University of Missouri at Kansas City - Kangaroo Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Education . . . his hobby is his work- bench and his car fonly Fords allowed, in which he has treked over every pass in the Rockies from the lxlexican bor- der to Canada, traveling over entire United States and to Alaska . . . was college debater on team that never got licked . . . always is on the lookout lor better teaching methods . . . was director of Adult Education in the lVlissouri State Department of Educa- tion. J. VV. C. HARPER, chairman of de- partment ol economics and business . . . his first names remain a mystery . . . is a graduate of M. U .... studied and taught at U. of Illinois . . . was chairman of business administration departments of New Mexico State and Grinnell . . . he is a conservative econ- omic thinker . . . speaks carefully and cautiously . . . looked upon as a sharp- witted humorist . . . gracefully pulls a stream-lined pipe . . . much sought after as a deliverer of carefully pre- pared and thorough speeches for meet- ings and conventions . . . charter mem- ber and sponsor for Mid-West Econ- omic Association . . . studies in the summers at University ol Chicago. Joi-IN D. BLANCHARD a liberal who discusses economic theories in his classes without personally opinionating them . . . has a knack lor starting live discussions . . . lectures are spontane- ously rapid with a generous sprinkling of quips . . . dislikes dogmatism so intensely that he always includes viewpoint ol several sides in any case under discussion . . . has degrees from Cornell and the University ol Vvis- Page 29 consin . . . organized an informal economic and social lorum this year to which students steadily came of own volition, sat in roundtable style, ha- rangued over wide variety of subjects. ROLAND XV. FUNK, most recent addi- tion to U. of K. C. faculty, boasts dis- tinction of being youngest faculty member of the youngest university in the world . . . his undergraduate days at University ol ldaho, University ol Utah, and University of ,Southern California, etc. were filled with such student activities as manager of drama- tics, manager of intramurals, an editor on two yearbooks and two college newspapers, glee club officer, member of golf teams, played on college and A. A. U. basketball championship teams, affiliated with Blue Key Society and Delta Sigma Pi, honorary business fraternity . . . worked way through college by teaching golf classes in physical education department for three years . . . did graduate work at University of Utah and University of Chicago . . . is working for a Ph. D. at Chicago . . . gave instruction in business subjects at John Marshall Law School, American lnstitute of Banking, and University of Chicago . . . wrote study syllabi for account- ing courses . . . helped rewrite books on accounting for American Technical Society . . . once set golf course rec- ord of 65 in the west . . . won open championship at University of Chicago . . . offers lessons, gratis, to U. of K. C. enthusiasts. DR. FRANK E. AUGUST was director of the Federal Housing surveys in

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Qklahoma City . . . also has Worked forthe government in the agricultural department at Washington . . . his struggle for an education started from a farm in Nehraska . . . has heen a janitor, country preacher, United States marine . . . heiieves there is a great future in sociology as a humani- tarian endeavor . . . put llniversity of Kansas City on a coast-to-coast net- work when the Nlarch of Time pro- gram dramatized an exam given his criminology class in which most of the students said the picture of J. Edgar Hoover, chief G-ivlan, was that of a criminal. The President-Elect fcontinued from Page 10, Dr. Spaeth has hecome almost as well known as in the field of mental achievements. His translations of Qld English Poetry have heen generally recognized hoth in the United States and England for their comhination of scholarly and literary qualities. For fifteen years, prior to 1925, he coached Princeton,s racing crews, and from them come evidences of his humanness and driving energy. Under the guidance and progressive leadership of, his vigorous personality the University of Kansas City antici- pates intellectual attainments I of the highest type, and an era of great growth and achievement. Humanists fcontinued from Page 232 is leaving the university at the end of this year to go to Saioniki, Greece, to rejoin her Greek hushand. DR. ROBERT D. W. ADAMS, here for the first year as music teacher, is extremely polite . . . is program an- notator for the Kansas City Philhar- monic Qrchestra . . . got married last fail and his charming wife is also de- voted to music . . . can he found al- most any time after the regular school day playing the piano in the music room. e A former editor of the New Human- ist, DR. HAROLD BUSCHMAN is now an associate editor of the University Re- view . . . his philosophy courses are popular hecause his lectures are quiet, thoughtful, serious . . . is not amiss, however, to such a thing as a pun . . . was a memher of the department of the adult education program of the So- ciety for Ethical Culture in New York City . . . has studied in Germany. Page 30