Emporia State University - Sunflower Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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14 tLefti Dr. Edwin J. Brown is one of the most versatile men on the campus. His interests include e.very- thing from poetry to professionail baseball. He and Mrs. Brown are seen often sponsoring all-schooll parties. tAbovei Dr. H. E. Schramu mel expounds one of his theories in his vigorous. way. His chief inter- ests in life are tests and his dog. tLefti Dr, M. Wesley Roper, head of the Sociology Department, is a much-envied faculty member. He has the most interesting experiences -and all under the title of ttSociou logical Experimentation? OPPOSITE PAGE: tLefti Dr. S. Winston Cram, head of the Physics Department, has been busy receiv- ing rattles: from students and pass- ing out cigars since the birth of his baby. tRighti Dr. J. W. Breukel- man is a lucky man. He has per- mission from the state to shoot any kind of bird, in or out of season. He is a friend and protector of non- poisonous snakes.

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under R. G. Cremer as switchboard oper- ator this semester and as she pinch-hitted for the other secretaries occasionally she decided that her shorthand could be im- proved and audited a course in shorthand taught by Miss Adelaide Kauzer and took typing from S. J. Turille. She joined the Commerce Club-meetings sparkled by Vic Hiett jokes. She was taking stage- craft from R. Russel Porter and spent long tiring hours backstage creating scen- ery for Gilson Player productions. ITH SO MANY activities to occupy their time the sephomore year passed quickly, and after Joe and Betty had promised to write often and to return in September they bade each other good- bye. Betty worked in the local bank dur- ing the summer and J 0e followed the har- vest, both eager to earn enough money to send themselves back to school. Summer passed and with it the peace that America had cherished. A crisis with Japan was impending. Soldiers were in training and troops were being conscripted. Joe enlisted in the Naval Reserve V-7 and came back to school to begin a more comprehensive study of physics and mathematics under able masters of the sometimes absent mind. Betty was made a member of the Gil- son Players, begotten by Dr. F. L. Gilson, head of the Speech Department and author of the beloved little red speech text. This was the event of Bettyis junior year. The Gilson Players! Gilson plays, including assistant directing 0f the tradi- tional Freshman Play, kept Bettyis time occupied and Joe was busy with his ac- tivities as a sergeant in the pre-induction army of Vie Trusler. HE TIME Betty and Joe had together came less and less as the weeks went by. One afternoon when J 0e strolled into Dr. F. L. Gilson, head of the Speech Department, will long be remembered in the state as the origi- nator of the Gilson Players. 'He. is always ready and Willing to help plan and present. pageants and plays in small communities in the state. Dr. Minnie M. Miller, head of the Foreign Lan- guages Department, livens her. classes with first- hand accounts of intriguing foreign countries. 13

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the art gallery he found Betty admiring the paintings done by the art professors of the school. Norman R. Eppinkis func- tional art looked well on paper, they de- cided, but H. Francis J amesi nature paint- ings were noteworthy. iiI like Cullerfi Betty said, iibecause, the mural in the Hornets Nest is so true to life, and he sponsored it, you know? As they walked out of the Art Gallery they heard someone in the auditorium and slipped into the balcony to see who was playing the organ. A. D. Schmutz was playing several of his own compositions and arrangements. Betty and J oe listened silently for a time and then quietly slipped out into the rotunda. Betty had to go in and see Miss Ethel Melendy about working in the Bursaris office next se- mester and Joe hurried down to W. D. Rossis office to check on his credits as the registrar had them recorded. . ECEMBER CAME and with it Pearl Har- bor. But college life continued-not as usual. Second semester found a severe drop in enrollment and Betty was without a job on the campus. She applied for a job down town and was given a position as cashier at the Granada theater. Betty arranged her courses so that she would have her afternoons free. She en- rolled in advanced general sociology un- 15