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From the Organic Act forming the Territory of NE (Andreas
History of NE 1882)
"SEC.
16. And be it further enacted, That when the lands in the said
Territory shall be surveyed under the direction of the Government
of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into
market, Sections Number 16 and 36 in each township in said
Territory shall be and the same are hereby reserved for the
purpose of being applied to schools in said Territory, and in the
States and Territories hereafter to be erected out of the
same."
This statement set aside the money from "school lands" sold to be
applied toward establishing an educational system.
"Educational"
- list of institutions of higher learning from Compendium of
History Reminiscence and Biography of Western Nebraska, 1909, pp
114-115
"Schools,
Colleges & Universities" chapter from History of NE
by Morton & Watkins, 1918.
"Nebraska
Colleges" from "Who's Who in Nebraska", 1940.
See the "Country
Schools page" of NE Resource
Center.
Includes link to
"Twenty-First Biennial Report of the State Superintendent of
Public Instruction of the State of Nebraska, by E.C.
Bishop,1910.
Nebraska State Educational System:
1869: History
of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (from Andreas History
of NE, 1882); includes lists of early faculty, etc.
1872: UN, School of Agriculture "These
Fifty Years, A History of the the College of Agriculture of the
University of Nebraska", 1925 - by R.P. Crawford
1908: University of NE, Omaha
The first "Normal" (school to educate/train teachers) was at Peru, Nemaha, NE. A biography may show "PN" (Peru Normal) or "PSN" (Peru State Normal) for educational background (example: "ed PSN").
Four schools that started as "Normals" have continued to the
present - Kearney, Chadron, Wayne and Peru.
1867: History
of the school at Peru (from Andreas History of NE, 1882)
1903: History
of the school at Kearney. (brief) Opened in 1905.
Photo
circa 1905 from Oldtime Nebraska website.
Photo,
1909 students from NE Photo Album.
1910: Wayne (established as NE State Normal at Wayne in 1891)
1911: Chadron
The school titles were changed from "State Normal" to "Teachers' College" in 1921 - so you may find a reference about your ancestor's education as "PSTC", meaning Peru State Teacher's College.
1991: Kearney was officially removed from NE State College
system, and became part of the University of NE.
UNL - University
of NE at Lincoln .(current website)
UNO - University of NE
at Omaha. (current website)
UNK - University of NE at
Kearney. (current website)
NE State College System
(current website) includes links to the following:
Peru State College
Wayne State College
Chadron State College
Hastings College (website)
NEWS - From the Grand Island Independent: June 1884 (quoting from Popular Science Monthly)
"Think of an undeveloped brain
getting up book knowledge on ten different subjects all the same
day, and this going on day after day for several years. It is
altogether contrary to the principles of a sound psychology to
imagine that any sort of mental process worthy of the name of
brain thinking can take place in that brain while this is going
on. The natural tendency of a good brain at that age to be
inquisitive and receptive is glutted to more than satiety. The
natural process of building up a fabric of mental completeness by
having each new fact and observation looked at in different ways
and having it suggest other facts and ideas, and then settle down
as a part of the regular furniture of the mind, cannot possibly go
on where new facts are shoveled in by the hundred day by day. The
effect of this is bad on boys, but is worse on girls, because it
is more alien to their mental constitution. -- Popular Science
Monthly"
Contributed by Kaylynn of Hall
County <audriana@ginetworks.com>
NEWS - List of UNL graduates from a Lincoln newspaper? May-June 1915?
Special Education Institutions
"Superintendents of the Nebraska School for the Blind" (1875 - 1913) from NE History and Record of Pioneer Days, Vol III no. 1, Jan-Mar 1920
Biographies
ABOTT, Grace & Edith - "Pioneers in social service/policy" Website by Grand Island Library
CREIGHTON, Edward (1820-1874) - Founder of Creighton College. Biography from "Omaha Illustrated" 1887-1888, part 42
CURRY,
Robert (1821 - ??) - Founder of Curry Institute of Pittsburg,
PA; State Supt. of Public Education for PA; Principal of NE State
Normal School, Peru. (from Portrait & Biographical Album of
Otoe & Cass Counties, NE)
See also the biography of his wife (which follows husband's
article): Jennie
B. CURRY - maiden name BOGGS
EDGARTON, Harold Eugene (1903-1990) - Born Fremont, NE. Graduate of UNL & MIT. Scientist/teacher: Photography, light - discoveries, inventions. See "Explorit Center" Plainsmen Museum in Aurora, Hamilton County, NE.
GOUDY, Alexander K. (1847- ) - Founder of Pawnee Academy (1877-18883), teacher at NE State Normal (Peru), Superintendent of Schools for Pawnee County. Biography from "Portrait & Biographical Album of Johnson and Pawnee Counties Nebraska" published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1889. (Pawnee County)
HAGER, Walter E. (1895 - ) - Physics teacher, visiting lecturer, officer of American Association of State Colleges and Universities, etc. from "Bellwood, NE: The First 100 Years". (Butler County)
HOSHOR, Margaret - teacher of Helen Siefert, from "Bellwood, NE: The First 100 Years". (Butler County)
McKENZIE, Dr. John M. ( ? - 1918) - "Nebraska's First Educator", death notice from Nebraska History & Record of Pioneer Days, Vol I, no 4, 1918. See also the death notice of his daughter, Mary L. McKenzie KEYSER (1860-1918) in the same issue.
O'LEARY, Arthur F. - (b 11 Oct 1924, Omaha, NE - d 28 Mar 2009, County Louth, Ireland) - Graduate of University of Southern California. Expert on architectural law. Author of books and articles.
PETERSON, Susan A. (Harnly) - (b 21 Jul 1925, McPherson, KS - d 26 Mar 2009, Scottsdale, AZ) Grew up in Grand Island, NE. Graduate of Mills College, Oakland, CA. Potter, teacher, lecturer. Expert on pottery - Native American & otherwise. Author of books; organized a series of programs about pottery for PBS.
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