Chester High School - Summit Yearbook (Chester, IL)

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✓ y • 7 superintendent of Chester public schools from 1893 to 1905, was born '('tines 'l. itiCnJ in Perry county, Missouri, on a farm which can almost Ik seen from 7 the hi r|i school windows. In the log school houses of that county, lie V mastered, or at least tried to master, what studies were then ottered, from the ‘‘Blue-back speller” to “Kay's Higher.” In the fall of 1804, became to Chester and took up the study of latin, algebra, etc., under Prof. Cone, who taught in the old portion of tin Central school building. In the fall of 1805, lie entered McKendree College, and from that time until 1871, he attended college and taught alternate years. During this period, he taught a winter and a summer term at the Union School near Chester in 1867, and was superintendent of schools at Carnii in 1809. In the fall of 1872, he was ottered tin position of Superintendent at Hillsboro, III., where he taught until 1877. In tlie summer of 1875 he went abroad, and visited most of the countries of EurojH . In the fall of this year, he married Miss Illinois Stoddard, of Ilillsltoro, who died the next year,—Oct 7th, 1870—leaving a son. (Frank Stoddard Dickson, now of Kainscy, III). In the spring of 1878, lu declined re-election and spent a couple of years in the East and in British America. After these two years rest, lie took up the occupation of teaching again, as Superintendent of schools, of NoKomis, 111. After teaching there one year, he resigned the | osition to take charge of the schools at Fair-field, Ml. 1882. From that time to the present, with tin exception of three years spent in St, Louis, lie has taught continuously as superintendent in the three places, Fairfield, Shelbyville and Chester. He was married to Miss Mary L. George, of Fairfield, December 31, 1885. On September 3, 1887, George Lewis Dickson was born. In the spring of 1905 he was elected principal of the New Township High School at Mount Vernon, Illinois, where he will begin his laliors September 1-st, 1905. 7

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JAMES M. DICKSON SUI»eHINTtNDtNT O W CHESTKH SCHOOLS. I89J-1O06 6

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