Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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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

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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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him when we have been naughty, no more thrilling days together, as when he read the announcement of the Herr and Thompson bulgings in our endow¬ ment fund. We don t mind waxing sentimental in reflection on the sorrow of President and Mrs. Hawley s depart¬ ure from us. We may reason that life is a se ries of changes, but we will always wish that changes were unneces¬ sary. So — we s hall miss you two, more than we can say. MRS. F. W. HAWLEY Page t l