Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-07
MRS. NORRIS D
DRAKE UNIVERSITY
WIFE OF CENTRAL CHURCH OF
CHRIST PASTOR BECOMES
DEAN OF WOMEN.
IMPORTANT POSITION
IN DIES MONIES SCHOOL
Takes Supervision Of Thousand Women
of School, Directing Moral and Re.
Iisious Work. and Social Life-Mrs.
Morris Will Spend Part Of Time
Here-husband Refuses Position.

Mrs. Ethel MacDougall Morris. wife
Central Church of Christ. has been
elected as dean of Drake University,
Des Moines. according TO a statement
authorized by President Hill NJ Bell,
at Des Moines, Tuesday night. Mrs.
Morris has accepted, and will go 10
Des Moines about Sept. 1 to begin her
work
The position of dean of women in d
large and growing school like Drake,
is an important one, and carries with
II a nice salary Mrs. Morris succeeds
Miss Mary Carpenter, who was dean
for several years, and who resigned a
year ago upon her marriage to Mr.. W.
B. Craig. of Denver.
Duties Have Wide Scope.
Mrs. Morris duties as dean of the
college have a wide scope. and afford
her an opportunity for much good
among the many young women of the
school There We're regularly enrolled
in Drake during the past school year
at one time and another, there were
classed as students 9s9 girls and young
women.
! Mrs. Morris becomes counsellor to
the women. and will have direct super
vision over their moral and religious
work. and their conduct, both in school
and in their boarding and rooming
places. Another important branch of
y, VII 5troo
ing the social life of the women stu
dents.
Will Spend Week End Here.
While Mrs Morris will be engaged
in her new work in Des Moines dur
/ ing the school year, she will also spend
/ each weekend al home. returning to
/ this city every Friday evening. and re-
naming over Sunday. This will afford
her the opportunity to carry on her
church work here. in which she is deep
I ly interested as pastors wife. Mrs
/ Morris teaches young women's bible
class in the Sunday school, takes an
active part in both Junior and senior
I endeavor work. has charge of the Daisy
Drake Mission Circle. the missionary
society for young women, which meets
the first Friday night of each month,
and is worker in the c. w. B. NJ.
which holds its sessions on the first
Friday afternoon of each month.
Is Alumna Of Drake.
Mrs. Morris is an alumna of Drake
having graduated with the class of 'e7
Mr. Morris also finished at Drake ir
the same class. and came here directl,
after his graduation to take charge OF
the Church of Christ.
In referring to the hard time the
4 college management has had in finding
a suitable successor to Mrs. Craig, and
in recognizing thru Mrs. Morris brill
liant scholarship and her charming per-
sonality while in college. her attain
i ments for the position. the Des Moines
II Register and Leader of this morning
/ says:
Mrs. Craig was an ideal dean of
women and the authorities have recog-
nized the difficulty in finding an Of
fcer who could follow her successfully
They realize that in Mrs. Morris they
have found that person. Mrs. Morris
I came 70 the university from Canada
/ and her brilliant scholarship and un-
usually excellent equipment for the po-
sition Of great responsibility appealed
to the college authorities
Morris Refuses Position.
II IN securing Mrs. Morris as dean o.
women the college authorities made
strong overtures to Rev. Mr. Morris II
come to Drake and assume the dutie.
of alumni secretary, at salary o.
81 900 per year in advance of what hs
is receiving as pastor here. Mr. Morri;
formally refused the position in Des
Moines Tuesday. In speaking of the
offer today Mr.. Morris said that no sal
ary no matter how large could induce
him to leave Marshalltown at the pres
ent time. With the plans on foot fol
the building of the new church here Mr.
Norris feels that he has a deep mora
obligation ro-his church here, and tina
a question Of salary does not enter init
his plans for the future now.
Mrs. Morris many friends in Mar.
shalltown will be glad TO know tina
her new work will not take her ava,
from the city all the time, and that shI
will still be permitted to continue hel
church work here. While they will b.
loath to have her away most of thu
week they will join in their congratu
lations at the opportunity open to he
for a. nIea SAINT and good work