Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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LUTHER WINCHESTER. acting Professor «i the Department of Agriculture, after spending two years in the Sikeston Academy, entered Central College. Fayette, Mo., in the fall of '04. hut be- cause of ill health he was soon forced to leave school and go West to recuperate. In the fall of '9(5 he entered the College of Agriculture at the Missouri State University, where he remained until the spring of 'OS. when he returned home to tak charge of the farm. He entered the College of Agriculture again in the fall of 1900. where he re- mained until September, 1901. when he came to take charge of the departments of Hotany and Agi icultr.ro in this Normal during the absence oi the regular instructor. Miss Jackson. Mr. Win- chester's thorough training in both theoretical and practical Agriculture, together with his varied and extensive experiences, enables him to bring into tin class-room a large fund of material with which to illustrate the principles of his department. MISS WINN I FRED BRYAN. Supervisor ol Manual Training and Domestic Art. was born in Dansvilie. N. Y.. and received her early training there. She spent one summer with private teach- ers in Denver. Colorado. Much of her special training she look in the Missouri State University. Her first experience, in department werk was in the Carthage. Missouri, High School, where sh ■ introduced this branch and stayed as director two years, coming to this school in 1 DOS). 1!»

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MISS ERMINE OWICN. for a number of years the head of the Department of History and Civics in ihe Normal, is now in charge of the Department of Elocution and Physical Culture. She does her work in a large hall on the third floor of the old building, which is well furnished with opera chairs and apparatus and decorated with pictures, flags, and statuary. The first half of each semester the work in Physical Culture consists of organic gym- nastics according to the, German-American system; the last half of the semester to aesthetic physical drills according to the Delsarte System of Expres- sion. The work in reading and voice culture the first half of each term is the vocal interpretation of short poems of the best American and English authors. The last half of the term is given to the study of some Shakesperean play. This is one of the most important departments of the school, as its purpose is culture in speech and action, the development of the imagination, the correcting of bad habits, the cultivation of individuality and the power of adequately interpreting the printed page. The teacher believes that the surest road to right speaking and acting is right thinking and feeling, and all her work is based on this principle. MISS C. KI TH JACKSON, head of the De- partment of Agriculture, on a year's leave of ab- sence. is finishing her course at the Missouri State University, where she will take the A.B. and B.S. degrees in Agriculture this summer. She is a graduate of the Chillicothe High School. Her work here has attracted attention in many States. Miss Rule, Washington. I). C.. Superintendent of Indian Schools of the United States, secured a full de- scription of her work with a view to introducing her methods into the Indian schools. IS

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MISS FRANCES TINKHAM came from the State Normal at Cape. Girardeau, where she was Instructor of Music. She holds the same position here. .Miss Tinkham spent three years under the best teachers in Chicago, making Vocal Art and Music Supervision a specialty. She is also a pupil of Mrs. Mary E. Cheney and J. Marshall Williams, (pupils of Shakespeare) and of Wilfred Woollett. member of Thomas Orchestra. Her present home is in Chillicothe, Mo. MISS LEONE CASS BAER, teacher of Drawing and art editor of The Echo.” is an artist of na- tive ability. Her excellence is to be attributed more to natural aptitude than to training, of which she has had comparatively little. Her work is stamped by originality and individuality. She spent four weeks in Art work in Chicago last spring and will spend this summer there also. This winter she won first honor in a competitive contest given by the Crown Piano Company for the best drawing of their piano, receiving $ 0.00 and a very complimentary letter from the manage- ment. There were over 3.000 contestants from all parts of the United States. She was recently called to a city in Iowa to make an illustration for a manufacturing firm. Miss Baer’s watchword is: Be original: he who imitates is lost. 20