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cDr. John R. Kirk ” TOHN R. . . . .the name by which John R. Kirk, Educator, was known to every one of his students, co-workers, and employees. A name applied for various reasons by different individuals, in the end it was always used for the same reason it was a term of affectionate familiarity. The man who became a trail blazer in the world of educa tion was not so “upstage that he could not mingle with every day folk; hence the “John R.” Has there ever been a student here for any length of time whose name Mr. Kirk did not know? The writer is neither a student nor a graduate; he was never prominent in the activities of K. S. T. C., yet Mr. Kirk, knowing his students, knew this pne too, by name. Such a human quality is a precious one to have, and Dr. Kirk possesses it to a remarkable degree. This quality of friendliness, then, is one that has endeared our “John R. to many student generations. One can easily have respect for achievement, and Dr. Kirk merits a full measure of this, for he stands tfxlay, as he has for two or more decades, among the always small group of leaders. The daily news of the educational world contains word of many activities and movements in which Dr. Kirk has blazed the trail at his famous Teachers College. Physical Education, Public Health, a dozen others, can be named. The first educator to say, “Musically talented children should receive their opportunity in the public schools was Dr. Kirk. Such an expression, delivered at a time when public school music was a minus quantity, is typical of the man. Unmindful of criticisms he has always pursued the way of progress. Never afraid to experiment, he has been more than once rewarded by seeing the successful results adopted widely. The man today, for the present not in the old intimate touch with his students, still commands our admiration, for he is with characteristic vigor doing graduate work at one of America's great professional schools. The Stream of Life flows on, but to-day, as yesterday, John R. , with flashing eye and ringing voice, stands to the front, proclaiming the too- often-forgotten truth that Education must not stagnate, must grow or die.
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