St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-25

often the accompaniment of high au-
thority. A white-haired man, slightly
under medium height, who was fifty
years Of age in 1898, he is polite and
pleasant to meet, self-poised without
any show of self-importance. Some
what abrupt, but easily approached, he
is business-like and extremely well
posted on all matters in the education
al world. There is a polish about
Shepard that in no way seems to in
terfere with the indomitable spirit of
push that has given the Winona norm
al an established place among the first
of it's kind in America and, necessar-
lily, in the world.
President Shepard was born in
Skaneateles, N. Y, in 1913; removed to
Michigan in 1856; received his early
education in rural schools, and entered
the state normal school at Ypsilanti,
Mich, in 1860. In 1862 he enlisted for
three years in the war" in the COM
pany of students who went out frora
that school to join the Seventeenth
Michigan infantry volunteers, which,
, in it's first engagement at South Mount
ain, three weeks after leaving the
state, won the title of THE StoneWall
Regiment of Michigan" He was pres
ent in every march and engagement
of this regiment until a severe wound
in the Battle of the Wilderness en-
forced his discharge from active serv-
ice. Shepard then served, until the
close of the war, as chief clerk to the
adjutant general in the military COM
mander's Office at Detroit, Mich.
To cd
! Michigan, as B. A in 1871 and took his
degree of NJ. A. three years later, and
the degree of Phi. D. in 1892 He was
superintendent Of schools in Charles
/ City, TO-, from 1871 to 1875. He was
principal of the high school at Winona,
,, Mimi, from 1875 to 1878; was superin-
tendent of schools in the same city in
1879, and was elected as president of
| the state normal school at Winona in
June 1879. Since that time, for fifteen
years, he has been at the head of that
school. President Shepard is a. mem
Der of the National Council of Educa-
| ton, body of sixty of the most prom
inent educators of America He is also
secretary of the National Educational
| association, of which he has for many
years been a prominent member.
LARGEST OF THE SCHOOLS.
The second normal established in the
state was located in Mankato. In
point of attendance it is the largest
of the four schools, and the building,
since the addition of the new wings,
also takes first rank. Since 1881 Ed
ward Soaring has presided over the
destinies of the Mankato normal, with
|, distinguished success. He impresses
| one as born educator, who would be
| at home nowhere outside of great
educational center. Above the medium
height, just stepping over the ridge
toward the GRAVEYARD side of life.
President Soaring is of that class of
men who are quiet and unobtrusive,
yet wonderfully likeable. There is
just suspicion of a scholarly stoop
about the shoulders, but the scholar
all over is unmistakable. Of kindly
manner and gracious bearing, he is
! well calculated to captivate and in
spire the young. Force of character
and strength of purpose, tempered by
! an admirably balanced mind, are no
less apparent today than when, years
ago, as superintendent of public in
struction in Wisconsin, he laid the