Kansas City Teachers College - Ye Pedagogue Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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' 5' ttf' Qllextrous fDal9l9le'rs Babble Into Works of Art IDA GLENN Art First Tern: HAZEI. HENRY . . PAULINE IQILE . . L'fARGL'ERITE Davis RUTH LTLRICH . . LZIARGARET PE'rERs . Es'rHER BROWDY . Miss IDA GLENN . The Dextrous Dabblers Club is composed of girls interested in the promotion of art and art appreciation in Teachers College. At the first meeting the club decided upon various art projects to be worked out during the year. At this meeting Miss Glenn also gave a talk on the art in Hawaii based upon her experience as a teacher there. Before Christmas each member designed a linoleum block and printed her own cards. This proved so interesting that it was decided to make decorative de- signs ior dresses, pillow tops, scarfs and other such articles. Other activities carried on by the art club include a trip to the Union Station, where sketches were made. Regular visits to the art institute and outdoor sketching trips were also included in the schedule. OFFICERS Svrund Tvrm . Prvsitivnt . . .... LUCILLE MoR::,xN . Virv-Pwsidvlzf . . . ELIZABETH LCICDOUGALL . . Secretary . . . . . XvIVIEN O'DELL . . . Treasurer . . . . . bf.-XRGARET BEEM . . Sv:-gem:t-at-Army. . .... HIARTHA STOUFFER . . . Critic . . . .JEAN MARIE FULK1-:RsoN . Advisors . .... Miss IDA GLENN Miss XIERNELDA BOXVEN . . . . . . . Adriisors .... . . . Miss XVERNELDA BOWEN ll4l

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ff' Ninth .Annual Literary Cfontest .Arouses Winch Interest The Ninth Annual Literary Contest was held Friday, May 11, in the auditorium of Teachers College. The contest was won by the Kappa Phi Alpha Dramatic Club. FIRST PLACE VK-'INNERS Declamation-RUTH RHOIXDS ...... Kappa Phi Alpha Story TClllI1g-DOROTHX' FERGUSON .... Kappa Phi Alpha Oration-PAULINE BUSCH ...... Phi Lambda Sigma Extemporaneous S.-VERA LIERICLE .... Kappa Phi Alpha Poem-Emrn BROWN ...... . . Tau Kappa Delta Essay-IRENE KI.EBAN ...... . . . Athletic Club Children's Story-ESTHER VVATSON ..... Nature Club Adult's Story-MARION BRENNER .... Phi Lambda -Sigma SECOND PLACE VVINNERS ' IJCCIHIIIZ-1lZl0ll-IXIARY HEIAEN NIERRUGGE .... Music Club Story Telling-GERALDINE FITZGERALD ..... Nature Club Oration-EULA HOLDER ......... Nature Club Extemporaneous S.-EDITH CooK .... Phi Lambda Sigma POCITI-IMIRIAM XVAITE ..... . . Kappa Phi Alpha Essay-MILDREU MESSLIORE ...... Kappa Phi Alpha Children's StOfy'-'MAIYDE BURNS .... Phi Lambda Sigma Adult's Story-E1.1zABE'r1-I PINNARD. . . Tau Kappa Delta THIRD PLACE VVINNERS DCCl8lllHtiOI1'-'JEAN MARIE FULKERSON .......... Story Telling-NELLIE CHRISMAN . Extemporaneous S.-DoRo'rHy Gmss . Poem-GLAm's BRIERLY ...... ESSHJV'-DOROTHX' VVooD ....... Children's St0Fj'-DOROTHX' MINIACE . . Adult's Story-HELEN MUELLER ............ EMMA SERL English . . . Art Club . . . Music Club Tau Kappa Delta Phi Lambda Sigma . Tau Kappa Delta . Kappa Phi Alpha . . . . . . Nature Club Rhoads, Ferguson, Busch, Mericle Brown, Kleban, VVatson, Brenner ll3l

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ttxfk ti ,-fTj 4 , init ' -M--A--.X 'f 7 -ig: Te . XTX ,, ' X mal . 'K -. X : L+., .Art Gourses Offer fP'ractical Experiences The Freshman art courses are designed to give the girls a general foundation of teclmique. The picture on this page shows one of the Freshman classes sketch- ing human figures. Animal drawing, which came next. worked over into soap carving and the art room became a veritable menagerie. Design, the principles of border design, and working for spaces were emphasized. The study of design led into poster work and very effective Safety First posters were executed. The Freshmen gained a technique in these courses that will be the basis for their methods work the following year and for all future art work. The work of the Advanced Art Classes was practical and also developed the aesthetic side. Miss Bowen divided the work into two sectionsg crafts and graphic expression. In the crafts course. there was work in XIERNELDA Bownw batik, leather tooling, Gesso clay work, and block Ari printing on textiles. The class in graphic expression deal with the fundamentals of perspective. In this course there were free hand sketching, outdoor sketching, figure work, still life, painting, and a study of the diiferent types of reproduction in commercial art. Each member of the advanced classes was an art enthusiast before the course had reached its completion. Miss Vernelda Bowen has charge of the Advanced Art Classes and a part of the Freshman Art work. Miss Bowen received the major part of her training at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she graduated in 1927. The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the finest schools of its kind to be found anywhere, and Teachers College is very fortunate to have Miss Bowen as a member of its faculty. E151