Gorham State College - Hillcrest / Green and White Yearbook (Gorham, ME)

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DR. PAYSON SMITH llr. Payson Smith. C'ommissioner of liducation ot Nlassachusetts, is very glad to he counted among the loyal friends of tiorham. llr. Smith, a native of Blaine, was horn in Portland in 18713 and secured his early education in the puhlic schools of l'ortl:md, later attending Xlestlmrook Seminary and Tnlts College. llis educa- tional work was hegun as teacher of lireek at Westhrook Seminary. lle later became principal of the high school in Canton and held superintendencies in the Rinnlorcl-Mexico 'llistrict and in fluhurn. In IWW he was appointed State Superintendent of l'uhlic Schools of Blaine. lt was in this capacity that he was tirst brought into close contact with the tiorham Normal School and hecame an earliest supporter. A fter serving his native state for ten years as State Superintendent of Schools he was appointed to his present position as Qfonnnissioner of liducation for Massachusetts. llr. Smith has served as president of various state and national educational associations including: The lllaine Teachers' .-Xssociation, The .Xmerican lnstitute of lnstruction, The Massachusetts School lXlasters' fluh, and The llepartment of Suimerintendence ol the National liducation .Xssociatioir lle has heen called upon to serve also on educational commissions including the National ftllllllllSSltlIl on lilementary liducation, the Commission on the Length ol Elementary lidncation, and the Survey lloard ot the New York City Schools. llr. Smith has received honorary degrees from Tufts, llates, llowdoin, University of Blaine, and Rhode Island State College. fmyt' len

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KX mx-- ly' .-.,,.. Q .QM x i i N , I,-X . I N- N x . .X QW e I 1 vr F if 1 ' 'I 'I ' . A, L .. ' ,' mghw-U ggi? t f K' 5 'i V ' 'n if 'v'JL9'Hf4- L+., I Y X ,--2, .. , L -N Hon. WILLIAM WALLACE STETSCN William Wallace Stetson, born at Greene, Maine, 1849, passed his early life on the home farm where he attended the district school. He continued his educa- tion at Monmouth Academy, Edward Little Institute and Monmouth College, Illinois. At the age of fifteen he began teaching in the district schools of Maine. In 1868 he went to Illinois where he taught in district, normal and high schools. He returned to Maine in 1884 and in 1885 was elected to the position of superin- tendent of the Auburn Schools. He had an enviable reputation for executive ability, a broad grasp of what should be taught and great fertility in devising methods of instruction. He was noted not only for being abreast of the times on educational subjects but as an explorer in new fields. Though his school work made up a busy and useful life, upon taking up his residence in Auburn he allied himself with every effort to increase the prosperity and advancement of the city. Possessed of intense patriotism himself, he aroused that feeling in his pupils. The flag waving over the Webster School was the first flag to float over a school building in New England. His influence over the pupils was far-reaching. They felt there was someone back of the teachers who cared very much what they did, how they progressed and what sort of young citizenship they stood for. ' Mr. Stetson was a writer and a public speaker. He grasped a subject with ease and expressed his ideas with clearness. His words of inspiration to his teach- ing force will never be forgotten but will dwell with them as an uplift to do better work. In 1895 Mr. Stetson left Auburn to become State Superintendent of Schools, a wider field in which his interest and ability were far-reaching and made for the upbuilding of finer and better conditions educationally throughout the State. L-S . -:5 fr ..-U r- 1- -L -' v. - l ' If'- ' , ' Aff' f.e,, 'F e ' e ' mmf' . If L' F 1 ' ' l 'Y -.351-gf ,' . g'rw .f, . .YY f Page nine ima--A-'1'1:3'L w-'V-fs--H- ' '1-.:J

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lV '!'U!'QT ' ' ,Q.tf.4f'-1 P., .. . -v1 .v - - ,511-r ,-,W ... f, -- K-rw-tv - - ,-' r- rs zg, uv,-1-1 --vqg-'gvus-wav -:-my-Yvaqr -1 '. .,,..-13.1-iq . I zz-F I. . . . -. ,,.. 1 .. '7 -F -7-I-Ji if-R,x . X , IA if ' -ffl ff, f X tx. ,, , , GREEN JNJWHITE rgibillfitzffe T 4:34 XXX HON GLENN W STARKEY Mr Glenn W Starkey was born 1n North Dakota November 21 1884 He was graduated from Oak Grove Semmary Vassalboro 1n 1908 and from Colby College A B rn 1905 He taught 1n Massachusetts two years then returned to educatlonal work m Marne as Super1ntendent of Schools Vassalboro and Chma Unlon 1908 1911 He was called to the State Department of Education Augusta Dxrector State Schools 1n Unorgamzed Townships 1911 1915 Deputy Commxs sroner of Eclucatlon 1915 1916 Commxssroner of Educatlon 1916 1917 Deputy Commxssloner of Educatlon 1917 1921 In all these posltlons Mr Starkey s strength as an orgamzer and an educator has been fully recogmzed In reference to hrs State work It has been sa1d that He was efliclent methodlcal gracrous kmd and never too busy to g1ve attentron to anyone he could help Marne Its Hlstory Resources and Government pubhshed by Mr Starkey m 1920 IS a book valued by all students of the State 1921 to date Mr Starkey has been presldent of Starkey and Toner Inc Educatxonal Equrpment Hrs present resrdence IS Portland Ma1ne me 182.7 Qfifi. 2 X l xl .-:S , Ai' 1 1 , X 1 'ln .- Q -. W? Q-K - . I , , , ' 1 9 1 I ' 'y ' 3 I 1 ' - a 1 in 1911, where he remained for ten years, holdrng different positions, as follows: . N . . , 5 3 . 1 . A s ' 5 r ' P , n . . , . . . . . ,, . , . , . , . , . . ' n ll ' ' i! ' 3 3 I J ' , . . 7 'F ' , . . ' 1 v ' , 1 -....