Baker University - Wildcat Yearbook (Baldwin City, KS)

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Table Of Contents ACADEMICS . . . ACTIVITIES Q... SPORTS ....... STUDENTS .... l

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Dedication Benjamin Aberdeen Gessner Benjamin Aberdeen Gessner received his A.B. degree from Baker Univer- sity in 1923. He received his Ph. D. from Boston University in 1930. Return- ing to Baker in that same year, Dr. Gessner joined the faculty as Professor of Philosophy and Psychology. He became Dean of the College in 1940. Dean Gessner has brought exemplary honor and distinction to his alma mater since he entered Baker as a sophomore forty-nine years ago. He has been active on the state level in educational leadership, has served as a consultant and examiner for the State Board of Education, and has represented Baker University on a number of national committees. During the school year 1968-69, he served as President of the Kansas Advisory Council on Educa- tion. Dean Gessner is retiring this year as Dean of the College, after many years of loyalty and devoted service to his alma mater. In honor and recognition for all he has done, and for all that he stands for, we dedicate the 1969 Wildcat to Dr. Benjamin Aberdeen Gessner. Students, faculty, trustees, alumni, and administrators think of Dean Gessner as Mr. Bakerf' As a distinguished churchman, educator, administrator and dean, he has set a mark. He is truly a living example of Wildcat. And so, in keep- ing with the spirit of thisyearbook, we widen the horizons of the 1969 Wild- catto f BENJAMIN ABERDEEN GESSNER. 3

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Foreword Look all around you and what do you see? Our world is rapidly changing as progress is being made. Now thumb through this year- book. Many changes have taken place this year at Baker University. The new Baker Plan became effective this fall. This plan was adopted to meet the needs of college stu- dents living in a contemporary world. The plan involves the student in value-experience in that he is challenged by teaching methods and course goals to search for meaning in Modern Man's Search for Meaning, the central theme of the Core Curriculum in the Baker Plan. The University adopted a college calendar known as the 4-1-4, consisting of two semesters of sixteen weeks each and an interterm of four weeks. The pass-fail grad- ing system was put into effect this year. Campus Guides, a pom-pon squad, the Baker marching band, and the Baker playmen were all new additions on Baker's campus this year. All these changes represent progress, an awareness of the world, and a forge-ahead attitude. lt is for this reason that we have chosen Widening Horizons as our theme for the 1969 Wildcat. And now we invite you to view the 1968-69 school year with us. - The WILDCAT Staff i I I l l