Coe College - Acorn Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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Page 22 DEAN STEPHEN W. STOOKEY Dr. Stephen W. Stookey has been a member of the Coe faculty for thirty-three years. He is now professor of Geology and Botany, and Dean of the College. In this latter capacity Dr. Stookey is chairman of the Executive Committee which has charge of and power to act finally upon all matters of petition, initiates legislation concerning the conduct of the affairs of the college and makes recommendations to the faculty. He is also chairman of the Curriculum Committee which regulates all modifications in the curriculum. In the absence of the president Dean Stookey' acts in his stead upon numerous matters that require immediate action. The Dean of the College has immediate supervision over the teaching and advises with the heads of the departments concerning their special problems. ' DEAN FLORENCE NICHOLSON Miss Florence Nicholson, as successor to Miss Maria Leonard, came to Coe last fall from the University of VVisconsin where she was an instructor in the English department and a graduate student. Previous to her work in this University she was Dean of VVomen at Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio. She: secured her A. B. degree in 1908 at Dakota VVesleyan University and her M. A. degree in 1913 at Columbia. Miss Nicholson as dean has charge of the housing of the girls in Voorhees Hall and in town. She regulates the employment as far as it relates to women, has general oversight of their social life and is advisor to the girls' activities. She guides them in their student government matters, is a counsellor in relation to their academic work, represents them on administrative committees and is a general advisor to the girls and their problems. DEAN HARRY KREMERS Harry Kremers, as Dean of Men, took up his new duties in the fall of 1923. He has been professor of Missions and Religious Education, and Bible, counsellor to freshman men, a member of the Coe faculty for ten years. Dean Kremers secured his B. A. and M. A. degrees at Hope College. As Dean of Men he is the otlicer of the college to whom all men may look for counsel and guidance in matters pertaining to their college work. He acts upon any matters of discipline with reference to the men of the college. He is a kind and sympathetic advisor to them in their scholastic, financial, and personal problems.

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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE To THE STUDENTS or Coe: This is my fourth annual message to the students of Coe. It is addressed to those who are and to those who will become students. So I feel that I am writing to a large group which includes thousands who have been in attendance and still belong to us, for the Coe stamp is indelible. The Coe spirit is inalienable. Once in Coe always in Coe. One cannot be rid of the Coe Spirit and besides it is catching . Several hundred new boys and girls come to Coe each year, catch the spirit, and thereafter are destined to become Coe men and women. To all of these this letter is addressed. The ACORN is an ideal vehicle to carry a message to students. It is a quite adequate picture of college life. It probably reveals the spirit of a college more adequately than the catalogue. The very fact that colleges are standardized makes one college catalogue much like another. But Junior Annuals have no such sameness. It is true that students in colleges have many similar activities. just so persons here and there live in the prevailing fashion. But personali-1 ties are different. And a college has something akin to personality. It has individuality. This it is which is revealed so well in the ACORN. From its pages you may gain a rather intimate acquaintance with the Coe Spirit-the ways and doings of students in Coe College. If one should proceed to intelligently plan life in Coe, it would be well to base the plan on the opportunities and requirements of both the catalogue and the annual. The activities of lecture room, laboratory and library should be adapted to those rof the campus. Student life should be a just balance between the activities of the campus and curriculum. Neither activity should be sacrificed to the other. When this is done the result is a life which is out of balance. Students should know that teachers and college officers are prepared to cooperate with them to the end that a really balanced life may be lived on the campus. The student who seriously tackles the problem of organizing himself will find numerous, allur- ing and bewildering appeals to his time and energy. The catalogue contains courses which would require all the years of his working life to complete. A few of these courses must be taken, others make no appeal to one's interest. The remaining courses are likeable but are so numerous that selection must be made. The problem becomes similar to that of remembering which is a matter of deciding what to forget. And so it is with the large number of campus activities which are pictured and otherwise described in this book. To actively participate in all of them is impossible. But to know about and to appreciate all is possible, and to participate with excellence in a few is a wise course for each student to pursue. Do not get the idea that the college will and should prepare you for life as poultrymen prepare birds for market by stuffing them full of fattening foods. The game cock is a better ideal. He gets enough to eat and then he has something to do. He must match his wit and strength against other birds in competition. This illustration when applied to students is in some respects unhappy. But it is useful with respect to the fact that a student's life, it is a true life, is a life of action in which wit, strength, and enthusiasm are in action in all sorts of competitions and human contacts. A student who studies this book will find in it a revelation of what others are doing and also a revelation of his own ability to act both in cooperation and in competition with other folks. It will be a revelation, ..too, of the types of activity that appeal to one and in which one may excel. ' Finally, allow me to express for myself and for my fellow faculty members our appreciation of the students of Coe College. VVe approve their activities. We are sometimes amazed at the zeal and energy displayed in carrying them on. VVe appreciate their willingness to cofiperate with us where cooperation is required. And most of all we admire their ability to manage their own affairs. Greetings and good wishes to all of you. Very sincerely yours, HARRY Momzrrouse GAGE. Page 21

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CHARLES T. HICKOII, Ph. D. Professor of Political and Social Science SALEM G. PAT1-1soN, M. A., LL. D. Professor of History RISSER PATTY Directory of Conservatory and Professor of Voice CLINTON O. BATES, Ph. D. Professor of Chemistry GEORGE VV. BRYANT, M. A., D. D. Professor of Latin VVILLIAM MCCLUNG EVANS, M. A., D. D. Professor of Bible VVILLIAM BENSOS, B. A. Professor of Greek LEROY D. VVELD, M. S., Ph. D. Professor of Physics Page 23