SUNY at Fredonia - Fredonian Yearbook (Fredonia, NY)

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 1. FRANCIS B. PALlVlER.A.B.,A.1V1., PHD.. was born in Monroe County, N. Y. He made most of his preparation for college in a country school, but spent one year in Brockport Collegiate Institute. Was graduated from the University of Rochester where he also took his A.1Vl. and Ph.D. degrees, was also L raduated from the Rochester Theological Seminary. He has taught continuously since his theological graduationg six years in High School work in Wisconsin and in Lawrence University, and the remainder of the time in Brockport and Fredonia Normal Schools. He has been principal of the Fredonia Normal School since 1878. 2. IVIYRON T. DANA, PH.B.. spent early life on a farm and in a district school. He later attended union school and was for a short time in Hudson River Institute. He is a graduate from the Geneseo Normal School, and from the University at Bloomington. He taught district schools for three years, and had charge of a department oi a union school for one term. In 1876 he organized the Nunda Union School and Academy and was its principal for five years, teaching Latin and Greek. In 1881 he was made teacher of mathematics in Fredonia Normal School, and elected to the vice-principalship in 1886. His time in the school is now given to Mathematics. German and History. and to his duties as vice-principal. 3. FRANKLIN N. JEWETT. A.lVI., was torn in North Bangor. Franklin Co.. N. Y. Taught several terms in district schools and entered the Oswego Normal from which he graduated in June 1876. He graduated from the University of Roches'er in 1881, and from Rochester Theological Seminary in 1885. He accepted a position in Fredonia Normal School in March, 1886, which position he still holds. 4. HOIVIER L. HOLCOIVIB. A.B., spent the first eight years ot his school lite near Ripley, N. Y., attending the district school. He afterwards attended the village schocl at that place where he prepared for entering the Fredonia NormalSchool. He graduated from the latter in 1887. He taught school at Ft. Lee, N. J., and Silver Creek. N Y.g entered Harvard College in 1890, graduating in 1894 with the degree ot A. B. Has since taught in the Fredonia Normal School, first as critic in the Intermediate department, but later as instructor of Ancient Languages. 5. ANDREW 'YATES FREEMAN was born in Chenango County. At nine years of age he attended district school for three months during each winter, and worked on the farm during the summers. Commenced teaching district schooluirf the winter at sixteen years of age, after which he was induced to try a term of Select School. He then took a Classical course at Brockport Normal School, and, after graduating, immediately accepted the principalship of a school at Spencerport, Nl Y., 4 5 1

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at a salary of S1,000. Three years were subsequently spent as School Commissioner in Chenango County. He assumed charge of the Intermediate Department in the Fredonia Normal School in 1880. He has been connected with that institution ever since and is now about to finish his twentieth year of consecutive service. l 6. ANNA MCLAURY, B.S., prepared for college at Forestville, and at the Fredonia Normal School. from which she was graduated with the class of '81, She taught one year each in the Batavia High School, the Potsdam Normal School, and in the Normal School at Plymouth, N H. Miss McLaury was graduated from Wellesley College, receiving the degree of BS. in 1886. She- commenced teaching in the Fredonia Normal School in 1887, and has continued as instructor in Rhet- oric and Literature in that institution up to the present time. 7. JULIANA JUDD SHEPARD, teacher of Drawing aud Manual Training. was born in Belleville, Ontario. Much of her early life was spent in Forestville, N. Y., and she was graduated from Forestville Free Academy in the class of '79. She subsequently spent three years in Rochester in various kinds of Art study. In 1888 she entered the Woman's Art School of Cooper Institute, New York, and remained three years. She entered the Fredonia Normal School as teacher of Drawing in 1892. In 1894 the department of Manual Training was added. 8. JESSIE E. HILLMAN began the study of music at seven years of age. Graduated from the Brockport Normal' School both in the Musical and the Literary courses. Studied under Prcfessor Appy of Rochester, and in the fall of 1882 went to New York and studied under Dr. William Mason. Taught Music in Rochester one year and accepted a position in the Fredonia Normal School in 1886 as teacher of Instrumental Music. 9. BELLE LOUISE TIFFANY, A.B., teacher of Vocal Music, is a graduate of Fredonia Normal School and Vassar College, with special Music Study in Paris. IO. EDITH NORTON CURTIS, teacher of Painting, was born in Fredonia, and studied at the Normal School, graduat- ing in the Classical course with the class of 1890. After some preliminary study in Fredonia, she received instruction in Painting and Drawing at the College of Fine Arts in Syracuse University. She has held her present position in the school since 1894. For several years Miss Curtis has attended the Sessions of the Summer School of Chautauqua, N. Y., studying Landscape and Figure work with Mr. W. J. Baer. Mr. A. T. Van Laer and Mr. H. R. Poore. She has taught there, as assistant to Mr. Poore, for the past two summers. - 11. FRANK FLORELLE HOVEY, teacher of Reading and Elocution, is a graduate of the jamestown High School, and studied for her especial work in Elocution and Oratory with Prof. J. B. Roberts of Philadelphia, who was himself a pupil of Lemuel Green White, the founder of the famous old Scotch School of Oratory. Miss Hovey has taught in the Fredonia Normal School since 1887. , 12. NELLIE FRANCES PALMER was educated in the Brockport and Fredonia Normals, graduating from the Aca- demic Classical in '82 and Normal '85, Studied music in Rochester for two years and has spent two summers in Europe.