William Penn University - Quaker Yearbook (Oskaloosa, IA)

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GWB? Book II Liberal Arts

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Ellyn Qntularr E112 llnitial Eletter In order to bring about more friendly relations between the Sophomore and Freshman classes, to add to the traditions of the College, to beautify the campus, and to provide a center for the expressions of College Spirit. the classes of 1922 and 1923 caused the initial letter P to be constructed on the back campus during the spring and summer of 1920. The bonfire base was constructed in the spring and the dedication, at which the President of the 1922 class transferred the constitution to the President of the 1923 class, took place on Commencement morning of the year 1920. At some appointed time near the beginning of the lirst Semester of each school year, the initial is transferred from the Sophomore to the Fresh- man Class, after which the Freshmen have complete charge in cutting the grass, painting the initial and removing all debris from the bonfire base. Each Freshman Class has the privilege to have constructed in the initial a slab of concrete, bearing its class numerals. If this tradition is followed out each year, the initial will become a solid concrete letter on the centen- nial anniversary of the founding of the college. The initial adds an element to the Penn Campus that could come in no other way. The letter idea is peculiar to colleges and furnishes their most famous insignia. The entire student body is drawn more closely together by such a tradition and it keeps in the foreground, the ideal of victory in inter-collegiate competition. The letter on the back campus stands for all that is best in Penn College. 1 5 22 T Thirty

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- Uhr Qpualxrr Q' he Aliarultg Wm. E. Berry received his degrees of B. A. and M. A. from Penn. and entered Harvard in 1902. where he pursued graduate study in Semitic lan- guages for two years. Besides his Masters degree from I-larvard, he received honorable mention for work done in Semitics. Since 1904. Professor Berry has had charge of the work in Creek and Latin, wilh the exception ol' two years spent in graduate work in Chicago U.1i- versity. Having completed his graduate work, he is now preparing to take the examination for the Doctor's Degree. ln addition to his work as teach- er and student, he has filled the position of C l' lege Registrar. and assisted in the campaign for endowment in 1917-18. Professor Berry is not only an honored professor and registrar. Ile is decidedly human, and revels in bowling, volley hall and tennis. Ile raises Bef- gian hares, which he names after Greek Gods. lilla llarrison Stokes entered college without any high school work and completed both courses in live years. ln 1899 she graduated from Ohio Wesleyan with Phi Beta Kappa honors, Dr. Stokes hrst came to Penn in 1901 as in- struclorof Philosophy and Latin. ln 1908 she left Penn to complete her graduate work at the Uni- versity of Chicago, where the degree of Ph. D. was conferred upon her in 1910. Two years later she accepted the chair of Philosophy and Education at Penn College, which position she now holds, Teaching plays a small part in the life of Dr. Stokes. Although her main interest lies in her garden and inatchless poultry, she also serves us an employment agency for lhc budding Penn peda- gogues. niaa - . I ltirty-one