College of Emporia - Alla Rah Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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CHAPTER TWO UUR UJHITE HUUSE PRESIDENT, DEANS, COMMISSION, COUNCILS REGULATE CAMPUS GOVERNMENT ..... Recent years have seen the introduc- tions of many innovations in national gov- ernment policy. Correspondingly import- ant have been C. of E.'s alterations in y, .cl- methods and curricula in order to E complete the natural law of growth and progress. Without being unduly A reckless in flinging away the tried procedure which has proved success- ful in the past, recent ideas and de- 'l-he College is a Laboratory velopments have been inaugurated which changing times and changing organization have seemed to justify. The purpose at all times has been to bind the various forces of academic learning into an active working unit. In a few fields is it possible for schools and colleges to develop so fundamentally as in that of faculty and student adminis- trative policy. The present school year has not been a progressive exception. Un- der the capable leadership of the depart- mental heads, each division of the Col- lege has shown administrative efficiency. Greater interest in self-government has 25 improved rather than impeded this effi- ciency factor. The student commission has this year reached the anticipated goal of creating more enthusiastic interest of the student body in its policy to improve campus government. A campaign for a uniformed band, and the establishment of a graduated point system for campus of- fices, have been issues of primary concern. Student and faculty forces have com- bined to make for the year's advancement. A picture of present progress lends a vision of future accomplishment.

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ment. This has been a year in which the College of Emporia graduated its fiftieth class since it was chartered hy the Synod of Kansas in 1882. From that time to this 56th year of its existence, the College has been faithful to the purpose of its founders. 4 E The College has imbued its students with a deeper sense of social responsibil- ity, taught them to think, aided them in their quest for happiness. Nine short months of development, progress, and ac- tivity have just passed. May they ever continue. I24J

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PRESIDENT KELLY President of the College of Emporia since 1929, Dr. John Bailey Kelly offers a combina- tion of conservatism, dignity, and thorough efficiency to the fulfillment of the executive of- fice which he holds. The prac- tical purposes, contributions, f' and ideals of our Liberal Arts College are frequently cited by President Kelly. The fundamental purpose of C. of E. is the de- velopment of intelligent and useful per- sonality. The College is indeed a labora- tory in which character may be analyzed, and its constituent elements examined. It is a library stored with the accumulated wisdom of the race. It is a garden open to the sun where the mind may grow and l26l the spirit develop in a congenial atmos- phere, in happy surroundings, and under wholesome auspices. Such are the ideals of the College as in- terpreted and defined by Dr. Kelly. His sincerity, his depth of understanding, his absolute friendliness are fundamental at- tributes of the scholarly executive whose many achievements are mirrored in the College's advancement.