Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-07-22
Competent Teachers Secured.

Robinson of Saginaw. and Miss Bes-
sic Merriam of New York City.
OF Miss Robinson. the principal We
have written more fully in another
communication to this paper. AL
that needs to he added at this time il
TO remind the friends of the college
that she is lady well known to some
of the members of the faculty. Sire
is in tho prime of life. She was
graduated from Chicago kindergarten
institute and from the Teachers Col
lege of Columbia University. She has
haa ten years experience as a kinder
garten and training teacher of kim
0ergartners in Illinois Normal College,
She is lady of unusual agreeableness
of manners and capable of inspiring
the utmost devotion and enthusiasm in
behalf of her work The fact that the
college has to paw a larger salary than
it ever paid before for such service
shows the quality Of work she is be-
lieved to be capable of doing.
OF Miss Merriam we may speak more
at length. since this is her intro
ductien to the college and its friends
The community knew her as a stuue II +
and will know her hereafter as d
teacher. She belongs TO the alui. nae
of Alma College, having taken her
course of two years here under Mrs.
Plum. After successful teaching for
several years in the kindergsrtens of
Saginaw and New York she took an
other course in Columbia University.
Some teachers speak of her as fol-
lows:-
From Prof John Angus MacVannell.
of the School of Philosophy of Educa-
tion in Columbia University.
Miss Elizabeth Merriam. whom |
believe YOU know personally. a grad
uate of the kindergarten department
of Teachers College. Columbia Uni
versiy. is an applicant for position
in Alma College. and has asked me to
certify to the character of the work
she has done here. : OF course she had
training in kindergarten prior to her
entering upon the work for the diplo-
MA in SUPERVISION in Teachers Col
lege. Miss Merriam had work with
us in educational psychology and
history of education, three hours
weekly through the year with Prof.
Thorndike and and Prof. Monroe She
had course through the year with
DR.. Frank McMurrv in primary
supervision. in modern educational
theory and an intensive study of the
writings of Herbart and Froebel. in
their bearings on modern educational
movements with myself, and a course
In English usage with Prof. Baker.
She had year with Miss Blow and
Miss Hill. the foremost kindergarten
workers in this country. | feel tn at
she is we'll equipped for the place of
the department of kindergartening in
the college over which YOU preside. -
Very truly yours.
John Angus Mac Vannell
From Miss Hattv Hill to the Presi-
dent of Alma College Miss Mer-
riam studied here at the college two
years ago. She ALWAYS gave evidence
of close discrimination. good judge
ment and insight To marked degree
In our visiting of schools l felt that
her criticisms were in seeing beneath
the surface. She is young woman OF
noble character as you know. unpre.
tentious. and rings true in all her re-
lationships l hope YOU may be so
fortunate as to have her services. -
Hstty S. Hill
When we add these recommends
tions as TO attachments to what
we know of the achievements of these
two ladies, there is every reason to
conclude not only that these ladies will
fill the position to whicb-they are in
vited but they will lift the standard
of kindergarteners at Alma a little
higher than ever before. Parents NAV
be assured that their children will be
carefully escorted TO and fro from
school and home as heretofore.
Forward. not backward Advance,
not retreat. are the watch words of
Alma College in all its work
We are greatly pleased to announce
that the vacancy in the principalship
of the Commercial School has been fill
ed by the election of George L.
Churchill. recently of Crookston Col
lege Mimi. He is gentleman of ex-
cellent attachments and large ex-
periepce in his chosen calling. He
has taught with marked success in
several institutions as the following
letters will show
TOO whom it may concern: This
is to certify that George L. Churchill
has been professor of the commercial
DEPARTMENT in Buena Vista College.
Storm Lake, Iowa. for three years
September '03 to June '06-that we
fouud in Prof Churchill "A good reach.