Mary Baldwin College - Bluestocking Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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Miss Ella Claire Weimar Miss Ella Claire Weimar was burn ill Fauquier County, Virginia. At an early age she lost her parents and she and her sister were carefullx reared i)v their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Padgett, at their home, (ireen View, in I ' auquier Cmmly, N ' irginia. Thus her early lite was spent in the countrw and she ever re- tained her love for nature ;uid all (jI its beauties. Miss Weimar ' s hrst school clays w ere spent in a private school in War- renton, Virginia. This school was taught by a lady from Connecticut who was evidently a very unusual woman and one who offered advan- tages of scholarship and culture to the oung girls of that community not usually available in our .Southern towns at that date. Later Miss Weimar studied at Mt. Washington, a school near I ' .altimore, Mar laiid. Her early teaching was in Winchester, Virginia, and there the three (irah.-mi brothers, who became distinguished Presbyterian ministers, v ere among iier students. Miss Weimar permitted no opportunity- for the acquisition of knowl- edge to pass her by, and while teaching in Winchester, she studied Latin, Greek, and Mathematics under Dr. Nelson, who later became Professor of Mathematics at the I ' niversitv of irginia. From Winchester she came to Augusta Female Seminarv, now Mary Daldwin College, and here she taught History and English and at the same time pursued some courses of study. From 1883 to 1888 we find Miss Weimar in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, teaching History and assisting in executive work. From Tuscaloosa she was called to the University of Arkansas, and from there in 1889 she was invited back to Augusta Female Seminary to assist Miss Mary Julia P.aldwin, the Princi])al, whose health was not good at that time. Mr. Waddell, in the History of Mary Baldn nn Seminary, says: In 1889 Miss P ald- win, finding the need of an Assistant Principal, obtained the services of Miss Ella C. Weimar, who continued to perform the duties of the office most efficiently dur- ing Miss Baldwin ' s life. These were trying years for the school, m Miss Weimar was always energetic and fearless in the discharge of her luty. After Miss Baldwin ' s death. Miss Weimar was elected Principal fro Icm. At a meeting (jf the Board of Trustees held January 25, 1898, the Chairman spoke in terms of high praise nt the administration of Miss Weimar and Mr. King. At a meeting of the Board July 1. 1X98, Miss Weimar was nominated for the office of |)rincip;d :nid the r ill being called ;is un;niiniously elected to select teachers ;nid Page Twenty-four