University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Quiver Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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Frederick K. Clow I:lla (t. Parntele Frank li. Mitchell Lillian G. Kimball If. Mack Dresden lillen F. P. Peake Harry K. Fling 18

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Miss Webster Mathematics Without Emily F. Webster, the Oshkosh Normal School could not he complete.. She received her early education under her father and mother, later attended the village school and public schools of Oshkosh, and graduated from the Normal in 1875. There is no need to -peak of her accomplishments as instructor in this school, for her fame has run before her. hut we might add that without her, the spice of life that lias no long been among us would he lacking. Mr. Briggs School Law anil Civics This genial-faced gentleman does not betray his age by his step or action. He is thoroly alive, and this is appreciated hv all the students and especially the girls. Almost any day you might go by his door and see a bevy of girls waiting their turn to seek his much-desired advice. This alone speaks for itself. He admires a good bluffer: this also says much. But all we can say is that we would like to have more like him. Miss Clark monition Harriet E. Clark, a faithful standby of our dear old school, was horn in New England, of that sturdy stock who never say die. She attended the Oshkosh High School and, after finishing the Normal, studied three years at the Boston School of Oratory. Before taking up her work in the Normal School here, she taught in La Crosse. Sheboygan, and Boston. Miss Apthorp Latin Mary E. Apthorp has been Latin instructor here for twenty-four years. She attended various schools in the East, and graduated from an Iowa college. After teaching for some years, she spent a year in Germany in study. Returning, she did graduate work at the University of Chicago, and taught for six years in the University of Iowa before coming to Oshkosh. We are all under the impression, doubtless, that Latin is dry. hut just try a quarter under Miss Apthorp. ami all false impressions will flee. Mr. Hewitt Conductor of Institutes Walter C. Hewitt was l om in Milwaukee, and wc arc proud to claim him as a Wisconsin man. although he was educated in Michigan, graduating from the State Normal College in 1884. For ten years he taught in the public schools of Michigan, then became secretary of the World's Fair Educational Commission of Michigan, and it was while engaged in this work that he was elected to his present position at Oshkosh. Mr. Hewitt's jolly disposition and kindly interest in everyone have endeared him to us all, while his genial presence more than offsets the confused appearance of his class room. Miss Henderson Rhetoric Josephine Henderson combines all the choice and successful qualities of a teacher. She was l»om in Pennsylvania and received her education there both in Normal School and College. After five years of work on the Chautauquan Magazine, she In-gan her work in the English department of our Normal School, and has won the love and esteem of all who have been so fortunate as to have instruction under her. Mr. Sage Physics A general antidote for blues or downcast feelings is Mr. Sage's class room. His genial kindness and interest in one, individually, are at once apparent. Mr. Sage was horn in New York State. In 1884. he graduated from Cornell University, became principal of schools at Groton. New York, and later at Salamanca and Watcrvillc, of the same state. In 1893, he came to the Normal. His quiet energy and his force of character have made him a valued member of our faculty. 17

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Miss Kimball English Language Lillian G. Kimball was born at Superior, Wis., and graduated front the Oshkosh High School. Site taught in the public schools of this city, most of the time in the English Liter-attire department of the High School. After studying at Yassar College and at the University of Chicago, site taught at St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1893. she was called to the Oshkosh. Normal. The love which the student l ody has for our English teacher i- well expressed in these words, taken front the “Quiver which was dedicated to her: “To Miss Kimball, who by her right thinking, right speaking, and right living, has instilled in us a deeper desire to know the truth, to love the truth, and to live the truth.” Mr. Clow History Frederick R. Clow, our tall and learned instructor of history, was born in Minnesota and spent the early part of his life as a farmer boy. He began his education at the Austin High School and, after teaching a few years, graduated at Carleton College. Minnesota, and completed his education at Harvard, finishing there in 1895. Both he and history have some way taught us that the road to perfection is long and difficult. Miss Peake English Literature Kllen F. P. Peake, our beloved instructor in Browning. Longfellow, and Shakespeare, was born in Shakespeare's native land, and was partly educated there. She studied in the University of New Brunswick and has had post-graduate work at Chicago. After teaching in Massachusetts and New York for a short time, she came to Wisconsin, teaching in the Oconto High School, and then in our own Normal. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths arc peace. Mr. Mitchell Geography Prank 1C. Mitchell came to us in 1897 front the University of Indiana. Previous to his course in the University, he took charge of the department of Geography at the St. Cloud Normal School. Minnesota, for five years. For all information concerning Merry Widow bonnets, apply to him. His industrial geography class has been trying to solve the problem of the relation of these hats to the distribution of heat upon the earth. Mr. Fling Biology Harry R. Fling is a New Englander and a graduate of Bowdoin College. Coming west, he entered the University of Michigan for a year of graduate work, later went to the University of Chicago, and besides spent three summers in research work at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Massachusetts. Mr. Fling is a man of commanding appearance, a basso profundo, and it is an undisguised fact that he possesses the clearest head of all the faculty. Miss Pannele Librarian Ella G. Parmele. our amiable librarian, is a native of the state of New York. She is a graduate of the Pratt Institute Library School of Brooklyn, New York. She came to Oshkosh in 1899. where she has held the office of Librarian till the present. Puzzle: Is it the nature of the school or an economy of time that forbids her gracious replies? Mr. Dresden German A veritable emliodimciH of sunshine is our dear little German instructor. B. Mack Dresden. who came from old Deutschland” itself, having been born in Berlin. He came to the United States in 1883. graduated from Baldwin University. Ohio, anti the Oshkosh Normal. After four years teaching at West Bend, a kindly destiny brought him back to Oshkosh. German, heretofore considered an affliction, is now an antidote for all the impending evils of the institution—unfortunate those who cannot take it. 19