Peru State College - Peruvian Yearbook (Peru, NE)

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AS OTHERS SEE HIM Mr. ( rahtree is ;i plain, c«minion man amon coin- in' m people . N el his Keen glance, his deeply wrinkled, angular visage, and 11 i clear-cut speech, mark him as an uncommon man. However, his appearance, plain, v el commanding, does not impress one so much as his wonderful capacity for work, lie is a doer: alway planning and doinii ihe hest for the ( dd Nor- mal School, lie is Known personally to educators, teachers and pupils a a genuine friend, safe coun- sellor. and inspiring leader. Mis tact, sympathy, in- sight. readiness to sacrifice himsell for others, with heroic courage to stand for the rijjltt. make him imi- versalh heloved as ;i man. and easily the most trusted constructive educational leader in Nebraska.

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J. w. Crabtree. THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND HONORS OF Ol'K PRESI DENT DEGREES. IE Ed.. Peru State Normal. R. A.. Nebraska State University. A. M.. Nebraska State University. IE Sc., Bloomington Scientific Institute. EXPERIENCE. Cass County Country Schools. Principal Ashland High School—one year. Superintendent Ashland Schools— i. years. Principal Beatrice Schools—one year. State High School Inspector—seven years. President Peru State Normal. ORGANIZATIONS AND MOVEMENTS ORGANIZED OR ENCOURAGED State Superintendents and Principals’ Association. Nebraska Association of Teachers of History. State High School Debating League. State High School Oratorical Association. State High School Athletic Association. Nebraska School Masters' Club. A mi- C i ga ret t e League. ORIGINATOR OE IDEAS. Bachelor of Education Degree in Normal Schools. Co-ordination of Domestic Science and Self-Boarding. National Appropriation for Teaching Agriculture in State Normal Schools. PUBLICATIONS. Various National Educational Association Articles. My First School. Business Men’s Criticisms of Public Schools. Crabtree Speller. Roll of Honor Speller and Tablet. School Management in preparation). PROFESSIONAL HONORS. President Southeastern Nebraska Teachers’ Association. Secretary of Nebraska Teachers of History Association, president oi Slate Teachers Association. President of School Masters’ Club. Treasurer « i National Lducational Association. President State Superintendents' and Principals’ Association Secretary Association of Normal School Presidents Member of National Educational Council. r„

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I lie policy of our school is noi necessarily the police of the prin- cipal- It is not the policy of any present faculty or student body. Tin- policy of each of these should harmonize with the school policy, but the policy of the institution is a larger thing. It re,'idles bach and looks forward. It is made tip of history, the present, and the school ideals for the future. I he I’em policy had its origin in the minds and hearts of those Christian men and women who established the school and those who composed its early faculty. Xot only those, but it also had its origin in the ambitions and aspirations of the worthy young men and women from prairie and frontier homes who composed the student body. Those sod-house homes themselves and the letters from fathers and mothers contributed their part. The Sunday school of that day. the Tuesday evening prayer meeting, the work of the literary society, the tnotals and manners taught in the classes—all these contributed. The faculty and students and the board of education looked forward to a much better and a much greater school. That was an important factor in shaping the policy of this school. Something has been contributed by every faculty and by every student body since that time. When the policy of a principal or a faculty or a student body is not in accord with the general trend of development there is a loss of effort. The principal who pushes some fad as a policy hinders the general progress: but no one person, no one faculty, no one student body, can permanently check the current which we call our school policy. How important, then, that we all have the spirit of loyalty and co-operation. Mow important to think not onl of having a line school sentiment and a good school spirit, and high standards of scholarship and of conduct today, but to look ahead to the larger anil better I’eru five or ten or twenty years hence and to the larger things which will he accomplished by this school in the next generation. J. W. i K AP.TkKr.. Tirrli i