Slippery Rock University - Saxigena Yearbook (Slippery Rock, PA)

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DR. ALBERT E. MALTBY. Prtnclf !

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Albert El Horn )ctobcr 'it, 1850, in Pulaski, N. Y. His ancestry on tlic maternal i«le was Scotch-Irish, while his paternal ancestry was of Knglish descent. He received his early education at Fayetteville Academy, and on a competitive examination won a scholarship in Cornell University, where he graduated in 1870. Ilis life work as an educator was begun in the Ury School of Philadelphia. In 1878 lie was appointed engineer on the survey of the Itoundary line between (iiiatemala and Mexico. In 1880 he was elected to the chair of mathematics and astronomy in St. Lawrence University, New York. lie also held positions in the schools of Beaver Dam, Wis.; St. Paul, Minn., and Toledo, ()hio. His connection with the normal school work of Pennsylvania began in 1881 with his election as Professor of the Natural Sciences in the State Normal School of Indiana. Pa. He held this |»osition until 1889, when he resigned it to ias Maltby accept the principalship of the training department of the State Normal School of Millcrsvillc, Pa. In 1890 he became principal of the State Normal School of Slippery Rock. I’a., and is still tilling this position. As a pupil of Agassiz and tloldwin Smith lie enjoyed unusual advantages in science and history. Possessed of a natural inclination toward scientific research, he imbibed the principles of the teaching of Agassiz and has become a scientist in the truest sense of the word. Investigation of the phenomena of nature by direct ami careful observation forms the test of the accuracy of scientific statements and natural laws. He has written much on the practical in school meth-od . Map Modeling in Geography.” Froebel’s Square.” Old dory,” together with suggestive lessons in Nature Study and Outlines in Botany. Physics. Physiology, and I listory of i-'ducation aic some ot his published works.