Florida Southern College - Interlachen Yearbook (Lakeland, FL)

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J. B MODESITT Physical Education B.S.,M.D. . . a man of tremendous experience . . . in YMCA work for 38 years . . . once col- lege football coach . . . hockey enthusiast ... ice skating . . . hunting and fishing . . . erect . . . sharp, quick eyes . . . finds recre- ation in social work . . . boys ' clubs . . . possession of M.D. helps him to engage in health program . . . EULALIE GINN Physical Education AB . . . from the town of Gone With the Wind . . . outstanding in recreation field . . . pioneer in leisure time conferences in the Southeast . . . likes crafts, especially woodwork . . . petite leader of folk songs and group dancing .. . spends summers in camps as youth leader . . . congenial . . . likes Donald Duck . . . collects him in china, wood, and picture form . . . gay . . . determined ... a small candle burning with a very big light . . . ESTHER PERRY HORNBAKER Education BSE. . . . she finds it most hazardous . . . teach- ing teachers to find the median . . . be- comes absorbed in the study of history . . . belongs to Writer ' s Club . . . unknown to them she enjoys watching people and their reactions ... as white furry cats like to lie pseudo-asleep before the fire . . . mus- ing, with half shut eyes, upon the world about them . . . she finds education fasci- nating . . . EDUCATION MAG AUDREY CAMERON Education B.S.E. . . . Southern lady in every sense of the word . . . soft voice . . . sweet smile . . . reminiscent of magnolias in the moonlight . . . associates compliment her upon her personality — its suitability to dealing with little children . . . neat . . . good taste in clothing . . the old South . . . MABEL LUNDIN Education BS.,MA. . . . children adore her. . . she ' s sensitive to environment . . . has traveled widely . . . brings out the best in children . . . conversationalist . . . interesting because of her contacts in the world . . . frank . . . gains satisfacton from teaching . . . RUTH SHERMAN Education AB, MA. . . . teacher at the laboratory school . . . her beauty of character is her outstanding trait . . . shows depth ... i s very reserved . . . quiet . . . smiling . . . native of South Dakota . . . worked in a Government Indian school . . . has written for Compton ' s Pic- tured Encyclopedia . . . likes out-of-doors . . keeps up in professional reading . . . questions new thoughts . . .

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LAURA LEENHOUTS, Chm. Education Director of the Laboratory School A B, M.Ed. . . . Executive . . . Has a way of getting other people to do things whether they want to or net ... is most willing to assist . . . backs her students . . . likes plants, growing things . . . horseback riding . . . can ' t get to eight o ' clock classes . . . immaculately groomed . . . meticulous . . . reserved ambitions . . . her ideals force her to seek perfection in the slightest detail. JAMES C PEEL Education AB,MA. . . . Dean of Summer School ... on the welcoming committee that greets each new crop of freshman for the fall term . . . their first impressions of Southern are con- cerned with him . . . sarcasm colors his words as loud ties his exterior . . . member State Courses of Study Organization . . . plays golf . . . member of the faculty four- some . . . tennis ... a Ph.D. en the make ... by his interesting lectures he creates in his students enthusiasm for his field . . . EDUCATION WILLIAM R BATTLE Physical Education A.B., MA. . . . brain and brawn for sports . . . advo- cate of fair play ... a strong man wrapped around the finger of a tot, Jeanie . . . bet- ter participant than spectator . . . genial giant . . . com collector . . . night reader ... a player not for stakes . . . but for fun . . . Coach Bill . . . MANFRED W. DEPUTY Education BS,AB., MA. . . . pioneer in education . . . founder of City Teacher ' s College in Kansas City . . . smiling wisdom . . . real Westerner . . . loves his profession . . . great admirer of Biblical Paul . . . Who ' s Who . . . likes gardening and nature study ... his daugh- ter, famous landscape artist of New York area ... is writing a book . . former Pres- ident of State Teachers ' College, Minne- sota . . . unassuming ... a network of former students spreads throughout the United States . . . JAMES G OGDEN, JR. Education BS. . . . Ogden Nash after a turkey dinner . . punster extraordinary , . , thirty-second degree Mason . . . thirty-third degree good fellow . . . stamp collector . . . fisherman . . . reads . . . swims . . . bowls . . . pipe collector . . . shining example of the truth of that old adage, like father, like son — and son ' s son . . . analyst of student be- havior . . . philosopher on roller-skates carrying a slide rule . . . ••••♦■•

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K GIBSON WEIHE,Chm. English BS,MA,PhD. . . . Ph D. from Yale . . . edited John Rus- kin ' s letters . . enters Who ' s Who this year ... his scholarly lectures evidence thoughtful training and preparation . . . artistic and dramatic abilities . . . aristo- cratic . . has written many short stories end poems . . . rose garden . . . dog . . droopy white socks . . . future plans of going to Italy, climbing an Alp, painting portraits . . . photographer with a Graflex . . . one painting was shown at a sale in Pittsburgh . . . raised eyebrows, quizzical smile makes his classes depart from reality into the world of theater and the imagi- nation . . . HENRY G. BARNETT English A.B.,M.A. . . . native Floridian . . . former mentor at Soochow University, China . . . later, teach- er in Japan, Syria, India . . . in Who ' s Who . . . poet . . . The Roof of the World, his best known collection ... in him, East meets West . . . blends in selfless leve for his fellow men . . . idealist . . . striver for perfection . . . quietly works in forces of human life . . . HARRIS G SIMS Journalism A.B., LLB. . . . trustee . . . teacher of journalism for twelve years . . . grew up with Southern . . now editor Lakeland Ledger and Star Telegram . . . restless, tall . . . cigar lover . . . alert mind . . . newspaperman ' s re- porter . . . Russian literature his favorite . . . writes for New York Times . . . loves Saturday night political rallies . . . distin- guished for his ambling gait, north by northwest . . . ENGLISH THOMAS C. BLAISDELL English AB,M.A,PhD.,LLD. . . . vagabonds with wife around the world . . . prefers travel by tramp steamers . . . former president, National Council Teach- ers of English and of Alma College . . . lecturer with Chautauqua ... in Who ' s Who . . . author and editor of some 13 books, several of which are about Shake- speare . . . persistent for accuracy . . . appreciates efforts of others ... a young man unchecked by age . . . ave of absence MARGUERITE WILLS Speech AB.MA . . . disguised as Little Brother Heinie, she has peopled stages at Southern with Puck, MccBeth, the Little Women, Aoron Slick of Pun ' kin Crick for lo, these thirteen years . . . past president of Florida State Speech Association . . . formerly president of state P. E. 0. . . . teaches Sunday School class . . . writes speech articles . . . award- ed Rockefeller grant for Corrective Work with Children . . . has a purple voice . . . witty . . . busy . . . she keeps people on tip-toe . . . anticipating Act III ... to her associates she is Lady Marguerite . . ALMA JOHNSON Speech BS,MA. . . . This is WLAK, Lakeland . . a half hour program, sponsored by the Static Club . . presenting Little Women . . dram- atized by Alma Johnson . .. . poet play- wright . . prefers stage to screen . . . ex-Tomboy . . . likes horseback riding . . . radio is her special interest ... her play, Jo ' s Boys , was published this year . . . a cultivated, expressive voice . . she adds distinctive flavor to all fields that she enters . . . •♦ ' • •