University of Central Missouri - Rhetor Yearbook (Warrensburg, MO)

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nuixlmfhllilumgr Progress is the theme of the T960 RHETOR,and this theme is most appropriate at this particular point in the history of Central Missouri State College. To progress is to move forward or to advance. This is exactly what is happening on the campus in all areas. Everyone is thinking big and working hard to make dreams become realities. The rapidly increasing enrollment, the enlarged and well qualified faculty, the new buildings, the improved standards of academic accomplishment all bear witness to the fact that Central Missouri State College is on the move. Such evidence or progress is good. Everyone enjoys being part of a dynamic institution, but there are certain important facts which must be kept firmly in mind. Any institution of real worth to society necessarily has its roots in the past. As the College grows, as new challenges appear, and as new fields are conquered, these connections with the past must be maintained and cherished. Central Missouri State College has a great tradition of service to the State, the Nation, and the World. Through the years it has stood for high ideals and has instilled these ideals in the hearts and minds of its students. Along with its present and future progress, Central Missouri State College must revere its heritage of the past. True progress blends the best of the past with the promise of the future. Warren C. Lovinger, President

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Untiring service to others has been the keynote of the 30 years which William E. Johnson, professor of languages, has devoted to Central Missouri State and its students. A gentleman in the true sense of the word, any student feels at home in his classrooms. Consideration, understanding, and patience characterize this man who is a scholar of French and Spanish. A progressive instructor, Professor John- son introduced his own recordings in his French and Spanish classes before this widely-used system was accepted at many other colleges and universities. He uses the modern, oral approach to language, and is presently compiling a dictionary of similar English, French, and Spanish words in order to simplify the study of foreign languages. Professor Johnson has done much study on his own, including three years with private tutors in Paris and Madrid, and six months of travel around the world. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from .Central Missouri State, his Master of Arts degree from George Peabody College for Teachers, and has done addi- tional work at Vanderbilt University. Always willing to step into other fields when needed, he was advisor to the combined Student-RHETOR during the war years.For a number of years until 1957, he also handled publicity for the college. To a man dedicated to his profession and to service to his college, Central Missouri State dedicates thel96ORHETOR. 1 Nw - K ':- 'fyvsfs ' P- wif 1, 1 Fszf.-a5.,+.'..wAe,M6 ., f ,, ,N .21 :fs F R A ff

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