Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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As pilgrims journey to a shrine, A blessing there to gain: So' students journey to this sage And never go in vain. They learn of educators great, And deep philosophy: But feel his life a greater force In strength and purity. CHARLES O. HOYT, Ph.D., began his professional career in 1877 as principal of Blisslield High School. He held this position until 1881, when he was made superin- tendent of schools in Wyandotte, Mich. From 1886 to 1896 he held the position of superintendent of schools in the three cities, Grass Lake, Jackson, and Lansing. In 1896 he received his A.B. degree from Albion College, and during the following year was superintendent of the train- ing school at the Michigan State Normal College. From 1897 to 1899 he was associate professor of psychology and has held his present position as Professor of the Science and History of Education, for the last six years. From 1901 to 1903 Professor Hoyt studied at the University of Jena where he received his Ph.D. degree. Tis not by prayers or speeches That he his sermon gives: But the lessons that he teaches Are found in the book he lives. SAMUEL B. LAIRD, A.M., B.Pd., Professor of Psy- chology, was graduated from the Michigan State Normal College in 1874. He held the position of superintendent of schools in the following places: Wayne, 1874-75: Tawas City, 1876-855 East Tawas, 1885-905 Lansing, 1896-99. Since 1899 he has occupied his present position. He received the degree of B.Pd. from the Michigan State Normal College in 18955 in 1903, A.B. from the University of Michigan, and in the following year, A.M. from the same institution.

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No egotistic strife: But garlanded around his name, We read, A helpful life. PRES. I.. H. JONES. DANIEL PUTNAM, A.M , LL.D., Emeritus Professor of the Science and Art of Teaching, was graduated from Dar-tmouth College in 1851, and taught in the New Hamp- ton Academy the tvvo years follovving. He was Professor of Latin in Kalamazoo College from 1854 to '58, and again from 1866 to '68, holding the position of superintendent of the Kalamazoo public schools during the intervening years. He was also county superintendent of Kalamazoo county No selfish motives prompt his acts. The patient father to us all Will ever dwell in n1emory's hall: For all the good that he has done- Inspires the heart of each true sou. DANIEL PUTNAM during his last year in Kalamazoo College and had been chaplain of the Kalamazoo asylum for the insane for a number of years. In 1868 he accepted the position of Professor of Pedagogy in the Michigan State Normal Col- lege, and in 1897 received his LL.D. degree from the University of Michigan. He is the author of books on psychology and various other subjects.

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How he straightens out the pathways! Of its fears the mind he frees: Quickly calms the raging billovvs. On the students' troubled seas! DIMON H. ROBERTS, A.M., Superintendent of the Training School, was graduated from the State Normal School of Courtland, N. Y., in 1887, acting as assistant in the pedagogical department of the same during that year. From 1887-88 he was superintendent of schools in Caze- novia. N. Y., and from 1892-95 was principal of the high school of Pueblo, Colo. He then went to Winona, Minn., as superintendent ofthe training department ot the State Normal School, from which position, in 1900, he came to the one which he now holds. Mr. Roberts re ceived the degree of A.B. in 1892, and that of A'.M. in 1895, from Amherst College, and also did graduate Work in education at the University of Colorado. 'Tis not always time that binds us To our friends we hold so dear: In our hearts he found a welcome Ere had passed a single year. NATHAN A. HARVEY, Ph.D., was graduated from the Illinois State Normal University in 1884. For three years he was superintendent of schools in Pittsfield, Ill., and later went to the University of Illinois as a student. From 1890 to 1896 he was instructor in the Kansas City High School, and then accepted a position as head of the Depart- ment of Science in the Superior State Normal School, Wis., which he held four years. In 1900, he took the degrees of A.M. and Ph.D., at Illinois Wesleyan University. During the next four years he was vice-principal of the Chicago Normal School, director of extension Work and lecturer on psychology. Mr. Harvey has held his present position as Professor of Pedagogy and Institute Conductor since 1904.