Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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t I A Cooley W. A. Cable Roland A. Ziegel Lloyd W King d nt Vice-President Secretary State Supt of Schools l Roy Quinn Herbert I. Sears Charles W. Shelton Board ut Regents As We consider seventy-tive years of progress for the North- east Missouri State Teachers College, the Board of Regents must be especially considered. As the highest administrative unit of the Teachers College, the Board deserves many congratula- tions for what has been done. Policies and activities through the years have been largely decided by them. Teachers and instructors of the years past and of the present have functioned under the Board's direction. From the acquisition of the actual site for the campus down through the years until the lohn R. Kirk Memorial, it is the Board that has handled the practical angle of campus improvement. The Board of Regents is composed of six members from vari- ous parts of the district and the Missouri State Superintendent of Schools. ludge I. A. Cooley, Kirksville W, A. Cable, Hannibal Lloyd W. King, Iefterson City Roy B. Quinn, Moberly Herbert l. Sears, La Plata Charles W. Shelton, Macon Roland A. Zeigel, Kirksville 13

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As a student, as a member of its faculty, and finally as its seventh president, Walter H. Ryle has for many years been an integral part of the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College. President Ryle with the attributes of the true educator carries on the traditions of Mis- souri's oldest teacher's training institution as it marks its seventy-fifth year of progress. DR. WALTER H. RYLE President, Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville, Missouri

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1- s ,0,,L,, 75 u-lf ' ' -mm May 19, l938, was a great day on the campus with the lay- ing of the cornerstone of the new Baldwin Hall, as well as the inauguration of the seventh president, Walter H. Ryle. The inaugural ceremony was held in Kirk Auditorium after which the cornerstone was laid on the northeast corner of the new building. At noon there was a reunion of the class of 1916 of which President Ryle was a member. Governor Lloyd C. Stark gave the main address at the lay- ing of the cornerstone with State Superintendent of Schools Lloyd W. King presiding. The service was conducted by the Grand Lodge ot Masons. Echos, bulletins, manuscripts ot ad- dresses, and historical documents were placed in a copper box in the cornerstone. Members of the cornerstone committee were Dr. P. O. Selby, Dr. W. I. Bray, Mr. I. W. I-leyd, and Mr. W. S. Pemberton. Later in February, 1939, with the completion ot the building, open-house was he1d. Baidwin Hall houses the administrative offices and the lan- guage, music, and business education departments. 14