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

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MISS WINIFRED FOWI.ES, Class of ' 06. who was for several years closely associated with the Clarion State Normal School, is a native of Clarion County. On entering the Normal as a student, she was first graduated in the Business Course. She was selected immediately to be secretary to the Business Manager of the institution, Mr. R. G. Ting- ling. She next became secretary to the Prin- cipal, in which position she remained until the Fall of 1907. During her entire stay at the Normal she was closely associated with the work of the Y. W. C. A., and filled the highest position in the gift of that organiza- tion for three successive years. Upon resign- ing the position at Clarion she accepted the position of Secretary to the Superintendent of the Greensburg, Pa., schools. This position was given up to accept the place of Secre- tary to the Principal of the Indiana. Pa.. State Normal School, a position which she now fills. BENJAMIN MILES OGDEN was born in 1884 near Clarion. His early life was spent upon the farm and his elementary education was received in the country schools. In the fall of 1902, entering the Clarion Normal, he began soon to use the brawn developed by the pitchfork and the hoe in the athletic ac- tivities of the school. During his course he played on both the foot ball and basket ball teams and in the field day events captured several firsts on the track. In the class room Benny proved in his make-up brains as well as brawn were used, and his popularity among his classmates is shown by the fact that he was President of his class in both the Senior and Middle Years. After gradua- ting he entered Bucknell University and here during the two years of his college life served his class in basket ball, foot ball and track. At the close of his Sophomore year he enter- ed the profession of teaching as principal of the Township High School at Weedville. At present he is serving as principal of schools at Driftwood. Pa. MARY MAGDALENE McCLOSKEY grad- uated from C. S. N. S. in June 1902. For two succeeding years she taught in the grammar grades of the Marienville Public Schools. In the spring of 1904 she returned to the Nor- mal as assistant to the Superintendent of the Model School and to do some advanced work in Language and Psj ' -chology. In the autumn of the san e year she accepted a position as teacher of Physiology and English in the de- partmental granmiar grades at Alexandria, Ind. The following year she was given a place in the High School. After the close of her High School term she entered Indiana University where she spent the summer and autumn. During the Christmas vacation she was offered the principalship of the Shoals High School. Since that time she has been spending the winters in Shoals and returning for the summer school to Indiana University, from which institution she will graduate af- ter one year of residence work.

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has bee GOLDIA NAOMA ASKEY was born in DuBois, Pa., and a few years later her parents moved to Falls Creek. Here Miss Askey entered the Public School and attended until she gradu- ated from the High School in 1904. The following- spring- she entered the Clarion State Normal School and was graduated with the Class of 1907. She member of the M. E. since she was twelve years old lile in the Normal was closely 2d with the religious, social and life of the school. Miss Askey ler graduation has been teach - Clearfield County. Her interest t Uty and natural aptness for rk combine to make her an un- strong teacher, and those who ;ier work recognize that she is the few born to teach. MISS VIRA YINGLING began her educational career in the public schools of Clarion and there continued hei studies until 1901. With the open- mg of the Model School in 1903, she as one of the first to enroll. Dur- ing this year she was prepared for entrance to the Normal and in the fall of 1904 she registered in the Nor- mal with the Junior Class and was graduated in 1907. After graduation hej first position was at Marienville where she taught In the schools for one year. At the present time she is very successfully filling the position of primary teacher m the schools of Corsica. With her untiring efforts and great enthusiasm she has made for herself a record as one of the best primary teachers in the country. CORA ELIZABETH MONG was born in Clarion County, Pa., and her early education was received in the country schools. She attended the High School at St. Petersburg, but before graduating she entered the Clarion State Normal School, where she took the Course in Music along with the regular course and was grad- uated in the Class of 1907. After this she attended the Women ' s College, Frederick, Md. She is at present a teacher in the Knoxville Public School. Pittsburg, Pa. ETHEI.YN GERTRUDE BOOSE, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Boose, was born in Luthersburg, Clear- field County, Pa. After attending her home schools she entered Clarion Nor- mal and graduated with the Class of 1908. Besides the studies of the reg- ular Normal course, she specialized in Vocal Music. After graduation she entered the profession of teaching and was elected to the position of Assist- ant Principal m the High School at Mnuntiiind lie, Cambria County, Pa., wh ' T.- Vi.-v work has been very eom- ini-nn:ibh ' ' sjy .

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HARRY E. SAYERS graduated from the ident of the Class of 1900. He then taught a the Class of ' 96. after which he was principal of Callensburg: Schools for one year. He was in charge of the botanical laboratory and was Principal of the Commercial Department at Clarion for two years. He opened the Sayers Business College at New Kensington which is one of the largest in the state. He has been a member of the Council for six years, a director of a coal company operating in Pitts- burg District, and is the author of Hints on Banking. He has been very successful in all his work. FREDERICK L. PINKS was born at Ri- mersburg, Clarion County, January 11, 1S76. He was graduated from the Clarion High School in 1S91, after which he entered the United States Military Academy in 1S93, re- maining there until 1S95. He graduated from Clarion Normal in 1895 and spent the next two years teaching. When the Spanish-Amer- ican War broke out in 1S98 he was made First Lieutenani- Co. D, 15th Regt., P. V. I. On his return home he became Librarian at the Normal, which position he held for three years. In 1903 he became associated with the First National Bank, of Rimersburg, Pa., be- ing the present cashier of that bank. Mr. Pinks is one of the best accountants in west- ern Pennsylvania. MORRIS G. BISHOP was born near Port Allegany. Pa.. December 27. 1878. His edu- cational advantages until the age of thirteen consisted of the training received in a dis- trict scliool. He afterward attended the El- dred High School and the Port Allegany High School wliere he graduated as president of his class in 1896. In 1898 Mr. Bishop came to Clarion Normal where he graduated as pres- Clarion State Normal School as president of district school one term, beginning the next term at West Hickory and finishing as prin- cipal of the Second Ward Schools of DuBois. In A ugust of the same year he accepted a position with the Standard Steel Car Co., of Butler, Pa., where he has been promoted for efficiency and is now head of one of the store departments. In 1S93 he was united in mar- riage with Earla Mary McClellan, a class mate. Their union has been blessed by one child, now a girl of four years.