President of Kansas State Teachers College 1913-1943;A. B., University of Kansas; A. M., Harvard University; University of Berlin; LL. D., College of Emporia.
THOMAS WALTER BUTCHER. Among Kansas men who have performed services of far reaching benefit to the state there is a distinctive place for Thomas Walter Butcher, now president of the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia. Mr. Butcher began his career as an educator in Kansas, and most of his work has been done within the state.He was born at Macomb, Illinois, July 3, 1867, a son of Boman Rilea Butcher and Adaline (Vail) Butcher. His father was a Union soldier during the Civil war. Mr. Butcher was reared in Illinois and Kansas and attended the public schools of both states. He graduated Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas in 1894, and has since accepted opportunities to study both at home and abroad. He has the degree Master of Arts conferred by Harvard University, and spent the year 1908-09 in graduate study in the University of Berlin, Germany. Mr. Butcher has been a teacher all his active life and has dignified the calling as a profession and not as a mere occupation. He began as a teacher in rural schools, afterward was ward principal, high school principal, superintendent of city schools, and through his individual experience has come into the closest touch with educational conditions in the Middle West. He served as principal of the high school at Wellington, Kansas, from 1894 to 1897; of the Summer County High School from 1897 to 1906; and then became president of the Central State Normal School at Edmond, Oklahoma. He left the Oklahoma Normal School in 1908. In 1909 he became superintendent of the city schools of Enid in that state, where he continued his service until 1913. Since July 1, 1913, he has been president of the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia. In 1911 Mr. Butcher was president of the Oklahoma State Teachers' Association, and had previously, in 1905, served as president of the Kansas State Teachers' Association. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Kansas from 1903 to 1907, and since 1913 has been a member of the Kansas State Board of Education and the Kansas State School Book Commission. He was member and secretary of the jury of awards on social and industrial betterment at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. He is now member and president of the Kansas School Masters' Club, is a republican in politics, and a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Butcher was married at Wellington, Kansas, July 3, 1900, to Mary W. Peck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. V. B. Holmes. They have three children: Thomas Peck Butcher, aged twelve; Walter Peck Butcher, aged five; and Mary Louise Butcher, aged one year.
From: A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed November 11, 1998.
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From ESU website:
THOMAS W. BUTCHER
President of Kansas State Normal School
from 1913 to 1943
Thomas W. Butcher served as the eighth president of Kansas State Normal School, now Emporia State University, for 29 years. Butcher graduated from the University of Kansas in 1894, obtained a master's degree from Harvard in 1904, served as president of Central Oklahoma State Normal School for two years, then studied at the University of Berlin for a year. Upon his return to the United States, he served as superintendent of schools at Enid, Okla., before being named president of KSN.Among the many accomplishments during his term, KSN became one of the first normal schools recognized and accredited by the North Central Association. KSN became Kansas State Teachers College on February 20, 1923, by an act of the Kansas legislature.Butcher left KSTC in 1943. Butcher Children's School is named for him.
THOMAS WALTER BUTCHER. Among Kansas men who have performed services of far reaching benefit to the state there is a distinctive place for Thomas Walter Butcher, now president of the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia. Mr. Butcher began his career as an educator in Kansas, and most of his work has been done within the state.He was born at Macomb, Illinois, July 3, 1867, a son of Boman Rilea Butcher and Adaline (Vail) Butcher. His father was a Union soldier during the Civil war. Mr. Butcher was reared in Illinois and Kansas and attended the public schools of both states. He graduated Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas in 1894, and has since accepted opportunities to study both at home and abroad. He has the degree Master of Arts conferred by Harvard University, and spent the year 1908-09 in graduate study in the University of Berlin, Germany. Mr. Butcher has been a teacher all his active life and has dignified the calling as a profession and not as a mere occupation. He began as a teacher in rural schools, afterward was ward principal, high school principal, superintendent of city schools, and through his individual experience has come into the closest touch with educational conditions in the Middle West. He served as principal of the high school at Wellington, Kansas, from 1894 to 1897; of the Summer County High School from 1897 to 1906; and then became president of the Central State Normal School at Edmond, Oklahoma. He left the Oklahoma Normal School in 1908. In 1909 he became superintendent of the city schools of Enid in that state, where he continued his service until 1913. Since July 1, 1913, he has been president of the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia. In 1911 Mr. Butcher was president of the Oklahoma State Teachers' Association, and had previously, in 1905, served as president of the Kansas State Teachers' Association. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Kansas from 1903 to 1907, and since 1913 has been a member of the Kansas State Board of Education and the Kansas State School Book Commission. He was member and secretary of the jury of awards on social and industrial betterment at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. He is now member and president of the Kansas School Masters' Club, is a republican in politics, and a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Butcher was married at Wellington, Kansas, July 3, 1900, to Mary W. Peck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. V. B. Holmes. They have three children: Thomas Peck Butcher, aged twelve; Walter Peck Butcher, aged five; and Mary Louise Butcher, aged one year.
From: A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed November 11, 1998.
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From ESU website:
THOMAS W. BUTCHER
President of Kansas State Normal School
from 1913 to 1943
Thomas W. Butcher served as the eighth president of Kansas State Normal School, now Emporia State University, for 29 years. Butcher graduated from the University of Kansas in 1894, obtained a master's degree from Harvard in 1904, served as president of Central Oklahoma State Normal School for two years, then studied at the University of Berlin for a year. Upon his return to the United States, he served as superintendent of schools at Enid, Okla., before being named president of KSN.Among the many accomplishments during his term, KSN became one of the first normal schools recognized and accredited by the North Central Association. KSN became Kansas State Teachers College on February 20, 1923, by an act of the Kansas legislature.Butcher left KSTC in 1943. Butcher Children's School is named for him.
President of Kansas State Teachers College 1913-1943;A. B., University of Kansas; A. M., Harvard University; University of Berlin; LL. D., College of Emporia.
THOMAS WALTER BUTCHER. Among Kansas men who have performed services of far reaching benefit to the state there is a distinctive place for Thomas Walter Butcher, now president of the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia. Mr. Butcher began his career as an educator in Kansas, and most of his work has been done within the state.He was born at Macomb, Illinois, July 3, 1867, a son of Boman Rilea Butcher and Adaline (Vail) Butcher. His father was a Union soldier during the Civil war. Mr. Butcher was reared in Illinois and Kansas and attended the public schools of both states. He graduated Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas in 1894, and has since accepted opportunities to study both at home and abroad. He has the degree Master of Arts conferred by Harvard University, and spent the year 1908-09 in graduate study in the University of Berlin, Germany. Mr. Butcher has been a teacher all his active life and has dignified the calling as a profession and not as a mere occupation. He began as a teacher in rural schools, afterward was ward principal, high school principal, superintendent of city schools, and through his individual experience has come into the closest touch with educational conditions in the Middle West. He served as principal of the high school at Wellington, Kansas, from 1894 to 1897; of the Summer County High School from 1897 to 1906; and then became president of the Central State Normal School at Edmond, Oklahoma. He left the Oklahoma Normal School in 1908. In 1909 he became superintendent of the city schools of Enid in that state, where he continued his service until 1913. Since July 1, 1913, he has been president of the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia. In 1911 Mr. Butcher was president of the Oklahoma State Teachers' Association, and had previously, in 1905, served as president of the Kansas State Teachers' Association. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Kansas from 1903 to 1907, and since 1913 has been a member of the Kansas State Board of Education and the Kansas State School Book Commission. He was member and secretary of the jury of awards on social and industrial betterment at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. He is now member and president of the Kansas School Masters' Club, is a republican in politics, and a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Butcher was married at Wellington, Kansas, July 3, 1900, to Mary W. Peck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. V. B. Holmes. They have three children: Thomas Peck Butcher, aged twelve; Walter Peck Butcher, aged five; and Mary Louise Butcher, aged one year.
From: A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed November 11, 1998.
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From ESU website:
THOMAS W. BUTCHER
President of Kansas State Normal School
from 1913 to 1943
Thomas W. Butcher served as the eighth president of Kansas State Normal School, now Emporia State University, for 29 years. Butcher graduated from the University of Kansas in 1894, obtained a master's degree from Harvard in 1904, served as president of Central Oklahoma State Normal School for two years, then studied at the University of Berlin for a year. Upon his return to the United States, he served as superintendent of schools at Enid, Okla., before being named president of KSN.Among the many accomplishments during his term, KSN became one of the first normal schools recognized and accredited by the North Central Association. KSN became Kansas State Teachers College on February 20, 1923, by an act of the Kansas legislature.Butcher left KSTC in 1943. Butcher Children's School is named for him.
THOMAS WALTER BUTCHER. Among Kansas men who have performed services of far reaching benefit to the state there is a distinctive place for Thomas Walter Butcher, now president of the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia. Mr. Butcher began his career as an educator in Kansas, and most of his work has been done within the state.He was born at Macomb, Illinois, July 3, 1867, a son of Boman Rilea Butcher and Adaline (Vail) Butcher. His father was a Union soldier during the Civil war. Mr. Butcher was reared in Illinois and Kansas and attended the public schools of both states. He graduated Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas in 1894, and has since accepted opportunities to study both at home and abroad. He has the degree Master of Arts conferred by Harvard University, and spent the year 1908-09 in graduate study in the University of Berlin, Germany. Mr. Butcher has been a teacher all his active life and has dignified the calling as a profession and not as a mere occupation. He began as a teacher in rural schools, afterward was ward principal, high school principal, superintendent of city schools, and through his individual experience has come into the closest touch with educational conditions in the Middle West. He served as principal of the high school at Wellington, Kansas, from 1894 to 1897; of the Summer County High School from 1897 to 1906; and then became president of the Central State Normal School at Edmond, Oklahoma. He left the Oklahoma Normal School in 1908. In 1909 he became superintendent of the city schools of Enid in that state, where he continued his service until 1913. Since July 1, 1913, he has been president of the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia. In 1911 Mr. Butcher was president of the Oklahoma State Teachers' Association, and had previously, in 1905, served as president of the Kansas State Teachers' Association. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Kansas from 1903 to 1907, and since 1913 has been a member of the Kansas State Board of Education and the Kansas State School Book Commission. He was member and secretary of the jury of awards on social and industrial betterment at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. He is now member and president of the Kansas School Masters' Club, is a republican in politics, and a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Butcher was married at Wellington, Kansas, July 3, 1900, to Mary W. Peck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. V. B. Holmes. They have three children: Thomas Peck Butcher, aged twelve; Walter Peck Butcher, aged five; and Mary Louise Butcher, aged one year.
From: A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed November 11, 1998.
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From ESU website:
THOMAS W. BUTCHER
President of Kansas State Normal School
from 1913 to 1943
Thomas W. Butcher served as the eighth president of Kansas State Normal School, now Emporia State University, for 29 years. Butcher graduated from the University of Kansas in 1894, obtained a master's degree from Harvard in 1904, served as president of Central Oklahoma State Normal School for two years, then studied at the University of Berlin for a year. Upon his return to the United States, he served as superintendent of schools at Enid, Okla., before being named president of KSN.Among the many accomplishments during his term, KSN became one of the first normal schools recognized and accredited by the North Central Association. KSN became Kansas State Teachers College on February 20, 1923, by an act of the Kansas legislature.Butcher left KSTC in 1943. Butcher Children's School is named for him.
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