Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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ENGLISH Ethel E. Lyon In 1892 the English department of Park College was officially organized by Henry S. Verrill. This was the first attempt to segregate the department from various others in the college curriculum. In 1901, at the death of Professor Verrill, J. H. Lawrence became head of the department; and in 1922 Miss Ethel E. Lyon took the chair. The William E. Guy Department of English was the name given to the department in 1927. The department sponsors the college program in journal ' ism and dramatics. It has the largest enrollment in the cob lege and the largest number of majors. Expansion of the journalism division is being planned for the near future. MEMBERSHIP OF DEPARTMENT Ethel Emma Lyon, A.M., Columbia University, Head of Department Mary Elizabeth Maupin, A.M., Columbia University, Associate Professor of English Mary M. Whiteside, A.B., Vassar College, Instructor in English Frances Fishburn, A.B., Park College, Instructor in English, Assistant Librarian Alice Margretta Waldron, Ph.B., University of Iowa, Librarian, Instructor in Library Science Mary Emma Beers, A.B., Northwestern University, Instructor in English Waldron, Grueneberg, Whiteside Maupin, Lyon, Fishburn Page 20

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Walter Frederick Sanders, A.B., A.M. Dean, Park College Page 19

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MODERN LANGUAGE The department of Modern Languages is one of the most recent departments to be added to the college curriculum. It was organized in 1916. As early as 1896, a course in Ger¬ man was offered by Professor Thomas G. Burt. It was Dean W. F. Sanders who definitely organized and developed the department until comprehensive courses were offered in Ger¬ man, French and Spanish. The department has grown until at present it has the second largest enrollment in the college. Each year the department endeavors to present to the public one evening of plays in these three foreign languages. Miriam E. Wilson MEMBERSHIP OF DEPARTMENT Walter Frederick Sanders, A.M., University of Chicago, Head of Department Miriam Elaine Wilson, A.M., University of Illinois, Acting Chairman Elsa Grueneberg, A.B., University of Missouri, Instructor in German Jeanette McElhiney, A.M., University of Kansas, Instructor in Spanish Ruth E. Rose, A.B., Ohio Wesleyan University, Instructor in French Adolph Hermann, Bible Training Institute, Glasgow, Scotland, Instructor in German Henrietta Doltz, student assistant, Spanish Zelmira Biaggi, student assistant, Spanish McElhiney, Biaggi, Grueneberg, Hermann Rose, Doltz, Wilson, Sanders Page Z I