isa-normaladvance-1915-00195

Description:	X SjL 1ST. SS.WILLIAM T. TURMAN.Professor Turman after completing the work of the country school entered Union Christian Collegeat Merom, Ind.After attending school a number of years he taught a country school and then re-entered college andgraduated from the classical course in 1894.While he was a student he had charge of the classes in Writing and did work in the Art Department.Within two weeks after graduation he was elected head of the Department of Writing and Drawing,here, and during the years since that time nearly 12,000 students have been in his classes.Since coming here he has further prepared himself for his work by attending the Chicago ArtInstitute two summers, Zanerian Art College. Columbus, O., two summers and Chautauqua, N Y.. onesummer. He was a student at the Terre Haute Art School two years and expects to be away duringthe coming summer term studying public school art and doing special work in oil painting.The present state adopted copy books are of his authorship. These books are adopted by Kansas,Texas and Utah.JOHN BENJAMIN WISELY.Professor Wisely taught in the country schools of Owen County, Indiana, three terms, 1880 to 1883.In 1885 he was graduated from the Indiana State Normal School and for the following three years wasprincipal of the Seventh Ward School, Terre Haute. Indiana however, in the summer of 1887 Mr.Wisely attended Colonel Parkers Cook County Normal School, Chicago. The year 1888-1889 was spentin Michigan University and in 1890 he received his A. B. degree from Indiana University. This wasfollowed by his M. A. in 1891, also from Indiana University. From 1890 to 1894 Mr. Wisely was Headof the Department of English in the State Normal School at St. Cloud, Minnesota. Since that time hehas been Head of the Department of English in the Indiana State Normal School.OSCAR LYNN KELSO.Professor Kelso attended the private Normal School at Paoli, Indiana, in 1875. He then attendedthe State Normal School and was graduated in 1879. In 1884 he was graduated from Indiana University with the degree of B. S., and in 1890 received the degree of M. A. from the same university.Since that time he has attended the University of Chicago two terms as post graduate student.Mr. Kelso taught in the country schools of Dubois County for four years. He then served for threeyears as the principal of the Bruceville school. He was then principal of the Anderson Indiana HighSchool for one year, and of Richmond Indiana High School for nine years. During this time hetaught three summer schools in Bedford, Iowa, and in the years of 1893 and 1894 he was in charge ofthe Mathematics in Earlham College during the summer terms.Mr. Kelso has been head of the Department of Mathematics in the Indiana State Normal School fortwenty-one years. He is the Author of Arithmetic For High Schools, Academies, and NormalSchools and with Robert J. Aley is joint author in the revision of the Cook-Cropsey Arithmetics.JOHN JACOB SCHLICHER.Dr. Schlicher received his A. B. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1892. He then taughttwo years at Mt. Morris College Mt. Morris, Illinois. He then entered the University of Chicago,where he spent the years 1894-1896 as graduate student. From 1896 to 1904 he was Professor of Latinand German at the Indiana State Normal School. The year 1899-1900 was spent in the University ofGoettingen and Berlin and in 1900 Dr. Schlicher received his Ph. D. at the University of Chicago.Since 1904 he has been Professor of Latin at I. S. N.WILLIAM ALLEN McBETH.Professor McBeth began teaching forty years ago. In 1895 he was graduated from the IndianaState Normal. His Ph. B. was received from Wabash College in 1896, and his A. M. from the sameinstitution in 1900. In addition he had a special Geography course in Harvard in 1898.Mr. McBeth is a member of the National Geographic Society, fellow and vice-president of the Indiana Academy of Science, member of the Terre Haute Science Club and Terre Haute Literary Club.He has been a member of the Normal School Faculty since January 4. 1897.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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