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opening day celebration june 22. I!)52 The Fiftieth Anniversary of the scene pictured above — the opening day of the Western Branch of the State Norma! School on June 23, 1902, was cele- brated this summer. William S. Picken, the first principal, lacked nothing in dramatic sense. He had the above picture carefully posed and taken before the students and townspeople went inside for the opening ceremonies. He also said to Jennie Ward. as he handed her enrollment receipt num- ber one, Miss Ward, this is a very important oc- casion. Keep this receipt. One hundred years from now, it will be very valuable. The first student to enroll on the opening day was Jennie Ward, now Mrs. W. D. Philip, Hays. She still has in her possession the receipt for her enrollment fee. 14
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■ l 7 ' r v . r i ; ' i t a j w. a ' ' I tb U w- Y ' £ JS C 7 « - - - Ik : vV r ; v t- - s»w| The petition respectfully represents that the Fort Hays Military Reservation . . . long since abandoned for use as a Military Reservation . . ♦ be used , . For a location of branches of two state institutions ... a western branch of the Kansas Agricultural College and a western Kansas branch of the Kansas State Normal Institute . . It was twenty-three years from the time Martin Allen first formally recommended the establishment of the colleg e until its opening day in 1902. Photostatic Records of the petition to President Cleveland 13
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thrice The welcome mat was truly out on the campus on June 23. The spotlight was on the old timers and special recognition was given to those who were students that first year. Eighteen of the forty-one students who en- rolled for the first summer session back in 1902, returned to Fort Hays State to partici- pate rn the celebration. At the right, Miss Maude McMindes, who has chairmanned the entire anniversary plan, took time out to greet a guest as registrants crowded the Coliseum foyer. Faculty women, faculty wives, and women students dressed themselves in 1902 costumes to serve as hostesses and guides about the campus. In the photo at the right, Miss Marjorie Butler, dean of women, chats with Mrs. Ethel McKenna, who was for many years Custer Hall director, and is now a beloved member of the emeritus clan at Fort Hays State. . 15
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