Western Kentucky University - Talisman Yearbook (Bowling Green, KY)

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of .ff ,J warm, Q ' 'ft' ia' Z. I 1 X 7' f ., ff! 4 ' it I J l ffl J' ,, ff? .1 if 2 af FAC U LTY Finley C. Grise, B.S., A.M., Ph.D., Dean Clara E. Elledge, A.B., B.M., M.A., Music M. C. Ford, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Ogden Department of Science Gladys E. Sims, B.M., Voice L. Y. Lancaster, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Biology Mrs. Nell Gooch Travelstead, A.B., Public School Music Lotta Day, Ph.B., M.S., Home Economics H. L. Stephens, M.S., Ph.D., Biology Helen Hunt, B.S., M.S., Home Economics Charles L. Taylor, B.S., M.S., Agriculture Mary Lee Taylor, B.S., M.S., Home Economics William 1. Edens, B.S., M.S., Agricultural Education C. A. Loudermilk, B.S., M.A., Agriculture Margie Helm, A.B., M.A., Librarian 1. R. Whitmer, B.S., A.B., M.S., Agriculture Mary T. Leiper, A.B., Librarian Franz 1. Strahm, Director School of Music Frances Moltenberry, A.B., Librarian Agnes Hampton, A.B., Librarian Elliott Orr, Violin Instructor and Band Leader Louise Asher, A.B., Librarian Hugh F. johnson, A.B., M.A., Mathematics and Violin Martha Orendorf, A.B., Librarian G. G. Craig, B.S.S., B.S., Penmanship Fourteen

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A COMMISSION FROM THE PRESIDENT Wordsworth has fittingly said, The child is father of the man. As we recall the first C II e can see that twenty-five years of the history of the Western Kentucky Teachers o ege, w much of what has been accomplished was present in embryo in the very earliest days of the school. The first published statements of the purposes of a teacher-training institution sound as if they were written yesterday. The belief that every child should have a chance to become d t be health to be happy to be recognized for his ability was one of the basic educate , o y, , ideas of Western. From a time when this doctrine was not believed by many people we d have come to a time when it is almost universally accepte . Twenty-five years is a period sufficiently long to test the ideals of a person or of an insti- tution. Some 'of the things we have stood for were once regarded as ultra-conservative, things that are now meeting wide recognition. Still other ideas were considered radical by educators who today acclaim our wisdom. When we started, a quarter of a century ago, the state did not know what to expect of a teacher-training program, it has been our joy to meet public opinion and to help explain our plans and purposes. Though we have grown enormously in numbers and have thus extended our influence into thousands of homes and communities, we must not forget the spirit of the small but enthusi- astic group who made our later school possible. The small faculty in l906 included many choice souls whose stamp has been left permanently on every phase of our work. The student body, much smaller than at present, helped create the traditions that we have all enjoyed. People not connected with the school, many of them now of sainted memory, gave generously of their time in trying periods and aided in making a proper public respect for what Western was trying so hard to do. When the final history of the school is written, due space must be given to these pioneers among the faculty, the students, and the citizens of Kentucky who have so influenced a great multitude. Besides the actual courses of study, we have had a constant influence that must not be omitted when we think of our growth and spirit. I refer to the Hill itself. Designed as if for such a great institution, it ,offers in its very form and height a call to higher things. Some of our visitors have called College Heights our greatest course of study. The landscapes viewed from the hilltop have helped to mold many a personls appreciation for nature and art. The campus, with its flowers and trees and landscaping, has been to many students their first acquaintance with man's co-operation with nature in forming more nearly ideal conditions of life. The stately buildings, carefully located by a master, have interested hosts of students and teachers in architecture and have helped to mold public taste. But, after all, a great institution is something more than a glorious hill, something more than commanding scenery and great buildings and flowers and trees, something more than courses of study and the machinery of administration. No one has ever been able to define school spirit, but it is this indefinable thing that is the secret of the Hill. It shines out in every activity of the student body, it helped to place these buildings where they are, to plan and execute the courses of study. It is bigger than the Hill itself, it fills the hearts of all true and loyal men and women who have made the school possible, it is a part of the life of I th lassroom, it has made possible the first the thousands who have entered the chape or e c f ars of our growth' it will help the school in its next quarter of a century and twenty- ive ye , throughout its entire life to adapt itself to the changing needs of the people whom it will serve. The celebration of the Silver Anniversary of Western caused us to take stock of ourselves and to rededicate our energies to the tasks that are ours. The recognition accorded our col- lege by people from all parts of America makes us feel that our long years of work have been deeplygappreciated. The numerous programs showed how many elements have gone into the ' I h ere resent at the anniversary programs building of the school. The hundreds of peop e w o w p d I our inf'uence has gone and created in us ia desire to live up to the made us see how wi e y - , expectations of our friends. The first quarter of a century has merely started forces that hundreds of years from '-now will be operating, the period of the school's life has not yet been sufficient to carry to conepletion the ideals set long ago in the earlier days. Though an enormous amount of hard work has been done, there is yet enough left ,to do to challenge the ambition and energy of generations of students and teachers. Only the spirit of a great school can ever hope to make real these long-cherished dreams. We believe that you of the class of l932, proud of the traditions that were yours to embrace while you were here and yours to hand down unimpaired to those who shall follow you, will ' ' ' b ivin the neighborhoods you will start our second twenty-five years in the right manner y g g serve a life made beautiful and useful by your contact with the physical and spiritual glories of Western. g Thirteen y ii I I, V 'Q l i ii il i i il

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l i l FACULTY Frank M. Semans, A.B., M.A., Biology and Music g Mlidred Parkhurst, A.B., Librarian K L. T. Smith, B.S., M.A., Industrial Arts Edna Bothe, A.B., M.A., Library Science Ernest H. Canon, A.B., M.A., Registrar Virginia Bland, A.B., Librarian Nannie A. Major, A.B., B.S., M.A., Mathematics 1. R. Alexander, A.B., M.A., Mathematics Tryphena Howard, A.B., M.A., Mathematics and Extension Department H. M. Yarbrough, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Mathematics Elizabeth C. Strayhorn, A.B., M.A., Mathematics B. K. Dowell, A.B., M.A., Mathematics Fifteen Merrill E. Schell, A.B., M.A., Mathematics Sibyl Stonecipher, A.B., M.A., Latin Paul W. Overman, A.B., M.A., Mathematics Marjorie Clagett, A.B., M.A., French and German W. M. Pearce, A.B., B.S., Director of Extension Elizabeth Woods, A.B., Modern Languages Ruth Moore, A.B., M.A., French and English C. P. McNally, A.B., M.S., Ph.D., Chemistry Annabel Aslinger, A.B., M.A., French - Eldon M. Aldred, B.S., M.A., Chemistry Sarah E. jeffries, B.S., Geography George E. Wood, A.B., M.A., Geography , l l i G., x 'lil .,, will ,,. 'i ?,3,ia.. l