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PIONEER CAPTAINS. b f w I I I i DR. A. O. THOMAS. Commissioner of Education. Angusta, Maine. Augustus Oliff Thomas......... It is a name we speak with pride, a pride which grows steadily as the years pass. To us. Doctor Thomas is more than the first president of our school. He is its organizer and its guiding power. His is essentially the tempera- ment of the pioneer, for he possesses unfailing courage, abounding energy, clear vision, a faith that looks through discouragement. Today Augustus O. Thomas is using his talents for the cause of education, in fields of the greatest scope and influence. The spirit of the man remains with the school which he built. GEORGE STUART DICK. Mr. George Stuart Dick, president 1914-1919, now State Supervisor of Rural Schools in Wisconsin, succeeded Dr. Thomas. Under the leadership of Mr. Dick, a number of outstanding changes were made, looking forward to a Teachers College. The reorganization of the course of study and the adoption of the hour basis for class recitations are significant. The rural department was created and affiliation with rural school instituted. The study center or fore-runner of the present Extension department was organized and developed. Mr. Dick's patriotic zeal and enthusiasm greatly aided the school in its ready response to the many demands made during the great war. The building program in this ad- ministration gave the institution the gymnasium and tine auditorium. The interior decora- tion of the auditorium is a lasting tribute to Mr. Dick’s artistic taste. —17—
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PRESENT LEADER CAPTAIN. t t Sprung From the West. The strength of virgin forests braced his mind. The hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul. The conscience of him testing every stroke. To make his deed the measure of a man. So came the captain. —Edwin Markham. t t No company of plainsmen was ever more fortunate in the matter of a captain than the present company of recruits. President Martin continues to set new blazes on the trail and to carry the torch of ideals high. The company follows this man of literary powers trustfully. They look upon him as an inspiring leader and a loyal captain. His friend, J. W. Searson, Professor of English says of him: He believes in education. He is entirely devoted to it, and he has done more than any other one leader in Nebraska at the present time to put professional training of teachers on a permanently reputable and efficient basis. He is one of the most careful educators in the middle west in matters of administration and finance and is by all odds the farthest sighted and widest visioned among the younger normal school presidents in America.” ‘‘In my first contacts with him, I discovered one of the rarest souls with a promise that could not be stopped short of fulfillment. Added to his remarkable natural gifts is the finest training that the best universities of this land can supply. He is therefore a profound thinker, a distinguished leader, and far visioned prophet in education. I like him too because he is so human. He always says exactly what he thinks, is frank, open, sincere and always a bit cleverer than any of his competitors.” d When he took work under me he never submitted a manuscript that was not of the highest class. When he subst'tuted for me in my college classes he taught them so well that they cared little further for my own prosaic contributions. When I have worked under him, he has always been a sympathetic and encouraging taskmaster. As friend, companion, teacher, scholar, research expert, and skilled executive. President Martin is first, last, and all tire time, the real friend to every struggling young teacher in the state. Whatever he has accomplished he has won by extreme diligence and he has never for- gotten the rough knocks in the path along which he came.
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