Peru State College - Peruvian Yearbook (Peru, NE)

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£b in. ifcUfrs re-iilcm I lay,- «a- l ..rn larm near Salem. I„wa. in iSyj. His carle vih.ea n.’nal ira.miiK was receive,I in the rural school- „f Xvbraska. an,I hi- high school c,u.rsc was pursue,I ,n the school at Xcw Market iron, which he gra.luatcl at the age ol sixteen. hot- some years thereafter work on the farm alternate,1 with attendance at the l.mcoh, Normal University an,I with teaching in country schools, the fu st term being in ;i sod school house. Ili- scholastic training includes two years at the Lincoln Xormal. three years at Xehraska Wesleyan University, and a year of graduate work at the University' of XV hraska. lie holds a bachelors degree from Wesleyan University and is this year a candidate for the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Xehraska In pursuit of his profession of teaching. President Haves has given sixteen years m the public schools of Xehraska and one year as principal of the State Xomtal School at Peru. Besides six years of teaching country schools, two vears were spent as prin- cipal at Palisade, four years as principal of the Alliance high school and four year- ;l- superintendent u the Alliance city schools. 1-or several summers he was principal of ll.e Alliance Junior Xomtal and he has also done considerable work a- an instituie instructor in this stale. In every schoo where President Hayes has served lie was accorded an unsolicited a,,,l u,,ia,:,mot,1 rcc,cct ,n at an advanced salary, and similar imanimitv and advance M,arkc|l 1,,s llca,nn as Pnne.pal of the Pert. Normal in April. lyto. a position for winch lie was not a candidate though he had in contemplation a candidacy for the new State Normal at C hadron, which had just been legislated into existence AmoiiM honorary positions held by President Mayes are several presidencies of District Teachers Vssnciations. presidency of the State Declamatory Union, active mem bership in the National Kducational Association, a place on the executive hoard of the State Teachers’ Association, to which place he has recently been re-elected, and an appointment by Governor Sheldon as a member of the State Hoard of Education. In the year that President Mayes has been principal of the Peru State Normal he has seemed to proceed upon the principle that honors, rewards, and plaudits are worthies linies deserved and are only incidents in the greater ends of service well rendered and work conscienti«»tisl done. In consequence, both the incidents and the ends have been his to enjoy. Me has shown a masterful hand in the executive work «if his position, and his tmilnrm courtesy, tairncss. openness, and sincerity have won him the devoted and loyal support of students, faculty, employers, and citizens with nut exception. We. the cla» ol t«)i I. take this occasion to express our deep feelings of indebted IK. to President Mayes for the confidence and faith he has steadily shown in u . lor ihe unforgettable help he has rendered in his Ihnrsday morning lectures through the vear. and for his sympathetic advice and encouragement to each one of us personally. i many occasions. As we go out to perform life’s duties, we shall go with braser hearts and with m re firmly fixed ideal.- from our year of association with him Long live Prolessnr Mayes n- President of the Nebraska State Normal School at Peru.” i„ the profound wish of the class ol i itt. Sfi't n • i a

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15- v. havks President Peru Stale N'ormal .V» • »

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It I.. ROUSK Dean of the Faculty and Superintendent Training I Vrii St ;iI r N’ • •«' Ml n I