Sioux Falls College - Sioux Brave Yearbook (Sioux Falls, SD)

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INAUGURA HON OF DR Un November twenty-fourth, IQ37, Sioux Falls College inaugu- rated Dr. VVarren Palmer Behan as its eleventh president. Historically interesting was the presence of the largest group of college alumni and of Grand Island College ever assembled. lVIore than txvo hundred educators and alumni representing eighty universities and colleges, colorfully clad in flowing, academic robes, paid tribute to the occasion. The brief but impressive invest- ment ceremony was conducted by Dr. John L. Barton, president of the college board of trustees. Dr. Charles K. Gillcey, dean of the University of Chicago chapel, read the inaugural prayer. A significant address, America's Stake in the Christian College, was made by Dr. Paul Lamont Thompson, president of Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois, and prom- ', JJ. . Ur- nu ., .-f .X ' '- af' t . X-,

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ADMINISTRATION Coming from Ottawa University in Kansas where he received an honorary LL.D. and had been acting presi- dent, Dr. VVarren Palmer Behan became freshman presi- dent at Sioux Falls college. Cited by our outgoing presi- dent as -a man of great experience, unusual executive ability . . . equipped with rare insight into educational problems . . . a profound understanding of young people and most sympatheticf' Dr. Behan has more than proved himself a friend. Our eleventh prexy earned his B.A., B.D., and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. An education that required the facilities of five grade schools, three high schools, one college and two universities, finally saw Dean Compton with a doctorate in education. A member of the American Psychological Association, he can't kid himself into eating foods cooked rare. Born in Chemnitz, Germany, Dr. Martini went through a fall from some courthouse steps, two shipwrecks, sheep raising and gold mining in Australia, farming and teach- ing before he came to SFC in 1918. The North Central Association awarded him his doctor's degree. Dean Lee Bright was once arrested by a truant officer for ringing the church bell during services. Since that time, he has been presented before the English king and queen, sang in opera and taught school. He himself, learned at Fort Collins Aggie, Monmouth college, Bradley Poly- tech and the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston. --.M ,-. - , 2 l l 4 l R h CONIPTOX PhD M F MARTINI, Litt.D. W, L, BRIGHT, A,B, 915 NH' Dean of Conservatory