Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

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J. L. ZWINGLE President Parkites have named President Zwingle “The Pere¬ grinating Prexy” because of the meet¬ ings near and far which he attends. Mrs. Z., (as she is sometimes called), runs a close second as the person “most on the go.” Heading the list of activities are the three little girls, Christa, Erla Frank, and Kathy, who have matured from com¬ plete wild Indians to respectable third and first graders, respectively. On Sundays they attend chapel and dinner at Commons with their par¬ ents. Their greatest ambition is to keep a time sheet and tell as many stories as their college baby¬ sitters. The White House is the scene of many social activities involving students, faculty, trustees, and friends of the college. During the year, some two thousand people enjoy its hospitality at receptions, formal dinners, buffets, and picnics. All are told the Park Story and come to feel that here we have a family devoted to this institution. Most students come away surprised and pleased that their pres¬ ident and first lady are friendly, interested people and just human beings after all, except more so. MRS. ZWINGLE ERLA KATHY CHRISTA DR. ZWINGLE

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FREDERICK’ W. HAWLEY To you, President Hawley, we give our thanks. Not because you were a great church worker, nor because you received many honorary degrees; not because you were president of another college or an influential figure in the Middle West. No, Dr. Haw¬ ley, we pay you this tribute, humble as it may be, because of what you did for us and thousands of others before us as President of Park College. We complain and fret and argue, but please be¬ lieve us when we say that Park is a great place to take the step over the threshold to maturity; and you helped make it that way. Most of us never knew you personally, hut we have all heard of your vital per¬ sonality and administrative achievements within the college. We want this book to be a fitting memorial to such a man as you, and hope you will find it so. Again, our heartfelt thanks. BLANCHE NOBLE GRIFFITH Mrs. Griffith, for eighteen years you were Assist¬ ant Professor of Voice here at Park. Those of us who knew you well will remember you not only for your fine professional standards, but also for your con¬ stant endeavor to learn and teach the process of living in its purest and noblest aspects. To your understanding and sympathetic nature, students brought their sorrows and anxieties, and with your unselfish spirit they shared even their most secret joys and successes. You always seemed to live as one who viewed this life as part of eternity. It is neither imagination nor sentimentality to say that your goal for each day, no matter how menial the task of the moment, was to glorify God to the fullest extent of the ability He had given you. You did not teach voice: you taught students. You taught them to sing — to sing and to live in praise of their Creator. The greatest tribute we could possibly pay you would be to develop the same often-tried, yet unfailing spirit that was yours — the type of spirit that lives above and beyond death. — 5 —

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Seated, left to right: Mr. Robert W. Long, Vice-President; Mr. William J. Campbell, Secretary; Mr. Albert R. Waters, President; Dr. J. L. Zwingle, President of Park College; Mr. William M. Stanton, Business Manager of Park College. Standing, left to right: Dr. Stuart M. Paterson; Mr. J. F. Pritchard; Mr. Marvin M. Marsh; Mr. Homer C. Wadsworth; Mr. George H. Clay, Jr.; Mr. Paul K. Justus; ' Mr. Ernest R. Esch; Mr. J. C. Higdon; Mr. I. O. Hockaday, Treasurer; Mr. Frank E. Tyler, Attorney. Those not pictured: Noble I. Ayers, Jr.; Clem E. Bininger; Warren B. Cooksey; Dun¬ can M. Findlay; William E. Phifer, Jr.; Isadore Samuels; Arthur V. Shaw; Mason L. Thompson; Lee H. Wakefield; Edward R. Welles; James B.. Woodbury. The trustees of Park College hold a more important place in the administra¬ tion of the college than most of us realize. They receive gifts and bequests for the college, confer degrees, control the curriculum and instruction, have the power to take measures proper for the advancement and protection of college interests; in short, they manage and operate Park. Their purpose, as stated in their charter, is to spread knowledge, inculcate moral and religious principles and offer the opportunity for training and education to youth.