FACULTY Having found that her husband and her four daughters -her "Little Women" - did not take all of her time, MRS. RUTH TAYLOR has taught private piano lessons for the past fifteen years. Her charming personality and genuine interest in others has made her a favorite in any group of which she is a member. Aside from her teaching, she gives valuable leadership in such religious circles as: Sunday School teacher, First Vice-President of the Western Oklahoma District W.F.M .S., and President of local Business and Professional Women's Chapter of the W.F.M.S. She is assistant organist of the College Church and for five years has been organist for the Merritt Funeral Home.
Acting Dean of Liberal Arts this year has been PROFESSOR C. HAROLD RIPPER. His wife claims that he is slow-never in a hurry; he has not been slow, however, in gaining prominent recognition on the campus in the tour years of his professorship. At present he holds membership in the Pi Gamma Mu, Honor Society in Social Science, and in the Oklahoma Academy of Science. His main field of teaching is psychology, but he also instructs the Christian Doctrine classes. He has an aversion to onions, but he will eat them when he can not gracefully refuse. The Student Council has found in him a very enthusiastic and inspiring sponsor. Whether at a chess board, in the City Council, on the street corner, or in the classroom, Prof. Ripper is a favorite.
To know MISS ALICE LEWIS is to love her. She began her vocal career in 1915 by taking private voice lessons in Chicago. From 1916 to 1942, she was a member of the nationally known Aeolian and Edward's quartets. Following a tragic automobile accident in the latter year, which caused the disbanding of the . quartet, Miss Lewis became Director of Music at First Church in Hutchinson, Kansas. Since coming to B.P.C. in October, 1944, she has directed various vocal groups and taught private voice lessons. She is also very active in the local church work, directing the Junior Church, teaching a Freshman Sunday School Class, and singing in church services and revivals. In each detail of her busy, useful life she is truly Christlike.
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