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She has given, in addition, a course in the Fundamentals of Speech for Teachers College, University of Cincinnati; and a summer course in Dra- matics, for teachers in High Schools.
She is a former board member of the Cincinnati McDowell Society; a member of the Cincinnati College Club; the National Association of Teachers of Speech; the National Theatre Conference; the Cincinnati Teachers Asso- ciation ; the Ohio Educational Association; the Southwestern Ohio Teachers Association.
BERTHA M. LUCKEY
BERTHA M. LUCKEY, who is at the head of the psychological depart- ment of the board of education of Cleveland, was born in Ontario, California, January 2, 1890, and is a daughter of G. W. A. and Bertha (Musson) Luckey. In 1892 the family removed to Stanford, California, and in 1895 to Lincoln, Nebraska and the year 1899-1900 was spent in New York City, where Miss Luckey entered the public schools for the first time, having previously studied at home. Returning to Lincoln in 1900, she became a seventh grade pupil in the public schools there and was graduated from the eighth grade in 1902, while in 1906 she completed the course in the Lincoln High School.
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In the fall of that year she entered the University of Nebraska and received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1910, with majors in mathematics and chemistry and the Master of Arts degree in 1912, with a major in psychology and a minor in education. She assisted in chemistry from 1907 to 1909; scholar in philosophy in 1910 and 1911; Fellow in philosophy in 1911 and 1912. The subject for her thesis for the Master's degree was "The Motor Differences of School Children due to Sex and School Training."
From 1912 to 1914 Dr. Luckey studied in Gottingen, Germany, and was a candidate for a Doctor's degree under Professor G. E. Muller. She also studied under Professors Bauman, Husserl, Katz and Maier in philosophy and psychology ; Professor Rosenthal in school hygiene; Professor Eichelberg in psychiatry; and with Professor Wallach in chemistry. On account of the World War it was necessary for her to leave Germany, August 19, 1914, but through the kindness of Dr. Wolfe she was able to finish at Nebraska Uni- versity the investigation begun in Germany. She finished the work for her Doctor's degree at the University of Nebraska in 1916 and attended the summer session of the University of Chicago in that year, studying with Dr. Judd and Dr. Freeman. In the summer of 1917 she studied at the Institution for Feeble Minded at Vineland, New Jersey. The subject of her doctor's thesis was, "The Specific Brightness of Colors."
Dr. Luckey was employed by the Lincoln, Nebraska schools in the winter of 1916-17 as teacher of a group of special class handicapped children and as psychologist. She entered the Cleveland school system in the fall of 1917, organizing the psychological clinic at that time. In the fall of 1930 the psychological clinic, the mental hygiene clinic and visiting teachers depart- ment were united into the bureau of psychology-psychiatry and visiting teacher service, which department handled the problems of children who were not well adjusted to their school placement. In the spring of 1933 the psychiatric and visiting teachers services were eliminated, leaving the psy- chological clinic.
Miss Luckey is a member of the Cleveland Women's City Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution, Iota Sigma Pi and Phi Beta Kappa and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, the American Orthopsychiatric Asso- ciation, the National Education Association, the National Society for the Study of Education, the Ohio Educational Research Department of the Ohio Education Association and the Association of Consulting Psychologists. Her writings have constituted a valuable contribution to the literature of her profession and include her thesis "The Specific Brightness of Colors," pub- lished in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1916; "Correlation between Form-Board Improvement and Ability to Improve Industrially," published in the Train- ing School Bulletin, in January, 1918; "The School Nurse and the Mentally Defective Child," appearing in the Public Health Nurse, May, 1922; "Physical
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Condition of Children Entering Special Classes," in the Educational Research Bulletin of the College of Education of the Ohio State University; "Racial Differences in Mental Ability," in the Scientific Monthly of March, 1925; "Can a Person of College Age or Older Learn to Concentrate?", published in Your Health in April, 1929; and "Individual Differences in Relation to Personality Development," appearing in the Elementary School Principals Fifteenth Yearbook.
MARGARET M. MARBLE
MARGARET M. MARBLE, teacher of civics and writing at the Hughes high school in Cincinnati, came to this city from Dayton, where she had been an instructor in the elementary schools for several years. She is a daughter of Ira Theodore and Julia (Oxley) Marble. Her father was born in Indiana, where his grandfather, Ephraim Marble, a native of England, had been one of the first settlers. He married Charity Bishop, who was a member of one of the old families of Boston and whose great uncle, Jonathan Bishop was an architect connected with the building of the old State House in Phila- delphia. Mrs. Ira T. Marble, who was born in Indiana, was also of English lineage. The great-grandmother of Margaret M. Marble was Polly Platt of Kentucky, who was the grandmother of William Henry Harrison.
Miss Marble, spending her girlhood in Indiana, was graduated from the high school at Lawrenceburg, and later completed a course of study in the Normal school at Lebanon, Ohio. She continued her education with special courses at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University, Columbia Uni- versity and the University of Chicago. Her technical training in penmanship, lettering and engrossing for her present work as a teacher of writing was received at the Zaner-Bloser School of Penmanship in Columbus and at the A. N. Palmer School of Penmanship in New York City. While in Dayton, under the supervision of John L. Patterson, she planned and superintended school gardens and because of this work, extended throughout the city under the guidance of Mr. Patterson, Dayton became known as the Garden City of the West. Her work in connection with the Cincinnati schools has been eminently satisfactory and she has done much toward development in this field.
Miss Marble is a life member of the National Education Association and belongs to the Ohio Education Association. She is a charter member of the Cincinnati Teachers Association and a member of the National Parent-Teachers Association, the Alfred Holbrook College Association, the John L. Patterson Garden Club of Dayton, the Cincinnati Foreign Policy Association, the Cin- cinnati Consumers League and the Civic Welfare League.
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GRACE LATIMER MCCLURE
GRACE LATIMER MCCLURE (Mrs. Charles F. W. McClure) was born. in Columbus, the daughter of George Dudley and Eva Latimer Jones. She took her A. B. and M. A. at Bryn Mawr, from which college she received a special scholarship and also did graduate work at Dartmouth and Harvard.
Mrs. McClure is headmistress of the Columbus School for Girls, a position for which she is said to be especially adapted by personality as well as educa- tion and professional training. Through her family this Columbus educator has long been identified with the civic and social progress of the city. She has carried on the tradition of service through various organizations, and in addi- tion has written a widely used text book and numerous magazine articles.
LUCINDA MCGREW
Among teachers long to be remembered as outstanding by former pupils and by the community in general of Pleasant Ridge School, Cincinnati, are LUCINDA McGREW, who taught the eighth grade from 1893 to 1929 and MRS. ALICE GIBSON, sixth grade teacher from 1890 to 1926.
CLARA WORST MILLER
Despite of the demands of her busy life, CLARA WORST MILLER, of Ashland, O., has found time to rear three children to adulthood, without diminishing her contributions to the educational and civic life of the city.
It was 40 years ago that Clara Worst Miller came to Ashland, the wife of Dr. J. Allen Miller, shortly after her graduation from Hiram College. Dur- ing all these years she has been a member of the faculty, as teacher of Latin, of Ashland College. Dr. Miller, who died in 1935, was president of the college during its early years and served as dean of the theological seminary from 1906 to 1934.
Besides rearing a family and teaching at the college, Mrs. Miller is serv- ing her 16th consecutive year as a member of the Ashland Board of Education of which she has been president several times. In addition, she has taken active interest in the work of the Ohio Federation of Women's clubs, serving four years as president of the Ashland Federation ; two years as president of the Middle North district of the Ohio Federation and two years as chairman of the department of fine arts of the Ohio Federation.
Her children are a daughter, Carol Miller Ellis; and two sons, Dr. John Miller of the Ohio State University faculty and Dr. Malcolm Miller, a physi- cian at Goshen, Ind.
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MATTIE MOORE
MATTIE MOORE, a teacher of unusual ability, was born in Rushville, Indiana, but moved to Cincinnati as a child and was educated in the Cincin- nati public schools. Miss Moore prepared herself for a teaching career at the Cincinnati Normal School and after her graduation, taught for one year at Loveland, Ohio. She is better remembered for her forty-two years of faithful service in the 25th District School, now the Theodore Roosevelt School, and the Central Fairmount School.
As a memorial to her, the Central Fairmount School dedicated a beautiful picture which adorns the entrance hall of the school.
Miss Moore retired in January, 1926, and died in June 1926. She was known for her loyalty, devotion and self sacrifice to the cause of education. She was a sympathetic and understanding teacher, greatly beloved by all who knew her.
"It was written of Christ, that he stooped and wrote
In the sand, and the writing was lost in a day,
He stooped and wrote on the hearts of men
And the writing will last always."
So, her fellow teachers believe, Miss Moore wrote on the hearts of children, where the writing will last always.
CORA MORTON
CORA MORTON, former high school teacher at Norwood, Ohio was born at Cincinnati, the daughter of John Hopkins and Mary Ada Powell Morton.
Her father's ancestors were American colonists from England. One of them, John Morton, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Her mother's earliest known ancestor in this country was Thomas Powell who bought land in Chester County, Penn .. from William Penn in 1682. James Powell, great grandson of Thomas, was a Revolutionary soldier and his second son David Powell, was the first minister of the Swedenborgian faith west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Miss Morton was graduated from Hughes High School; received her A. B. and M. A. from Ohio State University and did graduate work at other colleges.
Her first position was as a teacher in the St. Bernard Public School ; her second in the Norwood elementary schools and from 1897 to 1935, when she retired, she was a member of the Norwood High School faculty.
Miss Morton is a Phi Beta Kappa-a member of the Cincinnati Woman's Club; College Club ; English Speaking Union; Hellenie Travellers Club : Girls Friendly Society of the Episcopal Church; Co-operative Society board of the Children's Hospital and recording secretary of the board of managers of Eleanor Lodge.
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LENA BEATRICE MORTON
LENA BEATRICE MORTON, Cincinnati educator and writer, is the daughter of Colonel W. and Susie Morton and the granddaughter of the Rev.' H. A. Stewart, teacher and founder of a private school for Negroes in Win- chester, Kentucky.
The Morton family moved from Kentucky to Cincinnati in 1917 when Lena Beatrice was still in high school. In 1918 she finished Woodward High School, and entered the University of Cincinnati in September of the same year. Miss Morton completed the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in three and one-half years and entered the College of Education, University of Cincinnati, as a student teacher in February 1922. In 1923 she received a Graduate Diploma in Education from the College of Education, and in 1925 she received the degree of Master of Arts from the Graduate School, University of Cincinnati.
Since 1923 she has been a teacher in the public schools of Cincinnati. In 1927 she was made a cooperating teacher of the University of Cincinnati in the Jackson School. In 1932 and 1935, Miss Morton served as head of the Department of Education in the summer school of Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee.
In 1925 she was author of a book, "Negro Poetry in America".
The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester, New York included the follow- ing statement in its review of Miss Morton's book. "This little volume is a comprehensive survey of what the Negro has done in poetry. It is fully illus- trated with selections from the old folk songs and from modern poets of the race. Rarely has the thing been better done. In this brief and rapid sketch, Miss Morton has made a distinct contribution to a subject that is always interesting and that has engaged the analytical powers of many thinkers".
In 1935 she was a contributor to the Church School Journal, a monthly publication issued by the General Board of Religious Education of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1938 she was one of four contributors to "A Call to the Youth" by Thomas H. Copeland.
Miss Morton is chiefly interested in the education and development of Negro youth. She is connected with various organizations which promote worthwhile ideals and activities among Negroes.
BELLE F. OSBORN
An Ashland, O. teacher and philanthropist who was noted during her life for her substantial but unostentatious gifts was BELLE F. OSBORN, for whom the Osborn elementary school building on East Main street, Ashland was named. By the terms of her will she left $13,000 for educational purposes.
Daughter of Judge William Osborn, one of the founders in 1853 of the Ashland Times and later a judge of the common pleas court, she was born in
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Ashland July 24, 1854 and died at Austin, Tex. March 19, 1923. After attend- ing Ashland Union schools, she was a student at the College of Wooster and Wittenberg college, completing her college work at Vassar.
For 22 years Miss Osborn taught in Ashland schools, from 1875 to 1897. She was a grade school teacher 11 years, then taught in the high school, of which she was principal. Following the death in 1897 of Superintendent Sebastian Thomas, she served as superintendent of the Ashland schools for the rest of the school year.
Miss Osborn was a member of the Friday Literary club of Ashland and was a charter member of Sarah Copus chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. She was also identified with the Art Club and other local organi- zations.
ELLEN FRANCES PALMER
ELLEN FRANCES PALMER, teacher at Leggett School, Akron, was born in this city, graduated from its university and has so entered into its educational, cultural and recreational activities that no constructive group or organization seems satisfied without her name and active co-operation. She has worked intensively with the Girl Scouts, Red Cross, Girls Recreation Coun- cil, Junior Federation of Women's Clubs, Akron University Alumnal Asso- ciation and numerous others. To her professional associations Miss Palmer has devoted equal interest and energy. She is active in the Akron Teachers Association, the Ohio Education Association, the Northeastern Ohio Teachers Association and the National Education Association. For neither professional nor community co-operation is sufficient in itself, in the opinion of this and other efficient modern teachers. Both are essential to the progress of public education.
DOROTHY E. PLUCKEBAUM
DOROTHY E. PLUCKEBAUM is principal of the Windsor high school of Cincinnati and also the first vice president of the Business Woman's Club. A native of this city, she is a daughter of Charles and Mary (Hohmann) Pluckebaum, her father for many years a merchant of Cincinnati.
After devoting her early girlhood to study in the parochial and high schools of Cincinnati, including Holy Trinity school, Miss Pluckebaum enrolled as a student in the University of Cincinnati, where she was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1916, while in 1926 she received from the same institution her Master of Arts degree. She did her first teaching in the Riverside school, where she remained for two years and then went to the Washington school where she spent fifteen years, being assistant principal for half of that time. For eight years there she had charge of boys' classes and was particularly successful in her work. On leaving the Washington school,
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she came to the Windsor high school, becoming principal in 1933 and here she has since continued, her ability as an educator and as an executive being clearly demonstrated in the excellent service she has rendered to the public here.
Miss Pluckebaum belongs to the Cincinnati Teachers Association, of which she has been president, the Ohio Education Association, the Southwestern Ohio Teachers Association and is a life member of the National Education Associa- tion and at all times has kept in touch with the trend of professional thought and progress.
WILBERETTA POPE
WILBERETTA POPE was born in Cleveland, Ohio and educated in the public school of that city. She is now (1939) working on her doctor's degree at the Western Reserve University, and is one of three Negro women principals, Mrs. Hazel Mountain Walker of Rutherford B. Hayes School and Miss Genevieve Storey at Tremont School, in the city of Cleveland.
Miss Pope is a veteran of the Cleveland School System, having taught for many years. Her elevation to the principalship of Woolridge School was made after a careful appraisal of her qualifications and record as a successful teacher-administrator.
When Miss Pope was asked to enumerate the guiding principles that had carried her from a substitute teacher more than 20 years ago, to the goal of a principalship; she said, "For the average individual, who is without influence or prestige, there is no royal road to success. He must have a long range of vision and work constantly toward a higher status than the present one even if the exact goal is not clear nor well defined, allowing neither trials, tribulations nor tragedies to serve as deterrants.
"One should scorn mediocrity and strive to rise above it in all the lines of activity in which he partakes, whether recreational, cultural, fraternal, educational, or occupational. Above all, one must never neglect the develop- ment of that most important art of creating many satisfactory human rela- tionships, being ever ready with a sympathetic reaction to the many and varied demands of extensive human contacts. Then when success does come one does not have to rejoice alone, but is joined by a host of sincere friends."
Miss Pope belongs to many organizations for the betterment of her race and is a regional director of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
JENNIE DAVIS PORTER
The eventful career of DR. JENNIE DAVIS PORTER, Cincinnati edu- cator and leader may well be cited as an outstanding example of purposeful living. A graduate of the elementary and high schools of Cincinnati, she held the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Cincinnati.
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She was a teacher in the public schools of her native city for thirty- seven years. Instrumental in the founding of the Harriet Beecher Stowe School, and its principal since its dedication in 1913, she regarded it always, even until the day of her death, as "the greatest interest in my life."
The late Dr. Randall J. Condon, former Superintendent of Cincinnati Schools, and the late Dr. John M. Withrow, former President of the Board of Education, were deeply interested in the Stowe School project as advocated by Dr. Porter. She, with the late Miss Annie Laws, also inaugurated the first Negro kindergarten in Cincinnati.
A prolific writer, Dr. Porter contributed to many magazines of national importance. The late Dr. Booker T. Washington consulted her concerning phases of his work at Tuskegee. The late Jane Adams of Chicago Hull House conferred with Dr. Porter relative to social problems affecting her group.
Among numerous other activities, Dr. Porter was for years a trustee of Wilberforce University at Xenia, Ohio.
She was identified with the Legal Aid Society of the Community Chest; was also a member of the Board of Shoemaker Center, an auxiliary of the Community Chest.
This daughter of William M. Porter, one of Cincinnati's first Negro undertakers, and of Ethlinda Davis Porter, one of Cincinnati's first Negro teachers, lived a life, rich, sincere and worthy of emulation.
Dr. Porter departed this life on July 3, 1936, while on a year's leave of absence. But her passing, those who knew her feel, is only a longer leave of absence. The memory and the inspiration of her service remains with them and, they believe, it always will.
LEAH A. RABE
LEAH A. RABE, the only woman printing teacher in Cincinnati, and reputed the only one in Ohio, presents a colorful picture of a woman's accomplishments in a unique field.
After finishing high school, Leah Rabe entered the office of a weekly country newspaper. The business of writing and reporting the social and civic affairs of a small town, however, was soon subordinated to a consuming interest in the technical aspect of making a newspaper-the type, the make- up and the press, so that she presently transferred her energies to the mastery of the art of printing, obtaining her first practical experience on the spot.
During this time Miss Rabe also completed her college education, travel- ing back and forth, between her job and her home in Cincinnati, to attend the evening classes at the University of Cincinnati, where she received her A.B. degree.
On completing this phase of preparation for her career, she accepted a position in Chicago, Ill., with the Breen Printing and Publishing Company, where she practiced her trade with marked ability and skill.
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Returning to Cincinnati in 1918 to become managing editor of the Nor- wood Republican Newspaper, Miss Rabe was appointed two years later as teacher of printing at the Dyer Public School, Cincinnati. She was at this time also the managing editor of the publication of the Cincinnati Teachers Association. In 1928 she was transferred to her present position on the staff of Western Hills High School.
Miss Rabe is a member of the Ohio Education Association; Western Hills High School Library Club; Cincinnati Teachers Chorus; Cincinnati Federa- tion of Teachers and of the North Presbyterian Church.
ELSE ALICE RASCHIG
ELSE ALICE RASCHIG, one of Cincinnati's most notable public school educators, is the daughter of the late Herman Henry Raschig, former prin- cipal for whom Raschig School was named, and Alice Rollwagon Raschig.
Both of her parents were of German descent but both were born in the United States. Her paternal grandfather was pastor of the first German Lutheran Church of Cincinnati and her great great grandfather was minister to the then Elector of Saxony.
Miss Raschig attended Cincinnati elementary schools, was graduated from Walnut Hills High School, received her B.A. from the University of Cincinnati in 1902 and her M.A. from the College of Education of U. C. in 1924.
To say that Else Raschig has taught English literature at Woodward High School for more than 20 years is only to indicate the possibilities of related services rendered in the field of her profession.
Her enthusiams and energies have never been limited to the academic side of teaching. Her influence on the lives and character of her pupils is believed to have definitely promoted their later self expression in terms of good citizenship and unselfish interest in the welfare of others.
Miss Raschig is an active member of the Cincinnati College Club, Cin- cinnati Teachers Association, National Education Association, Ohio Educa- tion Association, U. C. Alumnal Association and Phi Beta Kappa.
MARY ELIZABETH RAYMOND
MARY ELIZABETH RAYMOND, principal of Hathaway Brown School, Cleveland, received her B.S. and her M.A. at Smith College and her A.B. from Radcliffe. She did post graduate work at the University of Berlin and in 1934 was given the honorary degree of L.H.D. by Smith College. She was formerly teacher of English of the Brown Hathaway School, of which she is also a trustee. Miss Raymond is a board member of the Goodrich House Social Settlement of Cleveland and is a member of the Advisory
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