Emporia State University - Sunflower Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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A. D. Schmutz is a mild-man- nered, smiling organist and harmony teacher who has written and published a num- ber of beautiful compositions. Everett Rich has made a name for himself in Kansas and in the nation as author of the recently-published ttWilliam Allen White, the Man from Emporia? S. J. Turille, assistant profes- sor of commerce, impresses students and faculty alike with his businesslike, efficient ways.

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GIRL taha! romance enters the scenel had finished her tests a few minutes previously and Joe lengthened his stride to catch up with her and ask tbecause it seemed the logical way to Open a conver- sationl what she thought of those en- trance tests. Well, they werenit so bad she guessed, but very long and rather bor- ing. He asked about her course and she replied that she was working for a life certificate. But that did not answer his own mental queries so he mentally re- viewed his own schedule. Comparison of schedules revealed that she was enrolled in Freshman Survey-yes she was sure it was Survey, not scurvyaand her rhetoric teacher was Dr. Everett Rich, who was writing a biography of the Sage of Kan- sas, William Allen White. Sheid be tak- ing Speech I from Dr. George R. R. Pflaum-who had such a cute goatee that she wished that she were a speech major sometimeahygiene from C. K. Turner, Dr. E. R. Barrett is the austere-looking gentleman who frightens all freshman English majors into submission. It is only after three years in the de- partment that students realize his bark is worse than his bite. 8 methods from Miss Jenny Williams, and sight-singing from Miss Eileen Kelly. She liked college fine, and what else was he taking? He was a math major, he ex- plained, and would take college algebra and analytical geometry from Tucker, who throws chalk into the waste basket in a treacherous manner and talks so fast that it is hard to keep up with him. Then, of course, he was taking the required freshmen coursesarhetoric from Owen, Speech I from Kayser, and survey. He thought enrollment had been haphazard and unorganized, but Dr. 0. J . Peterson, head of the math department, his advisor, had been helpful, and he thought college was going to be fun. Her name? Well, she laughed, sheid thought it was simply Betty Coed, but since Dean Maude Min- row, dean of women, had asked her to make sure it was not Elizabeth she was not so certain. She was living at the dorm though, and yes, she would like to see- His name? Joe College. Yes, Betty would like to see J oe again, and if he felt the same way, why the dorms telephone number was 95. OMORROW CAME and went along with such personages as Charles 0. Haskell and Dr. Ray C. Maul, survey co-ordina- tors. Dr. M. Wesley ROper, and Dr. S. D. Mock, Clark Jackson, and H. Francis James, Miss Edna McCullough, and Miss Ruth V. Simpson, all appeared in survey classes and explained the whys and whereforeis of their departments. Dr. F. L. Gilsonis lecture on the importance of speech in the deve10pment of an esthetic appreciation of the finer things in life strengthened Bettyis determination to re- main at Emporia State and specialize in speech training. But money was an im- portant obstacle. She asked Miss Ina Borman, head of N . Y. A. employment on the campus, to help her obtain a job in one of the offices. With the help of Miss Borman, science teacher in the Labora- tory School, she obtained a position in the Publicity Office, clipping and filing in- formation about students for their home- town newspapers.

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ETTY ATTENDED the course in Fresh1 man lectures and mastered the itblue rulesii-in at ten, light out at eleven- thirty, windows closed when heat is on, dates are to be had only on week-ends, two girls to a room-as Dean Minrow ex- plained the Opportunities for social life on the campus, and Dean D. L. MacFar- lane, dean of men, discussed the ever- popular iimenfi Football season was on and J 0e had to wear his little green iiK cap. The day the freshmen attempted to walk up the main walk the K club had dumped Joe into the fishpond, and he had gone into Miss Mary Harrisonis introductory Span- ish class dripping wet, leaving footprints in the halls of the Administration Build- ing. On their first Homecoming, Joe asked Betty t0 the Homecoming Ball. They discovered the terrace 0n the Stu- dent Union and danced gayly t0 the music of Lee Johnsonts band, and for a few hours forgot impending nine-weekis tests. WEEKS FOLLOWED and leaves fell, along with hOpes for iiAii averages. Both Betty and Joe were in the tenth decile when the results of the Freshman En- trance Tests were compiled by Dr. Henry Schrammel, head of the Educational Measurements Department. They man- aged to keep their grades up by refrain- ing from cutting Miss Vida L. Askewis classes and not saying the donitii in the astute presence of Dr. E. R. Barrett, head of the English Department and co-author of the Barrett-Ryan test, known and loved throughout this section of the country. Second semester brought bas- ketball and track to the fore. J 0e, a let- terman in basketball, wrote short notes to Betty when he was out of town for games -letters that reached her after his re- turn to the campus. Coach Paul Kutnink didnit object, as long as his side line ac- tivities didnit interfere with his court ac- tions. Clark Jackson is the happy-looking industrial arts instructor who thinks that iia woman is only a woman, but a, good cigar is a smoke? 10 Betty was taking elementary general mathematics from A. W. Philips and it took Joe many long hours to show her 5-4ths of a whole. The hours spent in Philipsi classes resulted in frequent colds because he had to have fresh air. But Joe dwarfed her miniature problems when he eXplained that Tucker could add 2 and 3 and get 7eand that it was mathe- matically correct. Enrolling in fencing under Dr. Harold M. Priest, Betty learned to lunge and tire- pose, to counter-attack and to parry. She tried out for Splash Club, and under the direction of Miss Dorothy Boynton, learned formation swimming and sports- manship in water sports. OE HAD PLAYED a horn in the high school band and at the beginning of his second year he enrolled in the Emporia State Band, under Orien Dalley, enthusiastic