Battle Creek College - Cauldron Yearbook (Battle Creek, MI)

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1- J ffuuselw HISTORY DF BATTLE CREEK COLLEGE 0 O 0 fCOILf111llPfl hom page 164 Educat1on 1n the fO1I1'12It101'l of Battle C1 eek College The two yea1 course for dletl tlans was contlnued unt11 1928 29 but as adm1ss1on for membe1sh1p 1n the Amer 1can D1etet1c Assoclatlon was based on the Bachelor of Sc1ence degree 1t was neces. sary for the School of Home Econom1cs to ra1se 1ts standards accord1ngly The first Bachelor of Sclence degr ees 111 Home Eco nom1cs were g1ven 1n 1924 In the early days before the School ol: Home Economlcs was lncorporated 1n Bat tle Creek College the1e W916 two Home Econom1cs clubs the S K K and a so1o r1ty whlch was 1'13tlOI13l1Z6d 1n the sprlng of 1923 as S1gma Iota Ch1 The Delta chapter wh1ch IS st1ll ex1st1n0' among the alumnae ma1nta1ns a loan fund for Sen1o1 Home Econom1cs tudents and has g1ven a great deal of SGFVICQ 1n that capacltv At the present tune w1th an en1oll ment of approzumately 125 students the School of Home Economlcs offers a four yea1 course 1n food and nutr1t1on Wh1Ch leads to a B S degree prepaung 1ts grad uates to hold pos1t1ons as adm1n1strat1ve and med1cal d1et1t1ans a M1Ch1gaH State Teachers Cert1ficate enabl1ng them to teach Home Economics 1n Jun1or or sen1or h1ffh schools and a two year course 1n I11 st1tut1onal Adm1n1strat1on 0561611 for stu dents over twenty five yea1s of age who have had prevlous profess1onal or bl,lSl ness expeuence Whlle these graduates are not fitted for hosp1tal work It pre pa1es them for other adm1n1strat1Ve p0S1 t1ons 1n the Home Econom1cs field .ApD1OX1IT13.tQly 882 students have grad ufxted from the School of Home Economlcs 1n the twenty five years of 1ts eX1stence Manv of 1ts graduates volunteered for SGTVICG dL.r1ng the Woxld War A survey of the field of work entered by these grad uates shows at the present t1me that about 50 per cent are employed as hospltal d1et1 t1ans 1nclud1ng those IH federal state mun1c1pal and pr1vate hospltals 20 pe1 Puqc One Hzmdfcd Sz-1111 sir cent are hold1ng teachmg pos1t1ons 15 per cent a1e cafeterla managers a11d 15 per cent are engaged 1n other types of work 1nclud1ng college pos1t1ons as re search workers consult1ng d1et1t1ans con1 merc1al d1et1t1ans flectuung and demon stratlngl and soc1al SSTVICG worke1s Not only are Home Eco11om1cs grad uates serv1ng 111 all SCCIIOUS of the UH1t6d States but also 1n other COLlI1tI'19S 1nclud 1ng Japan Newfoundland Peru Pales tlne the Ph1l1pp11'l6S and Panama The success of these graduates IS 1n 110 small part due to the 1nsp1r1ng leadersh1p oi MISS Lenna F Cooper who fo1 twenty five years was Dean of the School of Home ECOIIOIIIICS In 1922 the first Jomt commencement of the three schools was held In March of that yea1 Dr Kellogg announced that the amb1t1on of hrs l1fe was to be reahzed that the varlous schools should be com b1ned as Battle C1eek College In that fall the new college opened w1th the p11v1lege of grantlnfr the Bachelor of Sc1ence de gree to students completmg the four yea1 program The first students e1ghteen 111 number recelved the1r degrees the follow 1ng June Kellogg Hall was turned over to the Race Betterment Foundatlon about 1923 The Sanltarlum rented part of the bu1ld lng and the students were allowed to use the rest The rental was finally d1SCO1'l t1nued a11d the bu1ld1ng IS now used almost exclus1vely as a woman s dorm1to1y The figu1e of Hyglea was chosen s the colege seal 1n 1923 as 1epresent1ng the 1deals of all the VaI'1OL1S schools of whlch Battle Creek College was co1n posed The College DIITIHU Club opened 1 common d1n1ng hall 1n October 1922 Thls a1ded 1n br1nff1ng the dlfferent schools closer together , l Yi' + Y'7' I' ' 'fm-S T 1-T' . ' T' '!' ' ' 'Q' ' H, '7, ' L I I WD, L Y l, L -3 A 4 s.: rt , ,I K. , , ,W , ' , , L. , W ,L Y 1 , ' '. , , , 2 . . I . N . . . . . . 7 . C ' . - - 7 . ' V ' 9 4 ca . . A . , . - . . . . 1 - 9 9 ' . - . . . . Q. 9 K ' 1 , , . ., - ' L . , c V , - 9 1 7 4 ' ' ' 1 9 - m 4 ' ' G . . 1 . . . . 1 , . . . 1 . , - . . . . 1 o ' . . . N - ' Q 1 S ' 7 ' ' ' I 4 f I ' A - K 1 N . . . . - - 7 . -' ' - 4 . . , . 9 - s cf ' , . . . ' I 9 1 ' ' 9 1: 9 ' ' ' 1 . . . . . A A. n . . . - C 1. . ' . . . - - . 1. 3 J ' -' , 1 , . , . I .. r I' ' 2. - . , ' V .. 5 , 1 . K v - . 4: 2 N 9 L ' 3 C 1 C J ' ca . . . K . U A ' , . , . .

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............ ..g...I il 73 Zffilllj'-IDlP!97Nl...PT Q' HISTORY DF BATTLE CREEK CEILLEGE 0 0 0 fff'niLiin,11ecZ from page 1602 Dr. Kellogg had been the nominal president of the college up to this time, when Dr. Paul F. Voelker became the active president in September, 1925. In that year the Liberal Arts School was added to the college, and once again the institution became co-educational. The term Co-ed, however, was applied to the men, and it was believed this would continue to be a tradition. There were about twenty-five men enrolled and about twenty-five turned out for basketball the first year. Dr. Linda Gage Roth was the iirst Dean of Women of the college, Dr. Wil- liam E. Payne, the first Dean of Meng and Professor Benjamin L. Birkbeck, the first Dean of the college. In December, 1925, graduate work was oifered in the college, with Dr. West as head of the committee in charge. News was received on March 30, 1926, that we were accepted by the North Cen- tral Association of Accredited Schools and Colleges. In the same year Dr. Kellogg presented the biology preserve to the col- lege. This preserve, located around Brig- ham Lake, to the east of Battle Creek, has been increased by two additional pur- chases. It contains, at present, about 800 acres. Dr. Luther S. West, head of the biology department, has since been the director of the preserve. Sb The Sanitarium Union Building was opened in May, 1927, with all its facilities open to all college students. This building was operated on a cooperative basis be- tween the Sanitarium and the college. A Music School was organized in 1927 with the hope that it would be self sup- porting. It has been temporarily discon- tinued since the fall of 1931. Page One Pllllldffd Sixiy-eight Land was bought from the corner of Washington to the location of Voelker Hall on Manchester Street to make the campus continuous with that on which the old college building is located. Several cottages which came with it were moved to make room for the new library. Turner Cottage, used for various club roomsg Voelker Hall, the men's dormitory, North Lodge, containing Home Economics lab- oratories, and the building which was used for the Music School were some of these. The cornerstone of the new library building was laid in October, 1929, and in October, 1930, the building was dedi- cated. In the spring of 1932 the old col- lege building and the city block on which it stands was presented to the college by the Race Betterment Foundation, of which Dr. Kellogg is the chief sponsor. Q In 1926 the Plastic Page was made a weekly paper instead of a monthly. This was also the Hrst year in which the tennis team engaged in intercollegiate matches. There was a football team that year, or- ganized on a very unique basis, under Coach Julian, with specific regulations pertaining to biologic living. They won a game with Assumption College, 27-0, this being the only victory of the season. Foot- ball was found to be unsuccessful in Bat- tle Creek College and was discontinued the next year. Miss Genevieve Caton, a member of the Physical Education School, gained na- tional recognition for the college that year by winning the national championship for discus throwing. Various organizations and institutions in the different schools appeared as the years went by, and many of them have been continued until the present day. fContinued on page 1723