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

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GEORGE J. WOODWARD FLORA MAY ELLIS PHYSICAL EDUCATION The equipment of the Physical Education Department of the Fort Hays Normal School rivals the best-equipped departments in the school. Coach George G. Woodward as Professor of Physical Education for Men has been in the institution only one year so far, but is one of the peppiest, best-liked physical directors the men have ever had. Miss Flora May Ellis, Professor of Physical Education for Women, has been with us for two years. The value of her instruction is estimated by the immense enrollment in her classes, which include swimming, aesthetic dancing, playground work, regular gymnasium classes and ail games that girls play, such as basketball, field hockey, indoor baseball, etc. Under the auspices of this Department the high schools of Western Kansas come together to play off the final games of the Basketball season and to be awarded the honors which they win. It is not to be wondered at then that the boys and girls of Western Kan- sas are strong and healthy, both b odily and mentally, when the Physical Education Department is examined and found to be as nearly perfect as a department of the kind can be. Page Thirty

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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

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LULU M. BICE LIBRARIAN The Library is located on the second floor of the William Picken Hall. It consists of a reference room, reading room, the Librarian ' s office, the stacks and the Extension Division room. These are the same rooms into which the Library was moved in 1917. However, we need more room, as the shelves which have already been built up to the ceiling threaten to push their way up into the attic. The Library consists of about 9,500 books. Approximately 120 period- icals are taken. These periodicals, which consist of the best standard maga- zines published, are carefully filed and bound for further use in the Library. The Library has five dailies. Most of the counties furnish their papers for the use of the students. Miss Bice, the Librarian, offers Library methods to the college students. This course gives training in the use of the library. In addition a training course is given to student assistants in the Library or those who wish to become assistants. In addition to the regular Librarian there are fifteen stu- dent assistants. The Extension Division of the Library has grown even faster than the regular Library. Magazines, package libraries and plays have been added for the use of this division. The high schools, common and rural schools and women’s clubs of Kansas are constant users of this department. The Li- brary is willing and ready to accommodate them with any material which can be found for their use. Our mottor is: More and better service. Page Thirty-one