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Mr. Kennedy holds the degrees of A. B. and A. M., and also that of Master of Pedagogy from the New York University. He is also the holder of a first-grade State certificate received from the New Jersey State Board of Examiners, after an examination in all the professional subjects. He has been an active member of the front rank of his profession, having been a lecturer in the New York State Teachers' Institute, and has held a chair in pedagogy at the Champlain Summer School, both courses being under the Board of Regents of the State of New York. This was very largely attended by teachers from New York City. He has been granted a High School instructor's license, and a Newark principal's license, both of them by the present Board of Examiners. He was subsequently offered the position of principal, but preferred remaining in the office of head assistant in the Barringer High School.
Mr. Kennedy is a member of the New York University Alumni, the State and National Societies for the Promotion of Industrial Education, the . Schoolmen's Club, the Board of Trade, the Forest Hill Field Club, and several other organizations of the locality. His residence is at 255 Grafton avenue.
ALEXANDER JOHN GLENNIE
Alexander John Glennie, principal of the Miller Street Grammar School of Newark, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, October 18, 1866, son of George Glennie, a stone mason of Aberdeenshire, and his wife, Mary F. (Chalmers) Glennie. He is the oldest of their family of four children, the younger ones being Marion, Jean and Nell.
His parents removed from Scotland to the United States, settling in Geneseo, New York, and it was in the public schools of Geneseo that Alex- ander John Glennie received his early education. After taking the course at the Normal School of his adopted city, he matriculated at Columbia University in New York City. Upon his graduation he received the appoint- ment to the position of principal of the public school at Arkport, Allegany County, New York, where he remained from 1889 until 1890. He then returned to Geneseo, where he became principal of the Alexander School, remaining, however, for but one year, 1890-91. He then accepted the position of principal of the High School of Bolivar, New York, where he remained until 1897. This he resigned to accept a similar place in the High School of Monticello, New York, where he gave great satisfaction during his nine years' tenure of office. May 1, 1906, he was appointed principal of the Abington Avenue Public School in Newark, and leaving New York State he took up his residence in New Jersey. After a year at the Abington Avenue School, he was made principal of the Miller Street School, the charge of which he still has.
Mr. Glennie is affiliated with many societies connected with his pro- fession, among them the Schoolmen's Club and the Principals' Association. He is also a member of the Wednesday Club and the Public School Athletic Association. He also belongs to several fraternal societies and is a member of Macedonian Lodge, No. 252, Free and Accepted Masons; Bolivar Chapter, No. 280, Royal Arch Masons, and also to the Maccabees.
Mr. Glennie married Mary Kenyon, daughter of Orrin T. Cowles, of Bolivar, New York. They have two children, Alexander Cowles, born May 6, 1896; John Orrin, born December 25, 1900.
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OLIVER JAMES MORELOCK
Oliver James Morelock, one of the widely influential educators of Newark, was born at Silver Run, Maryland, March 8, 1871, son of Dennis A. and Rebecca (Schleider) Morelock. Dennis A. Morelock, born in 1838, a farmer of Westminster, Maryland, was the son of Joseph Morelock, a farmer and teacher, who was the son of Michael Morelock, of Westminster, who was the son of the first Michael Morelock, the immigrant, who came to this country from the State of Saxony, Germany, in 1757. Rebecca (Schleider) Morelock, the mother of Oliver James Morelock, was the daughter of Jacob Schleider. Dennis A. and Rebecca (Schleider) More- lock had three children, of whom Oliver James, with whom the present biographical notice is concerned, was the youngest. The others were: Harvey M. and Aesha Elizabeth.
Oliver J. Morelock attended Public School No. 5, Mars District, Carroll County, Maryland, and afterwards prepared for entrance to college at the private school at Edgehill. He then matriculated at Franklin and Marshall College at Lancaster, Maryland, and graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1892, receiving his degree of A. M. a year later from the same institution. Mr. Morelock has since his graduation taken post-graduate work at Colum- bia University and was a candidate for the degree of Ph. D. at that university.
Early in life Mr. Morelock showed the bent of his mind for the scholarly pursuits to which he has given his energies, and as early as sixteen years old undertook the tasks of the schoolroom. His first position was in the school in his own locality, and, faithful in this, he was soon appointed the instructor in mathematics at the Palatinate College. Later he taught in Morris County, Pennsylvania, and subsequently was instructor in mathematics at the Mer- cersburg Academy for two years. This appointment was followed by one to the position of principal of Bloomfield Academy, Morris County, Pennsyl- vania, where he remained for a year. He then became the principal of the Tunkhannock School, Pennsylvania, a position which he held for five years. He was called from this to the principalship of the High School at Lockport, New York, where he remained for seven years. In 1909 Mr. Morelock received a call to become the vice-principal of the Newark Normal and Train- ing School, and after serving in this capacity for three years, he was pro- moted to the position of principal of the Webster Street Training School, at the head of which he still continues to be. Mr. Morelock holds graduate school certificates for the States of Pennsylvania and New York. He is a member of the Schoolmen's Club, of the Principals' Association, of the Newark Public School Athletic Association, and of the N. E. A. He is a member of the Goethean Literary Society of Franklin and Marshall College, and is also a member of the Tau Xi Club of Teachers' College, Columbia University. He served as vice-president of the Interscholastic Debating League of the University of New York during the years 1906-08.
Mr. Morelock married, June 26, 1895, Ellen Thomas, daughter of Frank Henderson and Zadora (Thomas) Closs, and they have three children: Dorothea Thomas, born July 10, 1899; Elizabeth Elton, October 31, 1900; Oliver James, Jr., June 12, 1908.
CHARLES GRANT SHAFFER
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extent than is the case with the majority of professions. The rank and standard of the instructors of the city of Newark is second to none, and a foremost position must be accorded in this renowned body to Charles Grant Shaffer, principal of the Elliott Street School.
Mr. Shaffer was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, November 6, 1869, son of Abram and Elizabeth (Diefenderfer) Shaffer. His father was exten- sively engaged in farming, and retired from active life while still in his prime.
The elementary education of Mr. Shaffer was acquired in the public schools of his native town, from whence he went to Bucknell Academy, Pennsylvania. After a course at Bucknell College, the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon him by that institution in 1892, and a year at Harvard University earned for him a similar degree from that institution. Bucknell College conferred the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1895. His first pedagogical position was as principal of the Friends' Normal Insti- tute at Rising Sun, Maryland, 1893-94, after which he held office as principal of the High School and superintendent of schools at Opelousas, Louisiana, 1894-96. He was Instructor in Chemistry and later in the State Normal School at Natchitoches, Louisiana, and at the same time lectured in the Peabody Movement, 1896-97. As city superintendent and president of the High School at Lake Charles, Louisiana, the executive ability and original and beneficial methods of Mr. Shaffer were highly appreciated from 1897 to 1900. In the latter year he came to Newark, having received an appoint- ment as the first principal of the Abington Avenue School, being appointed, at the termination of one year, to the principalship of the Lawrence Street School, where he ruled very capably until 1904, being then appointed to his present position as principal of the Elliott Street School. The careful thought and study he has ever given to his work has not remained unat- tended with the success it so richly deserves. He is a man of brilliant and original ideas, thoroughly appropriate to the time, and generally a little in advance of it, so that those under his charge are kept in a constant state of healthful ambition,
The heavy responsibilities of the various positions he has held have not prevented Mr. Shaffer from taking a proper and beneficial interest in affairs in many other directions. Music has always possessed great attractions for him, and he is a highly esteemed member of the Musicians' Club of New York. He also holds membership in the following organizations: Prin- cipals' Club of Newark, of which he was the president for two years; University Club of Newark, of which he is president; Harvard Club of Newark, of which he was secretary and treasurer for a period of two years, and is now holding office as chorister; the Graduate Chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, of which he is president.
Mr. Shaffer married, June 29, 1899, Dora Valesca, daughter of Francis L. and Antonia (Langhammer) Becker. Remarkably gifted as a speaker, the discourses with which he regales those in his charge, and which he is frequently called upon to deliver elsewhere, are always listened to with pleasure and decided benefit. He is considered as one of the representative men of the city in his field of industry, and is regarded as a citizen of whom the entire community has reason to feel justly proud. The original and pro- gressive ideas he has introduced from time to time have always been well guarded by the dictates of sound, common sense, and he has become a powerful factor in the pedagogical world.
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MORRIS BAMBERGER
The public schools of the city of Newark enjoy a fine and well-deserved reputation throughout the country, and a goodly share of it in recent years must justly be ascribed to the efforts of Mr. Morris Bamberger, one of our most efficient German-American citizens. He is of that class which has brought the best traits of its mother country to American shores, and combined them with what was most progressive and beneficial here.
Morris Bamberger was born in Germany, March 11, 1864, son of Myers and Dena (Oppenheim) Bamberger, being of a family of eighteen brothers and sisters who were all, with the exception of two, engaged in the pro- fession of teaching. His father held the position of teacher in Angerode, Hessen, Germany, for the unusually long period of fifty years. Mr. Bam- berger's brother, Gabriel, was superintendent of manual training in a school in Chicago from 1891 until 1902; another brother, Isaac, was for thirty-two years a professor of rabbinical languages at the University of Koenigsburg, Germany. Freda, a sister, is a teacher in one of the New York City schools.
The education of Mr. Bamberger was a most systematic and thorough one. At first he attended the Middle School at Alsfeld, Germany, going from there to the High School at Giessen. The Teachers' College, Friedburg, Germany, was the next seat of learning he attended, supplementing this with a post-graduate course at Alzey, Germany. Coming to America on the steamer, "Frisia," May 18, 1884, he became a teacher in the School for Ethical Culture, and while thus occupied took a course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City. Two years later he founded and took charge of the management of the School of the Turn Verein, making manual training a part of the curriculum.
His original and beneficial methods, and the success he achieved by means of their introduction, attracted widespread attention, and in 1893 he was appointed principal of the public school at Carlstadt, New Jersey, and in 1900 received his appointment to the position he is now so ably filling, that of principal of the Bergen Street Grammar School. Mr. Bam- berger was the organizer of this school in the first building erected on that site, at which time it had but eight rooms. Since that time the structure has been twice enlarged, and now possesses forty-three classrooms, in addi- tion to a number of other facilities. Among these are a well-equipped gymnasium, cooking rooms, a fine auditorium, and appropriate suites of offices for the use and convenience of the principal and teachers. The number of pupils at present in attendance at this school is fifteen hundred, and this does not include four hundred who have just been transferred to the Peshine Avenue School. The pupils are for the greater part of American birth.
Mr. Bamberger has never been called upon to bear arms in the service of his adopted country, but while still in his mother country he cheerfully devoted a year of his life to the military service demanded of every able- bodied youth who has attained the age of eighteen years. He is a member of Triluminer Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Filonians of Newark, New Jersey. In addition to this he holds high standing in the Teachers' Association of New York, the Principals' Association of Newark, and the Schoolmen's Association, of the same city.
Hle was married in New York City to Rose Bamberger, daughter of Josoph Weil and Rebecca Bamberger, and they have had children: Ruth; Corrine, a teacher in the Morton Street School; Judith, a graduate of the
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Newark Normal School. Mr. Bamberger is noted as being one of the repre- sentative men in the field of education, and his views are broad and liberal. The success which has marked his management of the institutions in his charge has very naturally attracted attention, and many of his methods have been adopted by other schools.
ALEXANDER ARCHIBALD
Alexander Archibald was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, December 13, 1869, and came to the United States with his parents in 1872. They settled in Newark, where he has resided since that time.
He attended the public schools of Newark and was graduated from them. After entering upon his business career he became senior member of the Archibald-Clement Company, manufacturing silversmiths, of which corporation he is at the present time president. His political affiliations are with the Democratic party, by which he was elected as Alderman from the Fourth Ward by a plurality of three hundred and forty-six votes over his opponent, the total number of votes cast being two thousand nine hundred and sixty. The place of business of Mr. Archibald is at East Kinney and Orchard streets, Newark.
JAMES ROSS
James Ross, principal and general manager of Drake College, in the city of Newark, New Jersey, while still at the commencement of the thirties has achieved results of which many a man of twice his number of years might well feel proud. The influence which he exerts is felt in all lines of business and professional life, and are far-reaching almost beyond calcula- tion Not alone is business training given under his supervision; the moral training received by those in his charge is of inestimable value to them in later life.
Mr. Ross was born in France, April 24, 1879, and was sent to England in his early youth, where he was graduated from Cambridge University in the class of 1900 with the degree of Doctor of Laws. Subsequently he became a student of the University of Bonn, Germany, and came to the United States in 1901. He at once proceeded to Chicago, where he was one of the organizers and Incorporators of the Ancient Order of Shepherds. Returning to Europe, he engaged in the oil business in Roumania, Russia, remaining in that country until the Revolution in 1905, when he came to New York City. Not long after his arrival here he was placed in charge of the Pennsylvania district of the Historical Publishing Society. He then went to Reading, Pennsylvania, and there organized and incorporated the Pennsylvania Law Company. He opened a branch of this company in the city of Newark, and at the same time commenced his connection with Drake College.
Mr. Ross was appointed assistant principal of Drake College at Newark, and so marked was the executive ability he displayed in this responsible post that he was offered a share in this huge enterprise and the office of principal and general manager of the institution in Newark. That he has made a success of his charge, results have amply shown. He is master of four languages in addition to English-French, German, Roumanian and Italian. Ilis fraternal affiliation consists of membership in the Grand
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Fraternity Lodge, No. 140, of which he is commander at the present time (1913). Mr. Ross has earned and deserves the esteem of his colleagues, and has gained the affection of the numerous students who have pursued their studies under his supervision.
In connection with this sketch of Mr. Ross it seems almost imperative to give an outline of the institution of which he is the executive head, and of its workings. The entire institution is equipped in the most modern manner and every facility is supplied which will enable the students to attain the desired end in the most rapid and thorough manner. In the commercial department there are individual desks, with drawers which can be locked by the student in possession at the time, and thus insures undis- turbed personal property. The students are taught to perform the work exactly as it would be required of them in an actual business office, and they are therefore perfectly informed when actual work is required of them.
The college building is beautifully located at No. 679 Broad street, facing Military Park, and all of the rooms are excellently lighted and ven- tilated. The school furniture is of the finest quartered golden oak, and the partitions of the same wood are set with heavy plate glass. The instruction is absolutely individual, and each student is urged to complete the course selected in the minimum time consistent with perfect work and under- standing. There are commercial, shorthand and English courses, and there are day and evening ciasses. Many records have been established by Drake College graduates, among them being the following: School Typewriting Championship, 1909; Amateur Typewriting Championship, 1909; Shorthand Accuracy Record, 1909; Champion Woman Typist of the World, 1910; International School Typewriting Championship, 1910; private stenographer to Governor Wilson, 1911; Civil Service stenographer's record, 1911; two stenographers in Central High School, 1912. Not alone are positions guar- anteed pupils upon graduation, but when a pupil has outgrown a position, another is provided which is better suited to the advanced ability. The best instructors to be obtained are to be found in this institution, and they not only understand their work theoretically, but they have had practical busi- ness experience, and are thus enabled to point out any and all difficulties to be met with in business work. Mr. Ross practically spends all of his time in the classes, so that the entire work of the institution is done under his personal supervision.
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FIORENTINO BERGAMO
Occupying a foremost position among the best tailors of the city of Newark, New Jersey, and with a reputation which is recognized throughout the country, is Fiorentino Bergamo, who has a place of business in Newark and a branch store in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
His father, Gaetamo Bergamo, was a prominent citizen of the town in which he resided in Italy, where he carried on an extensive lumber and charcoal business. He would purchase large tracts of heavily timbered land, and have this timber converted into lumber and charcoal, which he then disposed of wholesale. He died at the age of forty-five years, leaving his widow, Guissipe Delorto, with ten children.
Fiorentino Bergamo was born in the town of Oleveto Citria, Province of Salerno, Italy, March 27, 1866. Upon the death of his father he thought he would lighten the burden of his mother by giving her one less to care for,
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and decided to seek his fortune in the United States. Sailing on the ship "Olympia," he arrived at the city of New York, after a voyage of thirty- three days, a stranger and penniless, or almost so, as his entire worldly wealth consisted of a few cents. Through the kind offices of an Italian friend he obtained employment with a tailor, and remained with him for a period of two and a half years. By this time he had amassed a sufficient sum of money to enable him to start in business for himself. He opened a small tailor shop which he conducted for about eighteen months. He was then offered an excellent position with the firm of Brooks Brothers, the well-known clothiers, and accepting this, he remained in their employ seven years. Leaving this firm, being of a naturally ambitious disposition, he again established himself in business, opening a first class tailor shop in Walker street, near Broadway. At the end of two years he disposed of this, accepting a position with a Newark concern, also he opened, in addition to his daily work, a night school for teaching his system of cutting.
February 5, 1905, Mr. Bergamo opened a tailor shop at No. 68 Market street, Newark, and this has been an assured success from the opening day. He has devoted himself exclusively to the making of high grade clothing, and his name has become well known to all business and professional men. In 1909 he opened a branch shop at No. 219 Broad street, Elizabeth, New Jersey, which is under the supervision of his brother.
Mr. Bergamo thoroughly established his ability as a clever designer · at the national convention of tailors, held in Philadelphia in 1913, by sub- mitting two seamless coats, for which he was awarded the first prize. Mr. Bergamo has purchased several valuable properties and has a very comfort- able income from same. On February 15, 1913, Mr. Bergamo removed his business to new quarters at Nos. 92-94 Market street, which have been beautifully equipped in the most modern manner for this purpose. It is a matter of pride with him that he has his customers of so many years' stand- ing, showing that they place implicit reliance on his good taste and the excellent execution of the work that leaves his establishment. He uses only the best quality of materials in everything, and his prices are moderate when everything is taken into consideration.
Mr. Bergamo takes a reasonable interest in political affairs and gives his support to the Democratic party. His religious affiliations are with the Catholic Church. In the business world, Mr. Bergamo is held in high esteem by reason of the many sterling qualities of which he has shown himself possessed.
ISADOR SCHAPIRA
Among the many young Austrians who have emigrated to America and have won for themselves a prominent place is Isador Schapira, of Newark, New Jersey. He was born in Skalat, Austria, February 24, 1882, son of Marcus and Rose ( Pickholtz) Schapira.
The Schapira family is one of the oldest in Skalat, Austria. The grand- father of Isador Schapira has an enviable war record, having fought in the bloody wars between Austria and Italy. He is now living in Austria at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. Ilis son, Marcus, was born in Austria and for many years was a wholesale live stock dealer in his native country. He died there in 1893. He married Rose, daughter of Leonard Pickholtz, of Austria. Three children were born of this marriage: Isador, Jacob. born in 1884; Jeanetta, now residing in Newark.
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Isador Schapira was educated in the public schools of his native city, and was for four years a student in the Gymnasium, which corresponds to a college in this country. Upon completing his education he was employed as a clerk in the office of the criminal judge at Tarnapol. After a service of three years in this office, he resigned to accept a position in the law office of Dr. Ehrlich, where he remained six months. He then became a clerk in the tax office. While holding this position he decided to emigrate to Amer- ica, believing that in the New World he would find better opportunities for success than in his native country.
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