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

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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.

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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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Josephine C. Reed was born and educated in Chicag-o. On her g-raduation from the Central Hig-h School she beg-an her career as a teacher in the Doolittle School. She also taug-ht in the North- west Division Hig-h School. In 1891 she became instructor in alg-ebra and rheto- ric at Hyde Park Hig-h School. Arthur F. Webster became instruc- tor in Latin at Hyde Park Hig-h School in the fall of 1891. Mr. Webster was born in Commerce, Michig-an. He attended hig-h school at White Pig-eon, Michig-an, and from there entered Albion Colleg-e, g-raduating- with the deg-ree of A.B. in 1885. He then taug-ht for five years at Northville, Mason and Luding-fon, Michig-an, and was superintendent of schools at the lat- ter place. He then went to Johns Hop- kins University for one year, doing- post- g-raduate work in Latin, Greek and comparative jurisprudence. In 1891 he received the deg-ree of A.M. from Albion Colleg-e. Frederick Col Portland, Maine. ent duties at Hyde BY Lucas was born in He prepared for Har- vard Colleg-e in preparatory schools in Cambridg-e, entering- the scientific course and g-raduating- with the deg-ree of B.S. Mr. Lucas has spent several summers in the Ag-assiz laboratory in Newport and at the Marine Laboratory at Wood ' s Holl, Massachusetts. He is a member of the Academy of Science and the Evo- lution Club, of this city, and contributes scientific articles to the South Side Say- ings. In 1892 he entered upon his pres- Park Hig-h School as instructor in biology.