Clarion University of Pennsylvania - Sequelle Yearbook (Clarion, PA)

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E. MARION SWBITZER was born on a farm near Brinkerton. Pa.. May 19. 1879. He received his early -education in a county school in Redbank Township, Clarion County. Pa., whither his parents moved. He attended West MiUville Academy during the spring of 1897, teaching the following four winters and at- tending Clarion Normal each following spring, graduating from that school a year later (1902). The following year found hint teaching the Grammar School in Hawthorne; the next year its efficient principal. In 1904 he was elected Principal of Clarion High School, being re- elected the following year. Early in this year Prof. Sweitzer was promoted to the Principalship of Clarion Public Schools, which position he held for the following two years, thence leaving to accept a position as Prin- cipal of Wick City Schools, Kittanning, Pa., which position he holds at the present time. BERT MONTGOMERY was born in Worth - ville in 1875. He taught school in Jefferson County; graduated from Clarion State Nor- mal School in the Class of 1902; was princi- pal of Derrick City High School from 1903 to 1905. He was married in 1897 to Miss Alice Geerhart, of Worthville, Pa., and has two children ' living. He graduated from Lima College. Lima, Ohio, in the Scientific Course in 1907. and came back to Derrick City as Principal of the High School in the fall of 1907, and was elected Township Superinten- dent of Foster Township. McKean County, in 1908, with headquarters in Derrick City. CLEMENT EMERSON SAYERS, M. E.. M. D.. a native of Clarion County, was born in 18(57. Being left an orphan and homeless at the age of nine, his early life was a se- vere struggle. But at the age of nineteen, he was able to attend the Clarion State Nor- mal School in the spring of ' 1887. He then taught school several terms and was gradua- ted from the Normal in 1891. In 1892. he was married to Ida May Hall, his classmate, who died in October. 1907. leaving him bereft and childless. As an educator, he was a success wherever he went. Beginning the study of medicine in 1892. he entered College in 1893, and graduated with honors from the Western University of Pennsylvania in 1896, and has ever since been active in the practice of his chcsen profession, with marked success, at Hawthorn, in Clarion County.

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C C IvPELCR class poet ami co-nmon m nt ol itnr of the Class of 1S92 took post-gl adulte work at Clar- ion m 1°91 ind it California in 1895. TT 1 iis) I grLCluxte m the Solen- tiii( t L s tnd the cours-e in Oratory 11 the Nation tl Normal University of I I 1 !• Ohio who e he received the 1 I 1 1 B S ana B. O. Mr. Keeler I; U5ht tor ten years since grafl- t ilni liom C ' li on has been engag- 1 m nc.cantile business one year, ind is at present senior editor of the Iliiral Valley Advance, wliich position he has held for six years. In 1902 he in:irried Miss Maggie Harkleroad and IS now the father of two sons, Frank- lin and Burbank T. Although Mr. Keeler his for the last five years suf- fered from ill health his thrift and energy have enabled him to carry on his work sucr-ess- ' ully. HOWARD B. EDG.VR was born in the City of Allegheny, Allegheny, Co., Pa. He received his preparatory training- in the Second Ward School rf that city and the Wilmerding Pub- lie Schools, graduating from the lat- ter in 1904. After spending one year in the ComV.ercial Department of the Turtle Creek High School, the vast opportunities which the Clirion State Normal ottered for inca-e ising one ' s K-n vledg pre to him, and he registered as a student the fcllowing fall term. He gradua- ted from the institution in the spring of isas. At present Mr. Edgar is oc- cupied in raising the standard of edu- cation as a teicher in the South Pork Public School of C imbria County, Pa. born 1 in Beaver sper iding tv. ' o yea she weni : with h Pall; mon id the r. school 1 a g rade; 1 school. MISS IS.IBBLLE HENDERSON was County, Pa. After s in a country school ?r parents to Beaver maining years of her After finishing the course in Beaver Palls she entered C. S. N. S. in 1S9S, graduating in 1900. During the first year at the Normal she was chairmian of the Devotional Committee of the T. W. C. A. and t-he following ye.ar held the office of ■ ' . ' ice-President. She has taught for nine years and is at present a teach- er in the gr.tded schools of Edge- worth. Pa. n2RTn.4 M. SHARP was born in Eldred Township. Jefferson County, in 1.SSS. Her early life was spent in Sigel where she attended the public school. In 1901 her family moved to Elk County where Mr. Sharp has an interest in the lumber business. Miss Sharp attended the Hallton High School and tlie Sigel Academy. In the fall of 1905 she enrolled as a stu- dent in the Clarion State Normal School from which she was graduated with the Class of IOCS.

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RKNA MAY POTTORF was born near Em- lenton, Venango County. Pa. In the fall of 1892 her parents moved to the vicinity of Sa- lem. Ohio. Here she attended the rural school. In the fall of 1904 she entered the Clarion St te Normal School and was graduated in 190S. While in the Normal Miss Pottorf was closely associated with the religious, literary and athletic work of the school, being Pres- ident of the Young Woman ' s Christian Asso- ciation, a member in the Senior Class Play, Ciptain of the Senior Girls ' Basket Ball Team. Since graduation she has been attending Mt. I ' nion College. LORA McQUAY graduated from Empor- ium High School in 1901 with honors. She taught school two years in an ungraded school in the country and then two years in the graded schools of Emporium before entering Clarion Normal. In May. 1905, she entered Clarion State Normal School ; was Vice-Presi- dent of the Y. W. C. A. during the school year of 1905 and 1906. She was elected President of the Y. W. C. A. during the school year 1906 and 1907. and was sent by the Association as a delegate to the Summer Conference of -the Y. W. C. A. held at Winona Lake, Indi- ana. In 1907 she graduated with highest hon- or from Clarion State Normal and has been First Assistant of the Emporium High School for two years as a teacher of Latin. German, and Literature, IRV B. SHOUP was born April 5, 1SS5. and received his elementary education in tlie public schools of Forest County, Pa. He en- tered the Clarion State Normal School in 1904 where he was in attendance two years. In 1906 he accepted the principalship of schools at Nebraska, Pa. The following year he re-entered the Clarion Norm-U as a Senior and graduated with Special Honors in the class of ' 08. Before graduation he accepted a posi- tion as principal of the Edenburg High School. While in school Mr. Shoup was closely identi- fied with the religious, literary, athletic and social life of the school, having served two terms as President of the Franklin Literary Society and one year as President of the Y. M. C. A. As a teacher those who know o ' f his work recognize that he is . born to teach. His education, training, personality and nat- ural aptness for the work combine to make him an unusually strong teacher. Mr. Shoup is at present identified as the Boys ' Secretary of the work of the Y. M. C. A. at Oil City. Pa., where his efforts are crowned with no less success than in teaching.