Introduction

Biography

Crabbe was the hus­band of Jen­nie F. Graff (mar­ried 1880, De­la­ware, Ohio) .

He gra­du­at­ed from Ohio Wes­ley­an Uni­ver­si­ty, De­la­ware, Ohio (AB 1889, Phi Be­ta Kap­pa), and Ohio Uni­ver­si­ty (mas­ter’s de­gree 1897). He re­ceived hon­or­ary de­grees from Be­rea Col­lege (1889), Mi­ami Uni­ver­si­ty (1900), and Ken­tu­cky Uni­ver­si­ty (1911).

He served as su­per­in­ten­dent of pub­lic schools in Ash­land, Ken­tuc­ky (1890–1907); Re­pub­li­can State Su­per­in­ten­dent of Pub­lic In­struc­tion for Ken­tuc­ky (1907–10); pre­si­dent of the East­ern State Nor­mal School, Rich­mond, Ken­tuc­ky (1910–16); pre­si­dent of the Co­lo­ra­do Nor­mal Col­lege, Gree­ley, Co­lo­ra­do (1916); chai­rman of Ken­tuc­ky’s edu­ca­tion­al Com­mit­tee of Ten; chair­man of the Ken­tuc­ky Edu­ca­tion­al Com­mis­sion; and on the Edu­ca­tion­al Coun­cil of the Na­tion­al Edu­ca­tion As­so­cia­tion.

Crabbe wrote ma­ny edu­ca­tio­nal mo­no­graphs and ar­ti­cles, and a num­ber of songs, in­clud­ing If I For­get Thee and Ken­tuc­ky Schools.