Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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4 TOUCHSTONE H. Justin Roddy A Dr. H. Justin’ Roddy is a native of Landisburg. Perry County. Pennsylvania. His ancestors on the paternal side are Scotch-Irish and on the maternal side. German. Nature endowed him with the l est qualities of each people, and to-day lie is a man of whom Millcrsvillc Normal School, as his Alma Mater, and we. as his pupils, may feel justly proud. He attended Landisburg Academy, at which school his father was a teacher for many years. In 1881 he graduated from the Millersville Normal School, after which he taught in the public schools of Pennsylvania. Ret ween the time of his graduation and 1896. in which year he completed the Scientific Course, he earned the degrees of 11. I’d. and M. Pd. from his Alma Mater. Later, the degree of Ph. I), was conferred u]x n him by Kansas City University. Prom boyhood lie has been a lover and a student of nature. The promise of his lx yhood has been fulfilled, and he is to-dav an authority on many phases of Nature and Science, as is shown in the papers which he has contributed to the Scientific Society on ( frnithology. Geology.“ Physical Geography, etc. Dr. Roddy well deserves to be a member of the American Association for the advancement of Science, for he is ever ready to aid another in his researches. I)r. W alcott. Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the greatest authority in the world on the lower Cambrian Formations. says of him. in his work on Trilobites, I am greatly indebted to Dr. 11. Justin Roddy, of the State Normal School at Millersville. Pennsylvania. for his permission to study his collection made in Lancaster County, for the loan of specimens, and for conducting me over the areas from which his collection of Lower Cambrian fossils was collected.

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TOUCHSTONE 5 He lias been for many years Secretary of the Lituuean Society, of Lancaster. and, as such, has made his influence felt in geological research in this section of the State. The Millcrsville Normal museum contains one of the finest collections of birds and minerals in Eastern Pennsylvania, due to l)r. Roddy's tireless research and contributions. He i a member of the American Ornithologists Union and has contributed to the work on Birds of Pennsylvania. At tlie request of the University Publishing Company, of New York, in 1899, Dr. Roddy revised Maury’s entire series of Geographies. I11 1902, Roddy's Elementary Geography and Roddy's Complete Geography'' were published by the American Book C ompany. They are authentic and concise, showing Dr. Roddy's keen, definite methods of study, and his skill in arranging material systematically. These works are used extensively in our public schools. Dr. Roddy became a member of the Faculty at his Alma Mater in 1889 and has been a teacher at the school ever since. At present he is Preceptor. in which capacity he exercises a good influence over the lioys. He has a vigorous constitution, built up by his long tramps through the country. We. the Class of 1911. will always remerber Dr. Roddy as a man who was an inspiration and a model to us during our school days at the Millcrsville Normal. He appreciated conscientious effort and made us feel that it more than pays to do our duty. We shall remember him and his influence as the teacher who helped 11s to get the most out of school life that was worth while.