We fthe student bodyj Look to the Faculty', off-handedly said the editor ofthe Kaw to me, wand make it humorous. I protested, but in vain, so upon his head be it. I have never heard a single member of the faculty express himself on how th student body looked to him, I'Iow then shall I speak for anyone but myself, and how, in particular, can I make it humor- ous? For I never feel, when I gaze upon the student body, or students in- dividually, any particular stimulation of my risible musculature, and if I did it would not be either kind or judicious to give. public expression to it. It would be unkind, for there is no particular ground for it, and besides, young people are very sensitive, and might mistake kindly satire for unkind sarcasm. It would be injudicious, for satire is two edged weapon, cuttting both ways, and it would be embarrassing to read a re- taliation on how the faculty looks to the students, especially as youthful satire is more remarkable for its brutality than for its finesse. So far as I personally am concerned the students of Vlfashburn college look little different from the same number of young people of similar ages gathered anywhere. To be sure, the influence of the late departed Indians is still be- trayed by a dermatological and unguicu- lar decoration of Vivid primary colors among the young females, far in excess of that seen in the East, but this bizarre practice is by no means confined to col- lege women. And the young men, that is, the youngest of them, still affect the garb for garbagej of the uwild and Wooly, that has never been curried below the knees, but at least they do not cul- tivate the semi-quadrupedal gait known in the East as Lathe freshman slouchf' Of course, I give each entering fresh- man a brief scrutiny as I sign his enroll- ment card. They vary considerably in x iff' if m e 'N 1'I I . xQ Nl' . I saifxffft I I1 W f fy V v I I cl, 4 ni- i A ,X X -A ss . . I I' f 'YI K A I N' X . , f lllhlilf I f- 1 -f ,f f:::5sga:!Il W ' fugwu 24

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dministration Have you ever stopped to think that behind the fun and apparent casualness of college, there is a smooth running ma- chine, Without which everything Would be disorder? The fact that this organ- ization is so efficient that its presence is almost indiscernible is its greatest merit. Dr. Phillip C. King, the president, is the most important part of the machine, the engine, so to speak. Yet Dr. King is not one bit like an engine. He is a kindly and understanding, human. He never forgets the raw materials with which he is Working are human beings. He is a real friend, a man with the Welfare of his college in mind, Who cannot forget the personal feelings of his students. Susan M. Guild, dean of Women, un- derstands the problems of her charges, and loves to help them. Dean Cleveland Loper does the same thing for his men workers. Dr. Luther D. Whittemore, the registrar, and Dr. D. L. McEachron, the treasurer, both veterans, are beloved of their Workers because of their wonderful sense of humor. Miss Jessie Dean, and Miss Ella Pix- ley, also veterans, are chiefs in their re- spective departments. Miss Pixley is the secretary and assistant treasurer. Most of the money which comes in and goes out from the college goes through her hands. Miss Dean presides over the li- brary almost reverently, and she loves to chat with her young friends about col- lege affairs. In a factory which runs as smoothly as Washbu1'n, there will never be a sit down strike. The students as a whole are too well pleased with things as they are to strike for something better. CLEVELAND S. LOPER Dean of Men SUSAN M. GUILD Dean of Women 26