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

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■ F. H. N. GEORGIA WOOTON-ROBERTS FINE ARTS Cheerful homes— cheerful people is the slogan of the Fine Arts Depart- ment, and it is trying to make it a reality. The work in color and design is planned to work up definitely to the problem of home decoration. Not more money, but more taste used in ere- ating a lovely home. The class will furnish two rooms for Festival Week, making all the ac- cessories from common things. The Commercial Class received two prizes in a state contest, as well as being valuable on the campus, proving that art is not only cultural but also remunerative. P age Twenty-four 0 1921 ■ ■ ■ ■ 1

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W. D. SHEWMAN A.B., A.M PHYSICS The Physics Department was organized in the fall of 1919 by Mr. W. D. Shewman, who was then engaged to take charge of this work. At that time the equipment was very much depleted and the department was handi- capped in its work during the year 1919-1920, both by the lack of room and apparatus. However, through the generous support of the school administra- tion, the fall semester 1920 found the department enlarged by the addition of another room and about fifteen hundred dollars ' worth of neAv apparatus. During the past year the department has had a 50 per cent increase in en- rollment over the previous year. It is the policy of the department to keep abreast of the times by adding new equipment each year and at all times to ofifer standard college courses in Physics. Page Twenty-three .. • 1 9 2 1 a

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• ■ F. H. N. JAMES E ROUSE B.S., M.S. AGRICULTURE The enacting ' of the Smith-Hughes bill by Congress created a great de- mand for teachers of Agriculture, This department is directing its efforts toward the preparation of teachers for this work, with the hope of placing teachers with the best preparation in positions of this kind. The depart- ment is further able to prepare teachers through the carrying on of project work in connection with the classroom. In addition to the project work a garden of thirty acres is maintained under irrigation. This garden is rented in small plots to the students and faculty. Students are able in this way to earn their way through school, often making from $200 to $300 from an acre of ground. There is a dairy herd of thirty-five high-grade cows, headed by a pure- bred Holstein bull. This dairy herd supplies milk for the school cafeteria, as well as suppying an outside demand. Four thousand acres of Normal School land are under the direction of the department. Twenty-five hundred acres of this land is farmed by tenants. There are about 1,000 acres of permanent pasture land, and the addition of farm equipment has made it possible to feed the livestock without purchas- ing feed. Page Twenty- five