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

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DR. SAMUELSON ■ The 1963 HYAKEM is dedicated to Dr. Emil E. Samuelson, Dean of Students, who through thirty-one years of service has come to be affectionately known to Central students as Dr. Sam. ' ■ Dr. Samuel son was born in Port Wing, Wisconsin and served in the Student Army Training Corps in 1918 during World War I. He received his B.A. in 1925 ond his M.A. and Ph. D. degrees in 1932 at the University of Wisconsin. ■ In 1932, Dr. Sam came to Central as Director of Student Personnel Services, Placement Director, ond head of the Department of Education. ■ Always open to students with problems, students who want advice or students who just want to come in and talk about things in general is Dr. Sam ' s office. His smile is friendly ond his greeting is warm. His manner is never rushed. Busy as he is, he always has time to help a student. ■ Dr. Sam and his wife are friends-in-o- foreign land to a host of foreign students and do everything possible to see that the students from abrood adjust easily to American ways. • Dr. Sam is active in the Kiwanis Club (It. Gov. of Kiwanis 1959-1960), American Association of University Professors, American Personnel Guidance Association, Red Cross, United Good Neighbors, National Education Association, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Delta Kappa. He wos the recipient of the Silver Beaver Boy Scout Award, and most recently, received a gold Honor Key for distinguished service to the field of education os a member of Kappa Delta PI. ■ His interests are many: traveling, bird classifying, fishing, following college athletics, playing handball, listening to classical music; but his major interest is and will continue to be the education and future happiness of Central ' s college students. ■ WE DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO YOU, DR. SAM. . . . s

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PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE ■ Growth and development, the theme of this year ' s Hyakem, tell the story of oor life at Centro) during this, the college s greatest year of expansion. ■ In reviewing our present college year, iost now drawing to a close, we look back upon on exciting period of change. To meet the needs of a constantly growing student body, our college has hod to enlarge and improve in oil areas: physical plant, faculty and staff, services, programs, ond organization. We have finished new buildings, started others ond have our drawing boards filled with plans for more The curriculum hos undergone extensive rev s«on ond many new programs are in the offing. The foculty has been increased in size and has improved in quality. College services have been improved ond new services hove been added. The administrative ond ocademic structure hos been completely revised. ■ Of most importance, however, has been the continued growth of the intellectual aspect of our campus. Students hove given the foculty and administration great assistance in elevating the college to new levels of intellectual maturity This cooperative action and the strengthening of the Student Government Association are, in my estimation, the highlights of our 1962-63 year ■ At the end of this, my second year as president of your college, I om happy to greet the students of Central, to congratulate you on your successful yeor and to look forword with you to exciting days to come in the life of this college. JAMES E. BROOKS, PRESIDENT Central Washington State College. 7