Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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DR. FRANZ H. KIRMAYER. - 'NSR SSR 32' 225' 22722 ' I - 630.229 eieiezezavlfifeff? Ssivi-,QI -Q'-'QT 5:5f: eie- RANZ H. KIRMAYER was born March 25, 1840, at Unterhoerlbach, a small village of lower Bavaria. Attended the common schools till his eleventh year, entered then the Latin school of the neighboring town of Abenaberg QAbruina castraj and after graduating from its two years' course he was admitted to the Gymnasium of Wetten on the Danube. After graduating from that Gymnasium he went to the University of Munich for three years and then to the University of Giessen for one year, in both of which Uni- versities he devoted himself to scientific and literary subjects, taking chemistry as his specialty, and language as a pastime. After graduation from the University, he travelled extensively both on the continent of Europe and in England, and came finally to the United States, where he arrived in the summer of 1863. Here he pursued the occupation of decorative painter and paper hanger, a trade which he had learned during his stay as student at the Gymnasium of Wetten. As the war became more fierce from day to day, and all his friends enlisted, he left his lucrative work and joined Co. G, 54th Ghio Vols., Zouaves, in March, 1864. He was with General Sher- man during the Georgia Campaign, and was in many a hard-fought contest at Resaca, Dalton, Dallas, Kennesaw, and other places, until on july 3, 1864, at Nickajack Creek near the Chattahoochee, not far from Atlanta, he was blown up by a' rebel shell. The loss of his left leg, a severe wound in his right leg, injury to back, eyes, and head from the explosion left him helpless on the Held. His injuries were so severe that he was considered beyond hope, and either through rash belief of rumors, or jealousy, he was reported dead. He had been appointed Sergeant from the ranks, for gallantry at Kennesaw Mt. When after many months in various hospitals he was discharged in March, 1865, he betook himself to Ghio, where he worked as clerk and accountant dur- ing the day, and in the evening as teacher of a private evening school. In 1867 he went back to Germany to prepare himself for the profession of teaching. In 1868 he was appointed Vice-Consul of the United States at Munich. This position required only two hours' work each day and so gave him ample time for study, besides helping him to defray his expenses. At that time the Hon. J. W. Dickinson, our late Secretary of the Board of Education, came to his office and asked for a letter of introduction to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to get permission to visit all the schools of Munich from the lowest to 4147

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studied at the Normal Art School, Boston. She has since supervised drawing in the public schools of Chelsea and has taught in the Normal Art School of Boston. For the past several years she has directed the drawing in the Bridge- water Normal School. MISS EMILY C. FISHER was born in Norwood, Mass. After grad- uating from the Bridgewater State Normal School she taught in the Weyfmouth High school, then returned to the Normal school as an instructor in English and Geometry. She has since spent a year of travel upon the continent of Europe, taking courses of study in Paris and Berlin. She has also taken courses in English at Radcliffe College and the Institute of Technology. ' MISS BESSIE L. BARNES was born in Boston. She attended pri- vate schools, the Lewis School, and the Girls' High School. She graduated from the Boston Normal School, and also from the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics. She has taught in the Lowell School, Boston, and for the past six years has been instructor in Gymnastics at the Bridgewater Normal School. MISS LILLIE E. MERRITT graduated from the Brattleboro, Vt., High school, then attended a private school in the same town. She taught a year and a half in ungraded schools, then entered the Bridgewater Normal School in Sep- tember, 1890. In September, 1893, she became Miss Perry's assistant. After graduating she was appointed Assistant Art Instructor. -Q-Rfk 'Kiki 'S'E'B'Bi'!'ZZZZf'i' Zi' - '90-foo-f-f 5230-no-J Q?i:'Iifi.'i Si1E?65's- MODEL SCHGOL INSTRUCTORS. ' LILLIAN A. HICKS, Principal. ADELAIDE REED. NELLIE M. BENNETT. SARAH W. TURNER. IVIARTHAIIVI. BURNELL. JENNIE BENNETT. SARAH E. PRATT. HANNAH E. TURNER. MARY L. WALLACE. FLoRA M. STUART. K'z'1zde1fgaz fffwz. ANNE M. WELLS. FRANCES P. KEYES. C139

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the University. Mr. Kirmayer procured this permission and accompanied Mr. Dickinson on his visits. Through Mr. Dickinson he was engaged to teach here in the Massachusetts Normal Schools, where the four years' course was to be started in 1870. Accordingly he sold out all his household goods in the summer of 1870 so as to be here in September. But when he wished to leave Munich, war suddenly broke out between France and Germany, and he had to stay in Bavaria, as no passengers or goods were carried by the railroads. He went with his wife and two children home to his father, where he stayed until the end of September, when he received a despatch from his agent that he could pass through Holland. Mr. Kirmayer arrived in New York about the 15th day of of October, and knowing that the schools here had begun long ago, he wrote to Mr. Dickinson, then principal- of the Westfield Normal, that he was in New York and intended to go to Cincinnati. A prompt despatch, that he was ex- pected with every steamer, brought 'him here, where he began to teach and where he has been teaching since. In 1894 Mr. Kirmayer applied to the University of Munich for permisson to be examined for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, but as he could not present himself in June or Qctober, when such examinations are held, he was referred to the University of Washington. From there he was referred to Boston College, whose faculty examined him and upon satisfactory examination conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, june 27, 1895. -ffec s-