Berlin High School - Meteor Yearbook (Berlin, NH)

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Cfdhe cflfteteor elf!!!IIIIIIUIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllIlllllllIIIIIIIlllllllIlllllllllllIlllllllllIllIlllllllIllIlllllllllIIlllllllllllllIIIIIIIIllllllIllllllllIIUIIllllllllIlllllIllllIIIIlllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfsi George Herbert Whitcher was born at Strafford, New Hampshire, on November 23, 1860. In 1881, he graduated from the New Hampshire College of Agriculture, at that time aiiiiliated with Dartmouth College. For two years after graduation from college Mr. W.hitcher was super- intendent of a furniture specialty factory in Massachusetts. In 1883, he was elected to the superintendency of the Dartmouth 'College Farm. In 1885, he became Professor of Agriculture in New Hampshire Agricultural College. Mr. Whit'eher's clarity of vision and keen discernment were early recognized by executives in educational fields. In 1886 he was made Director of New Hampshire 's Experiment Station. The success of the organization of this institution was due entirely to the creative genius of Mr. Whitcher. The first twenty buil'le't'ins of the Experiment Station are the records of Mr. W'hitcher's own experiments. Mr. Whitcher has the distinction of being the first merrnber of the faculty of the Agricultural College to engage in active farming, thus working out his theories. His enthusiasm for the dignity of agricultuse- was the energizing force that established the College of Agriculture at Durham, New Hampshire, the nucleus of the presentState University of New Hampshire. Nor was Mr. Whitcher's participation only a mental one. With the active love of the pioneer he removed the first sod in preparation for the first college building at Durham. H-A drew the plans, prepared the specifications, bought the materials and superintended the construe tion cf' the first experimental building. At the same time, Mr. Whitcher had charge of the con- struction of the Experiment Station, Nesmith Hall, and the or-iginial dairy building. Mr. Whitcher remained .as Director of the Experiment Station and Professor of Agriculture until 1896. Mr. Whitcherfs zeal for education extends into many fields. In 1897, he was elected to member- ship on the School Board of the Durham Schools. In 1901, he was elected to the Superintendeney of the -Supervisory District of Durham, Newmarket, and Alton. He reorganized all of these schools. employed inexperienced teachers and trained them in his own methods, Always forward looking, Mr. Whitcher, in 1903, when he was president of the State Teachers' Association, introduced the first exhibition of school work ever displayed at a State Teachers' Meeting. This same year Mr. Whiitcher wrote a report for the town of Newmarket which attracted the attention not only of the school men of New England but of the 'Berlin Boa rd of Education. An appreciation of thi-s report and Mr. W1hi'tcher's many achievements led the Berlin Board of Edu-cation to persuade .this modern apostle of learning to accept the Superintendency of the Berlin Public Schools in January, 1904. When M.r. Whitcher came to Berlin he found the traditional nine-four pllan in operation. With unswcrving tenacity of purpose and conscientious labor, Superintendent Whit-chcr developed, in spite of all forms of opposition, the seven-four plan, a principle not only psychologically and bio-- logica'lly sound but a principle far fadvanced at th at time and latesr taken up by many other pro- gressive cities and finally adopted as a state Wide educational policy by the State of Texas. This superintendent, even in those early days, put into practical use in the school room a principle that modern educators aire capitalizing today, namely the individual differences of children. During his ten years of service as supesrintendent of the schools of Berlin, he placed the City of Berlin among the leading educaitional systems of the country. State educational leaders never lost sight of Mfr. W'hitcher's progressive methods in education. In 1914, he was 'appointed Deputy Commissioner of Education for the 'State of New Hampshire. Consequently, Berlin lest a recognized leader in czlucation. In 1915, he was appointed Director of Vocational Education for the State of New Hampshire. The fame of Mr. Wihitcher's genius in scientific educational methods and his new philosophy of education travelled to all parts of the United States. He was sought by many of th-e ileadingl uni- versities of the country. Mr. Whitcher served as lecturer on the faculties of the following se ools: In 1904 Lecturer at .Martha's Vineyard Summer School. 1905-1907-Lecturer at Pllymouth Summer School. 1908-1910-1Direc-tor of Parks and Playgrounds and Supervisor of Nature Study, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Playgrounds Association. 1911-1913-Lecturer of Applied Botany and Education at Dartmouth Summer School. 1915-1917-Lecturer of Educational Psychology and High School Vocational Courses at UlliV0l'- sity of Chicago Summer School. 1919- Appointed Federal Prohibition Director for the State of New Hampshire. At the present time, Mr. Whitcher is er1'gfL'gf2.l by the State of New Hampshire in ra scientific investigation of the complex problem presented un der gi New Hampshire law which pays for damage done by protected animals to farm crops. In this position, he has reduced total claims of 320,000 to less than Sl,500, thus showing that scientific method, tested 'by mathematical processes, wins over somebody 's opinion supported by crude guesses. ' Along with this work, he is also engaged by the State Department of Public Instruction for the State of New Hampshire -to visit all secondary schools of the State to investigate scholastic re- cords and to hold personal conferences with all graduates planning to enter the State Normal Schools. tgllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllIllilllllllllllllllllilllllllllilllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllIIIlllIIllllll'IllIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIUlllllllllllldlllllllllllllw 19B 31 7,7 2 .- A

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