Stephen F Austin State University - Stone Fort Yearbook (Nacogdoches, TX)

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Thomas E. Ferguson Dean of the Faculty Mr. Thomas E. Ferguson, Dean of the Faculty, has been an inspiration to all the teachers and students who have come in contact with him. He has given them higher ambitions, and he has made them accomplish more than they thought was ever possible by making them want to live up to his expectations of them. He has been one of the most outstanding figures in our college since its founding.

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wealth of Texas has made a large investment in each one of you. Texas, therefore, expects you to render to her distinct, even dis- tinguished service. It is your privilege and your duly to exem- plify the highest type of citizenship, to be exponents of good government, to be evangels of education and culture, to do well your appointed tasks. As teachers, the hands of the little chil- dren are held up to you. Your own welfare and the welfare of the State depend on the direction in which you lead them. Therefore, prove yourselves workmen who need not to be ashamed. Sincerely, A. W. BIRDWELL, President.

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C. E. Ferguson Dean of Students Mr. C. E. Ferguson has filled a most difficult position; more- over he has filled it so well that he has made a friend of every stu- dent of the College. He has the rather unique ability of being able to retain the friendship of a student even after he has per- suaded the student to attend assembly when there is something else he would prefer to do. His personality has made his math- ematics courses well-attended, although mathematics courses are not required courses. Mr. Ferguson is much esteemed as a teacher, but by the students he is first thought of as a friend.