Peru State College - Peruvian Yearbook (Peru, NE)

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sides Hilly is ilu little town hounded by the rich agricultural re- gmus of llu- ciMinty, and the location is not favorable for traffic of any considerable importance. I bit the progress and success of the institution as the years h lied by have been phenomenal, increasing with geometrical bounds during each successive period of time. The natural charms nt the position, the freedom from the debasing influences of city life, the high ideas which have inspired both leaders and students in Peru, have more than outweighed any seeming dis- advantage. A casual glance at figures showing the number of graduates from Peru during the past ten years will show more deaily than words can tell the results of these conditions, which are now widely recognized as closely approaching the ideal: Class of moo. . Class of moi.. Cla-s of moj.. Cla» of mo.?.. Class « 1 1004.. Class of mos.. (. lass c»f U)0(). . Cla- of UJQJ.. C la-s of nx S.. Class nf hjoo. . Class of 1010.. i lar gv and 1 ppr« ipriations 50 54 54 45 »4‘ 140 17 - tin I til buildings now adorn the campus, c been made by the legislature for the erection of a new administration building, the cost of which will be about $40.000. Such smaller buildings as the observatory and greenhouse have not been included in this account. St t • 11 h 1 n

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! So potent have heen the influences of the environment at rent, the professional ideals which are constantly emanating r from the instructors, and the broadening effect of its peculiarly fitting and healthful social life, that the ‘Peru spirit’ has become a state-wide by-word. It is to be doubted if anv school in the middle west can boast of a like spirit in so marked a degree. It exists among students, faculty and alumni alike. It is betrayed in the conversation, the correspondence, the attitude upon all occasions, of the Peruvians. It has been an inestimable factor in the growth of the school: it has resulted in the organization of a “Peru Club” at the Slate Cniversity. with a membership of more than forty, and. we believe, indirectly, in raising the educa- tional standards of the entire state. The educational position of Peru is unmistakable. Three thousand alumni have gone out into educational work in the state, coming into actual contact with and proving factors in the development of at least twenty thousand voting minds every vear. The teacher is perhaps the major factor in the progress of civilization, and not only has Peru furnished an army of teach- ers. but she has set the standard by which the teachers of the state are judged, and up to which, if they survive, all must measure. iiti frrn