Central Washington University - Hyakem / Kooltuo Yearbook (Ellensburg, WA)

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Margaret Coffin Holmes O. M. Holmes, Jr. DEANS MESSAGE We are living in strange times of changing social ideals and values. Reluctant custom and sluggish tradition are being prodded ahead. Too late foe ua to covet the Rood old days ; Too late for us to cry for the moon ' Hi moon advertises nothin . And the good old days are gone. Here, perhaps we assure ourselves, we can look out safely and snugly, from this remote window of the world, at the whirl¬ ing unrest and insecurity all about us. But it is true (however trite) that we are inevitably a part of that world. I hope that we may all beware of those false tribal gods of provincialism and indifference—of moody localism (either in the form of hopeless depression or of unadvised optimism)—of self hypnotism and of smug self-sufficiency. For the world is ours and its fate is ours, and only our own courage can save us from pettiness and narrow-mindedness and spiritual defeat. MARGARET COFFIN HOLMES. Dean of Women. One invariably finds that material and cultural develop¬ ment varies gTeady from place to place. Do not let this fact color your thoughts or break your spirit. It takes intelligence to meet new problems and to make adaptions in life. O. H HOLMES. Jr -i»-

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PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE The Central Washington College of Education has made substantial strides in the last decade. It has been expanded from a two-year institution to a four-year institution and in 1933 began the granting of the degree of bachelor of arts in education and this year by legislative act has been given the present name. Henceforth, all graduates will be assured of a well-rounded cul¬ tural and academic background, together with the professional training and experience essential to the profession of teaching. Fhe program of arts and sciences basic to this program makes it possible for the institution also to offer two full years of arts and science and business and economics. The people of Washington have established this College for the purpose of educating young citizens for service to the State and for the welfare of each individual who comes in contact with its culture. Here, we have a concentrated and selected society in which young people gain knowledge and culture, where cour¬ age and loyalty, good breeding, kindliness and consideration are qualities which are highly prized, while treachery, boorishness, and selfishness are as much despised as when knighthood was in flower. The 1 lyakem presents the students ' record of the work and play activities of our institution for a year through the media of pictures and verbal descriptions. It leaves a record of our acade¬ mic and laboratory activities, social events, and recreation long •° be remembered and cherished. We prize the democracy which in physical sports or the finer mental contests gives to each student a chance to establish his own worth. We prize the rich opportunities that nature in the great Yakima area has provided for varied out-of-door pleasure and what the College is adding to nature s gift. We prize the bouyant comradeship discovered through living and working with teachetB and fellow students. In education rightly understood and wisely given is found the key to human welfare. We welcome each member of the gradu¬ ating class of 1937 into the fuller responsibilities of life. Robert e. McConnell. President. — 13 —

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Prof«Mo St»ph«n Whitn«jr Heretofore on thru page have appeared aome word of admonition Rather, now. I wiah to express my appreciation to the opportunity I have had to adv»e with the students of this College Almost without exception, 1 find you kind and thoughtful I can therefore deplore many of the things you do without losing faith in you. Nature has so arranged matters that young people are physically attractive until they acquire some brains and sense and are able to live by their wits; then they lose their super¬ ficial advantage 1 oung people are decorative; that is why we like them. They are slen- der, agile fair, and graceful, because nobody could stand them if they were otherwise It would be horrible if boys and girls, knowing as little as they do. were grev-haired. fat. wrin- kled. and double-chinned. I can. then, enjoy youth without regret. I can. as it were, view life through achromatic lenses rather than through the illusion of a kaleidoscope. If the happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, we are bound to grow happier »t wr advance in years, because our minds have more interesting thoughts. A well-ordered life, is like climbing a lower; the view half way up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands. •Pn.ni Bapplasss,- by William l.xon Pliclna j Yes. we are now a College of Education. Perhaps the most outstanding single event in the history of this institution is its official enrollment in the fraternity of colleges, it recogni¬ tion as an integral part of our great system of higher education Next year, 1938. we shall celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the first Normal School in Amer¬ ica. Notwithstanding the fact the Normal Schools of this country have likely started more young people on the road to higher scholarship and social service than any other class of insti¬ tutions in the land, yet they have had to struggle Continuously, not only for their own exis- fence, but for the academic recognition of their graduates. To me this is our great Educa¬ tional tragedy. That the Normal Schools in this country have held an inferior place in the academic field is due to the fact that we borrowed the institution from Germany. TheTe the Normal School had no academic standing whatsoever. Its graduates were supposed to teach in the peasant elementary schools, but under no condition could they attend a higher institution for further education. In this country most of our higher institutions were inclined to take a similar attitude to our Normal Schools. There is something very significant about the College of Education. In the family of colleges, it is the only institution whose primary function it is to stimulate and evaluate human character, and to keep alive the principle and purposes of the larger life of mankind. In other words, this institution is the gateway into the larger life. Into whatever other college one may go for his life pursuit, he should first be baptized with the spirit and the philosophy of the College of Education. WILLIAM T. STEPHENS.