Cedar Crest College - Espejo Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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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

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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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fl' 4 EEPE -1922 ,,..,. J 'lf 1 Elizabeth Craig Cobb Bell and Brooliifield Schools of Music Pupil of Caia Aarull Greene Miss Cobb hails from Georgia and brings with her not only the Southern accent, but the S'outherner's lovable disposition. She instructs us in piano and the theory of music. The girls' interest in Miss Cobb's department is Shown in the Music Club which she organized. l n Agnes W. Hawkinson Indianapolis Conservatory of Music Irvington School of Music Pupil of Bertha Wesselhoeft Swift In passing We come ,to Miss Hawkinson, Whom We love to hear sing and who teaches others to sing. Miss H'aWkinson's greatest Work is done in the Glee Club. Much of the popularity and success of our Glee Club is due to the excellent training and instruction of Miss Hawkinsonj Every girl has a good Word for Miss Havvkinson and her Work. I Page Twcn ty-six