Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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Schall, Morrow, Knight, Shannon, Morrison. OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS Business affairs of the college require the attention of the following officers: Business manager, assistant business manager, secretary to the president, and secretary to the dean. Mr. David M. Knight is business manager of the college and also secretary of the Board of Trustees. He holds the degrees of A.B. and A.M. from Washington and Jefferson College. Mrs. Bess D. Shannon, assistant business manager, was formerly connected with Hendricks College in a similar position. As secretary to President Hawley, Miss Hazel Morrow has held her position since her graduation from Park in 1927. Miss Oleva Morrison was appointed secretary to Dean Sanders this year, which position she holds in addition to carrying honors work in history. Another important position is that of Dean of Women. Mrs. Ruth Schall, graduate of Monmouth College, supervises the activities of the women and acts as superintendant of women ' s family work. FINE ARTS AND MUSIC Recent additions to the art collection, and the installment of a pipe organ this year, encourages the hope of establishing a strong department of fine arts and music at Park in the very near future. Mr. Lawrence S. Frank, a graduate of Oberlin College with degrees of A.B. and B. Mus., is the first full time instructor in music at Park in recent years. Mr. Frank offers courses in pipe organ, piano and harmony, in addition to being director of the Men ' s Glee Club. Professor Claude Rader gives instruction in string instruments and orchestral train ' ing, and also directs the Park College Orchestra and Band. Professor R. V. Magers has charge of the Park College choir and Mrs. A. B. Brewster gives lessons in voice. “Elementary Drawing and Design’’ and “History of Art” are two of the courses offered by instructors from the Kansas City Art Institute, Mr. Austin Ketcham and Mr. W. W. Rosenbaur. [ 24 ]

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R. V. Magers H. L. Williams F. W. Beers DIVISION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Park College has a Social Science division which offers a wide field of subjects to students interested. The department of history is the largest, with some ten courses in various phases of history offered each semester. Professor R. V. Magers, head of the department of history and political science, is a graduate of Park of the class of 1893. ffe has an A.M. degree from the University of Chicago. Professor Magers has made many trips abroad, conducting small groups of tourists through cities and countries on the continent. Professor Neil ff. Baxter, who has spent several years in Paraguay and in other Latin American countries studying and teaching, is associate professor in the department of history. He also has an A.M. degree from the University of Chicago. The sociology department offers courses such as the Family and Criminology, while such subjects as Economic History of the United States and Social Control of Business are representative of the department of economics. Professor Homer Williams is head of this department. He secured his A.M. degree from Transylvania College and has done graduate work at the University of Chicago. The department of public speaking has always been recognized as an important department at Park. It trains students for oratory, debate and other phases of public speaking. Professor F. W. Beers, head of the department, is a graduate of Northwestern University. Professor Beers is also superintendent of the printing office. Professor John Barnes is associate professor of the department of public speaking, and coach of debate. He is also a graduate of Northwestern University. Before coming here in 1930 he served as professor of speech at Iowa State for two years. There is always a great deal of interest aroused in the annual contests in public speaking, which include the Lawrence Oratorical Contest, the Verrill Declamatory Contest, and the Harry S. Jewett Oratorical Contest. [ 23 ]

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STUDENT BODY GOVERNMENT Each year representatives from various organizations are elected to constitute the group known as the student council. The students thus chosen are considered the most efficient and capable members of their respective organizations. The student council meets once a month to discuss school problems and offer sug- gestions for their solution. One chapel period every week is devoted to student body business, with a program prepared or sponsored by some group on the campus such as the Cu Cu Club, the various girls ' dormitories, the Women ' s Glee Club, the Band, etc. The council is also responsible for selection of the programs which are provided for by the student enterprise fund. Eight officers of the student council are elected each spring from the student body at large. These officers are as follows: The President, the Vice-President, the Secretary- Treasurer of the student body; the editor and business manager of the Stylus and Narva; and the President of the Men’s Athletic Association. THE 1931-32 STUDENT COUNCIL Franklin Bruce . Delmer Rodabaugh Margaret Medill President of the Student Body Vice ' President of the Student Body Secretary ' Treasurer of the Student Body REPRESENTATIVES Allison Lowe . . T. M. C. A. Norman Gallatin . Sophomore Class Alice Boorem T. W. C. A. George Riggs . Junior Class Don Mackenzie Ffarva Miriam Tritsch . Senior Class Fred Wakeman . Stylus Max Coleman . Men ' s Athletic Asso. Allee Niles Freshman Class Constance Shupe Women ' s Ath. Asso. Evelyn Pierce Forensic Council Lowe, Niles, Mackenzie, Riggs, Rodabaugh Coleman, M. Medill, Tritsch, Pierce, Wakeman Bruce flnsetj [25 ]