Yankton College - Okihe Yearbook (Yankton, SD)

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1 WARD HALL ' Wganktnn Glnllege anktnn Qlnllege, as Br. mari! has sn well saiil, has sinre its tnnnhatinn enileaunreil tn set hetnre penple the real ualne nt an ehnratinn nnt 'as expresseh in hnllars anh rents hut as expresseh in the enrirheh anh hrnaheneh lines nt its grahnates. flpnnting hirn hirert- lg: what ran he nnhler than tn tnnnh an .institutinn that hg the simple tnrre nt its hailg lite shall gn nut amnng the gnnng ani! rall earh tn a higher lite than he rnnlh haue fnnnh' withnnt it? lit a rnllege hill nuthing else in this western lanh than, bg its sharp rnntrast with eager haste fur wealth ani! pnwer, shnw hg its qniet, patient, lung rnntinneh tnllnw- ing nt smnething that hih nut inunehiatelg pag, that lite hah annther anh pnssililg a wiser interpretatinn, this result alnne wnnlh instifg all that is ilnne tn huilh it np.

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Since there was at that time a vacancy in the department of French, Miss Kingsbury, who as a student had done excellent work in that field, was immediately engaged by the trustees as instructor in French, and has ever since been a member of the faculty. Herein is involved another distinction, namely, that she has been identified with the College, as student and teacher, for a longer period than any other person. But it is not merely length of connection and service that makes Professor Kings- bury's record noteworthy and honorable, the quality, too, of the work she has done and the service she has rendered has been highly creditable to her. She held the instructor- ship in French from 1890 until 1899, when she was appointed Professor of French. Two years later her professorship was changed to that of French and German, and such it has remained to the present time. In 1896 the lWaster's degree was conferred upon her by the College. On three different occasions she has sought to increase the efficiency of her work as a modern language teacher by means of travel and study abroad. The college year 1894-5 and a part of the following year she spent in study at Paris, the year 1900-01 in France and Germany, and finally the year 1907-08 was devoted to study partly in the Sorbonne, Paris, and partly in the University of Leipsic, Germany. It is needless to say that these repeated experiences of life and travel and study in the countries whose languages she teaches have added immensely to the effect- iveness of her instruction. ln addition to her deep interest in her work and her thorough preparation for it, Professor Kingsbury's personal characteristics have contributed largely to her success. Her gentle dignity, her quiet firmness, her enthusiastic concern in everything pertain- ing to the life and welfare of the institution as a Whole and of the students in par- ticular have been constantly in evidence throughout the years of her service, as was abundantly testified at the reception held last Commencement in honor of her com- pletion of twenty-five years of Work for the College. Long will the influence of that work abide in lives made more intelligent, more cultured, more kindly, more useful, more happy. VV. J. MC1XfIURTRY.

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CON SERVATORY he Glunseruatnrg nt Musir aims nut nnlg tn euahle I stuhents tn hernme gnnh pertnrmers, hat alsn tn train aah ehurate them that theg mag haue the rnnsrinusness nt thnrn wnrk anil a true uniler- stanhing ani! appreriatinn nt musir as an art. Stuhents nut nnlg rereiue instrurtinn trnm artists nt high rank aah rnme in hailg rnntart with thnse interesteil in the same pursuits, hut alsn Iiue in a musiral atmnsphere aah trnmr time tn time hear the hest musir that time has giuen usfas renhereh hg the great 'mnsirians nt the Dag. iifhus it is hnpeh that the true Inue aah appreriatinn nf musir mag, hernme a part nut nnlg nt earh stuhent hut nt the rum'- munitg aah the state as a whnle. Gfhe Glunseruatnrgiaims tn ehurate, nut nnlg prartirallg hut alsn in a rultural aah artistir mag. 9 t