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

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George Ellsworth Martin ....a kind gentleman whose patience and sympathy were never failing. Imbued from an early age with the idea that every boy and girl, rich and poor alike, ought to have an adequate opportunity to develop the talents which he or she possessed, he devoted, with infinite zeal, almost a half century to the cause of public education. An able executive, a diligent scholar, and above all, a master teacher, he contributed to the welfare of the State of Nebraska in a measure equalled by few of his contemporaries. ....a master mind in the field of philosophy or literary interpretation ... a true educator inspiring young people with great sympathetic interest. Capacity of understanding human needs . . . one of his rare quali- ties ........a great mind which by wide reading and interpretation through life's experiences made hi ma peer in the intellectual world.....deep appre- ciation of music, poetry, and art... love for beauty everywhere. He held his place. Held the long purpose like a growing tree, Held on through blame and ialtered not at praise, And when he lell in whirlwin, he went down As when a lordly cedar, green with boughs Goes down with a great shout upon the hills, And leaves a lonesome place against the sky. —Edwin Markham. Page 12

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-41937 BLUE GOLD js- A New Administration It was necessary last October for the State Normal Board to choose a new president for the Nebraska State Teachers College at Kearney. They found a man who had been prominent as a Nebraska educator for many years, one who had gained wide educational experience as a teacher, as a superin- tendent of schools, as a deputy superintendent of public instruction; whose successes as a farmer, cattleman, newspaper man, and secretary of the state department of agriculture had established him as the logical succes- sor to the late President Martin. Those affiliated with Kearney State Teachers College welcome Herbert L. Cushing as president of their college. They have found his policies sound and his philosophy good. This statement by Mr. Cushing as he took office expresses much of his viewpoint and understanding. I have a definite philosophy of education, but I have no thought of wrecking anything that has been estab- lished by years of thought and work on the part of those who have been here before me in order to satisfy any whim or fancy that I might have— Page 14