Peru State College - Peruvian Yearbook (Peru, NE)

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President A. L. Caviness, A. M. I ' 4? 4 i Eif h ter i

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(Srrrtinga Fur more than twenty-five years, it has been my good fortune to know the Peru State Normal School, its faculty and its graduates. As a public school superintendent, it has been my duty to visit the campus from year to year in search of teachers. It is only fair to say that among the many teachers selected, there was no disappoint- ment in personal character, or in suitable preparation for the teach- ers work. And my experience is but a repetition of that of other school men. 'the present is a period of readjustment in every line of human endeavor, 'this is especially true in teacher training. The war pe- riod of high salaries and low standards in qualification for teaching is passing. The people as a whole deem it better to l-eadjust qualifi- cations rather than to lower salaries. Hence more students enter teacher training institutions and remain for longer and better prep- aration. The Nebraska State Normal schools are developing into colleges for teachers. Secondary or high school work can no longer be con- sidered a part of the college, but must take its place as preparation for the college. The high school must also serve as a training school for the students who are to become high school teachers on comple- tion of the full four years of college. The training school thus be- comes a complete system of graded schools, beginning with the kin- dergarten and including all grades as well as the complete four year high school. Bright as has been the record of “old Peru” as a Normal School a still brighter future is in store for this institution as a 1 eachei s College. Every loyal Peruvian—student, faculty member, and friend of teacher training,— will continue to be an active factor for bottei teachers and better schools for the children of our state. Woiking together for the same end, it must be that we shall realize our loud- est hopes in the up-building of the institution we all love. A. E. Caviness.