Cedar Crest College - Espejo Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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2 2 M22 EE P EI U--19 WAYNE E. DAVIS if - a A.B. Bates College A.M. Brown University Graduate Student at New York University f' T URING the summer of 1919 the Board of Trustees thoroughly canvassed i the field of available men who might qualify for the establishment and supervision of a Secretarial Department. From among a large number of applicants Wayne E. Davis, whose home was Rochester, New Hampshire, was elected. He assumed charge in the fall of that year with an enrollment of twelve students in his department. With the co-operation of Boston and New York Universities and the active assistance of a large number of business people a course was developed which was accredited by the Pennsyl vania State Department in the summer of 1921. After an extensive publicity campaign, inspired by Mr. Harry A. Grammes a member of the Board of Trustees, and directed by Mr. Davis, the enrollment in that department in the following September showed a surprising total of fifty When President Curtis was granted a leave of absence of six months by the Board of Trustees to regain his health, .Mr. Davis assumed entire charge of the Institution. He left Cedar Crest on February 1, 1922, to assume the position of Publicity Manager of a million-dollar campaign for his Alma Mater, Bates College, Maine While we all regretted to see him leave after only two and half years -of work in connection with our institution, we rejoiced in the fact that a lar er field . . . g opened up for the activities of such a promising executive and administrator. Pate Twenty-foul

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KQV i LQ-Q4 .439 .M E PE ' E22 William Curtis has put his life into the life of the College. His success and the success of the institution have become one. Further recognition of his educational work was given him by Muhlenberg College in 1912 when the degree of Litt.D. was con- ferred upon him. President Curtis is a wide-awake, up-to-date educator. It is his aim and purpose to bring the College to the front rank of the educa- tional institutions of the country and to preserve high collegiate standards in all departments. On various occasions he has addressed teachers at the sessions of the Lehigh County and City Institutes and has spoken at High School Commencements. a For some years William Curtis taught Bible and Sociology and in the classroom inspired his students with a love for the subjects in his department by teaching them to think for themselves, but at the same time guiding and directing them along proper channels of thought. A To further his ideal of raising the educational standard of the college, President Curtis, with others who were of the same mind, began to take steps to expand and to re-locate the college from Fourth and Turner Streets. Committees were appointed to find a location and finally the present site along the Cedar Creek on a fifty-two acre tract was chosen. In a few weeks, Dr. Curtis assisted by the Rev. J. C. Rupp raised 350,000.00 The next plan developed, with the assistance of the then Vice- President, the Rev. Mr. Muir, was to start a campaign in the city of Allentown to raise 375,000.00 which was successfully completed in seven days. Since then three buildings have been erected and splendidly equipped and President Curtis' spirit and enthusiasm have been a means of developing and equipping an institution of which the community and the Reformed Church at large may be proud. In his position as President, Dr. Curtis stands in close and personal relationship with the students in the college. They con- stantly seek his adviceg and students and teachers alike are always welcomed, whether they call on him in his official capacity or visit him as a friend and father. I President Curtis has a mind peculiarly adapted to administrative work and has provedhimself a capable and efficient executive. His good advice, sound judgmentand personal example are felt by both students and teachers. The sentiment that Every noble life leaves its fibres interwoven forever in the works of the world, is exemplified here, and the staff of the Espejo are unanimous in the desire that both he and the College may go on together from victory to victory. Page Twenty-three

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'o We' - 695' ' -EEPEIU 1922 Katherine Laros A.B. Ursinus College A.M. Columbia University Graduate Work Alliance Francaise, Paris Pupil of Ablie Rousselot of College de France, Paris Miss Laros is a specialist and a successful Lillian M. Gherst B.S. Teachers' College, Columbia M. Pd. Millersville Normal School Miss Gherst, our Dean, occupies a big place in the hearts of all of us. Pages could not tell of the many things Miss Gherst has done for us girls, A friend in need, is a friend indeed, this friend is she. Besides being Dean, Miss Gherst is the Head of the Home Economics Departmentg her specialty is cook- ing and she sure does teach the girls to cook. Her department is both interesting and prac- tical. one in the field of French. Her classes are very interesting and Worth while you learn French not in the abstract Way, but you learn to speak it. An interesting feature in 'Miss Laros' department is her French club. She has her French classes formed into a clubg all the meetings and affairs of this club are carried on in the French language. Miss Laros' interests are not in her department alone but in the Whole college. There is not a thing that goes on at the college in which Miss' Laros does not help. Page Twenty-five I