SUNY Plattsburgh - Cardinal Yearbook (Plattsburgh, NY)

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Professor Samuel Todd

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Dedicated to SAMUEL TODD In appreciation of his faith in us and of the earnestness and devotion which are characteristic of his daily work, we dedicate this book to Professor Samuel Todd, who has the love and respect of the entire student body.

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Samuel Todd Professor Samuel Todd, Head of the Department of Short- hand and Typewriting in the Pittsburgh State Normal School, was born at Dry Brook, Ulster Co., N. Y. After completing the regular course in the public schools of his native place, he took the examination for teachers and secured a license to teach, valid for ten years, and renewable without further examination. After some years of teaching in the rural schools, he be- came principal of the school at Union Grove, N. Y., where he re- mained two years, giving up that position to become principal of the school at Arkville, N. Y. Resigning the principalship at Arkville, he took the regular course of study and was graduated at the Eastman Business Col- lege. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He has also taken courses at the Rochester Business Institute, Spencer ' s Business College, Kings- ton, N. Y., and New York University, specializing in shorthand and typewriting. After completing his studies at the Eastman Business Col- lege, he was employed for a short time as stenographer in the New York office of the Walter A. Wood Harvester Co., leaving this position to become Head of the Commercial Department in the Lyons High School and Supervisor of Writing in the public schools of Lyons, N. Y. After serving four and a half years in that position, he accepted a similar position in Johnstown, N. Y., and was called from there to a place on the faculty of this insti- tution.