Evanston Academy - Bear Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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LOUISE M. GROVER, Instructor in English. ISOS Sherman Avenue. Louise Grover was born in Evanston. She is a graduate of the Evans- ton High School, and was a member of the class of I894 at Northwestern University. Since then she has done special work in English Literature in connection with the University of Chicago and private study in English Literature and German. For the past four years she has been identiied with this school, having had four years' experience in other schools. MAUD I. MOORE, Drawing and Modeling. 1403 Sherunan Avenue. Maud Isabelle Moore graduated from the Evanston Township High School in 1893. Attended the Art Institute of Chicago and studied with Lorado Taft. She was graduated in 1897, appointed instructor in the Modeling Department of the Art Institute, where she remained until accept- ing a position in the Drawing Department of the Evanston High School. V. K. FROULA, A. B., Latin and History. 911 Greenleaf Street. Vaclav Karel F roula was born in Bohemia, March 5, 1873, and came to America with his parents at the age of xo. Received his earliest training in parochial schools. At I3 he went to work. When about I7 he was brought within the pale of the Protestant faith, which changed the trend of his life, inspiring him with a desire for books. He now entered Northwestern Academy, working his way through by various meansg matriculated at the University, and began to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church during his sophomore year. In this manner he paid his expenses and succeeded in graduating with the class of '98. In the spring of the same year he was appointed instructor in E. T. H. S., and the following June married a classmate, Eva Ellen Barker. EMMA L. BUSHNELL, English and Physiology. 404 Century Building. Miss Emma L. Bushnell was born in Beloit, Wis. She graduated from the seminary course of Rockford College in 1889, and later returned and completed the college course. She has taught in the High School at Clin- ton, Wis., and in North Wisconsin Academy at Ashland, Wis. In the summer of 19oo she studied English at Chicago Institute. She was appointed to a position in the Evanston High School in '99, and has since taught the first year English work and Physiology. . I9

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GRACE COOLEY, Instructor in English Literature. 1029 Grove Street. Miss Grace Cooley was born in Vermont, and was educated in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She has been teacher of Literature and Rhetoric in the High School of East Des Moines, Iowa, principal of the High School of Man- chester, Iowa, and instructor in Literature and History in the High School of Dubuque. She has been connected with E. T. H. S. for the past 'live years as instructor in Senior English. W. G. ALEXANDER, B, S., Ph. B., Instructor in Chemistry. I305 Judson Avenue. Mr. Alexander is a native of Indiana. He graduated from DePauw University at Greencastle, in that state, in 1893, receiving Bachelor's degrees in Science and Philosophy. During the latter part of his course, 1891 to 1893, he was an instructor in the chemical laboratory at the univer- sity. From 1893 to 1896 he taught Chemistry and Physics at the Dubuque, Iowa, High School. He then came to E. T. H. S., taking the work in Physics and Chemistry through last year. This year he is teaching Chem- istry alone. AGNES P. BARR, Instructor in Mathematics and English. 400 Century Building. Miss Agnes P. Barr was born in Ingersoll, Ontario, and was educated at the Ingersoll Collegiate Institute and the Toronto Normal School. She has taught in the High School at Picton, Ontario, and since 1896 has been connected with the Evanston Township High School, at present teaching classes in Mathematics and English. CAROLINE ADAMS, Instructor i11 French. 1408 Hinman Avenue. Miss Adams studied at Buffalo Seminary and E. T. H. S., also at the Buffalo Art League and the Chicago Art Institute. She has made two trips to Europe, studying in Germany and France. She has taken work at the University of Chicago and at Northwestern University. In addition to her work in E. T. H. S., Miss Adams has taught at St. Catherine's in St. Paul and at Albert Lea College, Minnesota. ALICE L. NORTON, Instructor in Physical Geography and English History. On leave of absence. 18

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EFFYAN R. WAMBAUGH, Ph. B. QNorthwesternj, Elocution and Physical Culture. 1726 Orrington Avenue. Miss Effyan Riel Wambaugh is a native of Ohio, but her early life was spent in Nebraska. After graduation from the High School at Kearney, Neb., she completed her preparation at N. U. Acaden1y and entered N. U., from which institution she received the degree Ph. B. in 1894, at the same time graduating from the N. U. School of Oratory. After two years' teach- ing in the West High School of Cleveland Miss Wambaugh was recalled to the N. U. School of Oratory, where she held the position of junior instruct- or until 1898, when she entered upon her duties as teacher of Oratory and Physical Culture and assistant in English in E. T. H. S. ELIZABETH G. GRIMSLEY, A. B. flndianal, Latin. Greenwood In11. Miss Grimsley received her bachelor's degree at Indiana University in 1891. For the next few years she was principal of the High School at Lebanon, Ind. Leaving that place in 1899 she took up graduate work in Latin at the University of Chicago. In 19oo she came to Evanston to suc- ceed Miss Mabel Falley. C. W. D. PARSONS, A. B., Physics and Bookkeeping. 813 Greenleaf Street. Chas. W. D. Parsons was born in Clifton Springs, New York, in 1872. He attended the Rochester Business University in 1888-9, and in 1893 graduated from the Rochester Free Academy. From 1893 to 1897 he attended Cornell University, receiving tl1e degree of A. B. Since then he has held the positions of Principal of Boys' Academic Department, Elm- wood School, Buiialo, N. Y., Instructor in Physics and Chemistry, Peeks- kill Military Academy, Peekskill, N. Y., Instructor in Physics and Mathe- matics, Middletown, N. Y., High School, and Instructor in Physics, Evanston Township High School. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi fraternities. MARQUIS J. NEWELL. A. M., Mathematics. 1639 Orrington Avenue. Marquis Joseph Newell was born near Kalamazoo, Mich. He attended the Preparatory and College Department of Kalamazoo College, taking the B. A. degree in 1896. From 1896 until 1899 he was Principal of the High School at Bloomingdale, Mich. In 1899 he came to the University of Chi- cago, and at the October Convocation of that year was given the B. A. 20