Illinois State Normal University - Index Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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16 TIN' lmlfhl' QQHARLES Q. lhlggu MQIEW. .- , I .Minis , Q j'HARLEs o. VAN Linw, who succeeds Mr. 1 .4 f Reeder as professor of reading in the Normal XX Q department, is a native lllinoisian. He was born February 15, 1862, in Aurora, Kane county. where his father was a physician. After attending the public schools in Aurora, Mr. Van Liew graduated from the East Aurora High School under Thomas H. Clark, in June. 1881. He spent a short time in W. B. Powell's normal class and then taught for a year in the country schools of Kane and DuPage counties. A ln the fall of 1882, Mr. Van Liew went west and spent some fourteen months in New Mexico, Colorado. Vlfyoming, and Montana, traveling and roughing it. He returned to Illinois in December, 1883, and studied medicine under his father, but went back to teaching the next fall. For four years C815 to 'QOQ Mr. Van Liew was principal of schools in Bensenville. Being so near Chicago he took up the study of vocal music under Frank it Baird, and sang for three years in St. Paul's Church and in the New Eng- land Congregational Church of the city. 'He had received instruction on the piano and violoncello previous to this time. ' During his stay at Bensenville Mr. Van Liew was mar- ried to Ida J. Traver, a teacher, in July, 1888. He went to Germany in August, 1890, and spent three years at the uni- versities of Jena and Leipzig, making a specialty of philos- ophy and pedagogy. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Jena. While in Germany he visited many of the schools. translated Reins Outlines of Pedagogicsf' and Ziehen's 'C Physiological Psychology, and spent some time in trav- eling. ln August, 18923, Dr. Van Liew returned and was called to the St. Cloud Normal School in Minnesota. After only four months' work there he came here and has labored since January. 1894, in his new position.

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The Index 1 5 As an instructor Mr. Reeder stands very high. With nearly eighteen years of actual teaching, and over fifty weeks of institute work, he is eminently fitted for this pro- fession, and is known throughout the state as an earnest teacher. Teaching is undoubtedly the work nearest his heart, and we may confidently expect him to return to it be- fore many years. As a Sunday School teacher, Mr. Reeder was always at the front, and at the time of his leaving he was president of the McLean county organization. Mr. Reeder's family is almost an ideal one. Mrs. Reeder is a sympathetic and helpful wife, and is devoted to the training and education of her children. The three little girls have been taught at home and are very bright and pleasant. Edwin Hewett, the youngest member of the family, is a remarkable boy. Mr. Reeder must feel that much of his success is due to his wife and to the inspiration of such a family. In the resignation of Mr. Reeder from our faculty, we have parted with a man who has influenced many lives for good, and who will long be remembered by those who have known him. We can only wish him the best of success in his new vocation, and hope to welcome him back to our ranks in the near future. -1-' R , 1 f i n' . - f , -- . ef fffd -Si i e i . . ff Q i f EW, ...ix t Xxx , ! , V, , g i : In ix Fgx? .l n ff' 1,1 .. l infi x 2 - f . e V X . ' ' Mf r 1 57 5, di X ' H . . - ' 1 . .. I f fe g -, .- ' N -.rf ' v jf' L 1: . -rg A Q X. by

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