Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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1936 13 Professor Constantine Bila Professor of Spanish and Greek Professor Alice M. Waldron Librarian; Associate Professor of Library Science Professor Vernon D. Keeler Professor of Economics and Busi¬ ness Administration Professor Elsa Grueneberg Associate Professor of German Professor Leon A. Robbins Associate Professor of Mathematics; Director of Physical Education for Men Professor Paul M. Strickler Associate Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy Mr. J. W. Teener as head of the Bible department, teaches several freshman Bible classes as well as the more advanced courses in Old and New Testament problems. He is also interested in the athletic program on the campus. Miss Alice M. Waldron is known to all frequenters of the library for her kindly in¬ terest in their reading problems. She has been at Park more than ten years and in that time has increased the number of volumes and greatly improved the checking system. German is Miss Elsa Grueneberg’s forte, and she not only teaches the language and literature, but sponsors the activities of the German Club. Mr. Paul M. Strickler, of the mathematics depart¬ ment, received his M.A. at the University of Kansas. He has charge of the Scott observatory and opens it on occasion to show Parkites a new view of the moon and planets. Mr. Rogers, head of the natural science division, teaches all the physics courses. He is one of the campus photog¬ raphers and also has charge of the movie machine at the Conservatory. Mr. Mathew Wilson, head of the psy¬ chology department, has been active in the college since 1908. Under his supervision much work has been done in the field of the psychology of religion. He is the author of a number of important tests in the field of Religion and Ethics published by Stoelting Company. In connection with her position as head of the English Department, Miss Lyon is one of the faculty advisers for the college publications and is sponsor of Theta Alpha Professor R. A. Rogers Professor M. H. Wilson Chairman of Division of Natural Chairman of Division of Social Sciences Sciences

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12 Dean Margaret L. Barrett Dean of Women; Director of Physical Education for Women violin with Thompson and Bach in Brussels. He is the author of several music texts, among them the Orchestral Training Series and the Piano Chord Book. Mr. Barnes, head of the speech department, has coached many winning debate teams. He is adviser for the Park College Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, na tional honorary forensic fraternity. Mr. Barnes serves on the board of publications. Mr. Griffith, head of the division of fine arts, has been able through his influence, to give Park men the opportunity to usher for the Fritschy Artist concerts and for the performances of the Kansas City Philhar¬ monic orchestra. He is church organist and director of the college choirs which present oratorios every Christmas and Easter. This year the choirs sang the Easter Oratorio at three Kansas City churches. Mr. Bila makes himself the friend of all his students, and this might be called his J hobby. He teaches German, Spanish, and Greek, and has studied about a dozen lan¬ guages. A native of Roumania, he has traveled extensively, and studied at Universities of Paris and Chicago. Mr. Keeler is the head of the newly-estab¬ lished department of Business Administra¬ tion. He teaches courses in accounting, mar¬ keting, money and banking, and business management. Mr. Robbins, the mathematics professor, is also athletic coach. College athletes are indebted to him for the inauguration of inter¬ collegiate games. Professor Margaret E. Lorimer Department of Home Economics Professor Orwell Claude Rader Professor of Music (Violin and Stringed Instruments ); Director of Band and Orchestra Professor Harry G. Parker Department of Chemistry Professor Miriam E. Wilson Professor of French Professor John Barnes Department of Speech Professor Charles L. Griffith Chairman of Department of Fine Arts

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14 Professor Ethel E. Lyon Chairman of Division of Language and Literature Professor J. W. Teener Chairman of Division of Philos¬ ophy, Religion and Education Phi, the dramatics fraternity. She super¬ vises the preparation of the Scribbler, a lit¬ erary magazine edited once a year by the English Club. Miss Lyon has an enviable record as a teacher and has been especially successful in Honors Courses. Since the intro¬ duction of Honors work in 1928 more than one-third of the total number of students approved for Honors work have read for Honors in the English department. Mr. L. R. Setty is another of the faculty’s younger set. He started his teaching career at Park in 1931 as instructor in biology and botany. He is now associate professor of biology. Hiking, field trips, and interesting apparel are his hobbies. Mr. Paullin, who teaches history and sociology, was a member of the first class in Dr. Meiklejohn’s experimental college at the University of Wisconsin. In 1 923, he held an Adams fellowship in Modern History. During her first year as instructor in the English department, Mrs. Campbell has worked chiefly on re¬ organization of the fresh¬ man composition courses. Mr. Handorf, the new instructor in the chemistry department, has his Ph.D. degree from Nebraska University. Mrs. Wade, a newcomer to the campus, teaches in the education department. She wrote “Hero Hales for Children.” Mr. O. LeRoy Walter, pastor of the Van Brunt Presbyterian church in Kansas City, served as part-time instructor in Bible during the first semester, teaching courses in religious education and church history. The class of 1934 is well represented on the faculty with two of its members as teach¬ ers, one, in the person of Miss Eleanor Sanders, teacher of Freshman English and be¬ ginning French. She is well liked by her stu¬ dents for her amiable manner and her faculty for making her classes most interesting. Professor L. R. Setty Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Benjamin H. Handorf Instructor in Chemistry Dr. Theodore Paullin Instructor in History and Sociology Mrs. Lyda Hale Wade Instructor in Education Mrs. Elizabeth M. Campbell Instructor in English Dr. O. LeRoy Walter Part-time Instructor in Religious Education