Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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 ,= Department of Methodology MRS. HATTIE MOORE-MITCHELL, Ph.B., A. M. Dean of Women. The office of Dean of Women is, in truth, a general utility department. In the person of the Dean’s secre- tary, Mrs. Inez Risk, every student finds a genuine friend any hour of the day. The enrichment of the courses offered by the Meth- odology Department permits Senior College students to carry work preparatory to the Normal Training courses carried in fully accredited High Schools of Kansas. 1 9 2 2,iiiliiiji!i!i{i!55 Twenty-seven

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KANZA t!iii!i!iTi!i!i!i!l»i!i!i!ili!i!i!i!i!i Department of History and Social Science G. W. TROUT, A. B., A. M., D. D. Dean of Men. t—t We are again reminded by the Kanza staff that it is time to extend through the Kanza, a word of greeting to the Alumni and friends of the Institution, which we do with the greatest of pleasure. No very great changes have taken place in the Department since the last Kanza was sent forth. There has been some little change in the Departmental faculty by the addition of Miss Ruth Towne, who has charge of the secondary work in the Department and also Prof. Oren A. Barr was elected at the beginning of this school year to fill the place made vacant by the resignation of Miss Lillian Luehrs. Professors Grubbs and Bowers are still at their usual post, carrying o»i their unusual work. Several new courses have been added and the Department somewhat more efficiently organized for the carry- ing out of the work we hope to do. The recent war has given considerable emphasis to the study of History and the Social Sciences, and our Department has grown in number thereby. We are enjoying the increased work caused by this increase in number, and our door is always open to meet your demands. To those students who have taken work in the Department and to those who are now taking work, we extend in behalf of the De- partment most cordial greetings and best wishes for success. IrltliJitflitititfl m h !bt Twenty-six

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English Department IRA G. WILSON, A. M. Our language is the vehicle of thought, the armory of the human mind, and the amber in which a thousand precious thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved. It shows a man at his best or at his worst. If one expresses his thoughts in a mean and slipshod way, it will be difficult for the thoughts themselves to escape being the same. Simplicity and truthfulness cannot long be maintained, when language becomes bombastic or highflown It behooves one to know somewhat of foreign language, but the prime thought must be given to his own. No man can show marks of refinement when using coarse language. Thoughts unex- pressed are not worth much. The law is: Impression first and then expression; but impression alone becomes worthless, “Thought is the blossom, language is the open bud, action the fruit behind it,” said Henry Ward Beecher. Beauties and fantasies, hopes and fears, are alike clothed in words that sink deep or lie on the surface; the genius of the framer may catch a glimpse in a happy moment of divination. Holmes says, “Language is a solemn thing; it grows out of life—out of its agonies and ecstasies, its wants and its wear- iness. Every language is a temple in which the soul of those who speak it is enshrined. “And so on, go the thoughts of men, who though clothed in rags or in broadcloth, endeavor to reach the sub- limity of the soul.” © jtjf fi jirriiji jijf yrrrfTiriiiiiTirriirjT O 9 Twenty-eight