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JUSTINA MARGARETTA EICH
JUSTINA MARGARETTA EICH, dean of women of the Capital Uni- versity, Columbus, was born at Tyrell, O., took her B.A. at Mount Holyoke College, her M.A. at Middlebury College and was previously a teacher at Rayon School, Youngstown. She is a member of the advisory boards of the Camp Fire Girls, of the Y. W. C. A. and of the Foreign Policy Association and is active in professional organizations. Her home is at 1811 Eastabrook Ave., N. W., Warren, O.
Miss Eich made her ninth trip across the Atlantic Ocean the summer of 1938. This trip happened to have as its destination Czechoslovakia as result of which the much traveled dean of women is still hard put to meet the requests for talks on her observations in the much partitioned country.
MARY H. ELLIS
Since 1926 MARY H. ELLIS has been a resident of Cleveland, and in 1927 she entered educational circles here as lecturer on history in Cleveland College. She had previously taught for a number of years in Texas-her native state, for she was born in Cleburne, Texas, December 3, 1878, a daughter of William Felix and Susan (Allen) Heard, the former born in Thomas County, Louisiana, August 20, 1836, and the latter in Polk County, Tennessee, on the 23rd of May, 1856. The father was of English and Scotch-Irish descent, while the mother was of English lineage.
Mrs. Ellis was reared in the Lone Star state, pursuing her early education in the public and private schools of Cleburne and in a boarding school of Dallas, Texas. She next attended the University of Texas, where she won her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1899, while in 1926 the University conferred upon her the Master of Arts degree. She was also auditor at the University of Berlin in 1905-6. Having resided at Cleburne until 1895, she then spent the period from 1895 to 1926 in Austin, where in 1899 she became teacher of English in the University of Texas, so continuing until 1901. On the 30th of July, of that year, she was married in Cleburne to A. Caswell Ellis. She resumed her teaching activities in 1914 when she became lecturer on sociology in White's School of Austin, so continuing for the scholastic year. From 1920 to 1926 she was teacher of history and sociology in the Austin, Texas High School and then came to Cleveland where she has since made her home. In 1927 she became identified with Cleveland College as lecturer on history and since 1932 she has been acting dean of women of the college.
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While Mrs. Ellis has strong Democratic tendencies in exercising her right of franchise, she does not feel bound by party ties but votes according to the dictates of her judgment as to the fitness of candidates and the importance of issues. She has long been interested in suffrage work and was treasurer of the Texas League of Women Voters from 1918 to 1920, having previously been president of the Austin League of Women Voters in 1916-17. With her removal to Ohio she transferred her membership to the Cleveland League of Women Voters and the breadth and importance of her interests are further shown in her connection with the Consumers League, the Women's City Club, in which she was a board member from 1930 until 1932, the Young Women's Christian Association, the Folk Dance Society, the Foreign Affairs Council and the Northeastern Ohio Vocational Guidance Association. The questions which affect individual character building and the public welfare are those upon which her activities center.
GRACE MAXWELL FERNALD
DR. GRACE MAXWELL FERNALD, associate professor of psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles, was born at Clyde, O., the daughter of James Champlin Fernald, clergyman, author and editor of great distinction and Nettie Barker Fernald, a woman deeply interested in civic and educational progress.
On the maternal side the family is connected with the pioneer life of Ohio in at least three directions-through the Barkers, the Danas and the Devols. Grace Fernald's great great grandfather, Col. Joseph Barker, came to Marietta in its second year and contributed in many ways to the life of the growing settlement, especially through his skill as architect and builder. His wife, ELIZABETH DANA, represented another pioneer family, which came from New England at about the same time. Their children contributed in various ways to the development of the state. Their daughter, Frances (Barker) Gage-known as "Aunt Fanny" Gage-was an important early feminist, temperance worker and writer. She was not in the direct line but seems to have had a very positive influence on members of the entire family connection, especially with reference to their attitudes toward the education and "rights" of women. It is significant that Charles L. Barker, nephew of "Aunt Fanny" Gage and grandfather of Grace Fernald, sent his four daugh- ters, as well as his son, to college-an unusual thing for that day. Another great grandfather, Jonathan Devol, was one of the first 48 settlers of the Northwest territory at Marietta in 1788. He was a ship-carpenter and builder.
Grace Fernald, whose sister is Dr. Mabel Fernald, director of the Psycho- logical Laboratory of Cincinnati Public Schools, attended elementary and high school at Garretsville, O., Plainfield, N. J. and Staten Island, N. Y., received her B.A. at Mt. Holyoke College in 1903, her M.A. in 1905, and her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1910. Like her highly endowed
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sister, she belongs to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi and is widely known as a specialist in clinical and educational psychology.
She became assistant in psychology and education at Bryn Mawr in 1907, was made acting head of the department of psychology of Lake Erie College in 1908, assistant director of Chicago Psychopathic Institute in 1909, assistant professor of psychology of the University of California in 1918 and associate professor, her present position, in 1920.
ESTHER ALLEN GAW
MRS. ESTHER ALLEN GAW, dean of women of Ohio State University, was graduated from Mather College, Western Reserve University and took her Ph.D. at the University of Louisiana.
She is an ex-president of the Ohio Association of Deans of Women, an active member of the American Psychological Association and is author of many widely published articles dealing with psychological and personnel problems. She resides at 60 Jefferson Ave., Columbus.
FAITH LANMAN GORRELL
FAITH LANMAN GORRELL (Mrs. Edmund M. Gorrell), director of the School of Home Economics, Ohio State University, was born at New London, Conn., was graduated from Ohio State University and took her B.Sc. and M.A. at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Among Mrs. Gorrell's important responsibilities is that of chief of the department of Home Economics of the Ohio Agricultural Station at Wooster. She was previously director of Home Economics in the Columbus public schools. Her residence is at 1447 Fair Ave., Columbus.
HELEN LOUISE GRAY
HELEN LOUISE GRAY, associate professor of history and government at Lake Erie College, was born at Boone, La., the daughter of L. M. and Mary Gray. She took her B.S. at Coe College, her M.A. at the University of Chicago and attended Yale University. She was formerly professor of history at the Woman's College of Alabama, at Oxford College for Women and assistant professor at Miami University. Miss Gray is an active member of the American Association of University Women, the American Historical Association and other professional organizations.
SISTER MARY GONZAGA HAESSLY
SISTER MARY GONZAGA HAESSLY, dean of Ursuline College, Cleve- land, O., has won high honors in the scholastic world and has devoted natural abilities commensurate with these intellectual attainments and professional skills to the service of her order with characteristic zeal. She was born at Summittville, O., the daughter of Charles and Catherine Haessly, given her
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A. B. by the Catholic University of America and her M. A. by St. Louis Uni- versity. After another period of post graduate study, St. Louis University conferred on Sister Mary Gonzaga the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in recognition of philological work of the first order.
For a time Sister Gonzaga was professor of classic languages at the Ursuline College. She is author of many religious articles published in The Classical Journal and is regarded as expert in teaching of the classics.
SADA ANNIS HARBARGER
SADA ANNIS HARBARGER, associate professor of English, Ohio State University, took her B. A. at Ohio State, her M. A. at the University of Illinois and did post graduate work at Columbia University.
Miss Harbarger was formerly registrar for recreation training courses under the Y. W. C. A. national board in New York City. She is prominent in several important educational organizations and is author of "English for Engineers" and numerous articles in professional journals.
MARY SCHOONOVER HICKERNELL
When the first class was graduated from the Northwestern Ohio Normal School (now Ohio Northern University), at Ada, Ohio, in 1874, one of the class members was the small, dynamic, nineteen year old MARY SCHOON- OVER. She was one of fifteen children and had already taught school at the age of fifteen, before she left her home in Kenton to go away to college. She remained in school until she acquired a second degree in 1876 and immediately started on her long career as a teacher. She taught Latin and algebra in Ohio Northern University for 37 years, and at the age of sixty years she trans- ferred her field of labor to the Ada High School where she taught Latin and mathematics for ten years until she retired in 1923.
With time for relaxation she began to write verse of simple and melodic beauty. One poem was entitled "Life Begins at Eighty".
Mary Schoonover married C. B. Hickernell in 1881 and found time to bear and rear five children four of whom, all musical, survive her. She died in February 1936 at the age of 82.
MARY HEWETT HILDRETH
MARY HEWETT HILDRETH, (Mrs. Walter A. Hildreth) dean of women of Lake Erie College, was born at Bridgewater, Mass., the daughter of Edward A. and Mary Hewett. She took her A. B. at Wellesley College and did gradu- ate work at Berlin University, Germany. Mrs. Hildreth was previously on the faculty of a Montclair, N. J., High School. She is an active member of the Wellesley College Alumnae, the American Association of University Women, the National Association of Deans of Women and other professional organizations.
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FRANCES JENKINS
FRANCES JENKINS, assistant professor of education at the University of Cincinnati, was born in Oswego, New York. She received her critic diploma at the New York State Normal School and her Bachelor of Science degree at the Teachers College of Columbia University. After finishing her college course she taught in the public schools of New York and New Jersey and then accepted a teaching position in the Illinois State Normal School, where she remained for four years. She afterward spent two years in the Baltimore Training schools and a year in Howard University of Washington, D. C., sub- sequent to which time she returned to Illinois and spent five years as teacher in the elementary grades of the Decatur schools.
In September, 1915, Miss Jenkins came to Ohio and has since been con- nected with the University of Cincinnati. She has also at different times taught in the summer schools of Columbia University and in the University of Washington and she is assistant editor of "Riverside Readers" and co- author of "Applied Arithmetic."
Rare understanding of the science of educational processes has enabled Miss Jenkins not only to teach but also to write authoritatively on topics related to her work. Among her books are "Reading in Primary Grades" and "Psychology of the Kindergarten Child." Her last work was "Language Development in Elementary Grades."
Miss Jenkins is connected with the leading societies for educational ad- vancement, belonging to the Association of Children's Education, the Progress Education Association, the National Conference and Research Society and the National Council of Teachers of English. She is also a member of the Ohio Education Association, the Kappa Delta Pi, an honorary society and the Phi Beta. She has membership in the Cincinnati Peace League and is the first vice president of the Ohio branch of the National Woman's Club. Her name is on the membership roll of the Cincinnati Woman's Club and of the Presby- terian church, and her leisure hours are devoted to reading the best literature and to travel, both constituting favored forms of recreation for her.
MARY ZELENE JOHNSON
MARY ZELENE JOHNSON, head of the political science department of Wooster College and widely known as a speaker on political questions, is a daughter of John W. and Emma (Courtney) Johnson, the former a native of Illinois and the latter of Carondelet, Missouri. They spent most of their lives in Missouri, the father engaging in lead and zinc mining in the south- western part of the state. They had a family of five children, of whom Mary Zelene is the eldest, the others being Julian S., of Baxter Springs, Kansas; Andrew C., now deceased; Rachael, who is engaged in the insurance business in Kansas City, Missouri; and Ralph, who makes his home in Wooster, Ohio.
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Miss Johnson attended the grade schools of Granby, Ohio, and completed the high school course there after which she entered the University of Chicago. She there became a Phi Beta Kappa and also won honors in political science. The Ph. D. degree was conferred upon her in 1931. Following her graduation there she taught in the schools of Missouri for a time and was also super- intendent of schools at Hailey, Idaho until 1924, when she returned to the University of Chicago, did graduate work and won her Doctor's degree. She also studied for a year at the University of Berlin, covering 1925-6.
In the fall of the latter year Miss Johnson came to Wooster to accept a position in the department of political science of Wooster College and is now head of the department, while for the past two years she has been dean of the summer school. She is one of the few women of the entire country to head a political science department and is the only woman department head in Wooster College.
Miss Johnson does considerable public speaking on political questions, on which she has wide and accurate knowledge, having addressed many audiences in Ohio and Pennsylvania and in 1936 her name was on the speakers roster. She belongs to the American Political Science Association and the Foreign Policies Association and when in Berlin was connected with the German Gov- ernment Fellowship. For seven years she has sponsored the International Club of Wooster College and for a year she had charge of the International rela- tions division of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs. She belongs to the Thursday Club of Wooster and has membership in the Presbyterian church.
Miss Johnson has written a theory of Democracy, starting in 1848 and plans at some future time to publish this work. She is much interested in Wayne county politics and in 1937 was a candidate for council member in Wooster. Her life has been one of increasing activity and her sympathies and her support are always given to worthy progressive civic measures.
RUTH JOHNSTIN
RUTH JOHNSTIN, now on the faculty of Wellesley College, was born at London, Ohio, May 24, 1881. She was educated at London High School, took her B.A. at Pennsylvania College for Women, was a graduate scholar at Bryn Mawr College and was accorded her M. A. and Ph. D. by Ohio State University.
Her teaching experience began as professor of chemistry, Milwaukee- Downer College. Later she was specialist in food investigation of the U. S. States Relations Service, and is now professor of chemistry and chairman of the department of chemistry, Wellesley College.
Miss Johnstin is a member of the American Chemical society ; of the Amer- ican Association for the Advancement of Science; of Sigma Xi and of the American Association of University Women.
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LEONORA CARRINGTON LANE
LEONORA CARRINGTON LANE, director of elementary teacher train- ing at Wilberforce University, was born in Baltimore, Md., the daughter of George A. Carrington, of British Guinea, South America, and Estelle John- son Carrington, of Baltimore, Md. She was educated in Baltimore, received her B. S. degree from Wilberforce University and her M. A. degree from Columbia University. She is at this writing a candidate for the Ph. D. degree at the University of Minnesota, working on research in child development.
Mrs. Lane established and taught the first kindergarten in Wilberforce Campus in 1914. She taught college classes in elementary education and child psychology and had charge of all remedial reading classes. She was the psy- chological examiner at Wilberforce and was recommended for the position of director of elementary teacher training by Anne O. H. Williamson, and now holds that position.
Leonora Lane is especially interested in the development of young child- ren. This interest accounts for the program of Health Education which she worked out and for her significant contributions in the field of teaching Reading.
She is a member of the American Psychological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, American Association of Childhood Educators, and of the Society for Research in Child Development ; also of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority ; of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and of the National Association of College Women.
Her hobby is bird study. She is especially interested in feeding and caring for winter birds and participated in establishing a sanctuary for birds in Wilberforce Campus.
EVA SISSON MAGLOTT
A brilliant mind, a handsome face, a lovable personality, united to form the woman who was known to thousands of former students as "Mother Maglott".
Not only women but men, some of them at work on engineering projects in distant parts of the world felt a personal loss when "Mother" passed away.
EVA SISSON MAGLOTT was born in Arkansas and spent her girlhood in McArthur, Ohio. "Even in childhood her brain was a lamp", and at sixteen she entered National Normal University at Lebanon. In 1876 she first became associated with Ohio Northern University, receiving the A. B. degree in 1878. She then took special mathematical training at Butler College.
She married Frederick Maglott, one of the four owners of Ohio Normal University and a teacher of history and astronomy, in 1880. In 1884 she began
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teaching higher mathematics in the College of Engineering. At this time she held degrees of A. M. and C. E.
In 1893 Mrs. Maglott and the University received bronze medals and blue ribbons for having the best display of mathematical figures, made by students, at the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. All leading colleges had entered but her exhibit took first prize.
Although her family consisted of a husband and two sons, although her faculty co-workers in the Engineering college were all men, and her students in class for more than thirty years were all men, she never lost her feminine touch, and was always interested in the women students and their organiza- tions on the campus.
She was the first president of the Y. W. C. A., was a charter member of the Current Events Club, a D. A. R., an honorary member of the Phi Chi sorority.
In the world of science and mathematics she was nationally recognized and was affiliated with American Mathematical Society, Mathematical and Engineering Society of America, Association for the Advancement of Science, American National Geographic Society, and was an invited member of the Royal Society of England, but she declined this honor.
When she died in 1916 at 58, she had probably influenced more lives than any other woman of the community.
MARY LOUISE MARK
MARY LOUISE MARK, professor of social administration, Ohio State University, was born in Scioto Co. She took her A. B. at Ohio State and her M. A. at Columbia University. Miss Mark was formerly on the staff of the Ohio State Board of Health and for a time was a faculty member of Brookings Institute, Washington, D. C. Her reputation on Indian administration and its related problems has grown for the past 10 years and her articles on this and other phases of public service have been featured in national publications.
KATHERINE MEED
KATHERINE MEED, associate professor of modern languages at Akron University, is an Ohioan by adoption who has done unusual work in the educa- tional field. She was born at New Orleans, received her A. B. at Newcomb College, her M. A. at Tulane University and did graduate work at the Paris Sorbonne. She is an excellent violinist and gives lectures on French literature that are as graphic as they are authoritative.
MARGARET D. MOATS
MARGARET D. MOATS, farmers institute speaker for Ohio State Uni- versity, was born at Ayresville, O., the daughter of Jacob and Sarah Adams.
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She took her A. B. at Defiance; College and did graduate work at Ohio State University. She was formerly a teacher and lecturer and for a time did news- paper work. Mrs. Moats was previously state president of the Woman's Relief Corps, state director and county president of the W. C. T. U. and is active in a number of other organizations. Her home is at Sherwood, Ohio.
EVA F. MONTGOMERY
EVA F. MONTGOMERY, associate professor of foods and cookery, Miami University, was born at Middletown, Ill., the daughter of Dr. C. C. and Lucia Jane Montgomery. She took her B.S. at Lincoln College and her M.S. at Teachers College, Columbia University, was formerly professor of foods and nutrition at Elmira College, Ill., and instructor in foods at Iowa State College. She is an active member of the Southwestern Ohio Teachers Association, of the Oxford Women's Club and other professional and civic organizations and is author of magazine articles on subjects in her field.
LOTTIE ELLA MUNN
LOTTIE ELLA MUNN, professor and head of the department of chem- istry, Lake Erie College, was born at North Eaton, O., the daughter of Edgar L. and Ella Munn. She took her A.B. at Baldwin-Wallace College and her M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, from which she received a fellowship. Miss Munn was formerly instructor in chemistry at Baldwin- Wallace and assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois. She has written a number of important articles related to her special field of science for professional publications. Her home address is R. D. No. 1, Grafton, O.
FLORENCE M. NICHOLSON
FLORENCE M. NICHOLSON, dean of women at Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity, is the daughter of Thomas and Jane Nicholson. She took her A.B. at Dakota Wesleyan University, her M.A. at Columbia University, did grad- uate work at University of Chicago and at the University of Wisconsin, and took special courses at the Psychological Center, Paris.
Miss Nicholson was previously an English teacher at Mt. Union College, English teacher at the University of Wisconsin, dean of women at Coe College and at Syracuse University. She is active in numerous professional and civic organizations.
HELEN OLNEY
HELEN OLNEY, dean of women of Denison University, was born at Brooklyn, N. Y., the daughter of George and Vena May Olney. She attended Washington Seminary, took her B.Sc. at Denison University and her M.A.
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at Columbia University. She was formerly an executive of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Miss Olney is a member of the American Asso- ciation of University Women, of the National Association of Deans of Women, of the National Education Association and other professional organizations.
CORA ISABELLA ORR
CORA ISABELLA ORR, dean of women and associate professor of edu- cation at Muskingum College, took her A.B. at Geneva College, her M.A. at Teachers College, Columbia University, and did graduate work at the University of California and the University of Colorado. She was previously principal of the preparatory department of Westminster College, Salt Lake City. Miss Orr is active in the American Association of University Women, in the American Association of Deans of Women, in the YWCA and other oustanding organizations.
MARY ISABEL PARK
MARY ISABEL PARK, professor of philosophy, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, O., was born at Monterey, Mexico, the daughter of Andrew and Mary Park. She took her A.B. at Mt. Holyoke, her M.A. at Yale University and attended the University of London, Eng., and the University of Perugia, Italy. Her previous service includes teaching on the staff of Northfield Sem- inary and Mary Brigham Institute, principalship of Worthington School, Berlin, Conn., and as dean of women at Heidelberg. She is a former president of the Tiffin Woman's Club, active in the YWCA and in the American Asso- ciation of University Women. Miss Park resides at 297 E. Perry St., Tiffin.
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