Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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H. CLAY HAKVICY, head of the Department of Mathematics, was born on a farm in How- ard County, Missouri. Here he was thoroughly schooled in the art of farming. He is an exampje of the practical man. Too proud to call upon his father for assistance, he managed to educate him- self by his energy, economy, self-denial, and much hard work, and by teaching and attending school alternately for several years. He taught three years in the rural schools before completing his course in the Normal. He graduated from the Kirksville Normal in 1SSS. Since that time he was Principal of High School and teacher of Mathemat- ics at Richmond. Missouri, two years: teacher of Mathematics in Woodson Institute at Richmond one year. He resigned his position there and at- tended Michigan University at Ann Arbor and completed his course in Mathematics. After re- turning from Ann Arbor, he was one year Principal of the High School at Nevada. Missouri: had charge of the Mathematics in Prichett College. Glasgow. Missouri, six years, and resigned that place to ac- cept his present position. He has studied Mathe- matics two summers in the I'niverslty of Chicago. Oratory one summer at Chautauqua. New York, and holds the M.S. degree. 11

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PRESIDENT JOHN' R. KIRK was born in Illinois; reared in Harrison County, this State; taught rural schools in that county: graduated in this Normal School in 1S78: held successively the tollowing positions: Four years Superintendent of Schools at Moulton. Iowa; eight years Superintend- ent of Schools at Bethany. Missouri; one year ward school Principal. Kansas City: three years teacher of Mathematics. Central High School. Kansas City; two years Superintendent Westport Schools in Kansas City; four years State Superintendent of Public Instruction; one year Examiner of Schools for Missouri State University. This is his third year as President of the State Normal at Kirksville. 15. P. GENTRY, head of the Latin Depart- ment. is a graduate of the University of Miss- ouri. He taught in Hardin College two years. While at that place he was elected Principal of the High School at Mexico, Mo., but before taking that position he resigned to accept his present position. Mr. Gentry entered the Normal in 1SS2. lo

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MISS E. M. PREWITT is a graduate of Howard College. Payette, at which institution she also took post-graduate work in Mathematics. English, and Latin. She holds a diploma as a graduate in a three-vears course in German under Miss Eberhard. of St. Louis and Switzerland. She took the B.S. de- gree of the State Normal at Kirksville, where she gave special attention to Pedagogy.and later she re- ceived the M S. degree. Her instructors in Mathe- matics were Mrs. Agnes Watts Caples (a student for several years under Dr. Carr Pritchett) and Prof. E. I). Seitz. Miss Prewitt was one year asso- ciate teacher in the Training Department of the Kirksville Normal, and is at the present time assistant in Mathematics. DR. L. S. DAUGHERTY by his own persistent efforts worked his way from the common school u: high school, normal school, and through the Cniversity of Illinois H.S.. ’S9. M.S.. '93: summer term Northwestern Cniversity. 1892; resident grad- uate work in the Cniversity of Chicago. 1894-6; non-resident graduate work Wesleyan Cniversity, Bloomington. 111.. 1898-1901. receiving the degree of Ph.D. He taught six years in the Ottawa Town- ship High School, affiliated with the University of Chicago, and had charge of the Nature Study work in the Vacation School of Chicago in the summer of ’96. He came to the Normal in 1S97. His work speaks for itself in the remarkable growth of the opportunities for modern biological study under his ditecticn. 12