Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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mm jammy EDWIN ERLE SPARKS, M.A.. PH.D., LL.D., President. M.A., Ohio State University. I884; PI1.D.. University of Chicago. 1900; LL.D., Lehigh University. I909. Born in Ohio in l860. Was graduated from Ohio State University in l884. where he taught for one year. Public school-leaching. l885-I890. Principal of the Preparatory Department of The Pennsylvania Stale College, l890-l895. Professor of American History at the University of Chicago, l895-1908. President of The Pennsylvania State College. 1908. A member of many historical societies and author of numerous volumes of American History. Councillor of the American Historical Association. Director of Civic Education in National Municipal League. Page Seventeen E

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I. SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS SAMUEL EDWIN WEBER. PH.B.. PH.D., Dean, Professor of Education; Director of the Sum- mer School for Teachers. Ph. 13.. Lafayette College. 190l ; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. I905. Born. I875; completed public school education in the Lock Haven Normal School. Teacher in rural graded high school. l895. Fellow in Pedagogy in the University of Pennsylvania. l903-I905. Superintendent of train- ing achool and Professor of Psychology and Edu- cation in the Cortland State Normal School. I905e I908. State High School Inspector of Louisiana and Professor of Secondary Education in the Louisiana State University Summer Sessions. 1908- l9l0. Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, Pro- fessor of Education. Director of the Summer Ses- sion for Teachers in The Pennsylvania State Col- lege. l9l0-19ll. Author of HCharity Schools Movement in Colonial Pennsylvania; A Course of Study for High Schools: con- tributor to the uLouisiana School Magazine.n Interational Journal of Ethics. Penn- sylvania German. and uProceedings of the National and Southern Educational Associa- tion. Member of National. Southern. and Pennsylvania Educational Association. LIBRA R Y Page Eighteen