Wichita State University - Parnassus Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Elaine! jlze .gzenefi . . . Lester Rosen, left, was the Editor of the 1949 Parnassus, president of the 1949 Student Forum Board and a 1949 Senior Honor Man. He is now Director of the University News Bureau. His Girl Friday is Dorothy Harmon, the News Bureau secretary. Another first year man in the University News Bureau is Bob Glazier, Sports Publicity Director. He handles publicity for all University athletics and teaches a class in sports public relations. His News Bureau assistant is Pat Quinn, shown at left. A PAGE 13

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Minimal glee ,gzeneri . . . Above are two scenes taken in the Registrar's Office in the Adminis- tration Building. The Registrar's Office is the headquarters for Dr. Worth A. Fletcher, Registrar, and Mrs. Laura Cross, Assistant Regis- trar. At one time or another during a school year, most students go there for advice or help in problems of curriculum. PAGE 12 Above and left are Beulah Mullen, Alumni Secretary, and Nancy Baugh, her assistant. Miss Mullen handles all business of the Alumni Association and writes Alumni news for the Sunflower and downtown newspapers. At right is another scene from the Registrar's Office.

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PAGE 14 jlrere ad GL eginning... By John Mileham When ten students filed across the stage before the school president in 1899 at Fairmount College, they constituted the first of many graduating classes. This year, a half century later, 496 men and women donned cap and gown to receive diplomas from the same school, now known as the University of Wichita. Strangely enough, the University of Wichita wasn't founded as a co-educational university, but as a preparatory school for young ladies in the Wichita area. It was to be called the Wichita Ladies' College. ln i886 the Rev. J. H. Parker, minister of the Plymouth Congregational Church in Wichita, proposed plans for founding a college for young ladies. The school was to be located east of the city and would consist of one large building for offices and classrooms and several smaller cottages which would serve as living quarters for the students. . The main building was to have a large observation tower with a powerful telescope that would provide an interesting view of the surrounding countryside. The telescope was to be the most powerful in the Southwest, and the observation tower would be open to the public one day a week but otherwise would be used for study by the students. With plans completed, the building was started, and construction proceeded rapidly until, due to the lack of money, the proiect had to be abandoned when half completed. For five years the half-completed building stood untouched. Finally additional 'funds were secured and the building was finished. At this point it was decided by the school officials that a co-educational school would be of more value to the community. With this change, and because of the school's location atop a hill overlooking the countryside, the name Fairmount Col- lege was suggested and adopted. On September l5, 1892, Fairmount College was officially opened.