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

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• ■ F. H. N. L. D. WOOSTER A.B.. A.M. BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE An acquaintance with the common, every-day facts and processes of nature, with which we must deal, in one form or another, all our lives; A realization of the educational values of the nature interests of chil- dren ; Such a habit of observing nature and such an understanding of its com- mon objects and activities that one has an ever-present and ever-growing source of pleasure and recreation of the highest type; A clearer discernment of truth and less mystery, superstition, and prej- udice ; And finally, such an acquaintance with nature and such an ever-growing understanding of its ways and processes that one comes to understand, more and more, something of the laws and principles of all life, in all times and places, and especially of human life and its possibilities. These, in general, are the aims of the work in courses under the super- vision of the Department of Biological Science. Page Twenty-eight

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F. H. N. EDWIN DAVIS B.S. MANUAL ARTS The movement for consolidated schools in Western Kansas is creating a demand for teachers who understand and sympathize with the problems of country life. No doubt the consolidated school will demand higher qualifications and much more experience on the part of the teachers of industrial work than the average high school of the past. It seems that the general opinion of the superintendents, school boards and many others is that it does not re- quire special training to become “Manual Training” teachers. If a community supports the industrial department of its school properly it has the right to expect that its young people shall receive worth-while instruction from competent directors. It is the aim of these departments to do their part in equipping young men to go out to teach the wood working and mechanical drawing in the schools of Western Kansas. In addition ever} ' ' student from this or any other department should add to his school experience the experience that is only gained by working at that particular trade or business during the time when school is not in session. Page Twenty-seven lyD 192 1 •

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• ■ F. H. N. ■ • r ELIZABETH J. AGNEW B.S. DEAN OF WOMEN The Dean of Women presides over the Woman ' s Building which is the social center and the real home of student life on the campus; the place where every girl may feel as free to come and go at will as in her own home; where in an electrically-equipped kitchenette she may make a batch of fudge or cook a full meal just as her inclinations dictate, or where in the sewing room she may clean and mend a garment or construct a new one, for this room is provided with a sewing machine, an electric iron and running water. In the large recreation room or school parlor are to be found all the comforts of her home parlor — beautiful pictures, soft rugs for the floor, com- fortable chairs and davenports, a piano, writing desks and game and reading tables. Here also is a huge wood fireplace, which suggests a pleasant hour with popcorn, toasted marshmallows and roasted apples. In this building also is the office of the Dean of Women, who spends her entire time with problems that touch the lives of the young- women on the campus, i. e., right living conditions, individual health problems, discipline, employment for those who are self-supporting, and social and recreational activities. Last, but not least, this building is headquarters for the Young Women’s Christian Association, one of the strongest student organizations on the campus. Its cosily provided rest room has been the quiet retreat of many an over-tired nervous girl, where she has been able to get away from the crowd and get a new hold on self. The building itself, which houses all these comforts for the women of the school, has been used for various purposes. It was primarily a gym- nasium, and was also used as an auditorium, and at one time the building was used as the Normal library, but with all its former usefulness never before has this building filled a greater need in college life on the campus than it is doing in its present capacity of a School Home. Page Tweaiy-moe a 1921