Bloomsburg University - Obiter Yearbook (Bloomsburg, PA)

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m W. B. SuTLiFF, Dean of liistvnction

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@ ntrospection Tn 1927, four brief years ago, Dr. Francis B. Haas was appointed President of the state teachers college at Bloomsburg, Pa. ... In this short period of time we have witnessed many changes and improvements in this institution. We have witnessed a broadening influence which is moving us slowly but surely toward perfection. . . . Change is visible on every hand. New buildings have been added, the campus has been beautified and a large tract of land has been purchased for the expansion that will necessarily follow this more-inclusive point of view. The old buildings are being renovated, the dormitories have been modernized, the auditorium remodeled and the classrooms repaired and filled with new and substantial furniture. This year a department of commerce was added to the curriculum and more room was made available to the college by the completion of the Benjamin Franklin Training School and removal of the old training school unit to the new building. . . . Most praiseworthy of all is the noticeable improvement in scholarship. Academic standards have been established and inducements are offered to the student body for im- provement in their class work. Added emphasis was given this year with the installation of a national honorary educational fraternity. . . . Turning our thoughts to the future we note with pride the many proposed additions in the College building program. . . . These plans embody a new gymnasium, a new auditorium and a new Junior High school to be built on the present campus. . . . Change is necessarily slow, but it is steadily making way, and growth is evident.

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El Marguerite W. Kehr, Ph.D., Dean of Women