Emporia State University - Sunflower Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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.-. ..':' '5' ...... Dr. 0. J. Peterson, head of the Math Depart- ment, teaches the kind of astronomy which isnit learned in the Rock Garden. He is helping little would-be army and navy offi- cers learn the value of ffXJi H, Francis James, artist and art teacher, is an exponent of the realistic type of art. His students soon realize his love for tapestries, vases, and authentic period furniture. 18 ETTY went in for debate in earnest her senior year. Turning to debate the first semester she tried for the collegiate debate team and made it. With George R. R. Pflaum driving his little car and eating pearsi and her colleague they trav- eled through the mid-west to Win their fair share of tournaments. It was the trip to Arkansas that they enjoyed most When Dr. Pflaum took time out to go hunting for Indian relics. Bettyis elec- tion to Pi Kappa Delta completed an al- most perfect year. Her interest in de- bate led her into the field of social science and she enrolled in a course in European History from Dr. Mosher-the one With the b0ys-who plays both tennis and the Violin. An addition to the Mosher clan in the early part of the first semester made Dr. Mosher miss his first History and Government picture for the Sunflower in many years. Joe was stressing world affairs in his schedule to prepare himself to be an offi- t ,-,-.;.: f . . 'x-l- l n.'. .' l'- .' .514-0n43-gww '-'.:-'-:-:. It. .i . nu . -.- I'..-Z'r.'i :'-'--t .,. . ,2. . '.. 3'9??? VT, A A i'duqxixofrfazgg $51.71 ' t i a - .. , O

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sufficient to satisfy her love of music. J 0e joined the chorus, too, and together they sang in the spring presentation of the ttElijahii when Richard Bonelli was guest baritone, and Dr. Borchers forgot to call roll the night they both skipped practice. At the close of the junior year J 0e was elected to the Student Council by the United Students political party as Vice- president. Working on the Bulletin Joe became acquainted with George H. Phil- lips, publicity director of the campus and faculty advisor 0f the college publications. Heis like the girl with the curl tand he does have nice wavy hairi who ttwhen she was good, she was very very good, and when she was bad, she was horrid? tIt is obvious that I am not enrolled in his New English classj itVicii Trusler has as much fun running his obstacle course as the boys in military training classes. And we have heard rumors that he can get around faster than the fellows. SENIOR YEAR came around and education courses became pre-requisites. Dr. H. G. Lull helped them to eXplain the present. crisis by telling of the lack of ingenuity in American youth. One day in class he side- slipped into a condemnation of classical languagesepage Miss Theresa Ryan! Betty took her practice teaching in Roosevelt High School under the direction of Dr. H. E. Dewey and under the super- vision. of Miss Kayser. Her curriculum course from Dr. Dale Zeller proved more interesting than Betty had hoped it could be and a personal friendship developed between the two, spiced by Dr. Zelleris in- teresting conversations about her numer- ous trips and a private showing of her un- usual old-fashioned jewelry collected through the years. Miss Edna McCullough has charge of every girl in school three hours a week for her first two years. She is head of the Woments Physical Education Department.

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Dr. Orville J. Borchers is a business mana- ger, publicity agent and ardent student of the physics of music as well as director of the Music Hall. His tipet peeveti is the 'stu- dent who wants to play softball in the Music Hall lobby. cer and a gentleman in the Navy and turned his attention to government and international relations. It was Dr. Mockis fascinating dissertations on the Treaty of Parise-and Parisian women-that made J oe eager to invade the continent. Classes, and class room activities, clubs and departmental functions, social life, and more than any other single factor the meeting of faculty and administration as friends and co-workers, not as aloof per- sonalities to be feared or tolerated, helped Betty and J oe widen their knowledge and broaden their fields of interest. . NE NOVEMBER afternoon before Thanksgiving vacation the two re- ceived a summons to come to the presi- dentis office. Miss Bea Hoover showed them into the office of the executive and while they stood there with shaking knees, and trembling lips, Joe slipped his handi into Bettyis. The presidentis cordial smile and friendly greeting put them at ease and when President Thomas W. Butcher told them that they had been selected to be members of the national collegiate tiWhots Whoii they felt lifted into the realms of the world renowned. He offered them his sincere congratulations and as Betty and Joe were walking down the main walk and had recovered from shock, Betty whispered that prexy was a pretty swell fellow. J oe agreed, because a busy execu- tive whose time was filled with official duties and whose thoughts were filled with administrative responsibilities, who would take time out to congratulate per- sonally students for bringing distinction to the college would come under anybodyis heading of ttall-rightit guy. From the Board of Regents when they arrived home, Betty and J oe each found a letter in the same vein as the presidents congratulations. The nine men, and one woman, organized by Governor Ratner on a non-political basis, whose word is law in regard to operative procedure of the state schools in Kansas, stressed the honor they had brought to themselves and the school by their admission to the ttWhois Who in Colleges and Universities? ND BETTY is wearing a diamond since the twosome have been studying Reciprocal Astronomy in the Rock Gar- den, under the supervision of the night watchman, Bill Davis. 19