Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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1 INAUGURATION Dr Walter Harrington Ryle was inaugurated as the seventh president of the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College on the nineteenth of May, 1938. Dr. Ryle succeeded the late Presi- dent Eugene Fair and continued the tradition that presidents of this college are trained in service on the campus. He was a stu dent under both John R. Kirk and Eugene Fair, the two preceding presidents. The inauguration of President Ryle in the seventy-two year old history of the Teachers College was a symbol of continued progress. Leaders of all fields expressed well placed confidence in the ability of President Ryle to carry on the ideals of progressive education on that inauguration day. Thus far that prediction has become a reality. There is a reason to believe it will always be so. An eventful day was the nineteenth of May. The inaugura tion convocation was held in Kirk Auditorium at ten o'clock. Dean L. A. Eubank presided and Dr. Sidney Clarence Garrison, president of George Peabody College for Teachers, gave an address. The president of the Board of Regents, Judge James A. Ooolev, gave the charge to the new president, and Dr. Ryle gave the inaugural address. Thirty-nine visiting colleges and univer- sities were represented at the inauguration. Congratulations were offered by Dr. Ryle's classmates of 1916, presidents and other administraiive officials of the visiting schools, the faculty of the Teachers College, townspeople inter ested in the growth of the college, various friends of Dr. Ryle, Governor Lloyd C. Stark of the State of Missouri, and alumni and former students under the new president. After the inauguration there was a corner-stone ceremonial at the new Baldwin Hall. Lloyd W. King, state superintendent of schools, presided and Governor Stark gave an address. Fol- lowing the corner stone ceremonial, the Class of 1916 were guests of President and Mrs. Ryle at a luncheon at the Masonic Temple. That afternoon President Ryle conferred degrees upon the graduating class. That evening there was a banquet, fol- lowed by a reception and Inaugural Ball.

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CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION FACULTY ATHLETICS ORGANIZATIONS CLASSES FEATURES