Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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WOMAN’S BUILDING For a number of years it has been the ambition of the Administration at the Fort Hays Kansas Nor- mal School to provide for the girls of the Institution suitable quarters to be used as a rest and recreation room and as headquarters for the Young Woman’s Christian Association. In the spring of 1919 the way seemed dear for the realization of this worthy ambition in the build- ing that had been the gymnasium before the trans- fer of the Physical Training Department to Sheri- dan Coliseum. In August, a Dean of Women was added to the Faculty and the work of reconstruct- ing the interior of the building began. After re- moving the Physical Training equipment the walls were redecorated, the woodwork painted and the floors refinished. The shower baths and dressing rooms were remodeled and made into a kitchenette equipped with an electric range, cabinet, sink, and suitable utensils for the serving of either an elaborate dinner party or light refreshments. Then there is the sewing room in which is to be found a sew- ing machine, an electric iron and a pressing board where girls may mend or freshen their clothes, a rest room with couches where a tired or nervous girl may relax in quiet for an hour or two undisturbed, a Y. W. C. A. office where cabinet and committee meetings may be held and an office for the Dean of Women who is the supervisor of the building and chaperon for all student gatherings. The main room with a huge fireplace, a piano, game and reading tables, comfortable chairs and couches makes a delightful school parlor in which the students may entertain their friends separately or in groups. It is also the place where all-school and class parties are held. That the building is filling a long-felt want in the college life of the young women of the Institution is evidenced already and it will mean even more when the students have learned to use it to its fullest possibilities. ELIZABETH J. AGNEW, B.S. Dean of Women Page Eighteen

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WILLIAM A. LEWIS, B.S., A.B., LL.D. president

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Charles A. Shively A.B., A.M. Professor Education Floyd B. Lee, A.B., A.M. Asst, professor Education Director Extension Alberta Brack ney, A.B., A.M. Critic Supervisor EDUCATION This Department focuses its activities upon the professional phase of the teacher’s preparation. .The courses in Psychology, Secondary Education, School Ad- ministration, Sociology, History of Education, Methods, are designed to give the student that knowledge in the fundamental theory and principles of education upon which sane educational practice must be built. In the Training School, the prospective teacher receives definite drill in the technic of teaching and school and class room management. The arrangement with the Local Board of Education which places the City Schools under the supervision of this department for teacher training purposes gives our students superior advan- tages for observation and practice. This plan has been in force for six years. Periodical visitation to other towns for observation, and furnishing to other communities substitute teachers from the Training Class, are new features of our work which are proving popular. Beginning with the coming summer term, a Kindergarten and Playground De- partment will be added as a permanent part of the Training School. Miss Lulu McKee of Topeka will be in charge. Miss Alberta Brackney came to us in January from the faculty of the Kearney. Nebraska, Normal School as supervisor of upper grade work. We are searching for a Primary Supervisor and hope to secure one by the beginning of the summer term. The Department enrolls a large number of correspondence students. A fine Extension Class in Sociology was conducted during the year by Mr. Shively, ai Russell Kansas. Page Nineteen