The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-09-03
Faculty Changes at the State Normal
School.
u % I . IS1N GISs
City Superintendent.

FaCuiCy NnohSeS AZ the SCdte Norman
School
The designations of MessCs. Wooster
and Cunningham and years leave of
absence granted Miss Bice have brought
about 81 me charges in assignments
of subjects and the employment of
teachers rot on the Faculty last year.
Miss Elsie Macintosh takes charge of
the librarians work during Miss Bice' 8
leave of absence. Mr.. Claude Bice
will have charge of gymnasium and
athletics for the remainder Of this year.
Mr.. Tilford has charge OF the CONNER
cial work, leaving Mr.. Bird free to de-
vote all his time to the science depart
ment. Miss Elizabeth Agnew will con-
tInue in charge of the domestic econ
omy work. Mr. Josiah Main has been
employed to take charge of the work
in agriculture and biology. All of the
foregoing names are n ore or less
fs miliar to TIE friends in Hays except
that of Mr.. Main. Miss Macintosh and
Mr.. Bice are euch old residents of Hays
that TO write words of introduction
for the m would be superfIuC US here
new members of the faculty for TIE
year 191U-11, were yet here 6urirg
the summer term ard have already be-
come well krown 10 our people. Mr..
Main is TIE only complete stranger to
Hays. Mr.. Josiah Main has been en-
ploved, after a search for the right
man for the work he is to hardle,
conducted since the June meeting of
the Board of Regents. At that meet
ing the Boar0, realizing The importance
of the agriculture feature of the
MOI mai cCursee, empowered Mr.. Hill
and Mr.. Picken TO search for the
tTorfest nan who could be found for
the largest salary they he'd yet author
lied for any place on the Fe Guilty,
aside from the position of Principal of
the school,. As far back as last April
Mr.. Hill had recorded his conviction
that of all the men in this country
W hi N he new as authorities on ag-
ricultural education for common and
high schools Mr.. Main was most de-
fin tie and scientific in his views of
| tbs M; that he doubted whether any
man in America was as far alorg in
I this field as Mr. Main. AS soon as the
| Board authorized the search for a
strcrg man Mr.. Hill undertook TO f1rd
him. For some reason in the early and
middle summer MIR. Main did not seem
available end it has been only within
the last few weeks that Mr. Picken
learned that, he might be gott-n. An
interview with him in Kansas City
Monday resulted in his d. frite en-
gagement and be will assume his
department here TIE current term ard
the rel Of the year. Without going
to much into detail, suffice it to say
that Mr.. Main in his early forties
lenters upon his labors here in the prime
of his lite. He holds the degree o.
A B. in agriculture from the STATE
University of Illinois ard the degree
of A. NJ. FROM the same University
His teaching experience has covero
all grades Of public schools incluoi g
| I"O yte'AC III GDdIRS VI oBIEUatuEai
education in the University of Tennt :
SIS; be has had much experience
in institute instruction in agriculture.
agriculture pedagogy and science work
in tour states; was contribut3r IL
ne Proc 'edings Of the National Edu>a-
t onal As,ocia. for 1909 and amend n
o thc Com ni5tee on Rural and Az
ricoliuIal Education for the N E A
At Boston for 1910. reporti1g on r
high school course in agriculture al
cae Boston meeti"g. sir. Main should
prO' Il most valuable addition to tbs
FA uity of the Western State, Norrna
ScSooi.