Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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WILLIAM P. BIXLER Larkin, Kansas Parchevard “A steady, sober sort of citizen.” City and country bred, doubly fortunate. Entered Park Academy as a Third Year. He’s not very old and not very pretty but he cracks lots of jokes and is always quite witty. A good worker. Plays ball once in a great while. Official janitor of Labor Hall. Expects to be a medical missionary. MARION DOROTHEA DUTTON Miltonvale, Kansas Calliopean “The best things are sometimes done up in small packages.” A country flower. Entered Park College ranks as a wee First Year, and stuck to the same old class in spite of a siege of typhoid. Warbles in the Calliopean Glee Club, and is one of the standbys in the choir. Held an officer’s chair in C. L. S. in Senior year. Contends against “Industrial Woman”. Not very big but—condensed sweetness. Worst trial is her roommate. Expects to wield the switch in the schoolroom. WILLIAM MILTON HARBAUGH Colorado Springs, Colorado Parchevard “Had you been silent, you might still have passed as a philosopher.” “And laughter holding both his sides.” Reared in small town. Entered Park a green Fresh¬ man. Fine student. Soph Declam preliminaries. P. L. S. Attorney, critic and Stylus reporter. Plays tennis, baseball for class and society; basket ball for class and once for society. Sprinter, 50 yard, 75 yard, 100 yard winner (3 and 4). All round athlete; won tro¬ phy 1911. Winning relay race team (1, 2, 3). “0, for a farm in Colorado,” his by word. A cum laude man. Expects to study civil engineering or farm. 30

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BIRDELLA G. DAGG Kansas City, Missouri Calliopean “Blame not this haste of mine.” Brought up in the city—(of Harlem). Enrolled with the 1911’s in Freshman year. Head waitress at Snyder, first term, Senior. Manager of Senior base ball team. Primary Sunday School teacher—Sophomore. Censor of Calliopean—Senior year. Sergeant of Calliopean in Freshman, Sophomore and Senior. Used to be troubled with walking too slowly, but recent improvement. Favorite location—south window of Snyder. Specialty— studying (before exams). Worst trouble—a slow tongue. Expects to-him!-. “Live happily ever after.” LLOYD R. BOUTWELL Hamilton, Missouri. Lowell “High minded thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.” Originally a country product. Enrolled with the class of 1911 as a verdant Freshman. Not as old as his dig¬ nity implies. Served sentences as chaplain of the Junior class and treasurer of Lowell and survived to become president of Oratorical Association, manager of the Glee Club and president of Lowell Club. Graduates cum laude. Toots the trombone in the band. A hustler, though he doesn’t spend much time telling you about it. Very fond of his pompadour. Loafs in Snyder parlor. And still they gazed And still the wonder grew That one small head Could carry all he knew. City bred. Entered Park in 1907. Loves tennis with girls. Assistant pastor in Kansas City summer of 1910. Favorite expression: “Gunae, ring the quarter bell for me.” Has no girl he calls his own. Member of college glee club. Business manager of Stylus. Expects to be a Railroad Y. M. C. A. secretary. A. B. ADAMS Cincinnati, Ohio Parchevard 29

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DOLLIE MAE TOWNE Parkville, Missouri Calliopean “What will not woman, gentle woman, dare, When strong affection stirs her spirit up.” Country bred. New England accent. Tall and fair. Entered Park as First Year, been at the head of the class ever since. Height of her ambition is to weigh one hun¬ dred and sixteen pounds by commencement. A very busy body. Assistant censor (1), vice-president (3), president (4), and sergeant (4), of C. L. S., class secretary (3), secretary (2), vice-president (3), and president (4), of Missionary Society. Won second in essay contest (1), Bible prize (1), second in Junior-Senior Oratorical (3), On Freshman and Sophomore Declamatory Contests, and on the negative of the Woman Suffrage debate (she will have some one to vote for her). Plays piano and tennis. Valedictorian of class. Magna cum laudt. Expects to teach for a while. MR. J. B. PENNISTON Parkville, Missouri Parchevard “Quality, not quantity.” City bred. Entered Park two years ago, as a Sopho¬ more, been on the go ever since. Took all Junior and all Senior work this year. Keen minded and well liked though he be not so very handsome. Expects to take post graduate work. ALFRED R. WESTFALL El Reno, Oklahoma Parchevard “ How angel-like he sings.” “Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes for many a joke had he.” Brought up in town. First appeared on the campus as a third year. President of Athletic Association, Parchevard Society, Prohibition Association and Missouri Prohibition Association, in 191 1. Debated on Freshman Inter-society, Coe College, and two Ottawa University teams. Made his maiden attempt in oratory as a representative of Parche¬ vard in 1909, but has since been practising persuading the natives that prohibition will cure all their ills. Won mile run in 1909 and mile, half-mile, and quarter-mile in 1910 and 1911. Acquired the pace on the general force— running from work. Especially famous for his puns. Also a member of the “Senior Quartette”. Anticipates “being good”, but previous training rather inadequate. 31