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

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The Blue and Gold of Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-one Published by The Senior Class of the Kearney Slate Teachers Cull eye at Kearney, Nebraska

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THE Kearney State Normal doors opened they say, In 1905 on a bright summer day. For thirteen odd years il was known by that name. But in 1918 a State College became. From four hundred-thirty first students enrolled The number increased to 850 we're told, junior diplomas issued a full twenty score. While degrees have been granted—five hundred or more. As our college keeps growing, more instructors arrive Increasing from fourteen to our now sixty-five.

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Dr. A. 0. Thomas Dedication IGLSTUS OKLOFF THOMAS not only makes organizations grow, but himself grows by lhaL process, passing from one plane ol endeavor to higher levels of in- fluence. Superintendent of city schools, commissioner of education for Nebraska and for Maine, he is still better known as founder and builder of institutions. This is his life-work. From the inception of the idea, he has nourished two remarkable projects, planting the seed, foster- ing the growth, rejoicing in the fruition. In Kear- ney he is acclaimed as the first president of the State Teachers College; among the nations he is honored as the president of the World Federation •of Education Associations. To Doctor Thomas—man of vision, man of faith, man of achievement, this hook is dedicated.