Slippery Rock University - Saxigena Yearbook (Slippery Rock, PA)

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PROFESSOR JOHN C. RICKETTS, A. M. Mathematics Attended public school at Harlansburg and New Castle; taught in Borough of Porters-ville: taught three years in the Academy at Prospect; attended Thiel College, also VVaynes-burg College; present position since 1889.' PROF. I). C. MURPHY, Ph. I). Hist or y and Didactics Early education received in rural schools; first teaching in ungraded schols; Graduate of a Normal School; Ph. 1). Course at Mononga-hela College; finished in Local Ministers’ Course in M. E. Church and ordained in 189G; taught in Lock Haven, California, and Slippery Rock Normals; Author of ‘'Recreations in History and Geography, “Turning Points in Teaching,” and “Flash Lights on American History;’’ Lecturer in Teachers’ Institutes. FLODA McCOMB Preceptress Educated at Clarion Normal; taught in Clarion and Jefferson Counties; Principal of Sample's Public School, Wilkinsburg; present position since 1915. 20

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HOWARD LONSDALE HEADLAND English Born near Warrendale, Allegheny Co.; Educated in Public School; Graduated from Slippery Rock State Normal School, 1900; attended Mt. Union College, 1907-1908; Graduated from Grove City College with degree of A. B., 1909; Principal Saxonburg Schools, 1906-1907; Freedom High School, 1909-1910; Kootenai, Idaho, Schools, 1910-1912; Middlesex Township H. S., 1912-1918; Chicora Schools, 1913-1916; present position since 1916. MRS. EMMA J. HAMM. M. E. Kindergarten Graduate of Edinboro State Normal; Kindergarten Student, Chautauqua, N. Y.; present position since 1896. PROF. GEO. L. HAMM, A. B., Ph. I . Phycholoyy, Methods, German, and Advanced Latin Westminster College Preparatory Department, 1877-188'); Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, 1885-1888; Pastor Bethany Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1888-1891; Principal North Braddock High School, 1891-1895; Course in Political and Social Science, Westminster College, leading to the degree of Ph. I).; University of New York; Extra Mural Course in Germany on German School System, 1914; present position since 1895. 19

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PROF. WILLIAM M. STEWART Supt. of the Model School, Methods and Criticism Dorn near West Sunbury, Pcnn’a.; graduated from West Sunbury Academy, 1894; B. S., Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa., 1899; completed Chautauqua course, 1903; student, Wooster University; taught in the Public Schools of Butler and Armstrong Counties; Principal of Slippery Rock High School. 1905-1907; taught Pedagogy in the Geneva College Summer School, 1914; present position, 1907. GLADYS B. JONES Domestic Arts and Science Graduate of High School, Glovcrsville. N. Y.; State Normal, New Pact ., N. Y.; Household Arts and Science, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Teacher in Public Schools, Lawrence, L. I.; present position, 1913. ROSE I). STEWART. B. L. English Graduate of West Sunbury Academy, and Lebanon, Ohio. Normal University; Student at Cornell University; Taught in Public Schools; Eau Claire and West Sunbury Academies; Mission Colleges at Norfolk, Virginia, and Knoxville, Tennessee; present position since 1911. 21