Peru State College - Peruvian Yearbook (Peru, NE)

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EXPERIENCE ing a Master's Degree, but it was dropped due to insufficent partic- ipation some time ago. Some semblance of organiza- tion was begun in 1904 when President lames Crabtree started naming division heads. They are called Division Chairman today. Presently, there are six divi- sions at Peru State. They include the Humanities Division, chaired by John Barrett: Natural Science, chaired by Albert Brady: Physical Education, headed by Jerry Joy: Education, chaired by Mickey Land; Applied Arts, chaired by Dr. Lester Russell: and Perform- ing Arts, chaired by Leland Sher- wood. In 1921, Peru switched to a four year system, the standard term today. The school also offered the Master’s program in the beginning of the four year program. Today, Peru State has a good system of four and two year pro- grams. Bachelor Degrees can now be earned in a wide range of fields. The Division Chairman have been named on page 8 and 9 for each division. Continued.

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RUNKof A Faculty The Faculty at Peru State Col- lege has always been one of the finest around. The college pride has been, traditionally, turning out quality teachers, and to turn out quality teachers, they them- selves must be properly trained. Peru State graduates can today be. found in various teaching pos- itions throughout the Midwest, especially in Nebraska. A pro- spective teacher coming from Peru State stands an excellent chance of gaining a job, because of the excellent reputation Peru has built. The first instructors at Peru were Principal J. W. McKenzie and his wife. They taught courses in Math, Chemistry, Natural Science, Latin, Rhetoric, Gram- mar, History, and Geography. Another teacher was added in 1868, and the faculty slowly built itself to align itself with the numbers of students. The college takes great pride in its faculty student ratio, which stands today at approximately 1 17. The faculty grew from two in 1867 to 20 by 1902 to 45 present. Peru used to also furnish a graduate school to people select- Continued. . . 8

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RANCHING Divisions: Departments Of what significance is Peru State to some of these leaders of the schools faculty. Dr. Mickey Lee Land, chair- man of the Education depart- ment, feels that Peru has Something over the other col- leges Is the individualized atten- tion and the small classes. 1 don't think the students here realize how fortunate they are as far as access to instructors. As far as development of the department is concerned, we have plans to update the psychol- ogy curriculum, and revitalize our elementary and secondary education programs. We would also like to add some more courses to the ones we have.'' As for the advantages of a Peru education, I would say that in the future when our students go out to teach they will be as well prepared as graduates of any other College or University any- where .'' Dr. Lester Russell graduated from PSC in 1951 with a Bache- lor's degree. Dr. Russell is head of the Applied Arts division. When asked about the advan- 10 Continued. . .