Edgar Higbie
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| Name | Dr. Edgar Creighton Higbie |
| Chapter | Zeta Chapter Dakota State University |
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| Birthdate | July 31, 1875 |
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Edgar Creighton Higbie (born 31 July 1875) is an Honorary Member of Zeta Chapter (Chapter roll #) at Dakota State College.
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Early Fraternity Life and Career
E. C. Higbie helped start Zeta Chapter when he was president of Eastern State Teachers College, now known as Dakota State University. He went on to serve as Regional Director for Phi Sigma Pi.
He received his A.B. in 1907 and A.M. degrees in 1909 from the University of Minnesota, and his PhD. from Columbia University in 1921.
He established the first high school agricultural department in the Minnesota. During the first World War he was employed by private philanthropists in New York to organize agricultural work for the rehabilitation of soldiers and worked for the Federal Board of Vocational and Agricultural Rehabilitation.
In 1920, he accepted the Presidency of State Normal Schools in Madison, South Dakota. He also taught in the summer schools at Boston University and George Peabody College for Teachers. In March of 1931, President Higbie resigned President of Eastern State Normal School as it was then called. He accepted the Presidency of J. Ormand Wilson Teachers College, Washington, D.C. He remained their as President until 1941, when due to ill health he gave up his administrative duties, but remained on the faculty as an assistant professor of education.
He was known throughout the nation for his profound study of the sociological elements and implications of Teacher Education. He was noted for humanistic approach in the study of education and always emphasized the importance of setting up educational courses in scholarly sequence. He was President of District Education Association for many years. And he authored two books A first Course in the Study of Education and An Objective Method for Determining Certain Fundamental Principles in Secondary Agricultural Education. He died from a heart attack at his home in Bethesda, Maryland on November 24, 1944 at the age of 69.1
National Involvement
Other Interesting Facts
- Higbie Hall is named after him.
References
1 Dakota State University, RG 8, DSU 132, Box 855. Lowry, V. A. Forty Years at General Beadle (1922-1962). Madison, SD: Dakota State University, 1984. pg 24-43. Olson, Bonnie. Historical Calendar of Dakota State University (1881-2007). Madison, SD: Dakota State University.
