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

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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

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