Kansas Wesleyan University - Coyote Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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'llw li-T CC TLTLEG Hall A S VERY college established by the Methodist Church has been founded primarily for the purpose of promoting Christian education. There is no excuse for the existence of a denominational college unless it is to place emphasis on the molding of character, the promotion of Christian education and the preparation of leadership for the Church. -- The Kansas Wesleyan has been founded and nourished throughout its history with this as the fundamental principle carried out through the efforts of a faculty, dominated with a desire to further Christian character. The present faculty con- sists of twenty members directing the work of sixteen departments. Each of its members has, at least, a Masters degree or its equivalent and, therefore, has scholarly attainments sufficient to' furnish instruction as efficiently as the faculty of any of the smaller colleges. The history of the school shows that the teaching force has remained with the school at a great sacrifice on their part, teaching year after year, many of them, over a long period of time when they might have accepted appointments in larger institutions of learning at a salary very much in advance of that received from the institution which they were serving. Through assistance from the Board of l-lome Missions, this year an entirely new department has been added to the curriculum-Rural Leadership-directed by a man, Prof. Law, having especial preparation and possessing native elements in his personality peculiarly fitting him for successful work in developing this new field. The curriculum has been enriched through additions of new courses to several of the departments. Professor Crossnickle, having a years leave of absence for completing his Masters work in the University of Nebraska, will return next year to give his entire time to the teaching of College Mathematics. Professor Miller, having completed the requirements for his Doctorate in History in Columbia Uni- versity, will also return next year to devote all his time to the teaching of History, thus relieving Professor McWilliams to confine his work to the Social and Economic Sciences. In past years, the plant was large enough to take care of, in a very satisfactory manner, the student body. At present, however, the school is badly cramped for teaching room. There has been added, during the past year, considerable in the way of new equipment, particularly in the Department of Physics, which has a new labor- atory, concrete tables and much better electrical appliances. This additional room has been permitted through the moving of the old administration building and lifting it up out of the ground, thus making the basement usable for class and laboratory purposes. The student body is the largest in the history of the institution. A Freshman class of I35 members. A Sophomore class increased by several persons recently enrolling after having spent their Freshman year in the State Agricultural College, Southwestern and other colleges. The junior and Senior Classes each have about the same enrollment as these classes of the year before. With this rapid growth of the student body, the increasing membership of the faculty and the expansion of the plant, there develops a new faith in the constituency of the institution. lt has a new life and faces the future with increased power for carrying forward its work. The Kansas Wesleyan is located in a very healthful environment in the midst of the tenseness of a commercial city peopled with a citizenship that is earnestly moral and ambitious to make a city of the very best influences commercially, educationally and spiritually.

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ALBERT I-I. KING Dean Education CARCLINE R. IVIATSON Dean of Women Latin FREDERICK C. PETERS Auditor French and German v LAURETTA B. PETERS Eine Arts WILBUR R. TWEEDY Chemistry j0SEPHINE JAQUA English Literature