Cowley College - Tiger Daze Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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TOI' ROXV, Left to if Jht: Curl I.. Holman, Carl Heljreson, Paul Johns n. Amos L. Curry, Charles L. Hinchee. SECOND ROVV, Left lo right: Wilma Imes, Alice Carrow, Esther Denton, Gaye Iilen. Inez Johnson, Edith Davis. THIRD ROVV, Left to right: Harry Skornia, Lucille Plette, K. R. Galle. E. A. Funk. Pauline B. Sleeth, Thelma Hall, Daniel C. Stark. MISS PAULINE B. SLEETH, teacher of rhet- oric and composition and literature, is a native of Arkansas City. She attended the College of Em- poria and the University of Kansas. Later she did additional advanced work at the University of Chicago, and with the Chautauqua School o-f Pub- lic Speaking. She has A. B. and A. M. degrees. Miss Sleeth has many interests, especially music and poetry. Many of her poems have been printed in local and school publications. She is the president of the Kansas Association of Teachers of English. Miss Sleeth has traveled extensively in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Her hobby is canning fruit. HARRY J. SKORNIA, football coach and in- structor of French and German, was graduated from Michigan State in 1932. He holds an A. B. degree from this college as well as an A. M. from Michigan University. He expects to complete his thesis for a Ph. D. this summer. He possesses musical and dramatic ability as well as being a linguist. A few years ago he was a member of the Spartan Quartet, which sang every week over the National Broadcasting Net- work. He is also vitally interested in forensic activ- ities, being debate coach in junior college. At one time he was the captain of the winning team in a National Tournament of the Pi Kappa Delta Hono1'ary Fraternity. This is his third year as a teacher, for he spent one year as a member of the faculty of Michigan University. He hopes someday to be again at a la1'ge university, where he will have more time to continue his writing. MISS THELMA HALL, instructor in education and history, attended school two yeai's at the Har- den College at Mexico, Missouri, and two at the Kansas State Teachers College at Pittsburg, where she received her A. B. degree. She majored in history. She did graduate work and re- cived her A. M. degree from George Peabody College for Teachers, at Nashville, Tenn zssee. She also attended one summer school session at Kan- sas University, two at Colorado University, and one at the Western State Teachers College at Kalamazoo, Michigan. She has been teaching for ten years. Miss Hall is a member of the honorary society, Kappa Delta Pi, and of the social society, Alpha Sigma Alpha. Traveling and reading are her hobbies. Her home is at Amoret, Missouri. PAGE 7

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jueo Teachers Have High Degrees NTHUSIASTIC cooperation on the part of college instructors has made possible many more interesting events for the students throughout this school year. Through the efforts of the teachers, college classes have proved more enjoyable as well as more instructive, and the standing and general morale of the school has been raised. E. A. Funk, Dean of the Junior College, re- ceived his A. B. degree from the Missouri State Teachers College at Kirksville, Missouri, and his M. S. degree from the University of Kansas at Lawrence. He also did graduate work in summer schools at the University of Chicago and Wiscon- sin University. Arkansas City has been his home for the past nineteen years. In 1917, when the junior high school was organized he was appointed principal. In 1924 he was appointed principal of the senior high school, in which capacity he now serves. In 1930, he was also appointed by the Board of Education as dean of the junior college. Before coming to Arkansas City he taught five terms at Caney. For the past five years, Dean Funk has been a member of the State Board of Control of the Kansas State High School Athletic Association. ffm YS 'B-'6 Alhfgljvqah VAGE fi He has participated in college football, basketball, and track, and enjoys playing tennis. He is a member of the Phi Delta Kappa, honor- aiy educational fraternity, and of the Kansas School Master's Club, an honorary society for school men. His hobby is horticulture, and he loves Howers and trees. His ambition, which as yet has never become a reality, was to be a successful farmer. Mr. Funk's future, as has been his past plan. is to serve the community to the best of his abil- ity. KURT R. GALLE, Assistant Dean of the Junior College, is alio the instructor of social science. He received his A. B. degree from Bethel College at Newton, and his A. M. degree from Chicago University. He also attended summer school ses- sions at the University of Kansas and Wisconsin University. He majored in history and the poli- tical sciences. Teaching has been his profession since 1916, but this was interrupted by one year's service in the U. S. Army during the World War. He taught in rural schools and in the Dodge City High School before coming to Arkansas City in 1924. Mr. Galle taught the college debate class from 1926 to 1921, during which time he produced three championship teams. , Collecting of stamps and rare coins is his hobby. When a youngster, he had two ambitions. One was to be a merchant, and the other to become a lawyer. Neither has been realized. DANIEL C. STARK, instructor of chemistry and mathematics, and basketball coach, received both his A. B. and his A. M. degrees from the University of Missouri, at Columbia. He also at- tended summer school sessions at Southwestern, and at the Universities of Illinois and Kansas. He majored in the physical sciences. His ambition, as a youngster, was that he should never be a farmer when he became a man. Mr. Stark has realized his ambition. He is inter- ested in sports, and iishing is his hobby. MISS LUCILLE PLETTE comes from Pella, Iowa. She attended the Central College there, also the University of Iowa and the University of Wis- consin. She has an A B. and M. S. degree. Miss Plette has taught geometry. botany, alge- bra, biology, trigonometry, zoology, economic plant geography, and comparative anatomy. Most of her hobbies follow along scientific lines. She is interested in collecting and studying fungi.

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CARL L. HOLMAN, engineering drawing in- structor, obtained his B. S. degree from the Kan- sas State Teachers College at Pittsburg, Kansas. Teaching has been his profession for the past twenty-two years. Before coming to Arkansas City, he taught school at Great Bend, Wellington, and ElDorado. He has taught here for eleven years. When a boy, his ambition was to become a rail- road engineer, but that goal was never reached. Raising livestock for financial return is his hobby. When his teaching days are over, l.c hopes to be able to retire on an ideal farm in the Arkan- sas Ozarks. MISS EDITH J. DAVIS, physical education teacher, is a graduate of the Arkansas City High School and the State Teachers College at Emporia, where she obtained an A. B. degree. She has done advanced work at the University of Wisconsin also. Miss Davis' earliest ambition was to become a singer. She satisfied her ambition by taking part in oratorios and operas in college. She has always been interested in athletics. She was a member of the first girls' basketball team in Arkansas City and was on the basketball and tennis teams in college. During the World War she prepared to go to France, and took work at the Chicago National School of Physical Education in Reconstruction Aid for maimed soldiers. AMOS L. CURRY, director of athletics, re- ceived his A. B. degree froni the College of Em- poria. He attended summer school sessions at Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia, and the University of Kansas at Lawrence. He majored in history and chemistry. He was a pupil of Gwinn Henry and Knute Rockne in athletics. His home is in Arkansas City, where he has taught for the past thirteen years. Having no hobby, he naturally thinks they are somewhat foolish. His early ambition to become a chemist has never been realized. MISS ESTHER DLNTON, teacher of foods, clothing, and design, received a B. S. degree from Oklahoma A. and M. College at Stillwater, and an A. M. degree from Columbia University in New York City. She is interested in athletics, particularly ten- nis, basketball, and golf. Her hobbies are collect- ing recipes and poems, and reading good books. Collecting recipes and cookbooks is only natural for Miss Denton, because she has always liked to cook. She also likes to sit in a car on Saturday and watch the crowd, and she enjoys walking in the rain. PAGE 8 Her earliest ambition, to teach art, has been re- alized in part. Miss Denton had ambitions to be an interior deco1'ator, and she enrolled in this depart- ment in her first summer in Columbia University. Her home is in Newkirk. CARL M. HELGESON, accounting teacher, graduated from Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia in 1924. He has a B. S. degree, with a major in business administration from that school. He has done summer school work in both Kansas and Colorado Universities. His early home was in Galva, near McPherson. Both his parents immigrated to America, his fath- er coming from Sweden and his mother from Norway. One of his early ambitions was to be- come a banker. Now he says he would like to study corporation law. Upon discharge from the army in 1919, Mr. Hel- geson entered high school at the age of 23. He finished his four years of high school and four years of college in five years, receiving his degree in 1924. He came to Arkansas City in the fall of that year. CHARLES L. HINCHEE, director of vocal music, graduated from Kansas Wesleyan College at Salina, with a B. S. degree. He has done sum- mer work at Northwestern, and received the de- gree of Master of Science there in 1935. Before coming to Arkansas City in 1928, Mr. Hinchee taught several years in Montana, and Oberlin, Kansas. He was born in Illinois, and his early childhood aspiration was to become a doctor. Mr. Hinchee is proud of the fact that he is at present a registered pharmacist in the state of Kansas. He worked his way through college as the manager of a drugstore. Fishing is his favorite hobby, and he is a mem- ber of the famous faculty fishermen , a group whose tall stories are supposed to be authentic. During the war he served as head cook, and his cul- inary accomplishments are in demand at class pic- nics and steak fries. MISS GAYE IDEN, physics teacher, received a B. S. degree from the Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia. She has also done advanced work at the University of Wisconsin, and she attended Kansas State Teachers College one sum- mer. Her first ambition was to become an undertaker, or to marry a widower. Her present ambition, how- ever, is to complete her medical course. Miss Iden's hobbies are gardening, painting, and poetry. She is also interestd in art crafts. She has designed many illustrations for text books, and for the government. Her home is in Arkansas City.