Peru State College - Peruvian Yearbook (Peru, NE)

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 A Tribute In the resignation of E. L. Rouse as president of the Stale Normal at Peru, we lose a loved and respected chief. For years before his advancement to the presi- dency. he guided the destinies of the Training School with such vision and wisdom that it rapidly rose to the rank of one of the very best in the middle west. It was largely due to his untiring efforts that it is as finely housed as it is today. His election to the presidency in the summer of 1918 was the occasion of uni- versal rejoicing among alumni and school men generally throughout the state as well as of faculty, students and townspeople in Peru. Nor has he ever disappointed our most roseate hopes. He has given of his splendid self without stint to the school and the cause of education, and his efforts have horne fruit far beyond mere words to describe. Through his active relationship with the National Council of Presidents and Principals and as State Director for the National Ed lion during its reorganization period, he has kept the Peru Normal ed ucal i ona 1 conscience. Normal School ucal ion Associa- in the national We all regard him as a personal as well as a professional friend, and realize that leaders so understanding, so frank, so sympathetic, so open-minded are rare indeed. “His magic was not far to seek. He was so human! Whether strong or weak, Far from his kind he never sank or soared. But sal an equal guest at every hoard. «-« Where’er he met a stranger, there he left a friend.’ We shall not let him slip out of our lives. His unseen presence will continue to he our inspiration to work for the best things in life—truth, sympathy, sincerity. May all good things he his in his work in the Golden West. Pane 23