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

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teacher as well as her love of reading and writing were the two most im- portant reasons for her to become an educator. For as long as I can remember, I ' ve loved reading and writing. When I learned to read, it seemed to me the greatest experience I had ever made. At 12, I started reading the books in the adult library, because I had read most of the books in the children ' s section and was eager for new books. I read novels like Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights without really understanding them. Reading is a first love for her and not being able to read is something she fears. I love reading so much, Darby continued, that I ' m afraid of aging and not being able to read any more. Another sad thought that often occurs to me is how sad it is that you can ' t read every book, -that there are good books you don ' t know about and you ' ll never read. Besides reading she likes sewing and cross stitching. The rest of my time, Darby said, I spend in the car taking my children somewhere. But I guess that ' s a problem every young mother has. by Bettina Heinz Rob Alexander • Tammy Wyant Alexander sets Goals Rob Alexander is shooting for a goal, besides the one on the court. ' We, the men ' s basketball team want to win the National Cham- pionship, but most importantly we want to play harder and with more pride and intensity than any of our opponents, Alexander said. As the new asssistant men ' s basketball coach, he will help the team to achieve its goal. Born in Ardmore, Okla., Alexander attended Altus High School in Altus, Okla. He graduated in 1978 receiving a basketball scholarship to Mid- western State in Oklahoma. Alexan- der then transferred to Murray State his sophomore year to play for Coach Ron Murphree. Alexander was the first All- Conference player I had. He was a very outstanding young man with a very good knowledge of the game, Murphree said. Alexander is a hard worker and very dedicated. He has all the qualities to be an outstanding coach. Deciding to pursue his education and basketball career, Alexander moved on to the University of Science and Arts in Oklahoma. During his stay there, he received many awards, one of which was the prestigious out- standing athletic scholar award for two consecutive years. As a college graduate, Alexander moved on to coaching and teaching at Carl Albert Junior College for two years. When Murphree ' s offer to work for him as assistant coach at CCCC came, he I think he (Murphree) is the best, to play and work for. His work is strict and disciplined, he pushes to the limit at all times. Rob Alexander readily accepted it because he knew Murphree from Murray State. I think he is the best, to play and work for. He works strict and disciplined. Murphree tends to make people better. The reason he is like this is because he cares about the players ' future, Alexander said. In addition to being the assissant men ' s basketball coach, Alexander is tennis coach, physical education and health instructor, admissions coun- selor and dorm director for Tiger Hall. 4rk.ii vis ( it A free press: Your key to freedom. Traveler All the news... in writing dUSK Federal Sav ngs 625 N.SUMMIT ARKANSAS CITY, KS. 67005 316-442-0550

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hoe DaJf -In Love with Letters Suzanna Darby is an avid teacher. That ' s why she ' s exicted about teaching Freshman English and English Literature I, which covers English Literarure from Beowulf to the 18th century. Next semester she ' ll teach English Literature II which is her favorite period because it contains the romantic period. It ' s nice to be back in a college at- mosphere. There is a vast difference between high school and college, Darby said. Here, I have my own lit- tle office. Here, I ' m free to teach the way I want to; to include the things I want to, for example a special author, Darby said. She enjoys the atmosphere of a small college community after teaching speech classes as a graduate asssistant at WSU and English classes at Winfield High School. I think it will be easier to know students individually, to get the basis for friendships here. At WSU, studen- ts just came to class and left. I had a guidebook I had to cling to that prescribed my teaching. Of course, I was only a graduate asssistant then. I still got to know students at that time, because I taught interpersonal con- munication and you can ' t avoid get- ting to know each other in a class like that. Darby lives in Wellington and doesn ' t mind the daily drive back and forth. I really enjoy the ride. If I put myself in the position of a metropolitan worker fighting his way through the traffic jam every day, I ' m glad that the only obstacle I have to fight might be a farmer who ' s driving 20 miles per hour to watch his wheat crops or cattle, she said. She refers to the time she spends in her car as her uptime and downtime. My uptime is the morning drive when I get ready for the day, Darby said. Driving back is my down time, the time to relax. Once I hit the door of my house, my kids will be waiting for me to help them with their homework or bring them to their foot- ball or gymnastics practice. I have to be ready to cope with that. The decision to become a teacher was based on a negative experience during her high school years. I had a wonderful, kind teacher once. But his grammarwas atrocious. From then on I wanted to go out and become a model teacher. Now I realize that when you get up in front of 33 students, you just try to get points through, you don ' t care about your sentence structure or proper grammar. I regard one ' s speech now as a part of one ' s personality, but I don ' t tolerate wrong grammar on paper, Darby said. Born in Kansas City, Ks., Darby moved with her mother to San Fran- cisco, where she spent the majority o f her school time. After 10th grade, she moved back to Kansas to live with her father and graduated from Turner High School in Kansas City. She continued her studies at Em- poria State University as an un- dergraduate. At Wichita State Univer- sity, she worked on her Masters and taught classes there as a graduate asisstant in freshman speech com- munication. After receiving her Masters in communication theory, she stayed home for some time. In 1972, she and her husband moved from Effingham, near Topeka, to Wellington. Her son Josh was born in 1972 and her daughter Leah in 1978. In 1978, she began teaching college English classes for Cowley at Wellington High School and then went to teach at Winfield High School. The desire to become, a good EH1 Hallmark Motor Inn [(JesternJ WORLDWIDE 1 LODGING 1 (316) 442-1400 1617 N. Summit St., (U.S. 77), J Arkansas City, KS 67005 STEINER CARPET CENTER YOUR CARPET HEADQUARTERS CHARLIE CAROL 316-442-1640 8TH KANSAS ARKANSAS CITY, KS 67005

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Buildings and Grounds • ChuckSigler Team ' s Work Recognized For the Buildings and Grounds crew, getting the job done is a team effort. The crew works together to make sure that a lot of work which students take for granted is done and sometimes that ' s more of a job than they expect. School started Aug. 27, on Aug. 20, I still wasn ' t sure we would have everything ready, said. E.W. Shelton, director of buildings and grounds. But everyone was willing to work and we got finished, got the fur- niture moved in and everything was ready. Pitching in and working hard is what Shelton ' s crew is all about. There are 11 full-time employees on the crew and 1 1 student workers. Six custodians are responsible for minor repairs and for generally keeping the buildings clean. Nine others have specific building assignments and keep up the floors, walls, empty the trash, clean the restrooms and set up rooms for social functions. Two men maintain the exterior of the campus. The grounds crew trims shrubs, Fine Clothing for Ladies 310 SOUTH SUMMIT 442-2260 ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS 67005 Treate Shoppe Gourmet Candies Popcorn of many flavors Ice Cream Homemade Cones Family Entertainment Center 312 South Summit Arkansas City