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ยง'pecial Bulletin _/lnnouncement 1912-13
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e ntered Jan. 2 , 1905, at P eru , N e braska, as second class matter unde r Act of Congress. Julv 16 . 1902,
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This larg e boulder was placed on th e N ormal Campus bg the P hilom athean Literature Society and marks the spot wh ere th e firs t graduating ex cises ever held in .N ebras ka took. place.
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Ca lendar 1912 13 F a c ult y Meetin g, Se pte mbe r 9 . 9 a . 111 . R egis tration. First S e m e ·cer, S ep t em ber 9- 10 T hanks giv in g V a c ation , JVovem ber 28 Holiday V a c a tio n . ( To b e A n n ounced) R egis t ra t ion , S econ d Sem ester, Janua ry 20. 1 9 1 :J May F est ival, May 22 @mme n cem c>nt, May 23, 1 91 3 A lumni R e union , May 2 3. 191 3
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- Danie l W . Hay es. A.B.. A . 1., P resitlr? nt ' -H e nrv B. Dun cans on , B. SC. A. M., Bio la(!!} 路 - Ma u i<? Co ok Elli . Histo ry S .ella Pearl K e lley, Train ing Teac h r.~ r - Eras tmu A . Whitenack , A .B .. Ge rm an a n d Fre n h o - Lou .t:lla Ho s m er, Kindergarten - L illiam U. Stohe r Preceptre s. Socio logy -Ester A . Cla rk, A .B. , A .M., Latin a n d GrP.e k o -J.?hn W . Howie. A .B . H ead Mat h e m atics 路 - Anne M. Go s he n. B.L., Psych o logy a n d Educatio n - E lva E . Rulo n _ Ped. B., Librarian - Dora K rebs, Tra ining T each e r - Kath e rine E Crawf ord, T rain ing Teach e r -Gh arles F BecK, B. Ed. Math e m atics '"' Kath erin e Laughlin Woods , A .B., L a lin -Fred M. Gregg, A B. , A .M, P h ysio logical S cie n ce and Th eo ry of Educntio n ~ -Mary A Tyn on , A s s istant Librarian - Willia m N Delz e ll, B. Ed.. Co mm e rce "' - Ma m ie R . M utz B. Ed., A rt -Edwin L. R ouse , A .B., D ean of the Nurmal, Supe rinte nd ent of Training S choo l 路 .. Rola n d D. Overholt. A.B., R egistrar 路Ho r11 er C. House . A .B., A .M., Ph .D., English Edil h V a n M iddlesworth , A .B.. Training Teacher - B. Clzff'ord H e ndricks, B . f!d, B . S. , Phys ic:Jl Sc ience
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-R os. H . Hrm . ·e . .4 B. Voice. Eng/i. ·h - Millard . L efler. B.Ed. Principal High hoof ( - Wilbur F flo [ c A ..lf. Phy. ical cience o ·M yrlle Fe rr;u ....·on , B. .. Dome. tic cie n e Clara Du nigan , ...:s ista nt Regi. trar
§ i h nson, B ookkeepper In. tru ctor Violin fafk r, B.Ed. , Ph ysical Training - L ibbie Branson, A . , i, tant Librarian - F C. J ean . B. Sc .. B iological S cience r F C. Smith A .B. . B S. .M anua l Trainin(J e- N Maud Carpe nter. Publi chool Afu ic o Fern Ral ton. Training Teach er R . W Th ack er, A .B , P h g. ical Trainingo Winifred Perkin , Training Teach er Ruby P age Fergu. on. Expres ion l G. Wils on . A B. D ebating and Eng/i ll -W . R . Hull, A.B., M atlzemalics R ita Thomas , P ianu (P rivate) L eah G. Kream er, Asst. P iano (P rivate ) B essie Graham, S e cre tary to President - Lillian H e nne, Training Teacher o Rose Clark , A .B., Geography ............................................................ .. , A griculture
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Th e for ty -fi ft h b ir t h d~ty o f b r aska , n ow at· hand , mar k~ th ·arne mil -:; t o n f o r t h ru S ta t e orma l ' e hoo l, h r old .· t i ns t itut io n f hi g her I arn ing An d, · n tE ..mpora ry w it h th m both, a re th g r a t oak~, w h1c h w r · dling up n th e camp lS i o r ty -fi v ye ars a g-o. 1 h ra il road wa des Lin d no t t o r each P e ru until ig ht y ea r aft e r th normal sc hool was . ·Lal.J ii s hed u 1 _ on its i x t y ac 1· · of c:amr u ·; a nd, m 1870, be f or a r oo f s paei ou : enuu g h to ·he lt e r t he a · mbl d fri e nd s had bee n r c:ted, t he r e occ urred upon t he treel e hill t he fi r!".t om me n c:e m e n t E xe rcises. Thi · Co mm e nc me n t ~ e l e bra ti o n, out unde r th e clea r e bra s ka s k1 ~ s , s e n t f onh two graduate::.. Wh y need t h w nte r of rom a nce or th e g lean e r of histo ry loo l.< furth e r for a th e me r e plete with pionee r fa 1t h a nd pe rseve ran ce? Prese nt day knowl ed g e t e mpts _us t o pronounce them inspired - those r~ gge d folk gath e red on the hill that May mo rmn g ! In May, 1911, a granite boulder was placed upon the campus to mark this spot. Thru the vista of forty-fiv e y ears the school is viewed today. The. record of" its growth to date may be meas ured m figures all too cold and unsugg estive-from two s-raduates to one hundred seventy five; from sixty-five students t o fifteen hundred; from two teachers to fifty; from one building to ten; and from a campus of hazel brush to a forest of oaks and elms.
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COURSES OFFERED. It has ever bee n the aim of the Peru Normal to prepare teac hers that. would meet the need s of t h e most r ig id requirem e nts of the public sch oo ls of N ebraska. There are, therefore, offered co u rses lead ing to th e Bachelor of Education degree. (Th is degree is in e very sense equiva lent t o t h e Bac h e lor's degree frum a ny of the sta n dard coll eges or the University inasmuch
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xactl thE-: sam' amount of a ademi ·a! work.) · •urs s leading Lo Lh " rof :sional Li f ' rti ticaL , boLl sl al and t:i t . u rses l<~ading t the Eleml:!nla ry Slat" r Lifica Le . Courses leading LO all the differ nt >·rade f supervi ~or's cerLtficates, as g ri cu I l u r , u ·in es~ and ommerc , Domestic Eco nomy , Ex 1 r ,sion, Kindergarten, Manua l 'I raining, u l l ic School Music Public School Art. Th ·ho I a lso main tains' a Conservatory of M u ic u nd r ski ll ed supervis r ·. ENTRANCE REQU IREMENT S . The laws of Nebraska r eq uire that st udents hav e at least fiftee n hour · h g h sc hoo l cred it or its equ iv ale nt, or a seco nd grad e county certificate in order to enter th e Norma l Sc hool proper. H owever, the 1911 Nebras ka State L egis lature passed a law permittin g t he Board of Ed ncation to. establish a preparatory schoo l in connection wttb the State Norm a l. Th is preparatory sc hoo l is de ig ned for mature s tudents who have comp leted the work in their borne distr ict, a lt.ho uo·h 0 they m ay not have fifteen high sc hool cred its. A ll subjects n€cessary for prepa-ring t he s tu de nt to ente r the normal schoo l proper ~ i.ll be t a ug ht i n the preparatory schoo l. In add ttiO n t o this, there is maintained a traini ng hig h sc hool.
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e ru ha y ars b n . ctin o· a. m e mb r m n a nd \ m n of charact r and hig h ideal it h hiF_;h tandard of schola r hip, and tho · wh are in f ull sympathy wit h Normal c hoo l m thod and w i th public sc hoo l n eed and id p.l . A a r e ul t of this poli cy, the fifty m e n a nd women now co n t itu t ing the facu l ty a r e an insp iratio n to the hundreds of st.udents who flock to P e ru from ever y part of the state. EXPENSES. Inasm uch as the Peru Normal IS a s tate school Rupported wholly by funds appropriated by the State Legislature, there are NO TUITION
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A matri c ul ati n f e of .'5.00 g ive the student life privilege in the . c ho I. Furni::;he I room and board m ay be obt:a 1n d at Mt. V rnon Hall, the ladi es d rmitory, f r · · .00 a we k. Board and room in private f a mili es a nd private dormitorie ran ge from $3.50 to $4.50 p r w ek. Students should bring s heet , pi ll ow ca , tow I , etc. Many students ren t r ooms th a t are equ ipped for light housekeeping , thu very materi a ll y reducing the cost of attending schoo l. All necessary text books may be rented at a nominal price of 20 ce nts per semes ter for eac h bvok. The cost of books will average approximately $2.00 pe r year. The stud e nt is required to deposit $3.00 at the beginning of the year and is then issued all necessary text books. At the close of the year or when the student leaves school, the $3.00 minus the necessary book rental is refunded.
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TEACHERS' BUREAU. There is a constant ly growing demand for teachers trained in the State Normal School. . To meet this demand, the ~lumni Association, which now numbers approximately 1800 members maintains a teachers' bureau, whose purpose i~ to secure for gradu~t~s and students, without charge, suitable p~sitwns, ~nd to aid Boards of Education in selectmg efficient teachers. In spite
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I LI E. tucl en ts wh o fa il in half th ir w rk I e t he re by t he ir 111 mb r hip i n th e hool. t ude nt f a ilin g to h , prom i e of ·ood r ul t are ex pected to withdra w. Th h ol cann ot afford to send yo un g m e n or yo u no· women ou t into t he pu bli c sc hoo ls of t he s t·:~. t e if they are Jacki 1!g in ability, sc hola rs hi p, or c ha racte r. T herefore, only st ud e nts of good habits a nd hig h mora l .characte r a re inv ited to come to Pe ru.
GOOD HEALTH. Per u has been prac ti ca lly free from a ll forms of contag ious diseases f or ma ny years. Th e fact tha t th er e has not been a single case of typhoid fever having its orig in in P eru , du ring the past twenty years, is proba bly due t o a strict adherencee t o high standards of sanitation.
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L NA ENV I R NM E: T . Th e e r u State Normal 'c.:hoo l was esta lis hed in th e Vi llage of Peru by th fi rst bra k~ tate Leg islatu r e in the yea r 1RC7. e ru i the hom e of a mora l, cu ltUl·ed peo1 le ; Lh e r a r no sa l ns or ot he r hau n t· f vi · . T h ·oc ia lli f all centers about the schu I. N om r b a u t ifu t p lace c u ld h a ve bee n ch ose n f or th hom e of a O ne of t h prof s or · i n g reat norma l ·ch oo l. w ri ti ng of Peru said : "Th e indiv id ua l atm o _ phere t ha t tim e a lone can g iv a sc.: hoo l a nd to w n is beginnin g- t o man if es t itse lf and t hat atm o _ phere, if it wer t be d escr ibed, mi g ht t·i g h t fully be ch aracter ized a s ed uca b ona l, in th e hig he t se nse. Na tu re does a n d will exE::r t its influ e nce over the mind." Its wooded hills, its s hady g l ~ n s , its m·a g nificie nt cam pus, covered wit h g ia nt oa ks , e lm s, hickor ies, a nd lin de n t rees, are f a ctors that he lp ~o make P e ru one of .th e lar g es t normal sc bools m the United States in th e n'!mbe r of its graduates. The sc.:hool takes pnde not only in the large numbers attendin g ~nd completing its course3 (so many that there IS scarcely a vil lage in the f';tate that does not have _ a numbe r of Peruvians), not only in the matenal success uniformly attained by its s tudents, but _m ore in th e f a ct that it stamps its characte r and Ind_ividuality upon its students as few other s chooL:, In the nation can do.
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It i n of th t rad iti r1 f th characle r tand::: fir~ t in th li t f qualification of a ucc ssful t each r. In ke pin o路 \路 ith thi 路 idea l only y un ~::; m n and J ung \路 om n of cha racter are invi ted to come toP r u. Hence it hac: never been deemed nece::>sar to formulate any rules of co ndu ct nor to indulg in any espionage. Students conduct themse lves a members of a law-abiding communi'ty, each one taking pride in the good name of the sc hool; thus true character is fostered and developed. Students who are not in harmony with these id eals of the school are advised not to remain in the school. No school community was ever more earnest, in. dustrious, conscientious and circumspect than the 1400 students who have been in the Peru Normal during the course of the year just closing_
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P e ru i on of the olde~t norma l s~.:hool:-: in the United tat l t has m·olled in its h isto ry more than 25 :)00 d iffe rent students. I t ha, n arly 1 ~00 alu' m ni. I t t u rns ou t ac h J a r m >r graduates t h ::~n anv other normal s ·h oo l in Lh U nited Stat ·, wi Lh p r haps tw or t hree ' X 1tions. lts gradu ates a nd .·t ud n L. are f ound in every village, tow n and c1ty in N e bras ka, holding the hig hest educati nal posit ions in t hese va 1·iou s sc hools. P eru offe rs f ou r year· coli g· work leading to th e Degree of Bache lor of E d ucation. It offers courses leading to a ll g rad es of stat a nd city certificates. Special courses fo r ru raJ schoo l teachers. A preparatory school for those wh o are not qualified to ente r the normal ·choo l proper. Supervi ·or's courses in Ag riculture, Business and Comm erce, Domestic E~.:onomy, Express ion, Kindergarten, Manual Training, Public School Art, Public School Music. A Conservatory of Music. Expenses the lowest consistent with good accommodations. There are no distracting influences, as school interests dominate the social life of the student. It has the most beautiful natural environment of any normal school in the United States. It has the largest educational Library in the West.
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Thi s i ~ fn•t• l1) t'\'l't·~· 111 nnal . ~:hn I :;; ud nt. Th pr .· •nL surnnw r ha:-: \\"itn :-:st>d tlw lclrgp,.; t summ ' r sc; hool in the hist ry >f tlw St"hn0!. Pn p •t::-; ar, that tlw fall IL'rtn will OJH n ,,· ith ·1 i ' o r 1-br aki ng· alt vndc.uw"' , \\" ilh < t lt•as t t\\" h u nd r d ,' c ni1 r s in rwxt ~·C'a r · ::: g-raduatin~ ch.s
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v\ hat ' ( ll1111l )11 s ns h · s long: h ld to b tnr n · - nO \\ l·mp lmtical ly e ndws :-:. t hat a ' n ·u n a m un t o f so ·i a l int rn1i nglin,,_; i - ne ~~ ar. co th fu ll es L nw; 1Lal d >ve lnpnw n t f ma tu rin o· y ou t h . OuL uf Lh e !i f in cla~::;i ld P r u the re hav gT ov\ n up, i n 1 h m st na t u ral and rtl r l way, a c (m ~ id rab le ari t y of ) rga n izat r o n ~ , eac h ha ra d e r iz d by t h a ·ti p r - n of ne or mo re m rnb · t" )f t h fa cu lt. , ' h a " Adv ise rs. " T he adv is r is in e ta nc a fr ie nd t o th e org a ni zat io n and b tv n hi m and t he m e m be rs hi ;J t he r e is , ha pp il. , t h mos t co rd ia l r e latio ns h ip. Thu , min d a r t im u lated and m ora ls co nse rv ed . Th re a r e no f ra te rni t ies or so ro r it ies in P e r u Spa ce is pe rmi t t ed he re f or mere ly me n t i(l ning t he na m es of so m e of th ese org an izatio ns, but f ro m t h ese th e c harac t e rs may i n pa rt be i nIn add i t ion to t he r eg u la r class org an if erred . zations, Senior, J unior, So p homor e, Fre8hman , Tra ine r , t h e~·e a re v ir il e relig ious org an izat io ns,
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Y. M. . A ., Y . W . '. A ., ga niza ti n are verett, I hilo, Ath nian , Latin , rman and ramaL i ; ol ogy, Ph y ·i -a! ci nee, I-I a ! th Mu sical rgan izat ions and Ath I in all th ·ta ndard vari t ie·. A"lHLETI Ev ry a lum nu ·, stud nt a nd fri e n] f ru, takes pri de in t h Ath l t ics of t h ch ool. Nothing- but pure w holesom at h l t ic 1 • ncouraged. The cho l e mpl oy · s pe ciali ·t!:> a directors f r both th e boy a nd th e g irl . The gir l have r epeated ly won th e s tate champion ·hip in basketba ll, whi le th e boys' teams have won the state ~h a mpi nship in ba e bal l, a nd have a lways been 1n th e f ~·ont rank in footba ll and basketba ll. So far P e ru has neve r los t an ath le t ic conte t to another state normal school. Many of her ath. Ietes have gone into the different leagues after grad~ation . Peru has the on ly indoor ba eball c~ge m Neb~asl~a . Th is is designed to afford wmter practice In batting, p itch ing and catc hing so t hat when t he season opens t he ba ll team is a lready mat u re and ready for actual work. Peru's ath letic fie ld is on t he ca m p us s u rround ed by a natural a m ph i t heatre of s lopin g wooded hil l. The steep s lopes are covereJ wi t h · b lu e grass and s had.ed by great oaks, e lms a nd h ickory trees. It IS not li ke ly t hat nature has g·iven any other school such a beau t if ul a thletic fie ld and surround in gs.
For info rmation concerning re ervation of room , credit course of tudy or any feature of the t ork offered in the tate Normal. add,-, the R egi trar, P eru ebra ka.
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