Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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 From the classroom, laboratory, shop and office come the faculty to attend the regular faculty meetings held in the Student Center. This picture, taken at one of the meetings shows only a portion of the faculty, and cannot attempt to portray the qualifications, degrees, experience, and personal- ities that are here represented. From an original faculty of five, in 1903, the instructional staff of the College has grown to around 200, fully and efficiently staffing the twelve departments of the school. Officers of Administration Rees H. Hughes, A.M., LL. D., President Ernest Mahan, Ph. D., Dean of Instruction Eugene E. Dawson, Ph. D., Dean of Students Belle Provorse, B.S., Financial Secretary Helen K. Schuyler, Ph. D., Counselor for Women James U. Massey, M.S. Director of Admissions and Registrar Page 14

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It is typical of the friendly atmosphere which prevails on the Pitt State compus that we find President Rees 11. I lughes strolling past the Stu- dent Center with students Boh Schnackenberg, Joan Caspari and Joyce Platz. I lowever materially wealthy a school may be, the true value of education is derived from class and extra-class activities. A school is but a “merry- go-round,” without faculty and classes; a school but a tomb, without the variety of enrollees rang- ing from earnest, studious scholars to vivacious, carefree students to whom classes are a neccssan evil. T he congeniality among students, and between students and the faculty is an integral part of the heritage of fifty years that belongs to each and every Pitt Stater. Page 13

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The original faculty of the Manual Training Normal School, when it opened in 1903, consisted of the principal and four assistants, who were var- iously referred to as professors, directors, and in- structors. With the faculty of five members, there was little need of formal organization, and the first mention of a “department” occurred in the an- nouncement for the fifth year. Curiously, the title was applied first, not to Manual Training or Do- mestic Science, the departments which were orig- cl dminidtration inallv responsible for the creation ol the school, but to the latest arrival upon the scene at that date, the “Department of Primary Methods and Kinder- garten.’’ The school has now expanded to twelve depart- ments and a graduate school, and is one of the fully accredited schools in the nation. Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg is a member of the North American Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and the American Association of Colleges for Teachers Education. Heads of Departments R. Paul Bartolini, I lead Librarian Dr. William A. Black, Education and Psychology E. Louise Gibson, Home Economics Prentice E. Gudgen, 1 lealth and Physical Educa- tion Dr. O. A. I lankammer, Industrial Education and Art Dr. L. C. Heckert, Physical Science Dr. W. S. Lverla, Commerce and Business Administration Dr. Otis J. Mumaw, Music Dr. Alvin 11. Proctor, Social Science Dr. R. G. Smith, Mathematics Dr. Robertson Strawn, Language and Literature Dr. J. Ralph Wells, Biological Science The serving table at the president's reception.