Park University - Narva Yearbook (Parkville, MO)

Text from Pages 1 - 194 of the 1975 volume:

TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME FOURTY-FIVE NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE ROOTS FAMILIAR SIGHTS UNFORGETTABLE FACES ACTIVITIES ORGANIZATIONS RECESSIONEM SPORTS GRADUATES FACULTY ADMINISTRATION REMINISCENCE PARK COLLEGE PARKVILLE, MISSOURI H«i ' 1 . VI 9| ' n i ' , ftft|n J. [u ii f j „.iJ Ml! MJ. ■ ■ ■ ■� 4 When the first students of Park College arrived in April, 1875, they found a “Godforsaken” place. What had been a thriving river town of wharves and warehouses, farmers and mer¬ chants, was in ruins. Many buildings were fall¬ ing down, and the streets were deep with mud. A bullet-riddled safe lay on its side in the middle of town, courtesy of the James gang. Only the saloons were prospering. Yet, if it had not been for the Civil War, Parkville would have become a great city. Founded by- George Park in 1839, it grew spectacularly until 1855, the year abolitionist Park ' s battles with border pro-slavers began. For nearly 20 years they fought. And when it was all over, the dream of an empire lay buried beneath the debris of war. Finally forced to leave Missouri, Park donated 1300 acres to the Presbyterian Church. Thus in 1875, the Rev. John McAfee and 17 students set up school in the abandoned Missouri Valley Hotel (page 3). 5 The first task of the “original 17” was cleaning out the hotel, which had been used as a stables since Park ' s departure. There classes began on May 12, 1875. But more tasks were to follow. The land had to be cleared, crops planted, build¬ ings constructed. Fears of famine, fire and Hood haunted the little community, as did plagues of grasshoppers and outbreaks of typhoid. Deaths due to hardship were not uncommon. But cour¬ age and perseverance saw the pioneers through. In time there were dairy herds, orchards, an ice house, a heat plant, a lime kiln and a laundry. And in between their dawn-to-dark chores, the students struggled with a heavily classical curri¬ culum every bit as forbidding as the wilderness. But no one gave up. The hard work leveled all differences, and soon each new student came to feel like a member of the “family.” And for most, no matter how far they later ventured, Parkville would always be “home.” MVMVMl%(Z 5M? SM? 5 ? M! SM? SV? M SM? i£ ?V? «M� 9wJ? SM? SW? SM? M? Ml SWJ 5W? Ml MIMIMl MIMl 7 8 i •i V • Although the rigors of work and study kept most of the students close to home, the fami¬ ly atmosphere provided ample entertainment. Debate and oratory, those lovable dinosaurs, once reigned supreme on the Park terrain. Intramurals soon became the custom, and the glee club and band were also popular activi¬ ties . . Sundays were always special. Every¬ one dressed in his best and went to chapel, often an all-day affair. In the evening the literary societies met. Plays were presented and topics discussed in the finest tradition of the European salons. Afterward, the girls gathered on the stone bench outside Copley and sang to the boys inside . . . But some of the most memorable times were just every¬ day occurrences, like calls for vats of fudge on Saturday nights, or taffy pulls down by the river after the molasses was made. Best of all, imagine walking on a brisk April morning through 300 acres of apple blos¬ soms. The scent would cling to your clothes all day . . . 9 10 vtfS)( ' i(3V c e)Ci®V v®i� ) SW v@U)(3W v®(«i( v «©M® V v®W(s5y By 1890, everyone at Park could breathe a bit easier. In 15 short years the college had conquered the wilderness. Copley Hall and McCormick Cha¬ pel had been built, and Mackay was nearing com¬ pletion. Enrollment had reached the 300 mark, the alumni roster totaled 153, and the school owned property worth an estimated $200,000. But crisis was an ever-faithful companion. Suddenly both the founding fathers, George Park and John McAfee, died within one week of each other. Many doubted that the school could survive without their gui¬ dance, but their legacy of strength was not without heirs. Lowell McAfee succeeded to the president ' s post and continued in his father’s determined steps for the next quarter century. He inaugurated a period of growth which continued uninterrupted into the ad ministration of Park ' s third president. Dr. Frederick W. Hawley. During this time eight major construction projects were completed on campus. Some measure of stability was also achieved in the school’s academic departments. Prior to this time, the scholastic burden had been borne by an ambitious but overworked faculty, none of whom every stayed for more than three years. Gradually, however, faculty members with many years ' tenure became the norm, and indeed, the faculty changed very little from this time until after World War II. v?e)W(s5v fS W(5V vte)l l(sV «v®H)(s v v l ' l©v v?cs)M(3W «NJg)W 2p5 ®l� )0 ' A £ rv©lfl(2;A it • Y Y Y 3 Y 3 j Q o cAqcAqcAqcAqk •QY 3 Y 3 Y 3 y 3 Y 3 Y 3 Y 3 Y 3 Y 3 Y 3 Y 3 Y 3 Y 3 Y 5 0 U i Q o i. Q o Cj) o Q o o o •3 Q o u o —.■aio - • — -- (j) THL 5. 5. PAHK VITTOnV ■ ' € VqcAqcAqcAqcAqcAqcAqcAqcAqcAqcAqcAqcAqcAqc 12 «y ' :- V A- v -A A - ' -A V O : ■ —MK—“ I 0 0 |� o -v- o tQC Aqc A qc Aqc Aqc Aqc A ■os ' 3C f C f5C f3C. ' Y ' 3,c ' “¥ ' ' 3C ' ' : 9 ' KHEHBR :-; - • . o Q r� .j ) jd U „ ___________o XlQC A QC AQC Aqc QC QC Stabilization continued at Park despite the outbreak of World War I. Between 1915 and 1925, five new departments were formed. Although more than 50 students left Park to serve in the armed forces, the work program and social life continued as usual. In 1922, Park was placed on the approved list of the Association of American Universities, the so-called “acid test” of an undergraduate institution. In 1937, Dr. William Young replaced Dr. Hawley, and within a few years the country was at war again. Not even Park could escape the effects of this second world war. A Navy unit was stationed here, doubling the school’s population. Every week more and more men were called off to war; many never returned. Park served her country in other ways as well. A battleship was named after her in gratitude for the books she donated to its library. She also served as temporary home to interned Japanese students, many of whom left here to pursue distinguished careers. ci s Q C u o u o o u o m _ O) o Q o , O , • “• c Aqc Aqc Aqc Aqc Aqc Aqc Aq 13 The war finally ended, the Navy men departed, some Park veter¬ ans returned home, but many sensed that the school would never be the same. Too many things had changed. Dining was no longer family-style, and much of the old family feeling was gone too. When Dr. George Rohr- baugh became president in 1945, he dismissed several of the old fa¬ culty, thus shattering many links with the past. But most of all it was the coming of the automobile that was to blame. The solidarity bred in isolation could not sur¬ vive now that the city was only minutes, not hours, away. Many students chose to live off campus, and suddenly there were strangers in our midst. The world was changing too, and with its in¬ creased pace and production the old work program was simply not feasible. During the administra¬ tions of Drs. Zwingle and Long it was gradually phased out. Soon the literary societies, oratory and debate, old Park traditions, died too. And then magnificent Old Alumni burned down. But on the whole Park accepted the changes with quiet grace. Even the turbu¬ lent 60’s passed rather smoothly. Dr. Morrill’s “Challenge Curricu¬ lum” came and went. Dr. Mack¬ enzie started a new kind of pro¬ gram, the Military Degree Com¬ pletion Program. Under Presi¬ dent Ken Beyer, an Adult Educa¬ tion Program was begun at Crown Center, and student en¬ rollment was rapidly increased. But seemingly nothing could stop the undertow of fiscal troubles, including a dwindling endowment and rising deficit, that was threa¬ tening to pull Park College under once and for all. 14 wsws 15 And then came affiliation with the RLDS Church, and now Park has a chance to prove herself again. Perhaps now we will awaken from our sleepy suburban obscur¬ ity, rediscover the habits of wit and hard work that saw us through other troubled times. If we do not, it will not matter what other tradi¬ tions are overlooked or dis¬ placed. Our new partners will undoubtedly make many changes, but some things only we can lose. The lessons learned in hard times, the memories made in good times, and the 100 years of love they have in¬ spired, will surely endure if we hold to them tightly in the days ahead. 16 MACKAY— 1893 ■. ' � aaaKW ' ■■,. ' o jj g fa mmi i on fc -w nw WAKEFIELD SCIENCE HALL — 1925 COPLEY-THAW HALL — 1919 FRANCES CLINTON MEETIN’ HOUSE 1932 22 PARK HOUSE — 1839 THE WHITE HOUSE — 1917 I 23 GRAHAM-TYLER 24 25 THOMPSON COMMONS — 1927 SCOTT OBSERVATORY —1898 l ’ 26 LABOR HAL ' L GYMNASIUM — 1906 ALUMNI HALL — 1958 27 Mm MISSOURI RIVER PHYSICAL PLANT — 1895 28 When days are long and my heart craves song, I go to Falling Springs. To my restless ear it is soothing to hear the music that Nature sings. The murmuring sound of the water’s bound, as it splashes into spray. And the gentler tone of the streamlet’s moan mingle together and play. Gay beams of light in their merry flight appear and dissolve at a glance; The rainbow sheen of each drop as it’s seen gives color and grace to the dance. The robin’s note and trilling float far out on the summer air. Many hours glide by ever swift as I lie at rest in a mossy lair. Bright butterflies on their way to the skies silently loiter and play, In the lazy ease of the wayward breeze blue violets drowsily sway. At the setting sun when the day is done the cricket joins the song. The bull-frongs croak till they almost choke singing bass for the chattering throng. The stars from their sleep begin to peep, and the moon sheds her fairy light, This changing scene is changeless I ween, though the seasons hasten their flight; For Indian eyes oft gazed on these skies, did list to the water fall. And watched the day as it passed away but have Indian eyes seen all? For whose is the face of loveliest grace? Is it that of the starry blue? Or who has the voice at which I rejoice? Do you think I ' d tell you who? C.H. Derr «Y s a® 9 K -r NEW HALL — 1968 30 HAWLEY HALL — 1957 HERR HOUSE — 1927 31 WOODWARD HALL — 1908 32 33 34 35 36 I 37 38 39 40 41 42 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 • J 66 67 68 69 70 71 Sfe. J 72 ■ ■ ■ jgr m ife v 1 ; J 74 « — gj V «• V (A n Vi . p « IS Susan McGaughey at Spring Fling Stephanie Elliot Harvest Fest Queen Spencer Cave Clean-up Day PARK POT POURRI 853 TM ' i 1 re?gjjjgH Good Woman of Setzuan Scarpino Bambino Macbeth Prof. Stan Urban Receives Outstanding Faculty Member Award from Becky Evans Carol McAfee Appleby (21) Addresses Honors Convocation FOUNDERS’ DAY 86 Student Senate — SITTING: Nathan Botwinik, George Paccereili, Becky Larson, Don Vande Walle FIRST ROW: Tamara Roberson, Becky Evans, Tanya Deskins, Barry Burriesci SECOND ROW: John Swarts, Ron Nelson, Dave Kinney, Bernard Botwinik, Norman Knight. Board of Student Publications — FIRST ROW: Nathan Botwinik Norman Knight Lowell Connor Kathy Aizawa Carol Brewer SECOND ROW: Bernard Botwinik Virgil Thorp John Swarts Jim Conlin Not Pictured: Wallace Watson 88 — Student Union Board Steve Johnson Don Vande Walle Rich McGaughey Dave Kinney Bernard Botwinik Fred Tolson Cheerleaders — Marie Hatcher, Tanya Deskins, Myrna Warren, Debbie Nuell, Rochonne Williams, Priscilla Hendricks. 89 Northland Symphony Orchestra — Student Members — John Gemmer Philip Gold Robert Volat Radio Station KGSP — SITTING: A1 Taylor, Tracy Owens, Rich Hill STANDING: Lamar Hudson, Dave Kinney, Alvin Lawton 90 Political Science Club — President: Ron Fory Faculty Advisers: Jerzy Hauptmann, James Nickell ■pjuwsx yjim c, Spanish Club — Kathy Lybarger, Jackie McFall, Carolyn Jones Arturo Sanchez, Terry McGann, Carmen Quintero, Katie Miller. 91 Association for Black Collegiality President: Norman Knight Vice-President: Ezell Blanchard Secretary: Debbie Young , Treasurer: Richard Young Omega Psi Phi — Ezell Blanchard Richard Bryant Greg Laveist Dan Pearson 92 — The Pearls Ruth Jones, Carolyn Banks, Vicki Gregg, Rosalind Robinson (not pictured) Pat Perry Alpha Phi Alpha Bobby Eskridge Ed Perry Ray Vaughn 93 Sigma Alpha Sigma — Debbie Nuell, Celia Schnetzer, Janet Elser Brookie Blake, Rhonda Dyer, Christie Chavez (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP) 94 The Hermits — President: Doug Andersen Vice-President: Andrew Cheeseman Secretary-Treasurer: Don Vande Walle Alpha Phi Omega — Greg Eaton Corey Lundgren McKinley Sampson Ed Harvey Jim Wadum Walter Stevenson 95 The NARVA — FIRST ROW: Greg Laveist, Sabrina Roberson, Vicki Gregg Peggy Sumner, Carol Knight, Andy Theodotou SECOND ROW: Debbie Carter, Kelvin Marzette, Alan Helig, Alexce Davis Gary Jeffers, Lynda Payne, Wallace Watson, Gary Schiller -’75 STYLUS Merrill Proudfoot Angie Borgedalen Don Vande Walle Anthony Lemelle Greg Laveist Carolyn Jones Fred Tolson (not pictured) Kevin Goodman Carol Brewer Griff Palmer Alan Helig Jerry Henley Gary Jeffers Corey Lundgren 96 30 The NARVA — FIRST ROW: Greg Laveist, Sabrina Roberson, Vicki Gregg Peggy Sumner, Carol Knight, Andy Theodotou SECOND ROW: Debbie Carter, Kelvin Marzette, Alan Helig, Alexce Davis Gary Jeffers, Lynda Payne, Wallace Watson, Gary Schiller -’75 STYLUS Merrill Proudfoot Angie Borgedalen Don Vande Walle Anthony Lemelle Greg Laveist Carolyn Jones Fred Tolson (not pictured) Kevin Goodman Carol Brewer Griff Palmer Alan Helig Jerry Henley Gary Jeffers Corey Lundgren % —_ S S ... 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Valley 70 69 Central Meth. 84 ! 46 William Jewell 56 51 Westminster 60 59 Avila 58 91 Baptist Bible 99 88 Central Bible 52 83 Bellevue Col. 75 104 School of Ozarks 70 77 Mid-America Naz. 86 70 Tarkio 66 94 Baptist Bible 86 101 Harris Teachers 58 73 Culver Stockton 87 66 School of Ozarks 100 72 Tarkio 88 94 Central Bible 91 77 Baker 79 63 Avila 66 70 Mo. Valley 93 98 PAR K PIRATES Coach — Ed Nelson FIRST ROW: Lew Leuzzi John Sedler Bobby Forbes Lamar Hudson Dean Fredricks Bill Betteridge SECOND ROW: Bob Leighton Vince Montgomery Gary Schiller Ray Glover Dennis Kallaher THIRD ROW: Scott Ruch Sam Baskin Steve Sweetland Larry Kendrick Tom McShane Not Pictured — Reggie Ladd 99 TENNIS SEASON RECORD: 0-13 Coach — Tim Taylor Players — Kay Barney Yvonne Cervantes John Gemmer Dave Karl Art O’Connell Dave Rosetti Luther Yanez Rick Yenzer 100 GOLF Coach — Dale Lauritzen Players — Kevin Addington, John Burton Ron Coluccio, Bill Cooney Rick Grayson, Steve Mulert Dwight Ower, Con Pekkola Ron Puffer, Duke Snyder Carri Swift, Rick Yenzer 101 PARK PIRATES Season Record: 7-27 Park 0-1 St. Johns 11-15 Park 4-0 Northwestern 12- 6 Park 0-4 Central Meth. 11-18 Park 0-3 Mid-America 10- 2 Park 1-0 Baker 5- 9 Park 0-1 Baptist Bible 14- 9 Park 0-3 Baker 10-12 Park 4-1 Columbia 0-11 Park 0-1 Central Meth. 11-12 Park 2-1 Graceland 9-13 Park 2-5 Concordia 4- 0 Park 0-1 Benedictine 12- 8 Park 11-3 Mid-America 9- 6 Park 3-0 Mo. Western 10- 6 Park 6-6 Columbia 3- 1 Park 0-3 Benedictine 10- 1 Park 0-5 Graceland 1-15 102 BASEBALL Coach — Daley Walker Players — Greg Abanavas James Allen Colin Anderson Jim Bast Bill Betteridge Ezell Blanchard Tim Brown Kevin Byrnes James Cannon Greg Degener Luther Faulkner Lew Leuzzi David Lucas Harvey Mayberry Randy Mink Terrell Porter John Slobodnik Mike Stotts Barry Tanner Steve Walker 103 INTRAMURALS 104 705 106 1. Charlie Gottesman 2. Debra Connor Mike 3. Nancy Woodard 4. Virgil Kleve 5. Dan Nussbeck 6. Betsy Smith 7. Virgil Thorp 8. Jeff Bahnson Pete Brandsma 9. Rudy Cantu 10. Chano Guerra 11. John Doyle 12. Gesine Fields 13. Ralph Rhyne 14. David McCullough 1. Walter Dockery 2. Bernadette Zoldak Gayle Hoopes 3. Felix Okafor 4. Jack Lambrecht 5. Owen Chalfant 6. Richard Davis Virginia Ground 7. Richard Bailey 8. Rebecca Eimer 9. Carl Penaranda 10. John Walls 11. Susan Ulrich 12. Lynn Ogle 13. Ted Lorenz 14. Mary Shoemaker 14 I 1. Mace Owen 2. Gary Goers 3. Ivan Ricketts 4. Curtis Lindsey 5. Linda Ross 6. Thomas Prickett 7. Charles McNeece 8. Dave Kinney Tamara Roberson 9. Janet Elser 10. Charles Gottesman 11. Elaine Shumate 12. Art O’Connell 13. Roger Du May . ■, . . 1. JeffBahnson Norm Gourley 2. Florea Davis 3. Mohammad Mowlanejad 4. John Black 5. Becky Evans 6. Ron Puffer 7. Ed Harvey 8. Gayle Hoopes 9. Dan Marshall 10. Merle Heatwole 11. Charles Hanson 12. David Peironnet 13. Philip Gold 14. Michelle Wilson 1. James Holland 2. Bertrand Randolph 3. Ivan Swift 4. Stephanie Parker 5. Ron Fory 6. Lynda Payne 7. Joe Kraly 8. Jeffrey Schult 9. Arthur Truckenbrodt 10. Randy Odell 11. Tamara Roberson 12. James Popplewell 117 1. Albert Adcock 2. Margaret Egan 3. Donald Lahnan 4. Matt Davison 5. Daniel Schmidt 6. Harold Karbley 7. David Ashford Giant West 8. Bernadette Zoldak 9. Michael Hill 10. Freddie Coburn 11. John Deaton 12. Bill Slayton 13. Dan Greenwood 119 1. Emanuel Scott 2. Christine Ernst 3. Robert Rose 4. Lionel Roberts 5. Ron Coluccio 6. Debbie Schoenberg Janice Smith Charlie Gottesman 7. Lawrence Burns 8. Michael Delahunty 9. Larry Pastor 10. Bernard Botwinik 11. Kandy George 12. Bob Volat airs I II 1 . 13 mentl ge 14 17 im 16 )0R —► jer I 2 nentS • X to . «, 3L. A— WKRPSS 1. William Winter 2. Allen Coates 3. L.B. Snyder 4. Donald Stout 5. Regina Lee 6. Virgil Raines 7. Pete Brandsma 8. Michelle Wilson 9. John Deaton Jeff Schult 10. Charles Gatto 11. Matie Brostrom 12. David Walter 13. Sun Byung Park 13 123 124 127 c. 1. Jim Melvin Lee Myers Jim Holland 2. Peter Ambrette 3. Barbara Pearl 4. Ron Fory 5. Joyce Floyd 6. Winnifred Standfer 7. Richard Fritchey 8. James Froggatt 9. Mike Koenigsberg 10. James Mitchell ' Sk. 10 � 1. Lolly Ockerstrom Ted Schlesselman 2. Charlotte Labreque 3, Steve Nelson 4. Ken Troupe 5. Martin Mucha 6. Jerry Henley 7. Deborah Schoenberg 8. Edward James 9. Nancy Woodard 10. Gordon Ward 131 133 1. Larry James 2. John Marvin 3. Joellen Floyd 4. James Drew 5. Rene Keyzer-Andre 6. Divina Sanchez 7. Becky Evans 8. Jeff Bahnson 9. Ronald Warner 10. Robert Turner 11. Connie Croxton 12. Martin Falmlen ■■Hi 134 muffing 1. Luther Yanez 2. Don Prososki 3. Virgil Thorp 4. Anthony Lemelle 5. Paul Keen 6. Sandra Atwood 7. Willie Anderson 8. Nolen Roberson 9. Paul Patterson 10. Richard Arens 11. Kim Batterson 12. Bernard Botwinik 137 138 1. Jim Morton 2. Janet Elser 3. Sarnie Warren 4. Jeffrey Bahnson 5. Kim Batterson 6. Charles Knight 7. Richard Lawson 8. Terry McGann 9. Patricia Goss 10. Jeff Schult 11. Marvin Noll 12. Richard Davis 13. Paul McCahan Not pictured: Jonathan Abbott John Adams Reuben Ashford James Audette Dennis Bahrenburg Ned Banks Larry Barklage Elmer Barnard Donald Battles Jesse Battleson James Baxendale James Beatty Douglas Bell Earnest Bell Patrick Bell J.D. Benton David Boehm Charles Bergerac Ronald Birk Joyce Bischof Gary Bollman Jay Borden Kathy Bragg Thomas Brandsey Benola Briscoe Douglas Brittain Donald Brock Estelle Brooks Irene Budimlija Joyce Burkhart George Butler Kevin Byrnes John Campbell Linda Carter Larry Caylor Eric Christensen Mildred Clark Larry Coil Ernest Conway Wilson Cooney Elza Cooper Carol Cornett Beverly Crenshaw David DeBolt Hannah Dixon Thomas Douthitt Jerry Durre Larry Ederer Stephanie Elliott Mary Ann Ellsworth Richard Gabriel Lyle Gessford Elvis Gibson Wanda Goodall Everett Graff Warded Griffin Orin Grigsby Derwin Grimm John Gunn Robert Hackman Gordon Harman Joyce Haskins Alan Helig Clifford Henry Jimmy Hewitt Michael Hickman Sarah Holiwell Deborah Hotchkiss Willard Howe Robert Howell IN MEMORIAM i Gerhard Gurland Friend And Scholar 4 October 1974 Herschel Hudson Daniel Huffman Jay Humphreys Ronald Ide Bert Jaster Claude Jelks Larry Jensen William Johnson Frank Jones Lawrence Kalender Phillip Kalivoda Jerry Kelley Nathaniel Key William Klausner Delmer Klinkenborg Charles Lamison Kenneth Landon Arthur Languille William Lewis Henry Lightbody Donald Little James Longerbeam Charlene Luster Stuart Maclver Guyetta Mabin Roger Manley Edward Marrs Charmaine McCall David McCauley Robert McCredy Octavia McDonald Joyce McGhee Ted Meade Robert Miller Loretta Moore Anthony Morano Theresa Morris Kenneth Nash Robert Nicka Ruth Niemeier Keith Olson William O’Neal John Owen Thomas Parisi Harold Passanno Terry Patton Conrad Pekhola Aria Peyton Herbert Phillips Nestor Pino-Marina Clifford Pitman Dale Potton Larry Reed William Reed Beverly Reeves Christopher Reinoekl Floyd Reneau M.C. Richardson Jane Roe Robert Rooks ' Mark Roth Herbert Sample Donald Sapaugh Jefferson Sasser David Schottel Benton Sheats Buford Shields Billy Shumate Janice Silvers Mildred Small Charles Smith Paul Smith Robert Spencer Dennis Spratt Edie Stewart Michelle Suggs Peggy Sumner Linzy Sumpter George Taylor Wesley Thompson William Toler Jules Townsend Alexander Trent William Turner Robert Turpin Walter Wassell Joseph Weaver Maribeth Willard Maftha Williams Regina Williams Donald Wojciechowsk Lemuel Wynn ADMINISTRATION I 142 143 1. Ray Collymore 2. Fred Kirk 3. Mary Cook 4. Shirlee Primbs 5. Betty Dusing 6. Carol Cornett 1 . Marguerite Brown 8. Terry Armstrong 144 mm 1. Ann Scahill 2. Frances Fishburn 3. Marge Sellers Walter Campbell 4. Kay Cosby 5. Mike Murphy • 6. Barbara Lance 7. Dimitri Karakitsos 8. Chip Thomas 146 147 1. Jo Anne Saunders 2. Harold Smith 3. Frank Hoskins 4. Marsha Zammer 5. Ed O’Brien 6. Minnie Brown 7. Glenn McCoy 8. Lucille Adams 148 1. Pat Marquis 2. Laura Vinograd 3. Shirley Melvard 4. Butch Dixon 5. Bob MacDowell 6. Jean Spangler 7. Carolyn Cashel 8. Sandra Schoonover t r£!m?--- __ 149 150 1. Pat Aladeen 2. Bernita Payne Michelle McCahan 3. Karen Powers 4. Dorothy Rowell 5. JohnJumara 6. Susan McGaughey Carole Jones 7. Billy Browning 8. Joe Hatcher 151 ■ . Mr .« mmm. 1. Dean Bill Pivonka 2. Wendell Carey 3. Don Kreps 4. John Hirschfield 5. Jim Claycomb 6. Carol Lauritzen 153 1S4 V 1. A1 Dusing 2. Bob Anderson 3. Merrill Proudfoot 4. Marty Blackmore Dick Brundage 5. Marty Marinaro 6. Ed Nelson 7. Arturo Sanchez 8. Andy Edwards 155 157 1. James Nickell 2. Ruth Illmer 3. Norm Higginbotham 4. Ron Miriani 5. Jay Crotchett 6. Susan Franano Dennis Herron 1S8 DR. W.O. JOHNSON Professor Emeritus Of Religion And Biblical Literature April 15, 1975 IN MEMORIAM DR. ANN WEAVER Associate Professor Of Education May 14, 1975 Not Pictured: Charles Adams Eric Lindeman Rita Blocker John Manning Ahden Busch Jim Mingee Nick Casale Carl Moad Ula Casale Sharon Morgan Frank DeMeulenaere Gail Olkiewicz R. H. Dunham C. L. Quear Pete Edlin Shirley Riley Ann Hannah Debbie Smith Bob Harrington Bruce Strauss Vivian Kelly Val Strauss Ruth Kemp Connie Vulliamy Nancy Kraft Betty Walls John Welsh 12 June 75 Dear Reader, We are out to tax your imagination again. What follows is a rather ragged assortment of recognitions and remembrances. We had hoped to provide you with a panorama of Park ’s achievements and those of her devoted alumni, but you will have to settle for a peek instead. There simply was not time or space to include every one, and to those we missed, our sincere apologies. And to those of you who knew Park so much better than we do, please plug the gaping holes in her history as you can. We could not gamer all the essential ingredients, so we settled for spice instead. Thus the items on the succeeding pages were chosen primarily for their ability to convey the flavor of Park College in days past. As with Alberta, we have grown very fond of our own Miss Frances Fishbum, because she is a beautiful lady and because she remembers so much. We have included George Park and John McAfee, and likewise Spencer Cave and Pete Jackson, because they are fascinating and inspiring men. Of course, we feel strongly that all Park alumni are distinguished in one way or another, but unfortunately we have been able to include only those for whom we had information. Whenever Park graduates gather, you are sure to hear talk about the international scope of the college, the solidarity of the alumni, the high quality of education, and the legacy of service to others. Dr. Harold Smith likes to refer to this phenomenon as the mystical fraternity. To new arrivals at Park it sometimes sounds a bit like self-praise, but after awhile the truth of it sinks in. Those of us who have had the privilege of working on this small enterprise can attest to the very real existence of the mystical fraternity. We hope this poor book will help pave the way toward our eventual entry. Sincerely, The Narva staff 162 FRANCES FISHBURN Frances Fishburn grew up in the Northeast district of Kansas City. As a young girl she had heard about Park College from a teacher, and when a Presbyterian neighbor showed her slides of the school and its students, she resolved to come here. In those days Parkville was really part of the country, and when she arrived by train in the fall of 1917, she felt very far from home. Her first-day experiences did nothing to lessen her homesickness. “It was still early in the morning and I had just started to unpack when one of the senior girls came up and said they needed somebody at Alumni to help prepare lunch. In those days everybody helped with the work of the college. But one chore led to another and pretty soon the whole day had passed. It was not until evening that Mrs. Cook, our housemother, missed me and sent someone to find me. By that time I had big crocodile tears running down my face. I wrote to my mother and told her I didn’t think I could take it here and said I wanted to go home. She said I had to stay . . . I was very homesick that whole first semester. My roommate, Greta Bradley, and I used to go up to the cemetery to cry because we didn’t want anyone to see us. Then finally Christmas time came. When we went home to celebrate we found we could hardly wait to get back to Park College.” Miss Fishburn graduated in 1921 with a degree in English Literature. She taught for one year at Carrollton, Illinois, and then went on to Lincoln, Illinois, where she taught English and also Latin for four years. Then in 1927 President Hawley asked her to return to Park as assistant librarian. In 1934 she became librarian. “The thing I have enjoyed the most was my student staff. I had some excellent students working for me, and at least 25 of them have gone on to become librarians.” Frances Fishburn has lived in the same house on East Street since 1939. Since her return to Park, nearly 50 year ago, she has witnessed its gradual evolution from a tightly knit, rural community to a “city” college of commuters and strangers. “There are things that I would criticize, and like to change, but overall I ' d say that the school is advancing.” She adds that she hopes she never has to leave Park. We hope so too. 163 Donald C. Agnew (29) President Oglethorpe University Frances Wolfe Allen (15) Director of Admissions Kalamazoo College Carol McAfee Appleby (21) Founder, Carol Morgan School Santo Domingo Donald O. Cowgill (33) Chairman, Dept, of Sociology Drake University Carl A. Dallinger (34) Dean of Liberal Arts Dubuque University Frances J. Fishburn (21) Historian and Librarian Park College Walton M. Gordon (25) Superintendent of Education State of Hawaii Mary Rebecca Harrison (20) Dean of Women Park College George Wright Hoffman (19) Consultant, Inst.-Pub. Admin. Univ. of Karachi, Pakistan Oscar B. Irizarry (21) Dean of Liberal Arts Polytechnic Inst., Puerto Rico Donald M. Mackenzie (33) President Park College W. Russell Malan (22) President Illinois Education Assoc. George M. McBride (98) Professor of Geography UCLA F. Dean McClusky(17) Professor of Education UCLA Jarvis S. Morris (22) President Polytechnic Inst., Puerto Rico John M. Moore (25) Associate Dean Swarthmore College Harold Smith (44) Director of Library Services Park College Robert D. Swanson (37) President Alma College Durbin C. Tabb (50) Assoc. Professor of Ecology University of Miami Marjorie J. Westmoreland (41) Educator Missouri Baptist College Charles P. White (20) Professor of Finance University of Tennessee Marsh W. White (17) Professor of Physics Penn. State University Ralph M. White (13) Educator Hangchow Christian University t C. Clayton Wylie (08) Professor of Astronomy University of Iowa Strange that the electronic media have never disco¬ vered Colonel George S. Park. Although he died long before their invention, he had one of those “made-for- TV” lives. Born in Vermont in 1811, he made his way, as a young man, to Ohio. In 1834 he enrolled in the Illinois College at Jacksonville, and after school set off to be a soldier. He served in Texas under General Sam Houston, and went with him to the Alamo. He was absent from the fort on a scouting mission the day Santa Ana attacked. Captured later, he miraculously survived a massacre in which the other prisoners were slaughtered. Later still he was for some time a captive of the Comanches. After escaping, he made his way north, arriving in the Platte Purchase Territory in 1839. He at once determined to carve an empire out of the rough and wooded terrain, and within 15 years the town of Parkville was thriving. But peace and pros¬ perity were not to be for Colonel George Park. His opposition to slavery earned him the hatred of the Kansas guerilla gangs, and across the river they came to hang him. They destroyed his press, ransacked his hotel, and panicked the citizens of the small town. Park, now a marked man, was forced to hide in the woods near his home for several months. The eventual end of the Civil War did not bring peace to Parkville. The town was no longer a safe or profi¬ table place to live, and Colonel Park was finally forced to return to Illinois in the 1870’s. The only part of his dream that was destined to survive was Park College, which he hoped would be “a blessing to the West and the pride of generations yet to come.” He lived long enough to see the tiny school past its danger period, and died in 1890. At his request his body was brought back to Parkville for burial. Unlike George Park, it is not the long list of endured sufferings for which Reverend John A. McAfee is remembered, but rather his masterful, magnetic per¬ sonality. All who knew him spoke of it. An early visitor to Parkville remarked, “I felt so unable to paint a word picture that would do so great a man justice for he was my ideal of a man. He had but to come into your presence and the atmosphere was different; you felt the uplift before he gave you a single spoken word; he just seemed to irradiate light.” Born in 1831, he was raised in Missouri and gra¬ duated from Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., in 1859. As a professor of Greek at Highland College, Highland, Kansas, he and his wife soon became foster parents to a group of some 17 young orphans. When officials of the college expressed concern for his abi¬ lity to care for his charges, he determined to find a place where they could live together and be self- sufficient. Thus in 1875 he came to claim the remains of George Park’s shattered empire. John McAffee’s faith and perseverance were often his only resources, but they proved to be more than ade¬ quate. By the time of his death in 1890, he had accom¬ plished prodigies, and a long line of heirs has carried on his work ever since. At the 50th anniversary of the school’s founding, his son, Dr. Joseph Ernest McA¬ fee, summed up the feelings of many: “Some have lamented that no building, no department, no mater¬ ial form or shape bears his name on these hills which he trod and upon which he poured out his life. I join in no such lament. I do not care a fig. I know he could not care. Wood and brick and mortar and stone are inert, dead stuff; they must ere long crumble into dust. But human spirits are alive ... he was human life, pulsing, puissant, impetuous. To be a great soul is immortality.” 165 My dear Narva, I am sending you a picture of my mother, Susie Elrod (above), who was one of the first four graduates of Park in 1879. I wish I could tell you some intriguing things about those days. I was bom in Parkville in 1886 and lived there until I was 14 years of age. All my memories are of my childhood. I can mmerrber watching the workmen when they were building Mackay. We were asked to save our nickels to buy the bricks for Nickel Hall. I gathered wild greens, wild crabapples and some walnuts and sold them to buy bricks. I was very disappointed when I was not able to find my name on a brick. I don ' t know if any of this is okay to put in the Narva ... Clara Wilson (Mrs. E.B.Hall) MY FIRST VISIT TO PARK ON ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY ...In 1925 I was only five and a half yeans old, but I can vividly remember the old Chapel and the performance of a play, Sherwood, on the lawn by the White House. It was directed by Miss Ethel Lyon, my future English professor some years later. My mother (Edna Poague ' 05) and I slept on cots on the third floor of Alumni Hall, which my father (George Hitchcock ' 07, shown below) had helped I was to start frequent visits to Park, as my brother, Rinard, and sister, Arlene, were students through 1935. And in the fall of 1937 I arrived to begin my four years at Park at last! Kay Hitchcock Rif fey Class of 1941 Those of us who have come through the whole line, from birth to age 75, know what it is to love this place. I love every inch of this place ...I have stood looking out over the Missouri river with a heart that was crying, ’How long, 0 Lord, how long? ' And always the same answer came—God must have a real purpose for Park to have helped her to continue this long. .. Believe me, those of you who are leaving this college are taking with you a part of this college, and the veil falls on you. . .This we bequeath to you, the light of faith and labor and prayer.. . Carol McAfee Appleby Class of 1921 Founder’s Day Speech May 12, 1975 166 r John A. Appleby (15) Surgeon, General Practioner John D. Calfee (32) Research Chemist James W. Chapman (07) Zoologist Ronald Chen (54) Psychiatrist Francis M. Findlay (18) Chief Surgeon Mabel Kunce Gibby (45) Psychologist Perry A. Glick (ex’ 19) Entomologist Doris A. Flowed (44) Pediatrician Herbert A. Judson (13) Radiologist Robert L. Ladd (20) Pathologist Kenneth MacDonald (33) Professor, Preventive Medicine Ernest L. MacQuiddy (14) Practioner, Internal Medicine Lauriston C. Marshall (23) Physicist John L. Myers (01) Surgeon Mary Steele Nelson (18) Psychologist Alonzo P. Peeke(24) Surgeon Emmit E. Peterson (05) Surgeon Henrietta Doltz Puhaty (28) Director of Nursing Ruth Snyder Sherman (32) Radiologist John C. Smith (17) General Practioner Ashby Steele (24) General Practioner David H. Waterman (29) Thoracic Surgeon I rv KUKl) w. M ' OUSKY. Mi, Author r the c..|i.-«r,- Veil. THE COLLEGE YELL. — A—R — K ! Rah! Rah! Rah! Siss-Boom. Ah! oom-a-lacka. Room-a-lacka, 3 3 3 Uooiii! I ' ark ! Boom! “Fred McClusky used to insist that the faculty should be brought to book: the lessons they assigned seriously intervened with his social duties. Those duties undoubtedly took on a new variety and insistence after his entering Park in the fall of 1885. It was not long before he was playing the flute in and directing the orchestra, such as it was. He played the piccolo in and led the Band. He sang either of the tenor parts or first bass in the Glee Club, according to the availability of others for these parts. This is not to mention occasional minstrel shows and suchlike performances, and he was always ready to play Romeo tp almost any disposed Juliet or Cassius to somebody’s Brutus. “He had been born and reared almost under the shadow of Hamilton College, in New York, and had picked up most of t he tricks of making college life intriguing, which were then more highly developed in eastern than in western colleges. He comes roaring down through Park history as the originator of the oldest college yell still in use at Park. Its basis is the sis-boom-ah, in those days the staple in eastern college cheering. Then it was more nearly preserved in its pristine significance. It is the reproduction of an exploding bomb. The lighted fuse says, ‘Siz-z-z-z.’ After due deliberation the bomb explodes with a mighty, ‘Boom!’ Again, after due deliberation, and as the smoke clears away, theawestruck auditors indulge in a protracted, ‘Ah-h-h-h!’ Probably most of the modern enthusiasts who clip through the formula have little idea how and why the mysterious syllabification originated. In modern usage it is only another of the abracadabras by which ardent youth contrive to make a noise ... ” J.E. McAfee, “College Pioneering” “In the early 1890’s came J. Will Harris. He was a husky cowboy on a Texas ranch when he decided that he must become a preacher. He had the general notion that a college course required four years, and that three years more must be devoted to theology. Seven years looked long, but his resolution was firm. “He boarded a train carrying a load of cattle to the St. Louis market, signing on as a cowpuncher. A cowpuncher’s job aboard a cattle train is to sprawl about on the backs of the cattle crowded in the car and punch up the animals which may get down and be unable in the press of their fellows to get up again. Such exercise is calculated to be trying to even the stoutest fabric of wearing apparel. But Will’s one suit had already developed such weakness that a considerate mother had reinforced portions with strengthening patches beneath the weak spots. Under the rough treatment which his clothing sustained in cow- punching, these patches had come into evidence, revealing a different fabric and color from the original suit. His footwear was a pair of dancing pumps which a shoe dealer, evidently eager to get rid of dead stock, had assured him were the proper thing for a college gentleman. His suitcase was of cardboard, which had not only suffered all over from its hard journey, but had acquired an angry hole punched in one side. “When he arrived in Mackay Building he caused a sensation even among those accustomed to startling visions. Several of the women teachers went into a huddle to classify the newcomer. The best they could do to locate him in the sub-preparatroy group, made up largely of little misses in pinafores. He was informed that by diligence he might make the first grade in the academy (high school) after a year of work in this elementary class. His seven years of preparation for the ministry suddenly lengthened to twelve. “But he was game, and, besides, he could not think of returning home as green as ever. He was graduated as late as 1902. He then gave himself to service in Puerto Rice. Starting with a worm-eaten shack and a bare hillside, he built up the imposing Polytechnic In¬ stitute . . .” J.E. McAfee, “College Pioneering” 168 Robert Corbett (38) President, United Mo. Bank South Paul Homer Dry (18) .. . Senior Vice-Pres., John J. Grier Co. Ernest Esch (30) . Chairman, McGregor’s First Nat’l Bank Duncan M. Findlay (22) . Pres., Findlay-Noyes Co., Inc. Robert L. Gibson (25) . Vice-President, General Electric Schuyler Dean Hoslett (40) . Vice-Pres., Dun and Bradstreet Russell B. McAfee (24) . Pres., Commercial Savings Bank Elmer Norrington (20) . Owner, McClure-Norrington Chevrolet T. Bruce Robb (12) . Economist, Federal Reserve Bank Isadore Samuels (12).Pres., National Jewish Hospital Leonore Easter Wakefield (05) . Pres., Wakefield Fisheries Frank P. Westfall (25).Mgr., Pacific Telephone Telegraph W. Merrill Wolfe (11).Vice-President, Coca Cola Company Allen Bassett (14) . Missionary to Thailand Eleanor Chestnut (95) .Missionary to China, martyred in 1905 Ethel Loretta Davis (13) . Missionary to China William Ward Davis (14) . Missionary to China Alva Vest King (12) Pastorates in New York, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri George C. Hitchcock (07) Pastorates in Missouri, Illinois and In¬ diana T.V. (Ted) Oltman (23) . Medical missionary to China E. Graham Parker (15) . Missionary to India Kenneth Parker (17) Missionary to India McCollum Brasfield (61) American Friends Service Committee Twin Cities Friends Meeting Texas Consumer Planning Project Live Oak Friends Meeting Columbia Friends Meeting Ass’t. Director, UMC Medical Center David Dixon (46) President, Park College Alumni Assoc. City Attorney, Warrensburg, Mo. Prosecuting Attorney, Johnson County, Ks. Judge, Court of Appeals Paul Gault (60 65) Special Ass’t. to President, Park College Treasurer, Park College Alumni Assoc. Elder, Parkville, Presbyterian Church Director, Parkville Fine Arts Festival J. Freeman McFarland (13) President, Park College Board of Trustees Exec. Secy., Y.M.C.A. of Chicago Exec. Secy., Y.M.C.A. of San Diego Jeanetta Lyle Menninger (23) Director of Publications, Menninger Clinic Fellow, American Medical Writers’ Assoc. Member, Park College Board of Trustees Dorothy Davis Meyers (25) President, American Assoc, of Univ. Women Vice-President, Kansas Christian Churches Member, Christian Women’s Fellowship Board Member, Phillips Univ. Board of Trustees George S. Robb (12) Received Congressional Medal of Honor Postmaster, Salina, Ks. State Auditor, State of Kansas Dorothy F. Roberts (43) Foreign Relief Administrator, State Dept. Displaced Persons Operations, Germany Juvenile Officer, Judicial Court of Mo. Secy., Mo. Assoc, of Women Lawyers Harry W. Seamans (23) Pres., SW Regional Y.M.C.A. Student Council Chairman, Nat’l Interdenominational Conf. Visiting Lecturer, Yale University Member, Council on Foreign Relations Marlowe Sherwood (63) Editor, Park College ALUMNIAD Elder, Parkville Presbyterian Church Member, American Assoc, of Univ. Women Paul E. Sherwood (47) Mayor and Councilman, Parkville, Mo. Member, Alumni Executive Council William Henry Tipton, Jr. (28) Vice-Pres., Nat’l Conf. of Christians and Jews Elder, Presbyterian Church President, Park College Alumni Assoc. Member, Park College Board of Trustees Gertrude Graham Walker (26) Delegate, Republican Nat’l Convention Member, Statehood Commission of Hawaii Phil ip L. Warden (34) Reporter, 1948 Truman Presidential Campaign Washington Correspondent, CHICAGO TRIBUNE Member, Ford White House Staff Constance Vulliamy (33) Member, Executive Council, Park College Employee, 38 yrs.. Park Business Office Int’l “Ambassador” of Good Will, Park College 170 “In 1912 everyone in town worked for Park College. We worked six days a week when they would let us, from four or five in the morning until the job was done, for 50 i a day. We all worked together . . . black and white, young and old . . . There was plenty of work to be done . . . gardens, and orchards with pears being picked and barreled . .. I would haul up dinner in the hay frame for everyone to eat, right there in the orchard .. . ” PETEJACKSON Pete Jackson has seen a lot of places, most of them prior to 1912. That was the year that he decided to “get smart” and get off the rails. Since that time the former hobo and mule drover has worked for Park. To hear him talk about those days long past is a rare treat. “Now everything is different . . . Nothing is the same. But there is nothing you can do. Nothing .. . I’ve done just about everything there was to do. You’ve got to live, and in order to live, you’ve got to work . . . Pay your debts and be honest. Then when you go to bed at night you can sleep .. . I’ve never tried to be a big shot, only what I am.” “Each man weaves his own life .. whenever we weave in any malice or hatred ... we drop a stitch.” SPENCER CAVE “Life is made of four points . . . getting and giving, forgetting and forgiving . . . ” Spencer Cave was born a slave at the start of the Civil War. His parents belonged to people from Kentucky named Cave who later sold his family to a plantation near Slater, Mo. After their emancipation they moved to Westport Landing, and then to a farm of their own. They came to Parkville in 1875, just ahead of the McAfees. Spencer was 13 at the time, and soon after began working for the college. Although he had no formal education, he was a cultured man. Students often came to him for advice, and even years after they had graduated, he could remember every student’s name. At Christmas time every year, he received hundreds of cards from around the world. He died in 1947, having served Park College for more than 70 years. eftj Lsb fzfpmis tAy crp cu psA m nJ f ' So ) 9 15 26 Here I sit at a table in Woodward dor¬ mitory at Park College in Parkville, Mo! Today has been a busy day. I arose at 4:00 a.m. in order to catch the 4:40 train to K.C. from Topeka. At 7:00 o’clock a delegation from Park met me at K.C., and from there we all came on to Park together. I had chapel and took an English placement test, and a psychology test, and I also registered. I paid $120 tuition. I have a roommate, Milton Klein, who is entering the min¬ istry — and a very nice fellow, too. So we are in the best room in Woodward — the best because we chose it from all the rest! And now come the tasks, men¬ tal and intellectual which I must overcome. 9 19 26 Sunday, a day of rest, inspiration and peace. I had breakfast at 7:30 a.m., then went to Sunday School at 9:45 and to Church at 11 o’clock. Rev. Francis Bouquet spoke on “Something More’’ at church. In the evening I attended Christian Endea¬ vor at Alumni Hall. Again went to the church service and heard Mr. Bouquet speak on “Beyond the Curri¬ culum.’’ He is a very good preacher, fluent and oratorical. This afternoon I took my Bible and my kodak and went for a walk far up on the “seventh terrace’’ where the observatory is located. I took pic¬ tures there and later some more by the old chapel. I spent today very happily. 9 16 26 This morning opened with my missing breakfast. I had not learned to time the distance between Woodward and Alumni Hall; so I got there too late to eat. I was given my job assignment: work¬ ing with the “gas house gang’’ as a plumber’s helper. Put in six hours of work repairing the steam radiator connection at the YMCA hut. Attended chapel; ate supper and met many new and interesting people. Got a 40 f haircut — the first for almost two years at that price. 9 17 26 Today has been very busy. Worked 3 Vi hours today. Attended chapel, then went to Greek to learn about alpha, beta, gamma. The class is com¬ posed mainly of boys , except for two girls (Mary Gloeckner was one!). Then to Bible, it was nice, I liked it. There are 56 students there. Went to Biology too. Attended the big reception tonight with a big WALTER TAYLOR printed on paper on my coat lapel. I was introduced and met all the members on the faculty and many others. Milton and I have been studying Biology for the last 45 minutes. Now he’s studying Bible. So my Bible for me. Then to bed. Good night. 9 18 26 Whew but I was sleepy and tired this morning, for I got up at 5:30. Had breakfast in “star¬ vation hall’’ as Alumni has been called. Went on a serenading party tonight. Georgia Miner was the object but couldn’t locate her. 9 20 26 Put in 3 Vi hours of work today. This evening attended a freshman meeting down in the parlor and was appointed on a committee to orig¬ inate some yells for the basketball game against the juniors in the gym on Saturday night. Two others, Jim King and Allan Hickman, and I originated six hot yells. One was: “Ki Yi! Ki Yi! Ka Flipity Bim! Ki Yi! Ki Yi! Ka Flipity Bim! Freshmen! Freshmen! They will win!’’ 9 23 26 I’m sick — all in. This morning I was called upon to shovel coal for four hours. I did. Now I’m all worn out. Went to a Y.M.C.A. watermelon feed tonight. Listened to the fight returns on radio. Gene Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey, thus winning the World’s Heavyweight Championship! j 4 172 9 24 26 I feel much better than I did last night. When I was asked to shovel coal this morning I was too tired to do it. So I came home and dressed up and studied. I heard a fellow by the name of Jimmie Goddard play some music downstairs on the piano. It was very beautiful. Freshman rules came out today; I had my hair cut 2 V 2 inches long. I bought a black jazz bow tie and one pair of socks. So I am ready. 9 25 26 My, but my days are eventful. Things are passing violently along, excitedly, swiftly. Nearly two weeks I’ve been here. I’ve been transferrea to Stevens Cottage to keep the stove and furnace func¬ tioning. This means out of bed every morning at 5:00 a.m.! I was transferred to Chestnut dormitory for meals today, fine! After school, I went to a pep meet¬ ing and to the basketball game later in the evening to see the freshmen put up a mighty good, scrappy game against the juniors — score was 23 to 11. But the thrill that I got was from hearing the whole freshmen class of 140 cheer with all their might the very yells which I composed. 9 26 26 This morning I arose from bed at 6:00 a.m. in order to fire the furnace at Stevens Cottage. I ate breakfast at the work table at Nickel Hall with the janitors, scrub boys, milkers and furnace firers. This morning I went to Sunday School at the chapel, and was elected secretary and treasurer of my class of fifteen or so. Christian Endeavor in the evening, and church. The sermon was “The Great Fight.” Then after church, against all laws of discretion, I accom¬ panied a little junior from the chapel to her home which was through Parkville to Sunset. Her name was Mary somebody — not so pretty nor fascinating, but a good, orderly and quiet girl. Coming home, my heart was in a flutter! 9 27 26 I overslept this morning some forty min¬ utes. But I raced to Stevens before 7:00 by making the distance in a record seven minutes. This evening, Mil- ton Klein and I tried out for the Glee Club. We were two of thirty who tried out for twenty places. Ten are not going to make it. I ' ll doubtless be among the ten! 9 28 26 The big news is that 1 have been chosen to be one of the tenors on the Glee Club. I have been going around all day with a strange feeling of elation and happiness. 9 29 26 I worked four hours on Greek today and then didn’t get a perfect grade. It was Biology from Findlay, Greek from Wolfe, English from Mrs. Beers and Bible from Teener. Walked down to the Parkville post office for mail that didn’t come. Some days are like this! Root beer and an ice cream cone temporar¬ ily sustained me. i 10 2 26 I called for Mary at 6:45 p.m. We went to the gym and saw a basketball game. The seniors got romped on by the sophomores 21-16. Then we went to a show at the chapel. Rudolph Valentino in “The Black Eagle.” 10 4 26 The Freshman caps arrived today. I am measuring mine now. It is a hideous green with a yellow button on top, and too small. The bill is 4 V 2 inches long! I must put the fore-finger of my right hand on the button before every junior and senior boy, and tip it to every girl and member of the fa¬ culty. Then when I am in classes and chapel, I must pin it on my left coat lapel with a blanket safety pin through a brass hog ring which is about the size of a nickel, permanently clamped in the bill. In all it is a ridiculous affair. 173 10 10 26 Tonight after supper I attended the bas¬ ketball game, then the Webster Club meeting. At 10:30 p.m. we started out to serenade the girls’ dor¬ mitories. After visiting Stevens and Terrace and Alumni Hall, ve went to Chestnut. As the supply of entertainment was growing stale I was asked to sing! With the ukelele as my accompaniment I did “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” It went off fair, not great. Thereafter I was asked to give forth with such solos until we had visited all the dormitories. Poor girls! 10 14 26 I got a summons to appear before the Kangaroo Kourt tonight, on charges of having no cap and not buttoning at the breakfast table. Howard Breckenridge, a junior, charged me before the judge, Mark Karr, and proceeded to prosecute the case. The evidence was erroneous and my defense was ignored. I was told to shut up and sit down, and I knew that the skids were under me and that I was framed before a biased judge and jury. The judge had a good time out of it; but the ass surely made himself unpopular with most of the freshmen. My sentence: one week of janitor service at Copley-Thaw dormitory. 10 16 26 Whew — a gang of raiders just entered our room, to be met with a cup of water and two men prepared for a fight. They — some ten — were finally shoved out our door. In turn they mussed my bed, stole my pillow, and carried my bed clothing down one flight of stairs. 10 24 26 I arose this morning with the firm reso¬ lution to master at least one Greek lesson. I arose at 4:00 a.m. and studied until 6:00. At 4:15 p.m. McCright, Siverts, Francis White, Jack Warren and I left Park College for the State Christian Endeavor Convention at Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Mo. We journeyed the 100 miles through the cold, sans heater, in a Ford touring car named Garibaldi and almost froze. I don’t know who owned that car! 11 7 26 This morning the Glee Club made its first appearance — before the Sunday School. The song was “Recessional” by Rudyard Kipling! 11 8 26 This afternoon I went to the freshman party at the YW hut with Mary Gloeckner. Today was rainy and cold so we all gathered in the hut — about 125 of us. We played games, sang, and ate weiners, grapes, bananas and marshmallows. Tonight it was snowing. First snow of the year! 11 9 26 Tonight I went to a literary society meet¬ ing held by the Parchevards for all freshmen they think will join their club. But I’m pretty much in favor of the Websters. 11 10 26 Tonight I heard the Webster and Lowell debate on “Unified Marriage and Divorce Laws in the U.S.A.” The Websters, John Waterman, and John Nordquist and Fred Speer, lost 3 to 1. 11 11 26 Harold Keene suggested that as we had not yet seen a football game this season we go to see William Jewell and Baker play in Kansas City. That was a good suggestion, so away we went for the Big City. And then Keene suggested that we go over to Kansas City, Kans., to visit Tom Tracy’s mother for supper — so away we went. We had supper, talked and left for a seat to a good show at the Shubert. 11 15 26 This morning I fired at the main plant from 7:00 to 10:00. Then also I fired at my own furnace at Woodward from 10:00 to 1:00 p.m. This afternoon I watched the cross country race, a distance of 3 miles. Clelland Schermerhorn came in first for the Websters. In the evening Otto Bergner took me to the program of the Lowell Club. Had a fair time but wouldn’t think ofjoining the club. 11 18 26 I led morning prayers at Sunset this morning at breakfast. I spoke against the common use of “gad” as a corrupted form of God. I did not make much of an impression (or did I?) because a couple of fellows, Hunter and Lowell Wakefield, took occasion later in the day to say “gad” with exagger¬ ated emphasis in my hearing. The Websters were over here trying to recruit Milton this evening. 11 22 26 This was sign-up day. Hunzeker was persuaded to be a Webster this morning but he changed his mind and joined the Lowells. I accepted the bid to become a Webster. This morning we went on a rampage down into Parkville — a shirt-tail par¬ ade — and then for a hike with the Eurodelphians to Falling Springs. 11 25 26 Milton and 1 spent Thanksgiving Day at his home in Kansas City. Had a wonderful dinner and saw “Ben Hur” in the evening. To get me back to the campus Milton had to run the bus down, in his dad’s car, and stop it at North K.C. At that point I got on the bus and paid 30 for the fare back to Parkville. 11 30 26 The Glee Club presented its first formal concert this evening, with all twenty men and the director, Mr. Magers, in tuxedos. I borrowed a pair of suspenders and a tie, a front collar button, and three studs and a pair of cuff links from President Hawley! We sang “Spanish Main” and “Lena Lee.” 12 2 26 I have been given an invitation from the Websters to be present Saturday night to be initiated into that literary society. I have been advised to bring with me “a paddle three feet long, five inches wide, and one-half inch thick.” It sounds ominous. 12 4 26 The Websters blindfolded the freshmen and led them over the hills and bushes. I thought we would never stop. Then we gathered at the spoon- holder and a Webster leader, Crott, chirps out, “Let’s have a little gauntlet run!” I don’t know how many hit me or failed to connect with my nature-designated quarters, but I felt strangely warm afterwards. Then we came back and ate bananas and cookies. 12 16 26 The Christmas vacation began today. I arri ved home at 5:00 p.m. Vacation continued until January 3rd for me. Then back for tests. 1 4 27 Today my lessons went with great dis¬ couragement. My Greek recitation only provoked Professor Wolfe to mirth. Ahead lies a five-month stretch of grind and study, mixed with little play and much hard work. 1 7 27 This morning I arose at the insistent call of “Taylor” from my wife, Milton. Dressing in my work clothes was a matter of five minutes haste and I was ready to begin firing. Today I got H’s in Eng¬ lish, one in Bible, and a welcome one in Greek. First semester exams are coming up and I am cramming. Here it is midnight! 1 11 27 Tonight I went to the oratorical contest at the chapel. Glenn Ginn won $54 for his oration entitled, “The Yellow Peril.” 1 17 27 On the way back from dinner today I got into a snow fight. Allan Hickman raided my gang and after giving him several hard snow balls, he charged me. I managed to get on top and rode him down the hill between my legs. 1 18 27 Today my laundry came from home. In it my angel mother added candy, nuts, cake, dates, apples, oranges, and cranberry jam. Milton and I have had a royal feed tonight. Our stomachs are so filled that our bellies are tighter than a d am. I wrote mother a letter of thanks. Now I go to bed with a happy heart. Who can say that realization is not as pleasant as anticipation? 1 20 27 I sent mother a card this morning as I couldn’t mail the letter for lack of a two-cent stamp! I am so poor that the only likeness of money I have on earth is a one-cent piece I picked up on the streets of Chicago. This I would like to keep. In it I hold many happy memories. But one cent is not much to face with world with! I hope my fortunes will change . . . 175 STAFF EDITOR — LYNDA PAYNE ASSOCIATE EDITOR — PEGGY SUMNER ASSISTANT EDITOR — GARY SCHILLER EDITORIAL ASST.— SABRINA ROBERSON ART DIRECTOR — GARY JEFFERS ADDITIONAL ARTWORK — PEGGY SUMNER COPY EDITOR- LYNDA PAYNE PHOTOGRAPHY ED.- -ANDYTHEODOTOU A PHOTOGRAPHERS — . . ! JERRY HENLEY ALAN HELIG CAROL KNIGHT MIKE WHETSTONE STEVE JOHNSON KELVIN MARZETTE PHOTO COORDINATOR — KAY BARNEY LAYOUT STAFF — PEGGYSUMNER VICKI GREGG PATTY MILAM ALEXCE DAVIS FACULTY ADVISER — WALLACE WATSON LYNDA PAYNE GREG LAVEIST LISA McMILLIN SPECIAL THANKS Barbara Lance Angie Borgedalen James Boyce Carol Brenner Gary Byrne Carolyn Cashel Billie Clark Keith Coldsnow Mrs. Betsy Fredrickson Frances Fishburn Mr. Victor Fredrickson Vicki Fredrickson Toni Griggs Mrs. E.B. Hall Mr. M.E. 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