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USA > Washington > Yakima County > History of the Yakima Valley, Washington; comprising Yakima, Kittitas, and Benton Counties, Vol. I > Part 83
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For the above data we are indebted to the kindness of County Superintend- ent S. A. Bartlett.
From information furnished by City Superintendent Linden Mccullough we give the following summary of the school board, the teaching force, and the school property of the city of Ellensburg at the date of this publication, 1918.
SCHOOL BOARD
J. C. Sterling, President ; A. E. Emerson; Mrs. Gertie Baker, Clerk ; Linden Mccullough, City Superintendent.
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HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
J. H. Morgan, Principal.
Mildred C. Struble, University of Washington ; English.
Florence Ball, University of Washington ; English.
Lucia Hall, University of Washington; Latin, French, Spanish.
Moulton G. Clark, Beloit ; Science.
Verne Hall, University of West Virginia; Manual Training and Agriculture.
Olea M. Sands, W. S. C .; Domestic Science and Art.
Mrs. Myra Richardson, W. S. C .; Domestic Science and Art.
Ruth Jones, Peru, N. S. Neb .; Commercial.
Beatrice Kittrell, University of Washington; History.
Mrs. Shrader, Iowa Wesleyan ; Mathematics.
J. Sherrick, on war leave; former principal.
Ray Green, W. S. N. S., Ellensburg; Manual Arts.
GRADE PRINCIPALS
Lilly Garvey, Lincoln; S. C. Shrader, Washington; Edith Morton, Edison. High School was built in 1912. Cost, including grounds, heating, ventilat- ing, wiring and plumbing, $72,322. Equipment and furniture, $11,010.
Washington building, including grounds, $63,055; equipment, $9,679.36.
Lincoln building, grounds and equipment, $70,500.
Physical valuation of all property, $166,566.
Professor Wilmot G. Whitfield, city superintendent of the Roslyn schools, has kindly furnished us with information regarding the schools in his charge. From this we learn that the high school was started in 1901 with two teachers, Mr. Gifford 1. Wilson, now superintendent at Cle Elum, and Miss L. Grindrod, now of Seattle. The enrollment of pupils for the year just closed is 950. The value of school grounds, buildings and equipment is $56,000. The school board consists of John E. Morgan, president ; F. C. Bannister ; W. H. Clark, clerk.
The teachers are as follows :
TEACHERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Roslyn, Wash., 1918-19.
Wilmot G. Whitfield-Superintendent.
Elizabeth D. Schmidt-Assistant Superintendent.
Nellie Hagerty-Supervisor of Music.
Ethel Skirls-Supervisor of Physical Education.
High School-Beatrice Graham, History; Ruby Mosebar, Manual Training ; Frances M. Mossford, Mathematics, Latin; Eva Packwood, Science; Millie Pritchard, Sewing; Frances Ray, English ; Harriett Stedman, Commercial; Mar- garet Swartwood, Modern Languages; Grace Uhl, Home Economics; Florence Wharton, Mathematics.
Central School-Ingeborg Johnson, Principal, Sixth Grade ; Leonore Rhoads, Sixth Grade; Elizabeth Palmer, Fifth Grade; Edwina Rose, Fifth Grade ; Selma
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Holland, Fourth Grade; Marie Grundy, Fourth Grade; Mabel Anderson, Third Grade.
Primary School-Martha Simpson, Principal, Second Grade ; Elizabeth Man- ning, Primary Supervisor, First Grade ; Hazel Gilkey, First Grade ; Vera Sprinkle, First Grade ; Cornelia Hooper, Second Grade ; Corinne Saindon, Second Grade. South School-Emilie Mills, Principal, First Grade ; Ina Bock, Second Grade ; Grace Dancer, Third Grade; Mary Packenham, Fourth Grade; Fanny Guptil, Fifth Grade; Ruby Drager, Sixth Grade.
CLE ELUM SCHOOLS
From Professor G. I. Wilson, city superintendent of the Cle Elum schools, we secure the following data on the schools of that system. The high school was inaugurated in 1909, with eight pupils and three teachers. The teachers were G. I. Wilson, Carl G. Helm and Edith Hawley. The present estimated value of school property in Cle Elum is $65,000. The total number of pupils for the year past was 683. The teaching force for the past year follows, but it should be prefaced with the statement that the destructive fire of the summer of 1918 has so affected population and conditions as to reduce teachers by three and pupils by nearly two hundred.
Present High School Teachers-Herman Pfeifer, Principal ; Alice T. Stach, Madeline Schaefer, Mrs. J. Lanigan, Sophie Mesher, Ella J. Sundby, Aileen Shepard, J. C. Bergman, E. F. Davis, Jennie B. Mendham.
Grade Teachers-J. N. Spicer, Helen Sargent, Clara Roseburg, Odell Erb, Rebecca Flynn, Minnie P. Sharrar, Cecelia G. Will, Eva B. Scobie, Nell D. Lane, Mae Bollen, Kathryn F. Flynn, Verna S. Wilson. Mrs. P. Henry.
Value of grounds, buildings and equipment, $65,000. Total number of pupils, 685.
THE WASHINGTON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
The most important single educational institution in the Yakima Valley, and one of the great educational forces of the state, is the Washington State Normal School. This institution is one in which the people of Ellensburg take just pride. It provides a nucleus for the intellectual as well as civic life of the com- munity, and in fact is one leading object for the very existence of the town.
For the essential facts in the history of the Normal School we are indebted to an article by Prof. J. H. Morgan in the beautiful publication, "Quarter Cen- tury and Kooltuo," edited by the faculty and students of the school, and appear- ing in 1916, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the life of the school.
The first legislature of the state enacted a law in 1890 providing for the establishment at Ellensburg of a "school for the training and education of teachers in the art of instructing and governing in the public schools of the state." A similar law had been made for a normal school at Cheney. Governor E. P. Ferry signed the bill for the Cheney Normal on March 22, 1890, and that for the Ellensburg Normal on March 28. 1890. The law provided for the appoint- ment by the Governor of three trustees, who with the Governor and the Super- intendent of Public Instruction were to constitute the Board of Regents. The
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three first appointees were W. R. Abrams, Dr. T. J. Newland and F. W. Agatz, all residents of Ellensburg.
During the first three years of its existence the Normal School occupied the second floor of the public school building now known as the Central Build- ing. The use of this location was made free of charge by the city, with pro- vision that the state make an appropriation for maintenance. The legislature of 1891 accordingly appropriated $15,000 for maintenance for two years. In 1893 the legislature provided $25,000 for maintenance for another two-year period.
The Normal School was opened September 7, 1891, with the following faculty : Benjamin F. Barge, principal ; W. N. Hull, assistant principal ; Miss Fannie C. Norris and Miss Rose M. Rice, teachers. Mrs. John Gass was appointed matron of the dormitory, and for the housing of pupils a brick build- ing on Craig's Hill was rented. Although the facilities were necessarily meager at this beginning of things, the faculty was capable and enthusiastic, the towns- people felt an intelligent interest and furthered the aims of the management in every way possible, and enough students presented themselves to make an excellent working body. A three years' course was prescribed and a senior class of thirteen was formed of the advanced students. During the first year eighty-six students were enrolled from twenty-five counties.
From the "Register" of June 25, 1892, we take an account of the first year's work, which is interesting as indicating the contemporary estimate of the school.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
Review of first year's work and what it has cost.
The Normal School year ending June 1 has established permanently what many chose to term an experiment in the beginning. Our legislators chose wisely and well in providing this institution of learning for the benefit of the common schools in our state, and now having gone thus far, having established the nucleus of what shall in time become the greatest institution of learning in the state, it is well to consider the means necessary to carry on this great under- taking.
We have first to consider that it is reasonably expected the school will in- crease in number at the rate of one hundred per year for the next five years. The first year, just closed, has given the teachers of the state a hint of what is expected of them, and what their standard of education shall be. To be a qualified teacher in the state of Washington five years hence will necessitate a thorough and practical knowledge of hygiene, physical culture, mental discipline and human nature, as well as of books and elementary training. Nine-tenths of those following the avocation of tutor as a profession, will require this special training, and the Normal School is specially organized for that purpose, and with that end only in view. The rapid settlement of the state will require a school in every neighborhood, and nothing short of an army of teachers will supply the demand.
Having established this high standard of proficiency in the teacher, the state will require nothing short of a certificate of qualification before license to teach will be given. As a result, the Normal School will be an extensive insti-
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tution, and as an extensive institution will demand large appropriations from the state for its maintenance, so large appropriations must be made. At its in- ception $15,000 was appropriated for the expense of the school for eighteen months.
By the courtesy of Mr. Fred W. Agatz, assistant secretary of the board of trustees, we are enabled to furnish the following statement of disbursements, in- curred in carrying on the school from September 1, 1891, to June 1, 1892:
Incidental expenses $ 839.98
Taking care of Normal School grounds 324.45
Furniture for school 737.95
Salaries of faculty
5,739.31
Books and apparatus 712.17
Furniture and fixtures, ladies' boarding hall, etc., nine months. 1,082.15
Total disbursements $9,436.31
The trustees are composed of the following gentlemen, who have by strict economy and unquestioned ability obtained results that have proven satisfactory to the state :
W. R. Abrams, president, Ellensburg.
R. B. Bryan, secretary, Olympia.
Dr. T. F. Newland, Ellensburg.
Fred W. Agatz, assistant secretary, Ellensburg.
Hon. E. P. Ferry, ex-officio, Olympia.
The school will continue to be held in the public school building until the state building is built. The trustees have given much time and attention in fitting up the grounds for the new building. The ground has been graded and seeded to lawn, trees planted and cared for and everything done as far as possible to place the site in readiness.
The members of the faculty have been re-elected by the trustees for the en- suing year and are as follows:
B. F. Barge, principal.
W. N. Hull, assistant principal.
Miss Fannie C. Norris and Miss Rose M. Rice, teachers of the Model school.
The faculty, although few in numbers, are strong and capable, as is shown by the past year's work. When the yearly report of the trustees is submitted to the legislature, that body must surely recognize the importance of a liberal appro- priation for the succeeding two years. It will no doubt appreciate the careful management by the trustees of the financial affairs of the school, and can safely base their estimate for future appropriations upon the record of the past year, not losing sight of the fact that the school is yet in its infancy.
The next year will begin September 1 with a senior class of twenty-five. Over one hundred applications for scholarships have been received and all the room the school has will be crowded to its uttermost.
More apparatus should be supplied in order that the faculty may be fa- cilitated in their work.
The city of Ellensburg feels justly proud of this institution and the board of trustees and faculty may both rest assured that they have the hearty cooperation
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and encouragement of her citizens, who will do all in their power to assist in building up and maintaining the institution. [End of excerpt.]
In the progress of the second year Miss Norris and Miss Rice resigned and were succeeded by Miss Elvira Marquis and Miss Christina Hyatt. The enroll- ment of the second year increased to 139, and there were 23 graduates at the end of the year.
The third year began with some faculty changes, as a result of which J. H. Morgan became vice-principal and instructor in mathematics ; J. A. Mahan became head of the science department; Elvira Marquis, of the English language and literature ; Christina Hyatt, principal of the training school ; C. H. Knapp, general assistant ; Anna L. Steward, assistant in mathematics. In the third year the en- rollment was 117 and the graduating class numbered 24.
After three years' service Professor Barge resigned, becoming a citizen of Yakima and entering upon a business career. He became one of the pioneers in irrigating enterprises and one of the most respected citizens of the Yakima Valley. Professor P. A. Getz, formerly of the Normal School of Monmouth, Oregon, became the successor of Professor Barge.
In September, 1894, the new building was occupied. This building is in a sightly position upon a body of land 400 feet by 680, the larger part of which was a gift from the city to the state.
This fine campus of over six acres has been improved from year to year until it has become a truly beautiful place, one to which students look back with affection, and, as returning visitors, look forward to seeing with pride and pleasure. The state has made appropriations for a gradual increase of buildings, until at the present time we find upon the grounds the following structures: The Cen- tral Building, containing the administrative offices, auditorium, library, gym- nasium, music studio, laboratories and class rooms ; the Training School; the Home Economics and Industrial Arts Building; Kamola Hall, the dormitory for women ; Eswin Hall, an affiliated dormitory. These two dormitories accom- modate about 125 students.
At the close of the school year of 1897-98, Principal Getz resigned, and, like his predecessor, entered business life. His successor was Professor W. E. Wilson, formerly principal of the Rhode Island State Normal School.
Professor Wilson made a great place for himself in the respect of educators throughout the northwest and in the deep affection of his students and asso- ciates. The Normal School made great advances in educational standards and attainments during his long administration.
Its activities have been enlarged in many directions, the chief of which may perhaps be considered under the heads of increase in library to over 10,000 volumes ; the union of the training school with the city school system ; the great additions to the biological department and the gradual strengthening of the other scientific lines; the Summer schools, by which sessions have been held under the Normal School management, both in Ellensburg and Centralia; and the lyceum course maintained by the joint action of the Normal and the Ellensburg Chamber of Commerce. One of the specially interesting forms of activity has been the publication during most of the history of the Normal of the "Outlook," a magazine of school life, begun in 1899. The "Outlook" was some of the time
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a monthly and sometimes a quarterly. In 1906 it became an annual and the spelling of its name was reversed, so that it is now known as "Kooltuo." In 1916, the quarter century anniversary, a special number, "The Quarter Century and Kooltuo" of great artistic and literary merit and interest, was produced by the joint labor of faculty and students.
Professor Wilson ended his long and successful administration of the Nor- mal School in the Summer of 1916 and retired with the interest and affection of the entire body of officers, faculty and students, as well as of his fellow citizens of Ellensburg. His successor was Professor George H. Black, formerly presi- dent of the Idaho State Normal School of Lewiston. Professor Black came to Ellensburg with the highest of professional standing and his administration has sustained both his own previous reputation and that of the Normal School.
The present board of trustees, state board of education, administrative offi- cers and faculty are as follows :
Board of Trustees-Fred P. Wolff, president, Ellensburg; Mrs. Frank Horsley, secretary, Yakima; H. C. Lucas, Yakima.
State Board of Education-Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston, superintendent of public instruction, president ex officio, Olympia ; Arthur Wilson, acting sec- retary ex officio, Olympia; Henry Suzzallo, president, University of Washing- ton, Seattle ; E. O. Holland, president, Washington State College, Pullman ; George H. Black, president, State Normal School, Ellensburg ; William F. Geiger, superintendent of schools, Tacoma; H. M. Hart, principal, Lewis and Clark high school, Spokane : Miss Georgiana Donald, county superintendent of schools, Okanogan.
Administrative Staff-George H. Black, president ; Mabel Lytton, dean of women; Angeline Smith, registrar and recorder ; O. E. Draper, accountant.
FACULTY FOR 1918-1919
George H. Black, president.
Edward G. Anderson, assistant in the department of manual training; Chi- cago Art Institute, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, University of Washington.
Mabel Anderson, observation teacher, third grade, training school ; graduate Washington State Normal School, Ellensburg, Washington.
Ida Collings, teacher of penmanship, graduate normal training class, Du- buque, Iowa ; graduate A. N. Palmer School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; student Uni- versity of Nebraska.
Margaret Adair Davidson, assistant in English department ; graduate Emer- son College of Oratory; graduate Washington State Normal School, Ellensburg, Washington.
O. E. Draper, head of the department of business education, and ex officio accountant ; graduate Vories Business College, Indianapolis; student Hayward College, Fairfield, Illinois; student International Accountants' Society; student Washington State College.
Elsie Dunn, supervisor of rural training center ; graduate Maryville State Normal School, Missouri ; graduate Drake University.
Louise Farwell, observation teacher, first grade, training school; Ph. B., University of Chicago.
LOURDES ACADEMY, ELLENSBURG
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Mary A. Grupe, head of the department of psychology and child study ; graduate State Normal School, Oswego, New York; Ph. B., University of Chi- cago ; graduate student Columbia University.
Verne Hall, assistant in rural department and teacher of agriculture and club work; graduate West Virginia State Normal School; student College of Agriculture, West Virginia ; student University of Washington.
Nicholas E. Hinch, head of the department of English and modern languages; graduate Ontario Normal College; A. B., Toronto University ; graduate student University of Chicago, Harvard University and Columbia Uni- versity.
Josephine Hoffarth, assistant in department of home economics; graduate College of St. Teresa, Winona, Minnesota; Ph. B., University of Chicago.
Adeline B. Hunt, head of the department of fine and applied arts ; B. P., Syracuse University ; graduate Pratt Institute ; student Julien's Academie and Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; New York School of Art; Teachers College, Co- lumbia University ; University of Chicago ; Cape Cod School of Arts; Ogonquist School of Arts; New York School of Fine and Applied Arts.
Edna Johnson, observation teacher, fifth grade, training school; graduate Washington State Normal School, Ellensburg, Washington.
Ena P. Kindschy, observation teacher, fourth grade, training school; gradu- ate Northern Normal and Industrial School, Aberdeen, South Dakota; graduate Washington State Normal School, Ellensburg, Washington.
Madeline Libert, head of the department of home economics and house- hold administration ; graduate State Normal School, Lewiston, Idaho ; B. S., Co- lumbia University.
Mary Lutz, assistant in department of physical education and kindergarten ; B. S., Columbia University ; student University of Pittsburgh; graduate Chicago Kindergarten Institute.
Mabel Lytton, dean of women; B. L., Ohio Wesleyan, University ; A. M., Teachers College, Columbia.
Sadie R. Mckinstry, observation teacher, sixth grade, training school ; graduate Washington State Normal School, Ellensburg, Washington.
*Clara Meisner, director of the kindergarten training department ; graduate Teachers Training School, Davenport, Iowa; graduate Chicago Kindergarten Institute ; student University of Chicago.
Zella H. Morris, supervisor of intermediate grades, training school; B. S., Teachers College, Columbia University.
Edith J. Morton, supervisor of grammar grades; student Geneva College, Pittsburgh ; student Ohio Normal School; student Rawalpinde College, India.
John P. Munson, head of the department of biological sciences; Ph. B., Yale; M. S., University of Wisconsin ; Ph. D., University of Chicago.
Marie Pierson, observation teacher, seventh grade, training school ; graduate Washington State Normal School, Ellensburg, Washington.
Rebecca B. Rankin, librarian ; B. A., University of Michigan; S. B., in Li- brary Science, Simmons College Library School, Boston.
Mrs. Nellie A. Roegner, assistant librarian ; Student College for Women, Oxford, Ohio; Riverside Library Service School, California.
*Leave of absence the first quarter.
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Floy A. Rossman, head of the department of music; Ph. B., Hamline Uni- versity ; M. A., University of Minnesota.
Myrtle Sholty, supervisor of primary grades, training school; Ph. B., in Education, University of Chicago ; graduate student Teachers College, Columbia University.
Helen Smith, assistant in the kindergarten department; student New Eng- land Conservatory of Music, Boston ; graduate Washington State Normal School, Ellensburg, Washington; student University of Chicago.
Selden Smyser, head of the department of social sciences ; Ph. B., De Pauw University : Fellow in Economics; M. A., Ohio State University; graduate student Cornell University.
William T. Stephens, head of the department of education; A. B., A. M., Indiana University ; A. M., Harvard; graduate student University of Chicago.
Jessie G. Stuart, supervisor of rural training center ; graduate Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Ralph W. Swetman, director of the graded training school; Ph. B., Hamil- ton College; A. M., Teachers College, Columbia University.
Alice Wilmarth, head of the department of physical education; graduate Chicago School of Physical Education and Expression; student University of Wisconsin and Iowa State University.
WV. E. Wilson, president emeritus.
*Henry J. Whitney, head of the department of vocational education ; B. S., Northwestern University; graduate student University of Wisconsin.
Earl S. Wooster, director of extension work and head of the department of rural training ; graduate Cortland Normal School; A. B., Amherst College.
Mrs. Hazel Sherrick, observation teacher, eighth grade, training school; graduate University of Washington.
Lois Fisher, observation teacher, second grade, training school; graduate Washington State Normal School, Ellensburg.
By the catalogue of 1918 we learn that the enrollment of the past year was 491. Graduates at the commencement of 1918 were 109.
The Normal School. like the other institutions dependent for maintenance upon the state, has in general had generous provision for its needs. The total appropriations from the year of foundation, 1891, up to and including 1915, were $972,825.00.
No historical record of the State Normal School or of the schools of Ellens- burg would be complete without special reference to Prof. J. H. Morgan. He may justly be called the dean of all the teachers of the Yakima Valley. Pro- fessor Morgan came to Washington Territory in 1880. He has been constantly engaged in educational work since that date. For three years he was teacher in country districts in Walla Walla County, two years principal of the Dayton schools, four years in the same capacity in Waitsburg, two years superintendent of Walla Walla County. In 1887, by appointment of Governor Eugene Semple. he became territorial superintendent of schools, from which position he removed to Ellensburg, becoming both county superintendent and principal of the
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Ellensburg school system. In 1892 he became vice-principal of the State Nor- mal School and head of the mathematics department. That position he held twenty-three years, resigning in 1916 and becoming principal of the Ellensburg High School. Professor Morgan was for several terms a member of the State Board of Education and president of the State Educational Association. It is stated that he has been upon the staff of instructors of institutes in twenty coun- ties. It is probable that no one in central Washington, possibly no one in the entire state, has come in personal contact with so many pupils and teachers as Professor Morgan.
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