University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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03i9s alma Dasie DEPARTMENT UK (iKRM A N Lan- guage and Literature. Miss Ilosir ( B. Ed.. A. B.. A. M.) is a graduate of the State Normal School at Peru and nf ill Lniversitv f Nebraska, where she received the honor of Phi Beti Kappa. She made a special study of her chosen sub feet in Hanover. Germany. She has had exper- ience in rural and ritv schools and for three years was assistant in tin l'niversitv of Nebraska. She was selected for her present posi- tion upon the organisation of the school. Because of the thorough- ness of her work she wins the ad- miration of her students and in spires them with a love for her subject. agi'ss CmruDr D. ©arDnct Department of Lai in 1am. age and Literature and Dean of Women Miss Gardner B. L„ A. B.) is a graduate of Wesleyan University with ihe degree of B. L. and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi scholarship fraternity of that school. She is also a graduate of the State I uiversitv of Nebraska. She made further preparation for her work here by spending a summer in the Latin lands, which enables her to bring to her pupils the spirit of Roman Literature. She was elected Dean of W omen in the fall of 1911 and during the present year she 1ms actively and successfully per- formed the duties of her new office. 1

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OUR FACULTY. Dean £0. U. noDgrass Acting President 1913-1914. Mr. Snodgrass is a graduate of the Southwestern State Norma] School of California, Pennsylvania, lias taught in district schools and twenty years as prin- cipal and superintendent of the lead- ing city schools in Nebraska, lie was Superintendent of the Wayne schools when elected to the Normal school fac- ulty at the opening of the school. He has had charge of the Mathematics de- partment until January, 1915, when he retired from active school life. He is now at home at Long Beach, California. £. i0. StnOcrson Department ok Hismtn and Eco- nomics. Mr. Anderson (B. S.) graduated at Lombard College and has taken work in his special line in the State Univer- sity of Nebraska ami in the University of Chicago, He is the author of the manual of state examination question and answers in United States History, lie holds membership in the Nebraska History Teachers’ Association, the Mis- sissippi Valley Historical Association, and the American Historical Associa- tion. Mr. Anderson lias experience in rural, city and Normal schools before coming to Kearney at the establishment of the schools. He has proved himself a master of liis subject and is held in high esteem by his pupils. 12

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03iss Qgjatioii C. Department ok Art. Miss Smith made preparation for the work of her department in the Univer- sity of Nebraska, in the Pennsylvania Institute, and in the Handic raft (luild of Minneapolis. In addition sin- has painted in the Catskill Mountains under John Carlson of the New »rk Art League, She was elected to her present position upon the establishment of her classes and can be counted on to find latent talent in the most unexpected places. DcrOcrt £ . button Department of Physical Science, Mr. Sutton ( B. S.) graduated at the University of Nebraska, from which institution he received the de- gree of B. S. and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa there. He taught science in the leading high schools of the state for eight years where he distin- guished himself for 3iis ability to equip and build up a department. He was elected to the chair of science during the first year after the Nor- mal was established. He is a deep thinker and a complete master of his chosen subject, while his readv humor and his famous dialectic method are winning great popularity among stu- dents and facultv alike.