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

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F. H. N. m 1 ROBERT L. PARKER A.B., A.M. HISTORY Last year International Law, and Economics were added to the courses offered by the History Department. During the present year a course in Parties, Institutions and Government has been added. The popularity of this course has abundantly justified adding such a course. Since the beginning of the Summer term, 1920, there have been enrolled to date — March 1, 1921 — two hundred fourteen different students in this de- partment. Since July 1, 1920, seventy-four students have been taking history courses by correspondence ; of these nineteen had finished on March 1, the remainder are sending in their manuscripts regularly. The above seventy- four does not include those nominally enrolled, but who for various reasons have not been keeping up their work. On Washington’s birthday the class in American History put on an original program in commemoration of that day. Page Sixteen

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1 C. E. RARICK A.B. DEPARTMENT OF RURAL EDUCATION The Fort Hays Normal School has from its organization realized the im- portance of ministering in some definite way to the needs of the rural teacher and the rural school. The amount of service has varied greatly and the ways of rendering it have been many. During the year 1920-1921 there have been two distinct phases of the work which have been especially emphasized. The first of these — general school betterment by means of the formation of consolidated schools has been the chief concern of Professor C. E. Ranck, the director of the rural depart- ment. This work was. begun in 1919. Some fine results have attended his efiforts and many more are bound to be realized in the immediate future. Greater capacity to his endurance, more strength to his elbow and increased power to his tongue that he may continue to carry the gospel of good schools to a needy state is our wish. The second line of work, that of teacher training while in service, or demonstration teaching in rural schools, is the service being rendered by Miss Julia M. Stone, who has this year returned to the Fort Hays Normal School after an absence of four years spent in the state department of Education as State Rural School Supervisor and a year given to study in the Teacher’s Col- lege at Columbia University. A score of counties applied for the “Professional Center Service” given by Miss Stone during the past year and many teachres have attested to the value of the work. During the summer school several courses will be offered in each line of activity carried on by the rural School Department. Page Fifteen 5 rrrt m

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• ■ F. H. N. ■ CHARLES F. WE 1ST ENGLISH This department looks upon the English language and literature as a neces- sary aid in the development of the mind for enjoyment and usefulness. A student should learn to read intelligently, appreciatively, and creatively. His daily speech should be exact, without affectation, and sincere. The ethical and religious suggestions of literature cannot be wholly lost upon one devoted to learning; his unfolding nature, if normal, will have an affinity for moral and spiritual truth. Good literature is ever ready to release these important values to the honest seeker after culture. Such a broad conception of the serviceableness of the mother tongue is important for every calling. Language is a social medium of communication, and literature, in its many forms, is a clearing house for ideas. Thought is misrepresented by faulty expression ; truth lies not only in the fact, but also in its clear presentation. Besides there is a pure joy in the possession and use of culture, which only the initiated know ; and it operates regardless of time or place. Page Seventeea