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

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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

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I. M. McClymonds, A. M., School Economy and Algebra Taught eight terms in country school; student in Westminster College; graduate of Edinboro State Normal; taught one term as assistant in graded school; principal public school of Freeport four years; superintendent of Model School. Edinboro eight years. Present position, 1889. ISAAC N. MOORE, A. M., Vice Principal; Natural Sciences Native of Butler County; educated in public schools and graduated from Westminster College. 1885: principal of New Castle High School. 1885-1887: principal of Waterford Academy. 1887 1888: department of Natural Sciences, Slippery Rock State Normal School, 1889-1899: department of Physics. West minster College, 1899-1902; pres cut position. 1902. JOHN C. RICKETTS, A. M., Mathematics Present position, 1889.