Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-12
Nebraska
NORMAL STUDENTS TO WEEP
Sorrow Awaits Many from Peru Who
Hold White Paper.
FIFTY-SIX WILL GET DIPLOMAS
OF Hundred EiEhty-Six Announced
rs Entitled to Graduate, Smaller
Number Only Have Full
Credits.
FIFTY-sIX WILL GET DIPLOMAS
(From a Staff Correspondent

NtTOm a SJatI correspondent
LINCOLN, June IL, Special) Dis
appointment, sorrow and humiliation
awaits large per cent of the graduating
class of the Peru Normal school, due to
the false hopes raised by Principal Crab
tree in his talk to the students on com
mencement day. Mr. Crabtree has been
given credit for turning out the largest
graduating class in the history of the
school, but the records OF the state ex-
aiming board, which has passed on the
credits of the students, will show that
the number has been materially reduced.
In fact of the 1S2 announced as having
graduated only fifty-six ha dsufficient
credits to- get them through with first
grade certificates.
In talk to the students when he pre-
scented them to- the State Normal board
Mr. Crabtree is quoted as having said in
substance: You have finished A.le work
here and you are entitled to certificates"
then turning to the members of the Nor
NAL board present, he continued, land l
recommend that you be given certifi-
Gates"
When this Information was brought to
State Superintendent Bishop ne was very
much surprised and somewhat aroused
that the normal school presIuent would
make such a statement when he knew
the credits to winch each student was
entitled and that the Normal board is in
4 no way responsible for the credits or the
tkufes. Astandard has been set for grad
Ahation from the normal schools, and IL
can be easily told on the first day of
school whether student is able to Sc
cure sufficient credits to be graduated
The large graduating class was lined up
on the stage at the Peru normal on com
rnencement day and each was presented
with unsigned diplomas or rather white
/ paper rolled and each was given TO under
stand that his diploma certificate would
be signed in due time without further
credits or effort on his part. When the
examining board checked over the credits
Il was discovered that many did not grad
uate and cannot be graduated until much
more work is DONE
Records of Board.
The records of the examining board show
this; Flfty-sx students received first
grade certificates and twenty applicants
were rejected; for junior certificates,
twenty-one were approved and ten re-
jected for trainers certificates, five were
approved and one rejected. OF candidates
for first grade certificates at the close Of
the summer school. thirty-eigh will be ac-
oepted and thrty-four will not for junior
certificates at the close of the summer
school. four will pass and fourteen will
be rejected for trainers certificates at
the close of the summer school, six Will
receive certificates and six will not.
Mr.. Crabtree in his talk TO the students
gave each of them to understand he was
entitled to certificates.
AT this time there are great number
OF students graduated from the Peru nor
NAL school in 1900, the late defunct demo-
= cratic board and Principal Crabtree, who
are teaching. who have no legal certifi-
cate because they have failed to come
I'D to the standard fixed by the committee
OF which MIR. Crabtree was member.
The records OF the examining board on
that class of 1909 show this: Recommended
FOR dipiomas l42; rejected five; diplomas
in hands of the board. but withheld. be-
cause of lack OF credits, nine; elementary
certificates recommended. flfty-four; no
certificates on file for twenty-nine; With
held for lack OF credits, nine; certificates
withheld because Of lack OF certificates
and credits. thirty.
Checking Ua Credits.
When the democratic board was declared
unconstitutional by the supreme court the
regular board ordered Mr.. Crabtree to Tile
AT once credits to which all students were
entitled. so that new and legal certificates
might be issued. In some instances the
normal school requested copies OF the rec
ords from the state superintendent In order
10 check up the students. Some OF these
records have been changed after leaving
the hands of the state superintendent In
one instance a student who had In the orig
,naI record been given credit for eighty
sonr weeks was given credit for ls4 weeks
hafora the records were ruturned to the
state superintendent To prevent any more
juggling OF records. Mr. Bishop has given
orders that hereafter requests for these
records be refused.
IflA law fixes the standard maintained py
~ Normal schools as the standard TO DC
maintained by the private schools 50 state
supsrintsndent Bishop and other members