Hyde Park High School - Aitchpe Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Charlks H. Smith was born in Mexico, Osweg-o county, New York, where he [spent most of his boyhood. After receiving- a general education in the common schools, he prepared for college in the Mexico Academy, New York city. He g-raduated from Cornell University in 1885 with the degree of M.E. The next year ' he -became principal of the New Haven Union Schools, and the year following was assistant principal of the Mexico Academy. During- 1889 his time was occupied with his profession, of mechanical engineer, but he gave that up to become superin- tendent of- the Hilloston Institute at Austin, Texas. In 1890 Mr, Smith came to Hyde Park High School as instructor in physics. Besides his Hyde Park duties he is instructor in physics in the Chi- cago Athenaeum and in the University School. Edith Wilkinson was born in Roch- ester, New York, but has spent most of her life in Tarry town-on-the-Hudson. Her early education was of a very rigid character, and was received entirely at home. This was probably the key to her superior ability as a student. She graduated from Wellesley in 1888 with the degree of A.B., and has since taken special courses at the University of Chicago. She first taught at Wauke- jpj TIl L g an, where she remained but a short t ll time. In 1890 Miss Wilkinson entered ' • ' upon her duties as instructor in Greek at Hyde Park Hig-h School. Katherine Augusta Jones was born in Sandwich, Illinois. Soon after, her par- ents moved to State Center, Iowa. Here Miss Jones received her early education and prepared for Iowa Colleg-e under private tutors. She graduated from there with the degree of Ph.B., after which

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Maky Bkownell Hkrkick has been identilied for many years with the school as instructor in Eng-lish. She was born in Malone, New York. After attending- public and private schools there, she moved to Bang-or, Maine. She graduated from Bangor High School and then went to Mount Holyoke, attending during the summer a school of languages, at Am- herst. Soon after. Miss Herrick taught iy m in the Hartford, Connecticut, Female 1 WKW Seminary. After living some years in Philadelphia without teaching, she went as instructor to Dakota State University, where her father was a professor. In 1887 she entered upon her present duties at Hyde Park High School. ' •Jir Edward Emory Hill was born in Fulton, New York, where he received his early education in the Fulton Acad- emy. He attended the Syracuse Univer- sity and graduated with the degree of A.B. He has since received the deg ' ree of A.M. While at Syracuse he became a member of the I T fraternity. He began his career of teaching in the Fulton schools, but resig ned to become principal of the Union High School, of Lysander, New York. After spending some time at this school he accepted the position of principal of the Tuscola, Illinois, High School. In 1889 Mr. Hill came to Hyde Park High School, where he has since been instruc- tor in civics and mathematics. William H. Gage was born in Ham- ilton, Ontario. He received his early education in the Intercollegiate Institute, at Hamilton, and later studied art at Cooper Institute, in New York city. In 1889 Mr. Gage entered upon his duties in Hyde Park High School, as instructor in drawing.

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she did a year of post-graduate work in Wellesley CoUeg-e. In 1886 she beg-an teaching- at the Oakland Hig-h School, of this city, and on the annexation of Hyde Park was transferred with the school to South Park, where she has since been instructor in Latin. Katharine Girling was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She received her g-eneral education in the public schools of Racine, Wisconsin, Amherst, Massa- chusetts, and Chicag-o, Illinois. She attended the University of Illinois and g-raduated with the deg-ree of B.L. After leaving- colleg-e Mrs. Girling- taug-ht in Austin, Illinois, and in Lake Hig-h School, of Chicag-o. In 1891 she became instructor in history and Eng-- lish at Hyde Park Hig-h School. She is a member of the Civic Federation and of the Woman ' s Club of Chicag-o. Walter Reynolds Mitchell was born in Locke, Ohio, and received his education in Illinois, and g-raduated from the University of Illinois with the deg-ree of B.S. He then taug-ht in Urbana Hig-h School and afterward became Secretary of the Young- Men ' s Christian Association in Blooming-ton. In 1887 he taug-ht in the Bement Hig-h School, and in 1891 beg-an his present duties as instruc- tor in biolog-y at Hyde Park Hig-h School. Mr. Mitchell spent the summer of 1892 at the Marine Laboratory, Wood ' s Holl, Massachusetts, and has done two years ' post-g-rad- uate work at the University of Chicag-o, in which institution he is now lecturer in physiolog-y. He is also director of the natural sciences and lecturer in biolog-y and g-eneral physiol- og-y in the Chicag-o Athenaeum. Eleanor A. Pierce, instructor in rhetoric.