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X a R. MATTHEWS this year completes a quarter century’s time as President of the Tempe Normal School; twenty-five years of loyal service and great accomplishments,—marching years of progress in the field of education, years of increasing distinction and honor for our school throughout the West, under the guidance of our leader. The school owes a debt of grati- trnle to its President which il can only try to pay. Under his far-seeing leadership campus, buildings, curriculum and faculty have been con- stantly improved and increased until today the school stands as an institution of power and note in the state. Dr. Matthews lias served long and loyally,—the only way he would serve, and coupled with the Normal his name has come to mean a great deal to educators and men of public interest in Arizona. He has always stood for the best and highest standards in education and indeed in all public welfare. As a member of the State Board of Edu- cation and an officer of the National Educational Association, as well as other national organizations, he has helped to achieve the standards for which lie has fought and to direct the progress of education in its upward climb. No student at Tcmpe ever leaves without carrying with him a feeling of a close personal relationship existing between himself and 'Pfexv” Matthews, as he is lovingly called by the student body. For our President is a friend to every one who comes to Normal. As a fitting climax to twenty-five years of worthy service, this is the last year Dr. Matthews will serve as President of the Tempe Normal School.- from now on lie is President of Tempe State Teach- ers College, for through the combined efforts of many people, and foremost among them Dr. Matthews himself, the school this year changed to a four-year college. We see stretching before us in the future more years of fruitful endeavor for Tempe, with our trusted and loved President at its head, leading the way forward to continued success and more honor for the school.
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HISTORY 05 ABLISHHD in 1887 under the title of the Arizona Terri- rial Normal School, this institution began its eventful reer as a carrier of the lamp of knowledge. There were irty-three students that first year, an encouraging beginning. In 1890 the school consisted of one four-room building 1 a twenty-acre tract of land; the following year it boasted a library of over five hundred volumes and each succeeding year hrough t a 1 va ncemcn t. In 189b two societies were formed, a new building erected, and Captain Irish became part of the school, while in 1900 the old Normal building was changed into the Training School, and the following year saw the organization of more literary societies and the advent of Dr. Matthews as President. The next two years were growing ones.—the Normal built two new dormitories. In 1907 the Science building was constructed and in 1909 the new gymnasium and auditorium were built. By 1912 the Training School and the Normal School were each definite factors in the institution, with the Normal offering a two-year teacher training course to high school graduates, a five-year course to grammar school graduates, and a four-year academic course. In the next ten years the school must have experienced growing pains.—at any rate North and South Halls were built, the Industrial Arts building and the hospital completed. Matthews Hall built, an enlarged curriculum established and an increased faculty employed. In 1923 the school presented the Pageant, The Fair of Tempe, which will long stand as a memorial of achievement in the historv of the Normal. Nineteen twenty-three and twenty-four were busy, eventful years, with T. X. S. gaining immensely in student lxxiy and prestige and fame through the state. Eventful, too. was 1925. It marked the twenty-fifth year of Dr. Matthews’ career as President and as an index to his accomplishments in that capacity a brief glance hack at the march of progress from 1900 to the present time will indicate what was done. But as though to outdo itself, this year was destined to lx. its last as the Tempe Normal School, for through the efforts of Dr. Matthews, the Faculty, the Alumni Association and all others vitally interested in the school, a hill was passed by the Legislature making it a four-year Teachers’ College.
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