Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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CHARLES ROLL, A. M. Assistant Professor of History FRANK SMITH BOGARDUS, A. B. Professor of History and Economics. Springfield, Illinois High School, 1893. .IndianaIState Normal School, 1906. 19- Illinois State NormalUniversity, 1896. Uni- d1ana. UaneTSlty, A- B., 1910- VVISCODSID versity of 111111015, A. 13., 1904. Graduate Unlversity, A. M. 1912. Fellow in American work at the University of Chicago. Indiana History, UniVGI'Sify Of Wisconsin. 1912-1913. State Normal School since 1904. Editor of Educational Issues Monthly Mag- azine. Member of joint committee of Ameri- can Historical Association, National Educa- tion Association and National Board for His- torical Service for formulation of national program of education in history and Citizen- ship. Indiana State Normal School since 1913. 1924121111an nf Qiatnrg amt! Ernnnmiw At the organization of Indiana State Normal in 1870, one course in United States History Was offered With Pres. W. A. Jones as the instructor. 1n 1873 Cyrus WA Hodgin became head of the department, being succeeded by W. W. Parsons in 1881-82 and Elwood Kemp, in 1882-83. Mr. Kemp remained until 1913-14, at Which time the department was divided, W'illiam O. Lynch, who had been an assistant professor since 1908-09, becoming head of the American History branch, and Frank S. Bogardus, Who came as Professor of European History in 1904, assuming the head of the department of European History. When the Muncie division of Indiana State Normal Was organized in 1918, William O. Lynch left to become the head of the department of History there. At that time the department here was united and Prof. Bogardus became head of the department of His- tory and Economics. Charles R011 has been assistant professor since January, 1915. The work of the department appears in four groups,-Ameriean History in fifteen courses, two of Which deal with the relation of the United States to the Orient and to Latin America; European History in ten courses including one in the Growth of Democ- racy and one in Social Reform; Economics in two courses, Which are so planned as to give the student a fair, working knowledge of the necessary theoretical conception of the sci- ence along With their application to present-day economic problems, a knowledge which is indispensable in the new industrial lines of teaching; and finally, the Teaching of History in two courses, Which deal With the methods, materials, and purposes of history work in the grades and high school.

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Professor of Observation, Methods and Prac- ERNEST L. WICLBORN, B. S. TELULAII ROBINSON tice. Practice. Mt. Vernon High School. Indiana State Westfield College, B. S., M. S. Indiana Normal School. Teachers College, Columbia State Normal, Leland Stanford University, University, B. S. Deputy State Superintend- A, B, ent of Public Instruction for five years. In- diana State Normal School since 1917. C0- lumbia 1920. Eh? iHrnfwainnal Evpartmmt George P. Brown was the first instructor in this department, assuming The title of Professor of Didactics and Psychology in 1880. In 1881 Prof. Howard Sandison became an instructor in the department and remained in it until his death, July 1, 1919. William W. Parsons became the head of the department of the History and Science of Education in 1885. Albert R. Charman became an assistant professor in Psychology and Methods in 1883. Francis M. Slatker joined the department in 1892, and in 1904 became the head of a separate department, that of History of Education, in Which position he remains until the present time. The department of Observation, Methods, and Practice was organized in 1904, Albert R. Charman, taking this branch. At his death in 1916, Edith Bader took charge of the work until Ernest L. Welborn came in 1917. Miss Telulah Robinson is acting head of the department, at present, in the absence of Mr. Welborn. Rudolph Acher became head of the department of Psychology at the death of Mr. Sandison, having been an instructor in the department since 1917. Charles H. Bean and Thomas J. Breitwieser were assistants in the Psychology department. Prof. Breitwieser left in 1918 to assume the head of the Professional department at the Muncie division. Eleven courses are offered in History of Education, including special ones in School Administration and Public School Systems. The courses in educational psychology are concerned primarily in applying the laws and principles of mental development to the work of teaching, since applied psychology is the demand of the day. Courses in Methods, Observation and Practice adhere strictly to the state laws and look toward the production of more efficient teachers for Indiana. . Acting Professor of Observation, Methods and

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OSCAR LYNN KicLso, A. M. Professor of Mathematics Indiana State Normal School, 1879. In- diana University, B. 8., 1884, A. M., 18901 University of Chicago. Experience in the county schools of Indiana, as principal of high schools at Bruceville, Anderson. and Richmond. Indiana State Normal School for twenty-five years. Author of ttAn Arith- metic for High Schools, Academies, and Nor- mal Schoolsf Joint author with Professor R. J. Aley in revising the Cook-Cropsey Arithmetics. FRANK RAWDON H111::1Ns. A. M. Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Acadia University, 1891. Electrical ene gineering student at Halifax. Cornell Uni- versity, A. M. Chicago University. Experi- ence in Acadia Villa. Academy at Horton. Nova Scotia, and in Ithaca, New York. As- sistant Examiner in Mathematics, Depart- ment of Education, Nova Scotia. Indiana. State Normal School since 1897.- mathematim Ewartmwt The department of Mathematics was organized in 1870 at the opening of the school. At first, only Arithmetic was offered, but later courses in Algebra, Plain and Solid Gear metry, Trigonometry, Analytic Geometry, and Calculus were added. When the college course was established, courses in the History and Teaching of Mathematics, Theory of Equations, and Diffenential Equations were incorporated, thus completing the present scope of the work. The first instructor in this department was Nathan Newby, followed by J. M. Wilson and Lizzie S. Byers. Prof. O. L Kelso was elected head of the department in the fall of 1894 and still remains. in that p0sition.Char1es Prilliam Walter P Morgan now presi dent of Illinois Normal School, James H. Baxter, and Frank R. Higgens have been assist- ants, the latter still remaining in the department. Prof. Baxter left to become head of the department of Mathematics at the Muncie branch in 1918.