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

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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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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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m mm tail U M Fred Lindley, San Diego, California, lawyer, banker, rancher, who returned to deliver the principal address. Is shown above with Mrs. Lindley, who also attended the affair. The success of the anniversary celebration was due principally to the fact that so many early cay students returned to join In the festivities. Chat PIcken, son of William S. Picken, the first principal of the school, came from Loveland, Colorado. Two of the college ' s three first graduates, were back for the celebration. They were Mrs. Fredetla Schwaller Trlnkle, LaJolla, California, and Fred E. Lindley. assembly The early-day students, shown be low on the front rows of thi Coliseum arena, enjoyed a pro gram of early-day entertainment songs sung by a vocalist popula on the campus in another era the address by Mr. Lindley, anc the singing of the three anthem the college has used at variou times in the past fifty years. 16