Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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PRESIDENT DK. DANIEL L. BIEMESDERFER President To you who graduate in the Class of 1055 sincere congratulations. Yours is the unique distinction of being the last class to graduate in the first century of Millers ville’s service in the preparation of teachers for the public schools of Pennsylvania. You are Mil lersvi lie's Centennial Class. Since a hundred years of experience, thought, and experiment have gone into the current program of this college you have become heirs to the fruits of a productive past. The demands imposed by present day society upon the schools of a freedom loving people are heavy. It is fitting, therefore, that teachers of whom much will be required should be the beneficiaries of the successes and the failures of a hundred years of honest painstaking effort. It is our hope that Millersville will have done so well in fitting you for the tasks of teaching that not only will your efforts enrich the lives of those whom you teach but that at the same time a full measure of happiness and satisfaction may come to you. Sincerely yours, D. L. BIEMESDERFER 14 IS55 Centennial 1955

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CHARLES H. CORDIMER During our history Millcrsvilic has had three presidents. Charles H. Gordinier was the first man to fill the position. Although born in West Rupert, Vermont, Dr. Gordinier was educated in Pennsylvania. In 1885 he was graduated from Troy High School. He immediately began his career at teaching. Valparaiso University later included his name among its graduates and conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The cause of education found a strong adherent in Dr. Gordinier. He served as a teacher in Kentucky for a number of years. After teaching there lie became principal of the Troy High School. In 1901 he held the Choir of Latin at Shippcnsburg State Normal School. In 1906 he was elected dean and professor of Latin at Kee Mar College, Hagerstown, Maryland. Upon the death of Dr. Byerly, Millersille offered Dr. Gordinier the position as professor of classical languages. In 1918 Millersvillc was honored by having Dr. Gordinier as its principal. Later Dr. Gordinier became our first president until his retirement in 1929. PRESIDENTS of the PAST LANDIS TANCER A native of Lancaster County became the second president of the newly named Slate Teachers College at Millers-ville. Dr. Landis Tangcr was born in Strasburg. Pennsylvania. and was a member of the graduating class of Millers-illc State Normal in 19(H). He continued, in his quest for knowledge and received his Ph.B. from Franklin and Marshall College in 1905. Dr. Tangcr started teaching in the rural schools, of Pennsylvania, and his ability as a leader in education was soon recognized. From 1900 to 1929, Dr. Tangcr held the positions of principal, supervising principal and teacher of Latin, science, English and math in various high schools. In 1929 l)r. Tangcr became president of Millersvillc State Teachers College and marked his term of office with continual progress. Dr. Tangcr was an active member of the National Education Association and the Association of School Administrators. In 1912 Dr. Tanger retired after devoting forty-six years to the teaching profession.

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DEANS WILLIAM H. DUNCAN, M.Ed. Director of Admission, Acting Dean of Instruction Advisor Student Christian Association, Normal Literary Society MRS. KATHRYN B. HILL, B.S. Dean of Women CLYDE S. STINE, Ph.D. Dean of Men EUGENE K. ROBB, EdD. Director Teacher Education and Placement, and Laboratory School Chairman — Educational and Psychology Department