Colorado State University Fort Collins - Silver Spruce Yearbook (Fort Collins, CO)

Page 15 text:

FLOYD D. CROSS Dean of Men Dean Floyd Cross, native of Colorado, graduated from the Division of Veterinary Medicine at Aggies in 1914. He participated in football four years and as a senior was captain of the team. In 1918 he began research work with the Experiment Station. Two years ago he was made Dean of Men, in which capacity he is a friend and helper to all. Being freshman proctor, he knows many of the first-year students, who find him a good companion, always ready to help them with difficulties. Coach of the freshman football team for the past fourteen years, he has made friendships with many of the boys friendships which have lasted during the fellows ' college years. fii]

Page 14 text:

CHARLES A. LORY President of Colorado State College Dr. Lory, President of Colorado State College, spent his early boyhood in Ohio. When he was six his family moved to West Virginia, where his father operated a saw mill. Moving to Colorado at the age of 15, he passed the state teacher ' s examination and taught in a rural school near Loveland. Not liking to teach, he worked at ditch riding and farming and later entered Greeley Teach- ers College, at the age of 22, and made his way through college by serving as ditch rider during the summer. Ambitious to become an engineer, he went to the University of Colorado, where he received his M.A. degree in 1 902. Later he became principal of the high school at Cripple Creek, and two years later he was acting professor of physics at the University of Colorado. In 1905 he came to Colorado Aggies to take charge of the physics de ' partment. Elected President of the college in 1909, he has seen the enrollment grow from 113 college students to 1,800. He likes his college work and finds it so diversified that all his interests are centered there. [10]

Page 16 text:

AMY O. PARMELEE Dean of Women Dean Amy O. Parmelee is from Chicago, Illinois. She attended North- western University, where she majored in English. Though she found time to take active part in journalism and debate, she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa for her scholarship. During her married life she served in executive positions on the Liberal Arts Board, Associated Alumni and University Guild of Northwestern. One of the best known fraternity women in the country, she has worked with her sorority, Delta Delta Delta, fo r 3 3 years and has been its national pres- ident for nine years. Dean Parmelee enjoys working with youth in helping to solve its prob ' lems; she believes that friendliness is an important part of living. In her spare time she enjoys reading poetry and studying art, music, and travel. [12]