Elizabethtown College - Conestogan / Etonian Yearbook (Elizabethtown, PA)

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J vlc yaculti A. C BAUGHER. M.S. Dean and Professor of Chemistry HAROLD HARTZLER. Ph.D. Dean of Men and Professor of Physics and Mathematics 7 REBEKAH S. SHEAFFER. AM Dean of Women and Professor of English EDGAR S. KIRACOFE. Ph.D. Director of Student Activity and Professor of Secondary Education ■— «■■ I !■■■ - - ' - • 22

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Administrative Advancement The college whose faculty is making no advancement is dead. With this as a criterion. Elizabethtown has been making rapid strides indeed. In the last two years almost all the members of the faculty who have not yet received their doctor ' s degrees took special work with that end in view. Professor Ezra Wenger, head of the Department of Sociology, and Dean A. C. Baugher, head of the Department of Chemistry, have both finished their residence work at New York University, and are now working on their theses for their doctors ' degrees. Professor Wenger has not yet definitely decided upon his subject, but it will pertain to the field of sociology. Dean Baugher is working on the subject Check Lists on Trends of Higher Education in Arts Colleges. This study grows out of an interest in American higher education, especially as its development affects the future of the private church- related college. Professor Guy Saylor, head of the Department of Romance Languages, is con- tinuing his work at the University of Pennsylvania for his doctor ' s degree. He started the work last year in the field of French Romantic Literature and Language. Miss Rebekah SheafFer, head of the English Department, has recently begun work toward a doctor ' s degree at the same university. Professor G. S. Shortess, head of the Depart- ment of Biology, is working for his doctor ' s degree at Johns Hopkins University. He is pursuing research laboratory work in the field of biology. Not all of the achievement, however, of the faculty is concerned with obtaining degrees. Dr. T. K. Musick, head of the Department of Commercial Education and Accountancy, has been working on a book, An Approach to Accountancy. It is now completed so far as the manuscript is concerned. He has already received several offers from publishers, but has accepted none as yet. Dr. E. S. Kiracofe, professor of Secondary Education, took part in a statewide study under the leadership of Harlan Updegraff in which an Inventory of Incoming Youth was made. The purpose of this study was to so differentiate the experiences, back- ground, capacities, interests, and present status of all Pennsylvania ' s youth as to furnish basic material for the determination of educational policies and plans that will, on the one hand, best contribute to their needs, and on the other hand, best promote the welfare of society. The study is to be made of 200,000 youth in Pennsylvania between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one. Dr. Kiracofe confined his study to ninety pupils in the Steelton School, Steelton, Pa. As yet nothing definite has been accomplished with the data gathered. Dr. Kiracofe has also accepted the recently-created position of Director of Student Activity. In this capacity he keeps an accurate list of the activities in which each student is engaged and regulates elections so that no one student is overburdened. This has been a very definite advancement. In the field of music, both Professor and Mrs. Meyer, Professor of Voice and in- structor in Piano, respectively, have greatly increased their number of pupils. They also have done much for the development and promotion of the A Capella Choir. These instances are the specific ones, but every teacher on College Hill has taken work to help him progress in his field. Last year, 1934-35, practically all of the faculty members enrolled in the seminar course in college administration given by Dr. LeRoy King of the University of Pennsylvania. Each member did research work and prepared a paper on a project that was pertinent to the line of work in which he is engaged here on the campus. The course was both profitable and educational. 21

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LUELLA MAY BOWMAN. A.M. Professor of Typewriting and Shorthand GUY R. SAYLOR. A.M. Professor of Romance Languages GEORGE SEIDEL SHORTESS. A.M. Professor of Biology IRA R. HERR. A.B. Coach of Athletics 23