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

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 Dr. ALBERT El.IAS MALT BY

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Representing the Stockholders (Term of Office Expires in 1910) Dr. A. M. Patterson..........................Slippery Rock T. F. Patton.................................Slippery Rock A. V. Christy...............................Slippery Rock Dr. Benjamin Pearson.........................Slippery Rock (Term of Office Expires in 1911) J. E. Bard...................................Slippery Rock 11. M. Gill..................................Slippery Rock (Term of Office Expires in 1912) Andrew L. Cooper.............................Slippery Rock John A. Aiken................................Slippery Rock W.J. Morrison................................Slippery Rock Representing the State (Term of Office Expires in 1910) John M. (ircer...............................Butler Charles II. Kline............................Pittsburg David L. W ilson.............................Slippery Rock (Term of Office Expires in 1911) IMcOuistion .................................Butler Dr. l Rayle..............................Beaver Falls James X. Moore...............................Butler ( Term of Office Expires in 1912) James L. Adams...............................Coraopolis James M. Galbreath...........................Butler C. O. Christley..............................Slippery Rock OFFICERS OF THE BOARD J. E. Bard................................... President Andrew L. Cooper.............................Vice President William J. Morrison.......................... Secretary Herbert R. Smith................................. Treasurer

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ALBERT ELIAS MALTBY, A. M., C. E., Ph. D., Psychology, Pedagogics, and History of Education, Principal. Born October 27. 1850, in Pulaski. X. Y. Ilis ancestry on the maternal side was Scotch-Irish, while his paternal ancestry was of English descent. He received his early educa tion at Fayetteville Academy, and on a competitive examination won a scholarship in Cornell I'nivcrsity, where he graduated in 1876. His life work as an educator was begun in the Cry School, of Philadelphia. In 1878 he was appointed engineer on the survey of the boundary line between Guatemala and Mexico. In 1880 he was elected to the chair of Mathematics and Astronomy in St. Laurence Cnivcrsity, Xew York. He also held positions in the schools of Leaver Dam. is.. St. Paul. Minn., and Toledo. Ohio. His connection with the normal school work of Pennsylvania began in 1884 with his election as professor of the Natural Sciences in the State Normal School of Indiana. Pa. lie held this position until 1889. when he resigned it to accept the principalship of the training department of the State Normal School of Millersville. Pa. In 1890 he became principal of the State Normal School of Slippery Rock. Pa., and is still filling this position. As a pupil of Agassiz and Goldwin Smith he enjoyed unusual advantages in Science and History. Possessed of a natural inclination toward scientific research, lie imbibed the principles of the teaching of Agassiz and has become a scientist in the truest sense of the word. He has written much on the practical in school methods. “Map Modeling in Geography “FroebePs Square.” Old Glory,” together with suggestive lessons in Nature Study and “Outlines’ in Botany, Physics. Physiology, and History of Educations arc some of his published works. 1:1