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

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P. Caspar Harvey, A.B., A.M. Professor English Director Public Service Florence E. Barns, A.B. Professor English James Start, B.S. Asst. Professor English ENGLISH P. Carpar Harvey conducts the advanced classes in Journalism and Classics in Shakespeare. Browning, and the Short Story. Miss Florence E. Barns, the associate professor of English, became a member of the faculty this year. Her classes have in- included the beginning college rhetoric, Journalism, World Literature, and the ad- vanced classes in Poetry. A direct quotation from Miss Barns is especially fitting: “I have found that the Fort Hays Normal School and the possibilities of the alert teacher here are essentially typical of Western Kansas, — a land of unlimited space, inviting one to expand. The physical frontier has been conquered; but the educa- tional frontier is still in the process of mastering. That this frontier may be passed without blundering, without confusion of values, and with the definite goal of Amer- ican citizenship, is the hope of one who is desirous of making the study of the Eng- lish language and of Literature contribute to this frontier conquest ’ Mr. James Start, a former student of the institution, who was graduated from the School of Oratory of Northwestern University, became assistant professor of English and instructor of Public Speaking in June, 1919. The oratorical contest this year was the closest contest within the history of the school. The inter-collegiate debaters were chosen only after a hard fight and the plays presented throughout the year have pleased their audiences. Each member of the Department has had to do a very large amount of corre- spondence work and there has been one extension class of sixteen members at Quinter. Page Twenty-One

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EXTENSION The Extension Division was organized during the summer of 1919, with Floyd B. Lee as director. The purpose of the Division is to co-ordinate the resources of the Fort Hays Normal School that they may become available to schools and commu- nities throughout western Kansas. The new Division took over the old correspondence department and organized the following departments: Correspondence, Study, Extension Class, Professional Center Service, Lecture Service, Lantern Slide Service, Entertainment Course Service, High School Dramatics and Debate Service, Package Library and Information, Library Extension Service and Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Service. The Correspondence Study Service offers an education to those who are unable to leave home. The Extension Class Service sends the instructor to the class when- ever fifteen or more students in one community call for such service. The Professional Center Service arranges with County Superintendents for professional meetings between his teachers and members of the Normal School Faculty, The Lecture Service sends faculty members to give occasional lectures before teachers’ associa- tions, farmer institute meetings, parent-teachers associations and the like. The Lantern Slide Service has at its disposal a number of sets of lantern slides upon various subjects, and any responsible organization may secure the lantern slides upon application. The Entertainment Course Service is prepared to send to communities groups of entertainers. These entertainments consist of vocal music, instrumental music, readings, lantern slide lectures and various other forms of entertainment. The High School Dramatics and Debate Service offers to High Schools and other organizations the loan of plays from which to choose materials for amateur the- atricals and outlines in debates for High Schools and others who are interested in this work. The Package and Information Service offers the library to those who apply. Magazines have been clipped on various subjects and bulletins collected and other information gathered so that when application is made for information along any line the Normal School library stands ready to furnish this information in so far as is available. The Library Extension Service sends trained librarians to school libraries and libraries in cities to assist the local librarians in cataloging their li- braries. The Boy Scout and Camp Fire Girl Service stands ready to send experts to communities wishing to organize troops of Boy Scouts or Camp Fire Girls. During the past year the Correspondence Study Department has enrolled three hundred and seventy-five students in fifty-five counties. The Extension Class Service has conducted twelve classes with two hundred and ten students. Lecture Service and Entertainment Service has furnished fifty-three lectures and entertainments to hundreds of auditors. The other departments have done equally well. While the Extension Division has furnished a large amount of service during the past year, its work was largely in the experimental stage, and with the experience gained and the closer organizations perfected, the Extension Division will be prepared to furnish even larger service in the years to come. Page Twenty

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PUBLIC SERVICE The Public Service Division was organized July 1, 1919. It was the purpose of President Lewis that off-the-campus” activities in which the school was repre- sented as a unit should go through this Division. The Division was perhaps an out- growth of the publicity work which P. Caspar Harvey began for the institution in the fall of 1914. The Public Service Committee of the institution is comprised of P. Caspar Har- vey, Director; Floyd B. Lee, L. D. Wooster, and C. E. Rarick. The office force in- cludes Eva Hedges, Myrtle Divine, Roy Schesser and Bessie Ferguson. This Division publishes the official bi-weekly newspaper of the institution, Pub- lie Service, which has a circulaton of 4 500. It sends out for various departments and faculty members whatever material might be of use to the public in general or to particular classes of the public. Mr. Wooster’s nature study work and his science leaflets have been especially popular. All the catalogs and bulletins of the insti- tution are mailed through this office. The Public Service Division has undertaken a vocational survey of the Juniors and Seniors in Kansas high schools. At the time this was written this survey had just begun but already approximately 3,000 Ques- tionnaires had been received. From July 1, to March 1 Mr. Harvey dictated and signed 1,910 personal letters. The Division has mailed 26,641 circular letters in amounts varying from 13 to 4,517. Circular enclosures have numbered 23,251. Cata- logs and bulletins of the institution sent out reached 21,115. Over 6,000 question- naire blanks have been sent out. Mr. Harvey has written 247 different newspaper stories which have been sent to 4,331 newspapers; 1,710 have been clipped. The office on March 1 had 43 different name lists for the use of the members of the faculty, totaling 42 413 names. The office of the Public Service Division is the busiest place on the Campus. Page Twenty-Two