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The Bible Vision, Fort Wayne Bible College

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The December 1951 edition of The Bible Vision, published by the Fort Wayne Bible College in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Taylor University Bulletin (January 1951), Taylor University

Taylor University Bulletin (1912-1963)

The January 1951 edition of the Taylor University Bulletin, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

A Study Of The Certification Of Elementary Teachers In The Forty-Eight States, Grace Bales Ramos

Master's Theses

The problem ot certifying a sufficient number of well qualified elementary teachers is yet to be solved. One of the aims of this paper is to consider the situation that exists and to show that improvement is needed.

This study contains information given in the state certification rules and regulations, (published by almost all of the state departments or education or other offices of certification) written and oral communication from state certification officials, information compiled by the Council of State Governments, reports from the NEA Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards, and statistics from the NEA Research Division and …

Some Statistical Data On Education In Australia, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin

Tables Showing Numbers of Schools, Students and Teachers for All States and Australia, 1946.

Sources from which the information has been obtained are indicated by numbers in brackets in front of the figure given.

(1 Annual report of State department.

(2 Gazette or classified roll of state department.

(3 Statistical register or year book of state,

(4 University calendar.

(5 Information supplied by state department.

(6 Quoted by Dr. Sanders in Student Selection & Academic Success (Commonwealth Office Research Series, No.1).

Teaching Certificate, Myrtle Campbell

Arkansas schools

This is a three-year elementary teaching certificate for Myrtle Campbell, valid from 1948 to 1951.

The Bible Vision, Fort Wayne Bible Institute

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The December 1943 edition of The Bible Vision, published by the Fort Wayne Bible Institute in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Enrollment And Attendance, Flat Creek School District 7

Arkansas schools

This form describes the enrollment and attendance of school children at the Flat Creek rural school in Lawrence County for February of 1939 as prepared by teacher or principal Ruth Price.

Teacher Retirement Card, Mrs. J.E. Purdy

Arkansas schools

This notecard is folded and printed on both sides to track the retirement fund for school teacher Vesta Mae Wyatt Purdy.

The 1928 Salary Schedule Of The City Of Alameda And Its Effect Upon The Improvement Of Teachers In Service, James Mathews Bryan

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The improvement of the teaching staff is a problem that constantly confronts every school department. Writers of leading books on school administration consider this problem so important that they almost universally devote one or two chapters to its discussion. Dr. Ellwood F. Cubberley suggests that the addition of a few young, well-trained teachers to the staff each year is one way of improving the work of a whole department. In recent years, however, many school departments have been unable to add new strength to their school systems by the addition of new teachers, for the reason that there were no …

The Length Of The Teacher's Professional Life, Kenneth Stewart Cunningham

Australian Educational Studies

The figures given in this paper are based on data supplied by five of the Australian States. The aim of the investigation was to obtain some indication of the average length of service of teachers employed by the State Education Departments. The method used was to ascertain the age on retirement, the length of service, and the cause of retirement of each teacher who ceased to be employed by the various Departments during the years 1928, 1929 and 1930. (p.1)

Teacher's Contract, Jewel Verkler

Arkansas schools

This is a contract for first-grade teacher Jewel Verkler to teach for six months in Lynn, Arkansas.

Fundamental Objectives Of The New Professionalism In The Preparation Of Teachers, George H. Capenter

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

The formulation by the new professionalism in education of certain fundamental objectives for teacher training reveals teaching as fraught with untold possibilities for improvement and unprecedented growth along artistic as well as long constructive lines

Owensboro, Kentucky Junior High News, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Scanned images of a copy of the Junior High School News of Owensboro, Kentucky, includes student names, events, sports, Library Club and organization news.

First School Bus Piney Grove

Arkansas schools

This was the first school bus at Piney Grove, located in Hempstead County.

Taylor University Echo: October 10, 1922, Taylor University

1922-1923 (Volume 10)

Greetings — Reception to the New President — Dr. Paul Rader — New Faculty Members of Taylor University — Dr. John Paul, New President of Taylor — Total Enrollment Now Reaches 225 — Missionary News — The Student Volunteer Band — The Walls of Salvation — Alumni and Former Students — Locals — Loyalty — Prof. Pogue Gave Riley Lecture Oct. 7 — Editorial — God Has Been Faithful — The Teacher as a Missionary — “Almost,—But Lost” — Prayer Band — Holiness League — Soangetaha — Mnanka — Report of Eureka Debating Club — Athletics Same Old Story — …

Spring Hill School Group

Arkansas schools

This is a photograph of female students from the Spring Hill School District sitting in front of City Hall in Hope, Arkansas.

07-27-1919, Harriet Sweetser

Life as a Teacher (1904-1918)

This collection contains letters written by Harriet Sweetser, dated from 1898 to 1916, as well as some photographs. Most of the letters were written during her time as a student at Gorham Normal School, a teacher training college located on what is currently the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Almost all of the letters are addressed to her mother, with a few to her father. Sweetser writes home to tell her parents about her day-to-day life at school. She later taught at a grammar school in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and became a superintendent. Harriet Sweetser was born on …

07-07-1919, Harriet Sweetser

Life as a Teacher (1904-1918)

This collection contains letters written by Harriet Sweetser, dated from 1898 to 1916, as well as some photographs. Most of the letters were written during her time as a student at Gorham Normal School, a teacher training college located on what is currently the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Almost all of the letters are addressed to her mother, with a few to her father. Sweetser writes home to tell her parents about her day-to-day life at school. She later taught at a grammar school in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and became a superintendent. Harriet Sweetser was born on …

Taylor University Echo: March 25, 1919, Taylor University

1918-1919 (Volume 6)

St. Patrick’s Day at T. U. — Studio Recitals — Peace Conference — Local Echoes — Chronicle — Lead Thou Me On — The Deifying of Khaki by the Feminine Sex — Medals From German Cannon for Loan Workers — The Intensive Campaign — Official Directory — Save Now for Old Age — What is a Book Without a Man? — Exchanges — Prayer Band — The Volunteer Band — Holiness League — Vale the Editors, Hail the Co-Eds! — Thalonian — Philo Society — Rounding Out the Winter Term — Allowance to Child is Road to Economy — Local …

Taylor University Echo: February 25, 1919, Taylor University

1918-1919 (Volume 6)

Academy Wins Series — Peace Conference — Artist’s Recital — Local Echoes — Chronicle — Freshman Meeting — The Little Home Paper — The Man of Genius — The Successful Teacher — Some Needs of the Church — Editorial — The Co-Ed “Echo” — Sketch of Dr. Arthur Hugo Ayres — Resolution Adopted by the Oakland Board of Education — Thalonian Society — Holiness League — Alumni — From Miss Mabuce — Prayer Band — Volunteer Band — Simplicissimus — Taylor University

Taylor University Echo: January 11, 1919, Taylor University

1918-1919 (Volume 6)

Winter Term Opens — Revival Meeting — Student Recital — Meet At Convention — Local Echoes — Locals — Holiday Wedding — Death of Arthur Ayres — Daily Chronicle — Literary Notes — What Should Be the Teacher’s Aim In the School Room? — Religious Forum — Holiness League — Letter from Panama — Our Native Workers’ Institute — Cosmopolitan School — From Basil Osborne — Editorial — Xmas Vacation at T. U. — Holiday Services — Philo Society — My First Missionary Tour — Armenia Symbol of Suffering for Ages — Stag Bellowings — Taylor University

08-18-1918, Harriet Sweetser

Life as a Teacher (1904-1918)

This collection contains letters written by Harriet Sweetser, dated from 1898 to 1916, as well as some photographs. Most of the letters were written during her time as a student at Gorham Normal School, a teacher training college located on what is currently the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Almost all of the letters are addressed to her mother, with a few to her father. Sweetser writes home to tell her parents about her day-to-day life at school. She later taught at a grammar school in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and became a superintendent. Harriet Sweetser was born on …

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter From Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

WKU Archives Records

Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry written April 13, 1914 when Depp was Superintendent of Barren County Schools. She was the first woman elected to any office in Barren County, seven years before woman's suffrage in the United States. She was also the first WKU alum to be elected superintendent of schools. Transcription of letter:

[Note at top] Look on alumni list and change address.

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Mr. Cherry;

Your letter sent to Scottsville has reached me. My prospects for the following year are possibly not as flattering as you would like, but …

Graded Course Of Study For Rural Schools

Arkansas schools

This is a guidebook designed for use by teachers in rural, one-room schools where they would be teaching first through seventh grade. The book offers guidance for how to schedule all of the lessons for the seven groups of students each day, how to successfully conduct classes, and what skills and knowledge to expect of each grade. The back of the book has space for recording the progress of each student over time. This guidebook in particular was utilized between 1909 and 1911, in central Arkansas County, Arkansas.

Students At Center Point School

Arkansas schools

Photographic negative of students at Center Point School, Howard County.

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

WKU Archives Records

Letter written to Henry Cherry by Nettie Depp from Scottsville, Kentucky, Dec. 11, 1910. Transcript:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Mr. Cherry;

As a matter of course I am egotistical enough to think that you would like to hear from me occasionally.

School here is progressing nicely though the school board is financially embarressed [sic] at present. You know they began the school with only a twenty cent tax and now they begin to realize that they will have to do something in order to meet the growing demands of the school.

They have called a meeting …

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

WKU Archives Records

Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry from Glasgow, Kentucky, August 20, 1910. Transcript of letter:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Mr. Cherry,

I have been wating [sic] to know for certain just what I was to do. I go to Scottsville next week. I have charge of the 7th and 8th grades and two higher classes at $65.00 per month. This is not the work I wanted to do nor is it the price I wanted to work for, still I think it the best I can do this year and I shall go and do …

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

WKU Archives Records

Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry dated July 28, 1910 from Glasgow, Ky. Transcript of letter:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear sir:

Your letter to hand and I have made the application for the school. I sincerely thank you for all you have done for me and only hope that I may be able in some way to repay you.

I have not been at home long enough to visit any schools but hope to do so soon.

Yours for success

Nettie B. Depp

05-28-1908, Harriet Sweetser

Life as a Teacher (1904-1918)

This collection contains letters written by Harriet Sweetser, dated from 1898 to 1916, as well as some photographs. Most of the letters were written during her time as a student at Gorham Normal School, a teacher training college located on what is currently the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Almost all of the letters are addressed to her mother, with a few to her father. Sweetser writes home to tell her parents about her day-to-day life at school. She later taught at a grammar school in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and became a superintendent. Harriet Sweetser was born on …

02-18-1907, Harriet Sweetser

Life as a Teacher (1904-1918)

This collection contains letters written by Harriet Sweetser, dated from 1898 to 1916, as well as some photographs. Most of the letters were written during her time as a student at Gorham Normal School, a teacher training college located on what is currently the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine. Almost all of the letters are addressed to her mother, with a few to her father. Sweetser writes home to tell her parents about her day-to-day life at school. She later taught at a grammar school in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and became a superintendent. Harriet Sweetser was born on …