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is a guarantee of excellent teaching
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sonal acquaintance it will help in
the matter of still better understand
ing to present the members of the fao
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McCOOK JUNIOR STATE NORMAL
Fourth Annual Summer Session to
Open June 11
TEACHERS WILL BE HERE UNTIL AUGUST IT
Prospect Excellent for Greatly Increased Attendance
Over Former Years
BRIEF SKETCHES OF FACULTY
The fourth annual summer session
of the McCook junior state normal
school will hegin Monday June 11
and continue for a term of ten weeks
until Friday August 17 As each
succeeding year has meant increased
opportunity and better work so it is
the hope of the state department of
public instruction under whose
MISS NELLIE E DICK
SUPERINTENDED CHASE COUNTY
tion we operate and the faculty im
mediately in charge to make this ses
sion the best of all its predecessors
not less in the breadth and character
of the instruction offered than in the
chances of self improvement and gen
eral culture afforded the individuals
who will come under its influence
The county superintendents of
Dundy Chase Hayes Hitchcock Red
Willow Furnas and Frontier coun
ties Avhich are included in the Mc
Cook junior normal school district
bave been painstaking in encourag
ing and supporting this normal dur
ing the four years of its existence
and to such an extent that it is
noticeable that the instructional pow
er of tho teachers of the southwest
Nebraska has been improved and
strengthened in a marked manner
But there is yet much work to be
done there are still advances that the
conscientious teacher can make The
junior normal exists to supply help in
such endeavors The state superin
tendent has inaugurated a splendid
campaign for more thorough work in
what are termed the five essentials
To meet the need it is felt will arise
probably as many as three classes
each will be organized in Reading
Arithmetic Grammar Geography
and History There will be besides
classes in practically the same studies
as have been offered heretofore op
portunity being thus afforded those
desiring to do so to secure first grade
county or professional life certifi
cates But particular emphasis will
be laid upon the five essentials
To those who have been in attend
ance at the McCook junior state nor
mal school in previous years it will
be a source of keen satisfaction to
know that so many of the former in
structors have been returned to do
service here again This in itself
MISS FLORA B QUICK
SUPERINTENDENT RED WILLOW COUNTY
ty superintendents and through the
story of their past accomplishments
show by what right taey are called to
assist the teachers of southwest Ne
braska in preparing for higher pro
fessional standing
MISS NELLIE E DICK
Superintendent Chase County
Miss Nellie E Dick superintendent
of the schools of Chase county was
born September 30 1S80 at Waynes
ville Illinois and there received her
first instruction She removed with
her parents to western Nebraska set
tling in Chase county and soon en
tered the Wauneta high school She
graduated in 1899 Since that year
her time has been wholly devoted to
teaching and to educational work
Her experinece includes seven years
as a teacher in western Nebraska and
eastern Colorado Miss Dick is an ex
cellent illustration of what the am
bitious and successful teacher can ac
complish in the way of self-improvement
She has allowed no opportuni
ty to advance in her chosen profes
sion to slip by unimproved as is
shown by the fact that she was an
earnest student at the McCook junior
normal school in the first years of its
organization where she was an in
dustrious worker quickly calling her
abilities to the notice of the instruc
tors Her training as a rural school
teacher and her experience as a stu
dent in the normal specially fit her
to perform the duties of a county su
perintendent for she can fully un
derstand and sympathize with her co
workers in the perplexities that so
often confront them Miss Dick was
first elected superintendent of Chase
county in 1903 and in 1905 was re
elected
MISS FLORA B QUICK
Superintendent Red Willow County
During the three years Miss Flora
B Quick has occupied the office of
superintendent of the schools of Red
Willow county she has specially en
deared herself not only to the teach
ers who are under her immediate
supervision but to all who have come
in contact with her in their attend
ance at the junior normal Unfailing
willingness to render help genial and
inspiring frankness and a wealth
of sympathy have been the qualities
which have won her so many friends
Miss Quick was born in Council
Bluffs Iowa but came with her par
ents to Nebraska in 1878 When
MRS MARGARET E WEST
SUPERINTENDENT HAYES COUNTY
one recalls how comparatively recent
is the settlement of the Republican
valley it is easy to see that Miss
Quick has been a witness to all the
marvelous development and enrich
ment of western Nebraska In 1899
and 1900 Miss Quick attended Doane
College at Crete and in 1903 she
graduated from Franklin Academy
in the classical course The better
to fit herself for her work as a teach
er she did what she is seeking her
teachers to do attended an approved
summer school first at the University
of Nebraska and later at the Peru
State Normal School As a teacher
she has had seven years experience
in the schools of Indianola her home
town three of them being in the sec
ond primary department and four in
the eighth and ninth grades In 1903
she wa s chosen county superinten
dent of schools and in 1905 she was
re elected Miss Quick enjoys a dis
tinction very seldom permitted the
candidate of a political party On the
ulty class instructors as well as occasion of her last election she re
ceived the nomination for her office
at the hands of all three parties in
the county and was elected absolutely
without contest It is apparent that
Miss Quick because of the richness
and varied character of her training
and experience can be of inestimable
help to the teachers attending the
junior normal and the fact that she
will be here herself for the most part
through the entire session will be a
source of satisfaction and assistance
to the entire student body
MRS MARGARET E WEST
Superintendent Hayes County
The superintendent of public in
struction in Hayes county Mrs Mar
garet E West is a self made teacher
Her growth and development in edu
cational work have been simultanous
with the growth and development of
Hayes county and of the west The
limit to ones accomplishments is
I after all merely ones zeal and cour
age and application and Mrs West
fitly symbolizes this in her leader
ship of the educational work of her
county She is a proper person to be
come a leader for she has worked
her way up from the ranks she has
labored while others have slept she
was unceasing in her endeavors bet
ter to prepare herself for the teach
ers vocation Born in Tarcola Ill
inois in 1860 she removed with her
parents to Adams county in 1872
and in 1878 she was united in mar
riage with Mr A L West In 1885
they made their home in Hayes coun
ty Mrs West was educated in the
common schools at the Fremont Nor
mal in the county institutes and at
the junior normals Of the twenty
eight summer schools held in Hayes
county Mrs West has been a member
of twenty five For two years 1902
1903 and 1903 1904 Mrs West very
succesfully taught the seventh grade
in the McCook city schools
school district is Superintendent Jas
OConnelf of Trenton Mr OConnell
received his early education as far
as Ihe seventh grade in the city
schools of Chicago but removing to
Nebraska he entered the public
schools of this state and graduated
from the Salem high school Later
MISS C ESTELLA GOODWIN
SUPERINTENDENT DUNDY COUNTY
he attended the Peru Normal for
three years graduating from this
splendid professional institution in
both the teachers elementary and the
advanced courses For two years af
ter completing his normal work Mr
OConnell taught in the rural schools
of Pawnee county then one year in
the grammar department of the West
Lincoln schools He was principal
for four years at Howe Nebraska
PRINCIPAL GEORGE H THOMAS
ly returning to school work nearer
home at Hayes Center In 1905 she
was elected county superintendent
of Hayes county A student in many
and varied schools a teacher of
seventeen years experience in all
grades from rural to city a county
supervisor Mrs West is qualified
as few can be to give the teachers
in her jurisdiction safe counsel and
wholesome instruction
JAMES OCONNELL
SUPERINTENDENT HITCHCOCK COUNTY
JAMES OCONNELL
Superintendent Hichcock County
In point of length of service and
association with the educational
movements of southwest Nebraska
the dean of the county superinten
dents in the McCook junior normal
and for three years in charge of the
schools at Palisade Nebraska It
was from this position that he was
called to the office of county superin
tendent to which he was elected in
1901 He is now beginning his third
term In 1902 Superintendent OCon
nell was one of the organizers and
principal promoters of the Union Nor
mal Institute held at Culbertson
I that summer embracing the counties
of Dundy Chase Hayes Hitchcock
and Red Willow and which is the
i real progenitor of the McCook junior
i normal In each of the sessions of j
the latter school Supt OConnell has
j been a helpful assistant and as an
instructor in the faculty is strong
1 and inspiring Last year for five
weeks he conducted classes in Or
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j thography Bookkeeping Mental
i Arithmetic and School Law the lat
ter of which by reason of the practic
al applications which were worked
out by the students attracted more
than local attention During the ses
sion of 1906 Supt OConnell will
I serve as an instructor for the full
time the school is open Mr OCon
1 nell is a veteran of the Spanish war
having served valiantly as a member
of the gallant Firt Nebraska while
on duty in the Philippine Islands
Full of capacity as an organizer rich
and ripe with tho varied experience
of a teaching career well acquainted
with the methods of normal training
elsewhere employed Supt OConnell
brings to the McCook junior normal
such skill and capacity as cannot fail
to be of immeasurable advantage to
all who attend
3HSS C ESTELLA GOODWIN
Superintendent of Dundy County
Miss C Estella Goodwin superin
tendent of schools in Dundy county
began her education in the graded
schools of Iowa but at the age of
eight years removed with her parents
ribtme
MCCOOK RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA FRIDAY EVENING MAY II 1906
to Nebraska Till she was fifteen she
attended the rural and graded schools
of this state and then began teaching
in Dundy county Miss Goodwin is
also a type of the Nebraska pioneer
who despite adversities and lack of
opportunity made her own way to
the front of her profession Teach
ing to earn the means to attend
school working faithfully between
terms as a student she has advanced
step by step through the various
grades of rural and city school teach
er till now she stands at tho head
of the schools of Dundy county Miss
Goodwin entered the middle class of
the Galesburg Illinois high school
in 1898 Later she returned to Ne
braska secured a first grade county
certificate and taught two years in
the rural schools of Dundy county
and then entered the Western Illin
ois Normal at Macomb where she
was graduated in the state certificate
course in 1902 She taught the next
year in Illinois came back to Ne
braska and in the fall of 1903 was
elected to the office pf county
FRANK J MUNDAY
SUPERINTENDENT Ft KNAb COUNTY
tendent of Dundy county She is at
present entering upon her second
term The young people from the
extreme west end of the state who at
tend the junior normal look eagerly
forward to her frequent visits to Mc
Cook because the counsel and en
couragement she gives themare in
spiring and vital
FRANK J MUNDAY
Superintendent Furnas County
Supt Frank J Munday of Furnas
county just entering upon the duties
of his present office will come to the
j McCook junior normal this year in
me capacity oi instructor iis train
ing in the rural school first as a stu
dent and in IS 9 6 18 9 7 as a teacher
his experience as a principal first at
Edison in 1899 00 and then at Har
dy in 1902 03 closing with his su
perintendency of tho Cambridge
schools for two and one half years
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THOMAS SCJTT
bUPER NTENDENT FRONTIER COUNTY
popular in his home county both
among the teachers whose chief he
now is and also with all classes of
patrons Mr Munday was chosen
president of the southwest Nebraska
district teachers association at the
meeting held at Arapahoe the last of
March He will prove a tower of
strength as a class teacher as an ad
viser and as an inspiring leader dur
ing the session of 1906
THOMAS SCOTT
Superintendent of Frontier County
Superintendent Thomas Scott of
Frontier county is a native of j
ois ana receivea nis eariy training iu
that state and in Missouri He taught
and attended school alternately until
he finished his college course His
normal training was received at Nor
mal Illinois He has taught in all
grades of schools and all kinds of
buildings from sod houses up Mr
Scott was principal at Elwood two
years and at Curtis nine years He
is now beginning his work of super
vising the schools of Frontier county
SCIENCE
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MISS EVA OSULLIVAN
Science Teacher South Oniulm High
School
The McCook junior normal school
has always been fortunate in having
on its faculty a young woman who
has long been recognized as tho
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MISS EVA OSULLIVAN
OMAHA IIKiH
ful voice and who have been profited
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the superintendency of Furnas
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nnrf h to ad riuWnc tho on- Sood fortune thereby that has been
proaching summer Mr Munday was
born in Bureau county Illinois and
came to Nebraska with his parents
ablest and most skillful teacher of
the sciences in the state of Nebraska
and students and officers both may
rejoice that Miss Eva OSullivan of
South Omaha will return again this
I summer This will he three con
secutive years that she has been
given the McCook assignment Miss
OSullivan is a nativo born Nebras
kan attended the public schools of
West Point which is her home town
and graduated from the high school
in 1S93 Entering the University of
Nebraska she took up the general
scientific course of study and gradu
ated with special distinction in 1897
with the degree of B Sc She has
taken one summers work toward the
i degree of Master of Arts After leav
j ing the university Miss OSullivan
taught two years at Creighton one
i in the sixth and seventh grades and
j one in the high school For seven
i years she had charge of all the sci
ence instruction and the general
management of the laboratories of
i the South Omaha high school Be
cause of friendships formed and tech
I nical ability to do the instructional
work assigned her no choice could
jbe happier than this for the 1906
session of the normal
CHARLES II MILLER
Music Supervisor Lincoln City
Schools
This will be the third consecutive
year that Mr Charles H Miller su
pervisor of music in the Lincoln City
schools will have worked as an in
structor in the McCook junior nor
mal school and each year those who
have been inspired by his rich tune
I uiuns ou irequenuy an expert mu
sician is not qualified to instruct in
the other branches of the school cur-
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ed the state normal at Peru and grad- His experience as a teacher
notor in Of frnm tho me at
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course Mr Munday is
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deservedly i clsuiwu 1c saii icatmug m
the country Then he became a
I cipal of schools and later a teacher
oi iingnsn anu matnematics in a
large high school He served for
monv vpnr nt Vohrr oc citnorricnr
ui music at tne same time acting in
the capacity of ward school principal
and teacher of grammar grade work
It was his splendid achievements in
this field that attracted the attention
of the Lincoln people to his ability
i and which resulted in his present
appointment in 1904 A an insti
tute and normal school instructor he
i has been much sought after summers
and is deservedly popular and
I cessful in such work Mr Miller re-
l ceived his first instruction in a coun
try school later aucnded Princeton
academy and then a larse normal
Most of his education however has
CHARLES H MILLER
MUSIC SUPERVISOR LINCOLN CITY
SCHOOLa
been acquired by private study and
with private teachers and in the
school of experience It was
thoroughly done as is shown by the
fact that at the age of twenty one he
secured a professional state life
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