Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF SERVICE Nurturing Park 1 hrough Its Adolescent Years, President Hawley Has Proved a Good Father F OR twenty-one years President Hawley has served Park College. During that time Park has evolved from a small, poorly-equipped school to one of the first-ranking colleges of its size in the United States. Aided by his capable wife. President Hawley has given his life to the growth of the school, not only in active service but in earnest prayer as well. About ten years ago, the Academy was dispensed with in order to strengthen the college; enrollment since that time has doubled. Numerous changes were enacted which have raised the standard of the educational advan¬ tages, among which were the foil owing: 1. Discontinuance of other degrees than A.B. This allows the college to concentrate its efforts in one selected field, thus insuring high quality in the result. 2. Honors courses and Comprehen¬ sive Examinations were instituted as a spur to the superior student and as a Page 9

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DEDICATION G IVING unstintedly of their time. President and Mrs. F. W. Hawley this year rounded out twenty-one years of service to Park College. Facing a task that would have daunted many men of lesser character, Dr. Hawley has overcome many obstacles in bringing the college to a place of respect among smaller institu¬ tions. Combining a fine Christian spirit, deep courage and a shrewd business ability, he established himself as a leader in educational circles and as a benefactor to the young people of this day. Mrs. Hawley, with vision and understandi ng, has endeared herself to the thousands of students and friends of the college with whom she has come in contact. Mere words cannot ade¬ quately portray the character and worth of Dr. and Mrs. Hawley, but this institution as it now stands and the thousands of young men and young women who have been permitted a college educa¬ tion through their efforts will stand as an everlasting memorial to them that even Time cannot erase.

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I check to the work o f the ordinary or usual student. 3. Inauguration of Freshman Week program which enables the newcomer to get adjusted to the rigors of college life and to enable tbe administration to place them in divisions of greatest interest. 4. The establishment of a Fine Arts Department. 5. Introduction of work in General Literature, Library Science, Fresbman Orientation, Physical Education, Span¬ ish and Italian. Other interesting courses sucb as Municipal Government, Shorthand and Business Marketing have been offered recently with some success. 6. The departments of Modern Lan¬ guages, Religious Education, Speech, Education, Social Science and Busi¬ ness Administration have been formed. All of these improvements have greatly benefited the college. But further than that, material growth and renovation have taken place on the campus. Millions of dollars in gifts have llowed into the treasury and out again in the form of improvements of one sort or another. Every building on the campus has been r e modelled, added to, or rebuilt. Copley- Th aw, the addi- tion to the Library, the Science Hall, The White House new gymnasium, the Meetin’ House, the White House were all constructed during President Hawley s admin¬ istration. Aside from these merely external evi¬ dences of the quality of President Hawley s work for Park, there is an unmistakable trace of his firm char¬ acter and genial personality in all his numerous undertakings. Purity of heart and righteousness of moral nature have been his ideals for every Park student; to the best of his ability he has seen that those ideals were realized. The feminine touch on the campus has been Mrs. Hawley s. Landscaping, of which much has been done in the last year, was encouraged by her deter¬ mination for a beautiful college. Through the Park College Record she has given expression to her literary longings — and much to the benefit of the Record. How many thousands of dollars, too, her pen has earned for the college, it would be hard to estimate, but the amount must be large. We shall miss their quiet presence among us, though President Hawley intends still to continue his quest for finan¬ cial aid. No more imitations of his deep, strong voice, no more Colonial parties that have him as George Wash¬ ington, no more heart - to - heart chapel talks from 1 ; t. llH Page 10