Bloomsburg University - Obiter Yearbook (Bloomsburg, PA)

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' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' - ifr I i j i rr i Charles H. Albert, A.M. Educator — Lecturer — Friend I ' lnlc ' ssor Cliark ' s I I. Allurl ranir In llie rcjllugt- in tlie fall of ISS , tlie same year in which Dr. 1). j. alkr, jr.. l)CL;an liis first term as I ' riiicipal. a year that alsu hruu hl I ' rof. William Xdrilini;, I ' ruf. George E. Wilbur and Prof. II. A. Curren here as mcmhers of hv faoitll . • Before his graihiation from I ' lloonisliuri;. I ' rof. . llierl iiad taii}, ' hl three years in Snyder and Union Counties, and following his graduation he taught two years in the schools of . elinsgrove under f ' rof. John (i. Cope as Principal of School.s. Professor Albert was then Princi] al of the Catawissa schools for two years, and opened their first High .School Ijuilding luring the term of 18.S1. For four years he was Superintendent of Schools in Waynesboro, and in the fall of 1887. he came to the Bloomsburg State Normal School, as a member of the faculty, upon the invitation of Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr. lie served the school a a member of the i ' aciilt ' from 1SS7 until the time of his resignation to the Board of Trustees July 1. 1926. i ' his record has given him a continuous service in the school of ihirt -nine years, and as a student or teacher of forty-five years, lie was a member of that small grouji of men, who laid the founilation for the success of the school, and who through its earlier and later years gave the institution the exceptional reputation, which it has always enjoyed in educational circles. Geograjjliv was his specialtv and. while at the school, he built up one of the finest geographical laboratories in the State. ithout any expense to the institution. During these years Professor Albert was much in demand in Institute work. He has lectured in every county in Pennsyhania, in some many times. He has done similar work in eighteen different states, from Maine to Alabama, and west to Illinois and Nebraska. Pie has been active in the religious and civic life of Bloomsburg and always ready to work for anv worthy cause. He was President of the Bloomsburg Y. M. C. A. twelve years. A devoted member of the Lutheran Church, he was chairman ()f the Building Committee, which erected the new edifice dedicated to worship Nov. 8. 1925. Prof, . lbert was always a sincere friend of the students and ever ready to help us. 1 le was active in the w-ork of the College V. AL C. A. and Y. . C. . .. and was of the firm conviction that the finest attribute of every student and j)rospective teacher was a strong Christian character.

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Believing that The world ' s a stage on which all parts are played, the Staff has attempted to portray in this thirteenth volume oi the Obiter the re- birth of our Alma Mater, and the renewed zeal of her govern- ing program which made the Drama ot Bloomsburg 10