VOL IV
OCTOBER 1918
NO . 4
THE NEBRASKA ST ATE NORMAL SCHOOL Peru, Nebraska ESTABLISHED 1867
QUARTERLY BULLETIN Greeting Alumni and giving Articles of Incorporation.of Alumni Association DR. WILLIAM ARTHUR CLARK
Second
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Begins January 27, 1919
Summer School Begins June 2, 1919
PERU NOW GRANTS THE A, B, DEGREE TO THOSE COM, PLETING THE FOUR, YEAR PROFESSIONAL COURSE, Entered as Second Class Matter July 15, 1915, at the Postoffice at Peru, :>\ebraska, under act of Aug. 24, 1912.
CALENDAR AND ANNOUNCEMENT First Semester closes January 24, 1919. Second Semester begins January 27, 1919. Com mencement Week, May 22 to May 27, inclusive. Ninth Annual Festival of Music, Monday, May 26, 1919. Forty -ninth 27 , 1919.
Annual Com mencement Exercises, Tuesday, May
Alumni Luncheon anrl Inr!uction of the Class of 1919, 1919.
May 27,
All Peruvians who se rved in the present war in any capac!ty will be the guests of the school and town commencemen t week. We know that many of the loyal alumni who were denied the priv ilege of special service will join with us in welcoming home our honored guests.
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GREETING The new administration of the old school takes this occasion to send greetings to the loyal alumni in the state and nation as well as to the valiant men and women who are serving their country overseas. Mar.y of our women temporarily abandoned their profes¡ sio n and are now in active service with Red Cross, Y. W., or Y. M., associations. A still larger number are now i;erving their country in stenographic and clerical positions in Washington. While we honor those who are doing this emergency work we are just as proud of the great majority .w ho remaiped at their posts of duty. For the last twenty-five years all roads have led to high schools, normals, and colleges. Only the man who knows and who can do will survive in the staggering struggle of reconstruction which must follow this crucial war. With no disparagement of the choice of those who have seen fit to serve in other field s. I congratulate those teachers who have been heroic enough to stand and serve in th eir accustomed places. You have been just as truly enlisted in the callse of hllmanity as those wh o are repre3ented by the blue stars on our service flag. As they have offered their lives to make the world safe for democracy, you have been living and teaching that democracy might be safer for the world. As I glanced over our long alumni list a few hours ago the memories of many happy days in the closP. association of the training school life came back to me. Well do I remember the many pledges that have been voluntarily made to serve the school whenever and however occasion demanded it. The time has come when that opportun ity is yours. We need your close co-op eration. The enrollment. this biennium has been the smallest in a dozen years. It is a perfectly natural result of present conditions. Other demands have been more impelli ng . The war is drawing to a cloi;e. Possibly we may have a Merry Chris tm1s and a Happy New Year without the overhanging shadow of the war. Boys and girls who graduated last year or the year before have been drawn away from school. They sl)ould now return to their preparation for life. You are in close
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touch with many such former students of yours. Some of these c•rnl d eaiily ente r sch :io l th e s !:!cond semester. Will you not write such stud ents urg ing them t o g et ba~k into the paths in which they meant to continue when they were your students ? One can enter th e secnn1 se mester of our year with practically no handicap . Most of our courses are one semes ter courses. Sturl ents entering th em have equal chances in th e ne w courses with students who are now in attendance. Do not think we arc complaining. Notw ithstanding the war conditi ons the class of 19 18 numb er ed on e hundred and forty -four. The class of 1919 will pass the hundred mark. We have one hundr ed juni ors. In your d ays the junior cla ss passed the two hundred mark . Wh E> r ever you come in contact with stud ents holdini; our junior certi fi cate wi II you not urge them to return next year to comple te the ir normal course? We want you to put us in touch with all of Yvur stqdenrs th.is year wh o are thinking of entering the teaching pro fe ss ion. N ext year 's juni or class mnst start at two hundred . You can make this g oal possible. Send us the nam es "f all your prese nt seni ors. Make a sp ecial effort to get them interested in the old Institution . Emphasize the advantages a holder of our diploma has in Nebraska and all states west of Nebraska. Do not forget that we now grant a Bachelor of Arts Degree to all students completing a four-year course. This degree has been rec:ignized in Columbia University, Chicago University, the University of Nebraska, and many other institutions as entrance for Master's Degree work. Your loyal secretary, Prof. W. N. Delzell, will spend at least half .of his time in the fi eld after January 1. He will call upon these prospectivestud ents and thus supplement your efforts to send them Peru-ward. lt is never necessary to make a selfish appeal to a Peru graduate, but m'ly I remind you that it is to your advantage as well as to ours to bring our enrollment back to its old 600 mark next fall. We must keep the attendance and efficiency of the school on the increase if your diploma and certificate is to maintain its present high stanriing. We are counting upon you. You have never failed us. We know that you will not at this critical time.
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Mo3t of our faculty have remained loyally at their posts. There have been a number of splendid additions. Each of these has come well qualified and well recommended for his special work. You can be proud to send your students to us. There will be the same friendly co-operation between faculty and students. As the years go by there is greater evidence of the Peru spirit. A student who entered from another institution this fall remarked after being here a few weeks, "I havfl'! often spoken in disdain of the much flaunted 'Peru Spirit,' but I begin to sense its presence. l cannot describe it, but I am oerfectly aware of its influence. It is one of those unseen realities." Let me close by urging as many of you as possibly can to attend the Nebraska S~ate Teachers' Association which meets in Omaha Christmas week. Your old friend, Prof. F. M. Gregg, ha~ planned the finest treat that has been offered Nebraska teachers in many years. Let us rally to him. He has a big program to put across. We must help him do it. We shall have an old-time reunion Friday evening at the Rome Hotel. We hope that you will b::! one of four hundred that shall surround the banquet table singing "The Pale Blue and White."
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R e union Announcement Th e annual r eunion of th e Pe ru Alumni will be at five o'clo ck, Frid!iy even ing, D ~ce .nbar 27, in th e R1lm e Hote l. lt w i ll b e a goci J olJ-fa3hion ed han dshaking and chummy time which Peruvians have lea rn ed to enj oy . At 6 :1 5 lunch eo n wi ll be served. Thi s luncheon is for all frienris and former studentio of Peru as well a s alumni . Bring your friends. Mai l the enclosed card at once indicating yo ur intenti on to be present. The g uests of honor will be President E. L. Rouse, former presidents D. W. Hayes and Dr. J . A. Bea ttie, and Prof. F. M. Gregg, presid ent of the Nebraska State Teachers' Association . Special invitations have been sent J. W. Crabtree , class of '8 7, now secretary of the National Ed ucational As>ocia t ion, Judge Le tton, class of '78, who has late ly been honored with an oth-e r r e-electi on t o th e suprem e bench, and Dr. George E. Howard, class of '70, to jo in us in this r e union . Rem ember: The Day, Frida y, December 27. The Hours, Reception, 5 o'clock, and Luncheon, 6: 15. The Place, Hotel Rome, Omaha. You are expected t o be there. If you cannot come, send a message to Prof. W. N. Delzell , secretary of the Alumni Association, PPru Nebraska.
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A Peruvian Home (A Plea of a Form er Student.) An Alumni H ome on the campus of the Pt>ru State Normal can b ~ a r ea lity within th e next five ye1rs if loyal alumni will support the proposition as th ey have every cause which in any way contributes to the wel fare of th e ir Alma Mater . The first steps toward th e realization- of th is dream for an a lumn i buildin g was ta ke n when the Peru Alumni Association incorporated in 1916 . A fund is already accumulating through t he life m embershi p fees. Thi s money is carefully invested by the treasurer of the Associati on and will increase fr om year to year . Yet something more is required from the alumni and former students of Peru before a sufficien t amount is available to justify th e erection of the building. The state of Nebraksa has given free instruction and a right t o t each in the best sc hoo ls of the s tate t o over 3, 000 graduates and helped to educate for life 30,000 yo 1.::ng people . Beyon::I thi loyal support an d good will these thousands have rlone noth ing fo r our beloved Inst ituti on to show th eir apprer.iati0n of the good things r eceived. ls it not time we gave ev id ence of our appreciation in a material way'! T he annual sa lar y of these students is conservat ive ly estimated a t ten milli on dollars, wh ic h in the nex t five years would be fifty mi II ion d ollars. If one t en th of one perc ent of the amount earned by all form er stude nts of Peru were set aside for the next five years a fifty thousand dollar building could be erected. What would be your contribution upon this ba sis? Are y¡iu not williag to pledge that amount'? Are th ere not many alumni wh o can give in a larger way either directly or by bequest ? The Alumni Associ ati on has sta rted th e move and will finance a nd manage th e campa ign to rai se the fun d . Every dollar of the money subscribed will go directly into the building fund. Alumn i and former students of Yale, Harvard, Ann Arbor, and all other well known institution .s have shown their gratitude by substantia l gifts. Th e time is at hand¡ for Peruvi ans to so rem ember their mother school.
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AR T I C LES OF IN C ORPORATION O F
THE
Peru Alum n i A s soc ia ti on
We , the undersig~ed, do make and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation: ARTICLE I. The nam e of this Corporation shall be Peru Alumni Association. ARTICLE II. The principal place of business of this corporation shall Peru, Nemaha County, Nebraska.
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ARTICLE Ill. The general nature of the business to be transacted by this corporation shall be the promotion and extension of the influence of the Neliraska State N ormal School at Peru, Nebraska; the increase of the number of its students and graduates; the development of plans for the usefulness of the Normal School Teachers ' Bureau and the welfare of alumni of the ¡institution; the organization of auxiliary assoc iations for advancing the general purposes herein before stated; the owning, leasing or otherwiee acquiring of real estate for the use of the corporati on. For the purpose of carrying on its business the corporation shall have all the powers granted corporations under the laws of the state and in addition thereto may make. execute and deliver deeds, mortgages, notes and other instruments incident to the ownership and use of rea l estate; may make, enter into , carry out and discharge any and all forms of contracts affecting real and personal property and may receive, hold and use money or othe r property donated , rlevised or assigned to the coporation and shall be empowered, through its Board of Directors, to do and perform each, all and every act incident to , co nnected with the business of the corporation or which may bE' deemed exped ient in carrying forward the purposes of the corporation. ARTICLE IV. The capital stock of this corporation shall be Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20 .000), of which Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) shall be comm on stock and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) shall be pre¡
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fer red stock. The par value of the shares of stock shall be Five Dollars ($5.00). Common stock shall be issued to alumni. of the Nebraska State Normal School only and each life membership purcha~ed by an alumnus shall entitle its holder to one share of com· mon stock. ARTI CLE V. The corpJration shall begin business upon the filing of these Articles and its existence shall terminate ninety-nine years there· after. ATICLE VI. The highest amount of indehtedne~s t0 which the corporation shall at any time subject itself shall not exceed two·thirds of the value of its entire full paid stock, preferred and common. ARTICLE Vll. The business of the corporation shall be managed and controlled by a b)ard of director:> to cJnsist of nine members, who shall be the officers and trustees of . the corporation. At each annual meeting of the corporation there shall be elected a president. a vi re president, a secretary and a treasurer, each to s rve for a term of one year and until his successor is elected an<I qualified. There shall also be elected at each annual m eeting one of five trustees for the tr,rm of five years and until his succe!'sor is elected. These four officers and the trustees !'hall be ex-officio the board of directors of the corporation an<I a majon tv of the trustees with any two of the other officers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The board of directors is empowered to adopt by-laws for the government of thE: corporation and board and to amend and repeal the same. The first board of directors to serve until the annual meeting in 1916 shall be as follows: L. F. Garey, president; W. N. Delzell, secretary; B. C. Hendricks, treasurer; Nell Cole Pollard, vice president; J . W. Miller, 'l'. W. Blackburn, R. R. McGee, H. H. Reimund and C. Ray Gates, trustees. ARTICLE
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The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held at such time and place as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the stockholders may be <!ailed by the Board uf Directors or upon the petition of twenty.five (25) common stockholders, but not less than fifteen (15) days' notice shall be given by mail to the last known address of the common stockholders of any special meetin~ so called. At all annual and special meet-
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ing3 each share of common stock shall be en ti tied to one vote in person or by proxy. Fifty shares of common stock represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. ARTICLE IX. These articles may be amended b.Y a two-thirds vote of the Board of Directors present at any meeting; provided, however, that such amendment shall not be effective until the same has been submitted to a referendum vote by mail to the holders of r.ommon stock and a majority of such stock voting upon the proposed amendment shall approve the same. ARTICLE X. These articles and the by-laws of the corporation shall be the constitution and by-laws of the general organization of alumni of the Peru State Normal School and all associate and active members of that association are eligible to become stockholders of this corp1Jration and may have issued to them the common stock of the corporation. All other persons interested in the Peru State Normal School as patron, student or friend are invited to become preferred stockholders. Persons wishing to purchase preferr.:d stock may take such number of shares as they may desire, but only alumni may buy common stock, and no alumnus can own in his or her own right mâ&#x20AC;˘.1re than one common or voting share. Capital stock is nontransferable. IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereto signed our names as corporators this 1 Lth day of May, 1916. L. F. Garey, W. N. Delzell, B. Clifford Hendricks, Nona M. Palmer, Elva E. Rulon, Mamie Russell Mutz, .J. F. Winters, M. C. Lefler, T. W. Blackburn, R. R. McGee. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 11th day of May, 1916. R. D, Overholt, Notary Public. [Seal]
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Dr. William Arthur Clark For the second time this year Peru is called upon to mourn the loss of an ex-presid en t . At Kirksville , Missouri , Wednesday afternoon," N ovemb :.' r 13 , Dr. W. A Clark passed on to his r eward. · He · was associatecl with this sc hool from 1895 to 1898 as teacher of Pedagogy, and from 1900 to 1904 as president of the Instituti on. Many of you will remember him as a scholarly, skillful, insp iring teacher. Others will recall him as a president with a vision of a school peculiarly set aside for the training of t eachers. All of you will remember him as a warm personal friend, a clear -minded, forward looking leader. No presid ent of this Instituti on had a broader acad emic preparation than Dr. Clark. At that time he held a Master's Degree fr om Harvard Uniwrsity and a Doctor's Degree fr nm Chicago University . Since leaving Peru he has held two important p ositions. From 1905 to 1908 he was head uf th e Department of Psych ology and Pedagogy and Dean of the faculty of the Kearney State Normal School. Sin ce that time he has been head professor of Education and and Psychology at Kirksville, Missouri State Normal School. It is remarkabl e that th e attenqing physician could find no im· mediate cause for his death. He simply wore out in service, literally g iving his life for others that their lives might be more abundant. No t as k was too great, no deed of kindness too o-mall for him to undertake for any student or friend. It is a modest estimate that he touched, in their impressionable years, 30,000 you ng people. Through these lives enriched by this personal touch with a great tea cher hi5 professional soul is triumph antly marching on. H e was a man of simple faith, active in all church and Sunday Schoo l work. U ntil the closing weeks of his life he took an active part in civic affairs, local and national. Mrs. Clark will make her home in Peru with Miss Esther Clark. Mrs. L. Porter Riemer, their only daughter, lives with her husband and little daughter at Hartford, Connecticut. We are certain that these relatives have the sincere sympathy of all Peruvians who have felt the touch of Dr. Clark's splendid life.
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Train i ng for School and Life The Home Econflmics Department of the Peru State Normal takes this opportunity to say a few words of greeting to the teachers who have gone out from its classes and who are helping to spread the go::;pel of efficiency and to impress th_e dignity and value of the science and art of housekeeping among the high school girls of the state. We are perhaps working .with better equipment, hence greater efficiency, than when you wETe here, because like you, we have been growing. But one fact remains the same, we are always ready to serve you just as we have been in the past. Write, telling us what you are accomplishing and what you; special needs are. We in turn want to keep you in touch with w¡ha~ we are doing and the new ideas we may be working out. Since some of you were here there has been put in the new Training School Building, Home Economic& equipment second to none in the state. The rooms are large, well lighted, heated, and ventilated. The kitchen is equipped with electric plates for each student and a fine electric range. The desks are of modern construction and suppiied with utensils of the most approved make. Them is a large dining room completely furnished in every respect to meet all the needs of serving classes in both Training School and the Normal. Jn fact nothing is lacking in equipment which can add to the valu~ of the courses offered. Our courses are planned with two purposes in mind, to fit girls to become Home Economics teachus and to be efficient, attractive home makers. Each senior has a chance to teach both cooking and sewing in the different classes of the Training School for three quarters. When she is through she is well trained to manage a Home Economics Department in a high school. Both last year and this we have modified our courses so as to meet every requirement of the Food Administration. We shall continue to do so as long as the need exists. And when the emergency is over we will find the value of many of these suggestions still obtains. The housewife of tomorrow must know the
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needs of her family and how to supply them most satisfactorily and economically. The Domesti'c Art courses we attempt to make beneficial to every g irl in all walks of life. The courses are practical and us~ful and fit a girl for home dressmaking as well as teaching. The Juni or course consists of the making of both under and outer garments from wash materials, while rhe Senior course deals with problems of dressmaking from woolen and silk materials. The making of a fitted French lining and th e padding of a dress form or figure taken up in this course prepares for home life as well as teaching. It makes self-fitti ng possible. A course in dress design insures wise choice in patterns and sty les. A very interesting and new phase of the work which has been introduced recently is th e problem of making over garments. The need of conservation in cl othing 1s almost as keenly felt as that of food and we are giving practical problems in both the Junior and Senior classes along this line. We take up in the Junior class old mu sli n und ergarments and linen and cotton outer garments and g ive th e girls th e planning and making of new garm en ts from these. In the Senior class th e problems are with old woo len and silk garments-cleaning the materials, planning and cutting of new gar¡ ments from these . .::lame work in millinery has al so been added. The girls are taught the method of covering and trimming plain buckram shapes suitabl e fo r spr ing wear. Each girl makes a hat for herself to harmonize with her costume. In the Home Management cla ¡s we emphasize especially the furnishing and decorating of a home , considering th e cost, suitability, color harm ony, and efficiency. In the equipping of a kitchen effic iency is our watchword . Are you conducting a school lunch? In the Seni or Dietetics class we have made a study of the lunch-room problem. One of our senior girls conducts th e lun ch room each noon, serving the children one hot dish at actual cost . For this we give credit in an elective course, Lunch Room Manage ment. We have a lunch room and a teacher is always in charge during the hour. The actual increased
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efficiency of the children is the best proof of its worth. We would he very glad to offer suggestions as t o the management of a lunch room if you will write us. On the other hand if you have conducted one successfully, t ell us how you did it. You may help others. Are you stressing attractive table service in your cooking clasRes this year? We are paying particular attenti on to this and find it a valuable means of motivation. Increased aesthetic value of food often means increased nutritive value. Our girls should he taught that no matter how simp le the fare it may be made ¡ attractive by careful serving. Whenever there is a scho0l banquet or dinner to be served the Domestic Science classes do this. The management is all worked out in class, the menu is planned and the cost figured so that each gi rl knows how to plan the entire affair before it is given. The girls then prepare and serve the food themse lves. This experience alone is invaluable to the students. You doubtless ha ve many gi rls in your classes who show special aptitude for Home Ec)n omics anr:I whom you could interest in more advanced work in these subjects. All of them will be homemakers and some perhaps teachers. What preparation would be more servicable for either line of work? We are constantly planniug and working to make our department meet both of these demands. Did we succeed with you? If you think so tell your students about it. You will be rendering these students a dist inct service if you will send us their nam es that we may acquaint them with the opportunities of our Department.
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" For You, Alumni" A boost for Peru is a boost for you, Peru Alumni three thousand strong. A boost for Peru is a boost for you, Fifty years of Golden Hi-story. A boost for Peru is a boost for you, Every county in the state has a Peru graduate. A boost for Peru is a boost for you, A half million invested in buildings and equipment. A boost for Peru is a boost for you, A campus of sixty acres covered with oaks and elms. A boost for Peru is a boost for you, Every new student increase the value of your diploma . A boost for Peru is a boost for you.