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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Miss Webster Mathematics Without Emily F. Webster, the Oshkosh Normal School could not he complete.. She received her early education under her father and mother, later attended the village school and public schools of Oshkosh, and graduated from the Normal in 1875. There is no need to -peak of her accomplishments as instructor in this school, for her fame has run before her. hut we might add that without her, the spice of life that lias no long been among us would he lacking. Mr. Briggs School Law anil Civics This genial-faced gentleman does not betray his age by his step or action. He is thoroly alive, and this is appreciated hv all the students and especially the girls. Almost any day you might go by his door and see a bevy of girls waiting their turn to seek his much-desired advice. This alone speaks for itself. He admires a good bluffer: this also says much. But all we can say is that we would like to have more like him. Miss Clark monition Harriet E. Clark, a faithful standby of our dear old school, was horn in New England, of that sturdy stock who never say die. She attended the Oshkosh High School and, after finishing the Normal, studied three years at the Boston School of Oratory. Before taking up her work in the Normal School here, she taught in La Crosse. Sheboygan, and Boston. Miss Apthorp Latin Mary E. Apthorp has been Latin instructor here for twenty-four years. She attended various schools in the East, and graduated from an Iowa college. After teaching for some years, she spent a year in Germany in study. Returning, she did graduate work at the University of Chicago, and taught for six years in the University of Iowa before coming to Oshkosh. We are all under the impression, doubtless, that Latin is dry. hut just try a quarter under Miss Apthorp. ami all false impressions will flee. Mr. Hewitt Conductor of Institutes Walter C. Hewitt was l om in Milwaukee, and wc arc proud to claim him as a Wisconsin man. although he was educated in Michigan, graduating from the State Normal College in 1884. For ten years he taught in the public schools of Michigan, then became secretary of the World's Fair Educational Commission of Michigan, and it was while engaged in this work that he was elected to his present position at Oshkosh. Mr. Hewitt's jolly disposition and kindly interest in everyone have endeared him to us all, while his genial presence more than offsets the confused appearance of his class room. Miss Henderson Rhetoric Josephine Henderson combines all the choice and successful qualities of a teacher. She was l»om in Pennsylvania and received her education there both in Normal School and College. After five years of work on the Chautauquan Magazine, she In-gan her work in the English department of our Normal School, and has won the love and esteem of all who have been so fortunate as to have instruction under her. Mr. Sage Physics A general antidote for blues or downcast feelings is Mr. Sage's class room. His genial kindness and interest in one, individually, are at once apparent. Mr. Sage was horn in New York State. In 1884. he graduated from Cornell University, became principal of schools at Groton. New York, and later at Salamanca and Watcrvillc, of the same state. In 1893, he came to the Normal. His quiet energy and his force of character have made him a valued member of our faculty. 17