Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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DWIGHT B. WALDO, LL. D. 14

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DR. WILLIAM McCRAGKEN Dr. William McCracken came to the Western State Nor- mal in the early years of its history and from then until the present time has served the institution as Head of the Depart- ment of Chemistry. When the Board of Education granted a leave of absence to President Waldo last Spring, Dr. Mc- Cracken was elected to occupy the position thus left vacant. As a teacher. Dr. McCracken is loved and respected by all who have worked with him in any way. His thorough scholar- ship and open-minded sincerity ever make him at home among the leaders in his chosen field of study and teaching. As chief executive of the institution to whose success he has so loyally and generously contributed, he is no less loved and admired than he is as a teacher and counsellor. His wide sympathy with all phases of school work, and his genial good nature make it a pleasure for both students and faculty to call him president and friend. 13

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DWIGHT B. WALDO, LL. D. A lesson learned by many here this year is that President Waldo ' s eighteen years of constructive service in this Normal School persists and the pervading presence of his personality cannot be insulated by distance. When a man ' s life has been unremittingly given from the initiation to the consummation of a rich institutional presence and spirit, a year ' s leave of absence is hardly an interruption of intimate relationships. From the yesterda when the well earned leave of absence became a fact until the liastening tomorrow brings him back to complete his great task of building this Normal School, his has been in truth, if not in actual presence, the heart and the hand which have steadied and controlled all our progress. No finer thing was ever done than Dr. William McCracken ' s tireless endeavor, as acting-president, to enable President Waldo, while on leave of absence, to have the overflowing joy of knowing that all was well at home. This was but an illustration of the allegiance which the character of President Waldo has won from every collaborator who really came to know him.