Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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WALTER FREDERICK SANDERS Dean , Park College Realizing the needs of the students, and especially those of the freshmen, Dean Walter F. Sanders has played a large part in the making of the new curriculum for Park College. He has encouraged students who have the initiative and ability to take honors work. He has always displayed a spirit of tolerance and broadmindedness. Two years ago Dean Sanders made a visit to a number of Presbyterian colleges in order to study their methods of teaching, gathering material for the new curriculum. He is and always has been alert to the opportunities of education. He has contributed several articles dealing with honors work and Park’s teaching methods to various edu ' cational magazines. The University of Chicago granted Dean Sanders his A.B. and A.M. degrees. He has completed his residence work at the Ohio State University and has had his research and subject for thesis approved for his Ph.D. degree from that institution. Before coming to Park, Dean Sanders taught at the Harvard School in Chicago. He is a member of the Modern Language Association of America, American Association of University Professors, National Educational Association, American Scandinavian Foundation, American Legion and the Missouri State Committee of the Y. M. C. A. Dean Sanders’ name will also be found on the rolls of the following honorary organizations: Who’s Who in American Education, Who’s Who in America, Leaders in Education, Theta Alpha Phi, Pi Kappa Delta, Beta Pi Theta, and Alpha Delta. [ 19 ]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Board of Trustees handles the business affairs of the college. There are four standing committees of the board: Executive, Finance and Investment, Instruction, and Buildings and Grounds. There are various other committees, the most important of which is the Committee on Budget, consisting of the chairmen of the four standing com ' mittees together with the president of the college, the president of the board, and the business manager. The estimated budget is prepared each year, with appropriations for administration, general expense, instructors ' salaries, library and laboratories, boarding of students, and buildings and grounds. This budget is presented to the board to be adopted as the working basis for each ensuing year. The officers of the Board are as follows: Homer B. Mann, president, of the firm of Mann, Barnum and Welsh, Kansas City, Mo.; Charles L. Brokaw, vice-president, presi¬ dent of the Commercial National Bank of Kansas City, Kansas; J. A. Bowman, treasurer, president of the Burgner-Bowman-Matthews Lumber Company of Kansas City, Mo.; and David Mack Knight, secretary, business manager of Park College. Besides the officers of the board, the personnel of the board consists of the following: Joseph F. Porter, president of the Kansas City Power and Light Company of Kansas City, Mo.; A. O. Thompson, president of the A. O. Thompson Lumber Company of Kansas City, Mo.; Rev. Frederick W. Hawley, D.D., LL.D., president of Park College; George A. Lawrence, LL.D., lawyer, and president of the First National Bank, Gales¬ burg, Ill.; Robert Johnston, of Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, St. Louis, Mo.; Rev. John Maclvor, D.D., pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Mo.; W. C. Ral¬ ston, LL.D., assistant attorney general of Kansas, Topeka, Kans.; Rev. W. C. Temple¬ ton, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Winfield, Kans.; L. H. Wakefield, of Seattle, operating canneries in Alaska; R. B. Elliott, president of Elliott Lumber and Hard¬ ware Company, Parkville, Mo.; Isadore Samuels, District Manager of New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, Denver, Colo.; J. P. Tucker, editor of the Platte County Gazette, Parkville, Mo.; and the following members, all of Kansas City, Mo.: Rev. Harry C. Rogers, D.D., pastor of the Linwood Presbyterian Church; George Melcher, LL.D., Superintendent of Schools; Miss Elizabeth Scott, teacher in Manual Training High School; Wilson A. Myers, M.D.; George H. Bunting, president of Bunting Hard¬ ware Company; and George H. Davis, grain dealer on the Board of Trade. [ 18 ]

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R. A. Wells R. A. Rogers M. C. Findlay M. Lorimer H. G. Parker DIVISION OF NATURAL SCIENCES According to Dean W. F. Sanders, more freshmen are interested in science than in any other division. Under the new curriculum arrangement the following are included in the Natural Science division: Biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and home economics. Wakefield Science Hall, built in 1926, is equipped with classrooms and laboratories for biology, chemistry and physics. The mathematics department is located in Mackay and the home economics laboratory and class rooms in the basement of Alumni Hall. For more than thirty years Professor M. C. Findlay has been at the head of the department of biology, coming to Park in 1892. During these years he has organized and developed the department until it includes not only biology but many allied courses. The basement and first floor of the science hall are devoted to class rooms and laboratories of the biology department. Professor Findlay is assisted by Mr. L. R. Setty, who is a graduate of the University of Kansas. Professor H. G. Parker, head of the department of chemistry, has been at Park only two years, but he has made an enviable place for himself both among the students and his fellow teachers. Mr. C. F. Metz is instructor in chemistry and physics. The department of physics is one of the oldest departments of science at Park. Professor R. A. Rogers is head of the department. Astronomy, surveying and mechanical drawing are some of the courses offered in the mathematics department besides the regular mathematics courses. Professor R. A. Wells is head of the department, having come to Park in 1912. He is assisted by Pro ' fessor L. A. Robbins, who is also head of the department of physical education, and Miss Mary Strain, a member of the 1931 graduating class of Park. Professor Margaret Lorimer, head of the department of home economics, has made that department one of the most valuable in the curriculum. Modern equipment in the laboratory has aided greatly in the development of the department. [ 20 ]