Wichita State University - Parnassus Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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cmdzfde Qwzda of75'?9 ARNASSUS is proud to honor this year the three living graduates of the first grad- uating class of Fairmount College which today is the University of Wichita. They are Mrs. B. W. McGinnis of Portales, New Mexico, Mrs. George M. Chase, Lewiston, Maine, and Miss Alle Miller, Yakima, Washington. The University Alumni Association will honor the class of 1899 at its annual reunion banquet Saturday, May 28. Only three of the nine recipients of the Hrst degrees from this institution are still living. Parnassus pays tribute to those first Fairmount graduates who are deceased, including Dr. Wil- liam S. Fleming, Harry W. Huttman, Frede- rick B. Isely, George W. Iackson, Ernest W. Kramer, and Matile Roulet. 1 All three of the living Fairmounters were members of Sorosis literary society. Mrs. Chase is the wife of Prof. George M. Chase, a mem- ber of' the Hrst faculty of the school. iMrs. McGinnis is the Wife of a farmer interested in soil conservation. She is the mother of seven children. Parnassus salutes Mrs. McGinnis, Mrs. Chase, and Miss Miller, wishing them many more years of good health and prosperity. MRS. B. W. MCGINNIS Hina lorephine Hzzllj Miss ALLE MILLER Mas. GEORGE M. CHASE KEIZLI May Millerj

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ianinewefig nr itlfehfier mm the renummenhatinn nf the feurulig nf the fQT,Iye gillunieip al jfaimnmrf Lflnllege nf liberal Arie aah Seienees r rrrr F' CLASS OF 1949 igzarefyefnr nf Arie with all the num-aa, rights auth privileges appex-taining therein. Zin mihtezz gxlyerenfilye seal uf the 'QHnitre1':aitg uf 3l'HiKlIifZI,FllTh the pamper signatures are lyereunin zxffmeh. cbinen at'11Hie1ytta,3iemeem,tlyie tlyirtietiy img nf glHag,2i.Za.1gJL5. Cl1zrirmnn.Bu. b nfflrgcnts Brrrriargfll narh af Regents has emrnferreh upun the Degree nf S 0 '2 S ' E 'flrralhrni uf ilyr Ilnihrrsifg A 333 , YF ll, F' Dum of th: Lfullegr OMMENCEMENT, l94l9, marks the Golden Anniversary for graduating classes of the University and its forerunner, Fairmount College. Fifty graduating classes have novv passed through the four-year cycle of training provided here. lt is fitting that this Fiftieth Graduating Class should estab- lish a new record as the largest ever to receive degrees here. Shocker Stadium on May 30, l949, shall be known as the pic- turesque scene where 493 candidates for degrees marched under the lights to hear Chancellor Gustavson of Nebraska University and receive i2 different degrees from retiring Presi- dent W. M. Jardine.

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VT, 12 Senior oH1'cc'1'i', left to right: Hill Bonwcll, .fgt-iff-r1rn15,' Blyc Hiflxhuuf, 21'cr1x111'c1',' Ellvic McNeil p1'eride1zI,' Kenncih Hedrick, zficc prr.rz'r1'cnI,' Gloria Dcll'lAI!.x'0ll, xf'w'cfz1ry. SENIOR UFFIEERS U SIEST of all class officers are those of the senior class. Elected early in the fall, their task is the handling of all student detail' l ' s re EIIIVC to Commencement. Ordering announcements, the class gift se ' ' , nior sneak day, cap and gown measurements-all of these make up the duties of the senior class officers. Like all class officers, they do a great deal of Work but gather very little credit. Senior officials in 1949 included Elbie McNeil, president, Phi Upsilon Sigma, Kenny Hedrick, vice president, Men of Webster, Gloria Davidson, secretary, Pi Kappa Psig Blye Hinshaw, treasurer, Alpha Tau Sigmag and Bill Bonwell, sergeant-at-arms, Men of Webster. ,