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

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ABLE ADMINISTRATORS PLAN, DIRECT POLICIES Most of the students on the campus aspire to go up in the world. If they follow the example of their leader and president, Her- bert L. Cushing, they should succeed, for President Cushing is up in the world both physically and mentally. Our tall president was born in Ord, Ne- braska. His interest in education and the teaching profession became evident at an early age. for he selected and took a course in normal training in high school. After he was graduated from high school he accepted a teaching position in the rural schools of Valley county. At the end of two years he secured employment in a hardware and implement store, and after a number of months among nails and hammers saved enough money to enter the Grand Island college. One discovers from the records that he was as successful and popular then as he is today. He lettered in basketball and debated in college and was business man- ager and editor of the college paper. He did the graduate work for his master's de- gree at the University of Nebraska and the University of Chicago and received the Doctor of Education degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University. In 1941 when the college had to discard its peacetime theme and swing over to a red, white and blue one. President Cushing capably brought about the transformation. This year the scenery of war was shifted again to that of peace, and once again President Cushing was there to quietly and effectively help bring about the long waited for and hoped for change. During an eventful and crowded year few students ever stopped to think that modern equipment, excellent textbooks, well-kept buildings and lawns and efficiently trained instructors had not emerged from nowhere. They merely took advantage of and thor- oughly enjoyed the many opportunities of- fered by the Nebraska State Teachers Col- lege at Kearney without once questioning the hows, whys or wherefores of those opportunities. Now is the time, however, to give credit where credit is due and to solve the mystery or rather lack of knowledge about the men behind the man behind the college. Just as the smallest cog is most important to the proper functioning of any mechanism, so is the small group of capable adminis- trators essential to the continued existence of our progressive college. This group, of course, is the State Board of Education, appointed by the governor and approved by the legislature. It is the duty of the members to formulate and control the policies of the four state teachers colleges of Nebraska. Other re- sponsibilities of the board are the selection of the presidents of the four colleges, the passing on the proposed budgets of the schools, the approving of the selection of instructors, and appearing before the legis- lature when matters concerning the welfare of the colleges are being discussed. The present members of the hardworking group include: Ralph Carhart, Wayne; E. D. Crites, Chadron; Edgar Ferneau, Auburn; Bertha I. Hill, Hebron; Alvin E. Johnson, Omaha; Everett L. Randall, Kearney; and Wayne O. Reed, Lincoln. Mr. Reed is the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Page 19 HERBERT L. CUSHING, president of the Nebraska State Teachers at Kearney.