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NATIONAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Office of &tu&ettt &etvittB 2840 Sheridan Road Evanston, Illinois 60201 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive.org/details/nkecyearbook1019nati — The Founders They stirred the embers of the centuries' smouldering thought Into a shimmering flame that swept their paths. Clean of tangled dreams and doubts One far-flung hope remained. Like seekers of the Grail they kept the way, Through mist and cloud and forest black with under-brush. Those stretching trails that clog each human quest. No star-strewn night, no gray chill dawn, No moment found their purpose lost. They marched, gay, glad and strongly pressed, To free the children from smothering bondage of age-old ideas. —Marion Foster Lanphier. ELIZABETH HARRISON PRESIDENT EMERITUS — The President Often have I watched her pass Within the low-roofed rooms of this old hall, And wondered how such frailty could hold such strength. For, somehow as her gentle, earnest eyes Look widely and alone upon your thought, A swift and subtle challenge holds you taut, The glint of steel, firm hands, and courage Smile at you. So comes the safe, straight promise of the Dawn; Its cool pastels securely gray and dim, Its gentle winds a whisper of the morning's sun. —Marion Foster Lanphier. EDNA DEAN BAKER PRESIDENT Foreword O give to the future the things of the past, the Students of 1925 publish this volume of the Annual. , . !|::^!! JIv jii-llli Ill^Ii'.JIii.lllhlll —— —— Contents Pictorial Section . 14 Administration Administrative Officers 20 Faculty 22 Convocations 26 Assembly Speakers 28 Scholarships 30 Alumnae 32 Classes Senior 37 Junior 47 Freshman 71 Organizations Student Council 78 Choir 80 Town Girls' Association 81 Student Government 82 Dormitories 8 3 Chaff 91 Annual Staff 92 Activities Athletics 96 Social 98 Dramatics 100 Skeezix Hour 105 Literary 1 06 Fun HI Advertisements 120 Acknowledgments those who skim through the pages of this Annual it may seem TOthat the building of a year book is merely a matter of getting a few pictures and some drawings, a word or two to fit under them, and taking in the money. Perhaps it is sometimes as simple as this, though we are inclined to doubt it. At any rate, we are very sure it is far from simple when those who compile it go into the work with absolutely no knowledge of the printing, engraving or business end of book-building. The achievement—and it is an achievement—was made possible only through the co-operation and untiring work of every member of the staff, and of the faculty advisors, and as editor, I wish to thank the staff and the advisors, for without the support of both nothing could have been accomplished. Many students not on the staff have given liberally of time and thought and effort. For contributions to the literary section we are indebted to Rachel Harlem, Nora Larson and Lois McCandless, and for jingles, rhymes and write-ups, to Miss Hooper, Miss Florence Stookey, Elizabeth Daniels, Vivian Larson, Doris Leaman, Dorothy Mangelsdorf, Lois Mooney, Marion Noetzel, Valesta Vnuk, Elizabeth Gowan, Florence Bourne, Beatrice Lyddon, Mary Rose Heilman, Virginia Old, Lois Hammers, Margaret Halteman, Eva Hanousek, Sue Siegel, Dorothy Cooper, Florence Hediger, Edith Johnson, Louise Castle Freeman. The art work represents the combined efforts of many girls—Bertha Farrington, Helen Fisher, Martha Lauenstein, Alice Guttnecht, Mary Tibbets and Winifred Wilson. Their drawings and sketches have done much to make a unified and attractive book. Dorothy Pearse, chairman of the Photograph Committee, has been of assistance in securing the student photographs, and to Ann Myers is due much of the credit for collecting the snap shots. The equally arduous, and perhaps less appreciated, task of collect- ing fees and securing advertisements has been shared by Helen Koehler, Selma Eckhaus and Mona Rangecroft, while Helen Dapogny has rend- ered the invaluable service of typing the material and putting it in shape for the printer. Individually we thank them. Their whole-hearted assistance has made this volume possible, and individually and collectively we hope the reader will enjoy the result. RUTH HARDY, Editor in Chief. The Staff Editor Ruth Hardy Assistant Editor Lois McCandless Business Manager Dorothy McKenzie Assistant Business Manager Margaret Hollister Art Editor Esther Hagstrom Literary Editor Eleanor Walters Joke Editor Mary O'Brien Joke Editor Pauline Harris Organization Editor Emmy Lou Geppinger Literary Critic Miss Clara Belle Baker Art Critic Miss May Whitcomb Business Advisor Miss Mabel Kearns yam ^oo^. Published by THE STUDENTS OF THE NATIONAL KINDERGARTEN AND ELEMENTARY COLLEGE 19 2 5 Volume X The Chapel Trinity Church The Assembly Hall The Library Administration Board of Trustees Rev. William O. Waters President Dr. Elmer E. Jones Vice-President William Sutherland Secretary Fred A. Cuscaden Treasurer Merritt Starr Counsel Mrs. Henry Phipps Alexander Friend Mrs. Philip D. Armour Edna Dean Baker Mrs. Mary Juliette Cooper Administrative Department Elizabeth Harrison President Emeritus Edna Dean Baker President Mrs. Louise L. Kimball Social Director Mabel Kearns Secretary M. Frances McElroy .'. Registrar May Whitcomb Journalist Ruth Peterson Librarian 20 k Administrative Officers MRS. LOUISE KIMBALL MISS M. FRANCES McELROY Social Director Registrar MISS MABEL KEARNS Secretary MISS MAY WHITCOMB MISS RUTH PETERSON Publicity Secretary Librarian 21 Faculty MISS AGNES ADAMS MISS CLARA BELLE BAKER Supervision and Conference Director Demonstration School, Elementary Curriculum and Methods MR. FRANCIS MARION ARNOLD DR. ELLIOTT R. DOWNING Interpretation of Music, Natural Science, Eugenics, Interpretation of Art Child Hygiene MISS MARGARET FARRAR MISS LAURA HOOPER Games, Festivals, Manual Plays Educational Measurements, Elementary Methods MISS GRACE HEMINGWAY MISS HARRIET HOWARD Children's Literature Supervision, Methods of Supervision and Conferences 22 MISS MARTHA HUTCHESON MISS LUELLA T. KIEKHOFER Nutrition Spanish MISS FRANCES KERN MRS. CAROLINE KOHLSAAT Curriculum and Methods, Elements of Music, Supervision and Conferences Children's Songs MISS MARION LANPHIER MISS LOUISE C. SCHAFFNER English Composition, Essentials Applied Art, Elements of of Speech Handwork MISS FLORENCE LINNELL MISS WILLMINA TOWNES Supervision and Conferences Assistant in Rhythms and Manual Plays Director of Demonstration Kindergarten 23 DR. JOHN A. CLEMENT DR. LOUIS W. WEBB Principles of Education, Psychology History of Education MISS ETTA MOUNT DR. GEORGE L. SCHERGER Folk Dancing, Games, Athletics History, Literature MISS LOUISE ST. JOHN WESTERVELT DR. KATHLEEN R. HARRINGTON Che Examining Physician, Personal Hygiene DR. THOMAS D. ELIOT MISS ANNE GOODWIN WILLIAMS Sociology Sociology, Child Psychology, Frobelian Literature MRS. MAURICE H. LIEBER Citizenship 24 House Mothers MRS. STELLA KAHL MRS. KENTON H. CLARK Chairman of House Mothers Avilla House Peabody House MRS. CORNELIA C. BURLESON MISS HELEN ECKER Thomas House Elizabeth House MRS. KATHERINE ELMORE MISS BETTY MOSELEY North House East Dormitory MISS JEANETTE HART MISS ELIZABETH MIDDLETON Marienthal Hostess South House 25 History of the College — ONCE upon a time -before you or I can remember—there was no N. K. E. C. There were other colleges and universities, there were young ladies' seminaries and normal schools, there were high schools, grammar schools and a few kindergartens, but there was no N. K. E. C. to train teachers, and worse still, there was no school at all to train mothers. The College—your College and my College—lay deep in the heart of a young kindergartner, Elizabeth Harrison, and the realization of the appalling lack of preparation on the part of most mothers for the task of rearing and training little children, brought it to life. Miss Harrison formed classes of small groups of mothers, and tried to help them. One of these mothers, Mrs. John N. Crouse, caught the vision, and her boundless determination, her influence and energy, added to Miss Harrison's, made possible the establishment of the Col- lege in 1 886 under the name of the Chicago Kindergarten College. Lectures and classes were held in a few rooms in the old Art Insti- tute Building, but by 1893 the College had outgrown these quarters and moved to larger ones at 1 0 E. Van Buren Street. We have all too few records of the early, growing days—glimpses of earnest classes of mothers and later of young teachers, of the beginnings of the Literary Schools under Dr. Denton J. Snider, and the organization of the first convocation of mothers. The red carnation was selected as the College flower—have you ever heard why it was chosen? During the early struggle money was scarce. Miss Harrison wrote and lectured and taught and all the money was put back into the school, and so it happened that,