Baker University - Wildcat Yearbook (Baldwin City, KS)

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OUR DEAN OF WOMEN Daughter of a Methodist parsonage, graduate of a Methodist College graduate student at Boston and other lead1ng un1vers1t1es college professor dean of women these are gl1mpses 1nto the career of Miss ELIZABETH BENTLEY our dean of women M1ss Bentley fills the pos1 t1on as a scholar as students 1n her classes and others who come 1nto contact wrth her know She 1S also quahfied by her sympathy for women students and her expenence w1th them 1n th1s and other colleges Our dean understands the pos1t1on of the g1rls at Baker who work thelr way through s1nce she also worked her way M1ss Bentley had already been 1ntroduced to Baker folk when she came here as dean of women for she had been ass1stant professor 1n the departments of H1story and Engl1sh 1n Baker 1n 1901 1902 The followmg year she was called to the cha1r of Engl1sh 1n Srmpson College Dur1ng the t1me she was at that college MISS Bentley 1naugurated the work of the dean of women there In 1920 she returned to Baker At the t1me of M1ss Bentley s pamful acc1dent the past w1nter the esteem whlch the student body hold for her was shown 1n the deep feelmg of regret expressed everywhere and by the many letters and tokens wh1ch were showered upon her E191

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DEAN EBRIGHT DR HOMER KINGSLEY EBRIGHT Iooo follows rn the successron of Dr Osman Grant Markham a Dean of the College Dr Ebrrght returned to hrs Alma Mater a a professor 1n 1905 Durrng the years of h1s professorshrp first of Greek and now of Brble he has endeared hunself to hrs students by h1s ab1l1ty to carry them beyond the pages of the textbook correlatmg h1s subject to hfe Such an ab1l1ty 1S an asset to the dean of a college Dr Ebrrght IS further qualrfied by an enthusrasm and zeal wh1ch he shows to th1s office Wlth an untr1ed hand for he acted as Dean 1n IQ2I 1922 when Dr Markham resrgned the oflice to be come actrng presrdent for any task that he undertakes. Dr. Ebright does not corne I9eza L ' E181-

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OUR NEW VICE PRESIDENT PROFESSOR WILLARD H GARRETT Professor of Mathe matrcs and Astronomy has been honored by h1s electlon to the V1ce Pres1dency of Baker UD1V6IS1tY Professor Garrett came to Baker rn 1902 and has been here contrn uously s1nce that t1me except for the year IQI4 1915 whrch he spent on leave 1n Harvard As V1ce Pres1dent of the Un1vers1ty Professor Garrett pres1des ably over Chapel 1n the absence of Dr Flemmg He keeps student 1nterests 1D mmd Th1s year the Chapel Program Comm1ttee, of Wh1Ch Professor Garrett 1S cha1r man has successfully endeavored to 1ncrease the 1nterest 1n programs To th1s end the commrttee has 1nv1ted sugges t1ons from the student body Professor Garrett 1S best known as teacher of Mathe matlcs and Astronomy He has an enthus1asm for hrs subjects Wh1ch h1s students catch and those who aren t 1n h1s department secretly w1sh that they were Professor Garrett takes every poss1ble opportun1ty to cont1nue h1s research He spent last summer at Yerkes Observatory and expects to return there durmg the commg vacat1on f I ' 5 9 .I . . . . . ., 3 . . f . 7 5 .f . . . 3 , . . V ., . . . ., , s., . . . . . I ' I 0 . . . . 5 3 . I 4 3 . l20l