University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Quiver Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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PRESIDENT JOHN A. KEITH Mr. John A. Keith, who has been President of the Oshkosh Normal School for the past few months, was bom in Illinois in i86q. and was reared upon a farm. He was not satisfied with a common school education, but taught in the country and village schools, and then set out to obtain a higher education. He attended the Illinois State Normal University, and was graduated in 1894. He later attended Harvard University, graduated in 1899. and secured his “Master’s Degree in 1900. After graduation from Harvard, he was oppointed professor of Pedagogy and assistant in Psychology in the Northern Illinois Normal School at Dc Kalb. III., where he remained seven years. A year ago he was appointed Head of the Training Department of the Illinois State Normal University, of Normal. III., a position similar to the one held by Miss Swart here, and resigned this position to accept the Presidency of our school. Mr. Keith, while in Harvard, was a member of the Harvard Debating Team which defeated Vale in 1898. During the next two years he coached the teams which Harvard sent against Princeton, and his teams won. Mr. Keith has done a large amount of institute work. He is a ready and callable speaker. He has published a l ook on “Elementary Education—Its Processes and Problems. which is widely known in teachers’ circles. The character of a man is generally given a severe test when that man steps into the place of another who has been a success in every way. Mr. Keith has had a hard position to fill, but he has met the occasion in every way, and every student realizes that fact. He has shown great interest in every phase of student life—social, intellectual, and physical. He is always ready with good, solid advice to any who apply, lie has a word of hope and courage for those who need it. The members of the Stevens Point Debate Team will remember with gratitude for a long time the cheering telegram sent just before the debate. The student liody realizes that John A. Keith is the student’s friend. 15

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PRESIDENT JOHN A. II. KEITH

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