Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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MACE RICHARDS JONES RAMEY HEACOCK SCHRADER student council and administration has taken a step forward. Early in the year the Student Council organized the Lounge Project Committee which has functioned very effectively this year to raise money to furnish the lower-dining hall so that it would be more of a lounge. The students have enjoyed immensely such produc¬ tions as Mr. Esquire and the Varsity Show, ’ and at the same time in attending these performances they have contributed to the furnishing of the lounge. In order to promote a more equalized distribution of activities among the students, a committee functioning under the auspices of the Student Council drew up a point system for extra-curricular activities. Whether or not it will meet with the approval of the student body is yet to be seen, but it is a stride forward in attempting to represent every student on the campus. The Council this year has attempted to promote still further the attitude which was adopted last year. This was an attitude of students plus administration rather than students vs. administration. Undeniably there have been times when certainly these two groups were not in harmony, but for the most part the spirit of the two groups has been very commendable. So to the people of the future who will assume their positions, the Council members offer their accomplishments and their failures, hoping that future groups may profit by both. Only in this way will our student government ever make any significant strides.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT Is m % ■ ' 1 ■ r ' i ■ - , • : GEORGE SCHRADER STUDENT COUNCIL By WANDA JONES In the fall of 1938 a group of six students launched forth on the fourth year of student gov¬ ernment at Park. How well these six seniors remembered that in their Preshman year six other seniors blazed the first trail for student govern¬ ment at Park. Since that time successive coun¬ cils have pioneered through the forest of Diffi¬ culty breaking the way for councils which might he able to play a significant part in governing. This has been the aim of the Council this year. In some ways they have succeeded, and in others necessarily they have failed, hoping that the Councils of tomorrow might profit by their mis¬ takes of today. 1 he Student Council is in session — Prexy Schrader stalks into the room and draws out his sheets of notations on which he has scrawled items for consideration. To his right is Hugh Richards, Vice-President, making worthwhile suggestions, and to his left is Wanda Jones, Sec¬ retary-Treasurer, moving a pencil with hasty strokes to get down all notations. But the circle isn t yet complete. Grouped around at various angles are Florence Heacock, George Mace, and Mai colm Ramey, who were elected to the council by the student assembly. Many are the Chapel hours that this group of six has attempted to thrash out the problems of the Campus. This year the Council has attempted to con¬ tinue the worth-while things begun by the cor¬ responding group of last year, and at the same time to add more worthwhile things. The Coun¬ cil last year opened the lower dining-hall, and it became a place of more social life. This year we have continued to use this hall for meeting-place, for ping-pong, and for bi-weekly dances. How¬ ever, the student body through the aid of the 26

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Professor M. C. Findlay Park is greatly indebted to him for the science department she has today, and for the fine standards he has set before his classes in his lectures. His in¬ teresting discussions will long be remembered by his students. Professor R. V. Magers Head of the History depart¬ ment to which he has contrib¬ uted so much, Professor Magers is beloved and respected by his students. Possessor of a fine voice, he formerly led the Park Men s Glee Club. Professor M. H. Wilson Round, and round, Professor Wilson’s psychology leads you a dizzy pace! Always full of interesting discussions, frequent¬ ly startling lectures, numerous anecdotes. Faculty . . . It is the faculty who grasp the true meaning of college life, and as far as may be, transmit that inner significance to the students. From them the students receive inspira¬ tions, and are challenged to lay foundations for the devel¬ opment of their capacities. To our Park faculty we pay tribute: their patience , sincerety, understanding, and help¬ fulness aid us in attaining a broader, higher plane of living. They h ave been and are faithful supporters of the activities and social life of the campus, thus gripping a firmer hold on the ideals of Park. Professor W. A. Cook Now retired to his home in California, Dr. Cook, Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, is re¬ membered by most upper class- men for his dry wit and as an extra- ordinarily entertaining chapel speaker. Professor E. E. Lyon Her kindness, her gracious dignity, her well organized lec¬ tures, and thorough study of the field of English literature, combine to make her a favorite teacher and an inspiration. She opens to her students the beau¬ ties and depths of English lit¬ erature. 28