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

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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

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ADMINISTRATION Nw ' vw, ffl! , V, in Www ffm. fUw' ,ma fgzfp , f M ZZHQS ' .37 f 154 , ff' ff , , ,5, gf! ,, ray! Wi' 'off' , ff ik, W, fffff,99,, f 1' ' -.aw 7 , :.. A. RICE, A.M. EMMA LOU TAGGART B S IN LS E S OLSEN AB Field Sfffffafy Lzbrarzan Secretary and Business Illanager Once a blacksmith, discus throwing champ, varsity foot- ball center and tennis champ, Field Secretary A. C. Rice was a superintendent in Rangoon, Burma, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London. Rice collects canes and keeps them in a foot he amputated from a disabled ele- phant. She likes to sing, cook, knit, ride horseback and is inter- ested in photography. Librarian Emma Lou Taggart attended Grove City college in Pennsylvania, Colorado college and the University of Illinois. Broken ribs in a 1915 SFC football game did not deter Elmer Olsen from returning as treasurer after having been a newspaper man, commercial office manager and all around nuisance in the World VVar. A college basketball star, Kappa Delt and president of the Pan-Hellenic, Dean Harriet Anderson was schooled at Iowa State, Columbia, George Washington and Chicago universities. She was in the ordnance department at VVashington during the war and her hobby, collecting coins, began while touring Europe. Dean Carman came from a long line of preachers, went to Denison, Ohio, and Chicago universities, to China as a missionary, married, was a track star and coach, a Phi Beta Kappa and taught high school. You'll never learn that his middle name is Hanscomb.

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FACULTY An undefeated heavyweight and champion at NDU, magazine editor, tenant of International House at New York City, co-founder of Alpha Psi Delta, visitor to all European countries, an expert on arms and munitions and possessed of boundless enthusiasm, Dr. Horton is valuable to the college and community. Under a ten-gallon hat, Professor Jordan branded cattle on a 4800-acre ranch, played football with the Rapid City Cobblers, gave up his hat and went to S. D. State, where he excelled in forensics. He has later attended the University of Iowa. Born in Quebec, Professor Knox attends summer sessions at McGill University in Canada, has stud- ied at SDU and the University of Washington, was superintendent of schools in Ketchikan, Alaska, and didn't think much of a San Francisco earth- quake thirty years ago. Football Coach Ben Mankowski had intended to practice medicine but was named freshman coach at Indiana after three years as varsity center. A G HORTON, Ph.D. H. M. JORDAN, A.M. essor o Economics and Sociology Professor of Speech FRANCIS OLSEN, A.B. JAMES M. SANDERS, Ph.D. Pro essor o Physical Education Professor of Biology Athletzc Director Of the opinion that a fellow hasn't got a chance if married, Athletic Director Olsen was a stellar athlete at SFC and has attended Columbia, Chicago and Illinois universities. Named in American Men of Science and VVho's Who in Education, Dr. Sanders, Phi Sigma and Sigma Xi member, attended La Grange and William Jewell colleges. His philosophy of life is to do the best under the circumstances but admits he has no control over said circumstances. , Dr. Thornton was sent to Des Moines college and later to the University of Iowa because all he did at home was to break the farm tools. After the World War, Thornton became a missionary teacher in the Philippine Islands and was once dean of Fort Dodge Junior college. Gertrude Webster studied at the Chicago School of applied art, Milwaukee-Downer, the Cambridge School of architecture, Lowthorpe, the University of Illinois and the Paris college of fine arts of NYU. A practiced landscape architect, Miss Webster came to SFC for a part-time position which has grown life size, especially on some davs of the week. W. A. KNOX, A.M. BEN MANKOWSKI A B Professor of French and Latin Athletic Coach , E. W. THORNTON, Ph.D. GERTRUDE WEBSTER Professor of History Professor of Fzne Arts ffm