Winona State Normal School - Wenonah Yearbook (Winona, MN)

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QI arting moth To the Class of I9I l: If you have come to share in full measure the spirit of your Alma Mater, whom you are about to leave behind, your tongue will not utter the words of the ancient guild who said of their goddess, Great is Diana of the Ephesians, for by this craft we have our livinggn but your ears will catch the call to service which came to a great teacher in a night vision, Come over into Macedonia and help us. A senior class such as yours once gave consideration to ulch dienf' I serve, as a class motto. The majority of the members rejected this motto thru the fear that it might seem submissive and servile. They had forgotten that as teachers they had been specially prepared and set apart for a great mission. F or the one profound purpose of the state normal school from which you are about to be graduated is expressed in that rejected motto, Ich dien, which summarizes the deepest meaning of life in a democracy. It is primarily your mission as teachers to in- culcate the spirit of service and brotherhood until it shall not only be- come a part of the intellectual store of growing boys and girls, but ani- mate as well their habits of conduct, and inspire and exalt their char- a6ter. All your school associates heartily appreciate the helpfulness and loyalty of the Class of l9l l. ln bidding you farewell, we express the earnest hope that your lives may continue to be useful and happy. G. E. MAXWELL.

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Rresihent Gap QE. Maxwell RESIDENT GUY E. MAXWELL, to whom we respedtfully and lovingly dedicate this annual, was born in Mason County, Illinois, in l87O. Nine years later his family moved to a farm in western Minnesota, where he lived for three years. He then attended the Appleton public school and later prepared for college in the academy of Hamline University. Upon graduating from that institution in l893, he was eledted principal of the village school of Herman, Minn. After holding that position for two years, he took up a similar position in the high school of Marinette, Wis., remaining there three years. ln l896 he was married to Jeannette R. Evans of St. Paul, a former classmate in college. Desiring to prepare for special work in educational supervision, Mr. Maxwell en- tered Teachers College at Columbia University in l898, earning the master's degree the first year and studying for the doctorate the following year. At the close of the second year he was appointed principal of the training department of the Winona State Normal School and came to take up the work in l900. After four years in this position he was elected president of the school. Since coming to Winona Mr. Maxwell has done much for the advancement of educational interests, both of the Winona Normal School and of the state. New depart- ments and new courses have been added, the buildings have been improved and enlarged, and the work of the school has been strengthened and developed along many lines. Not only the school as a whole has been benefited throughout his administration, but each student has been helped by the loyalty, the cordial sympathy, and kind interest of his friend, our president. l6l

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MAIN BUILDING, WINONA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL