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Anna Goldrick for the Primary department.  T. W. Mullen resigned as principal of the Second ward schools, Jan. 22, 1883.  Miss Emma Miller was elected to fill the vacancy.
     Frank Hammerle, Charles Grebner, William Pfau, Frank Jones and John E. Heiser, were elected members of the Board of Education, at the municipal election held Monday, Apr. 2, 1883.
     The Board was organized April 18, by electing the following officers: Marcellus Thomas, president; Christian Rothenbush, clerk; and Martin Mason, treasurer.
     May 14, 1883, L. D. Brown was re-elected superintendent, at an annual salary of $1,850.  On the 28th of the same month H. M. Caldwell and J. K. Aydelotte tendered their resignations as teachers in the public schools.  J. L. Lester was elected principal of the Third ward school.
     July 9, 1883, Marcellus Thomas resigned as a member of the Board of Education.  Joseph C. Symmes was elected to fill the vacancy.
     On Aug. 20, 1883, Hon. James E. Campbell was elected city school examiner, vice L. D. Brown resigned.  He declined and J. K. Aydelotte was elected.
     The following resolution was adopted, Sept. 3, 1883:
     Resolved, That any colored child that can pass the required examination for admission to the High School shall be admitted thereto and have the same privileges as white children.
     Joseph W. Sloneker was elected principal of the Third ward school, vice J. L. Lester resigned.
     From Sept. 17, 1883, the daily sessions of High school were held from 8:40 a. m. until 1:40 p. m.
     The building committee recommended Max Reutti's plans for the new school house to be erected in the Fifth ward.
     The special committee on the Fifth ward school building presented the following report:

HAMILTON, OHIO, January 7, 1884.     

To the Board of Education:

     GENTLEMEN:- We, your committee, respectfully submit plans to be examined by you to-wit:

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     Two plans furnished by Max Reutti, Hamilton; two by A. C. Nash, Cincinnati; one by J. Stover, Hamilton; one by D. W. Gibbs & Co., Toledo; one by W. W. Brown, Cincinnati.
 

     Christian Rothenbush offered the following preamble and resolution:

     WHEREAS, The school accomodations of the Hamilton City District are insufficient for the number of school children in said district, be it therefore
     Resolved, That the Board of Education proceed at once to take such steps as will be necessary to provide a school building in the Fifth ward which shall be ready for occupation by September, 1884.
     On motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, Grebner, Hammerle, Heiser, Jones, Mason, Rothenbush, Schnell, Symmes and Pfau voted yea.  Schwab absent.
     Christian Rothenbush offered the following resolution:
     Resolved, That the school building to be erected in the Fifth ward of the Hamilton School District shall be built of brick; said house to contain eight rooms and the cost of the building not to exceed $20,000, exclusive of the heating apparatus.
     The resolution prevailed - nine members voted in favor of it.  Schwab was absent.
A recess was taken to give the members an opportunity to examine the plans presented for the consideration of the Board.
     When the Board was called to order the following resolution was offered:
     Resolved, That D. W. Gibbs & Co. be employed to make plans, specifications and detailed drawings for the school building to be erected in the Fifth ward of the city of Hamilton, Ohio; said architects to receive two and one half per cent. on the cost of said building for their services as architects.
     The following is the vote on the resolution: Grebner, Hammerle, Jones, Rothenbush, Schnell and Pfau voted aye; Heiser, Symmes and Mason - nay.
     Jan. 21, 1884, the contract for heating and ventilating the Fifth ward school house was awarded to Isaac D. Smead & Co., of Toledo, at $1,850.

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     Feb. 4, 1884, the plans and specifications were referred to the building committee in connection with three contractors and builders, namely, Charles F. Eisel, Ernst Bender and John M. Symmes.  On February 18th, the joint committee reported as follows:

HAMILTON, OHIO, February 18, 1884.         

To the Board of Education:
     We, your committee appointed to examine the Fifth ward school house plans, respectfully report that we have examined the same and find them to answer every purpose necessary to make said building a good and substantial one.

     Mar. 3, 1884, the Board rescinded the contract awarded to D. W. Gibbs & Co.
On motion of Peter Schwab the building committee was instructed to employ an architect to prepare plans and specifications; said architect to superintend the building; his compensation not to exceed two and one-half per cent. on $20,000 the cost of building complete.
     Mar. 17, 1884, Max Reutti was employed to prepare plans and specifications and superintend the erection of the building.  On April 14 his bond was accepted.
     At the general municipal election held Apr. 7, 1884, the following members of the Board of Education were elected: W. J. Matthias, Peter Schwab, George C. Skinner, M. D. Lindley and Newton W. Smith.
     April 21, Peter Schwab, was elected president; Frank Jones, clerk; Frank Hammerle, treasurer.  The clerk was instructed to advertise the letting of the contract for building the Fifth ward school house.
     L. R. Klemm was elected superintendent May 19, at a salary of $1,850, per annum.
     On June 2, 1884, the contract for building the Fifth ward school house was awarded to Eisel & Mefford, at their bid of $13,946.22.

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     Bonds were issued to the amount of $10,000, bearing five per cent. interest from July 14.
     September 8, Misses Emma Barden, Amy Rich, Rose Morgenthaler, Fannie Thompson, Ida Hunter and Lottie Phillips were elected teachers.
     Rev. Philip Stemple, L. B. De La Court, P. G. Berry, and F. W. Mueller, were elected city school examiners, October 20.
     November 10, Miss Nellie Stillwaugh resigned as teacher.
     Frank Hammerle, A. J. Love, Joseph Webster, Frank Jones and William P. Dowrey were elected new members of the Board of Education, on the 6th day of April, A. D. 1885.  Misses Bessie Wilson, Nan James, and Mame Andrews presented a petition to the Board of Education praying that May 22, be given as a holiday.  The request was granted.
     P. E. Welsh was awarded the contract for printing the superintendent's annual report, at $149.00.  L. R. Klemm was re-elected superintendent at $1,850.
     Miss Martha Sorber and Miss Eliza Cornell and J. W. Sloneker resigned their positions as teachers June 29.
     July 28, William Dowrey resigned as a member of the Board, and Peter Metzler was elected to succeed him.
     September 21, Emanuel Richter, T. C. Mayer, Jr., and F. W. Bell, teachers, resigned.  Also, A. J. Love, of the Board of Education.  J. J. McMaken, was elected to fill the vacancy.  At the above date our schools were in a deplorable condition: the superintendent was a failure; chaos prevaded every department.
     Nov. 17, 1885, N. W. Smith offered the following:
     Resolved, That a special committee of three be appointed to ascertain the necessity of erecting a Central High school building.
     The president appointed Messrs N. W. Smith and J. J. McMaken said committee.  At a subsequent meeting of the Board the committee reported favorably, but the report was lost by the following vote: Hammerle, McMaken, and Smith - yea; Boli, Jones, Lindley, Metzler, Skinner and Schwab - nay.  Thus it will be seen that Newton W. Smith was the first mem-

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     Resolved, That Miss Lillian B. Berry be and is hereby elected as teacher of elocution and physical culture in the Hamilton public schools at a salary of $600.00 per annum.
     George Winkler was elected Jan. 26, 1896, a teacher of Latin in the High school at a salary of $850.00.  Lilly Becker, Anna Buchner, Mattie Waterhouse, Anna Hamilton, and Nellie Huston were employed as teachers, at $400.00 yearly on the above date.
     Mar. 30, 1896, Mrs. Lowry Jackson, was elected as teacher in the public schools at $450.00 per annum.
     Apr. 80, 1865, the following members elect of the Board of Education, were duly sworn by E. H. Jones, city solicitor: John W. Conboy, John Keller, George J. Krucker, Joseph C. Symmes. M. D. Lindley was elected president; John Kæfer, clerk; and Thomas M. Boyd treasurer.
     At a special meeting held April 22, Mr. Rose was elected for two additional years, until March 1899, at $2,300 per annum.  He is better qualified for the position than his predecessor and should be as fully compensated.

HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS.

     MR. W. P. COPE, Principal - Higher Mathematics.
     MISS LISSA DAUGHERTY - English Literature, Physilogy, Botany, and Rhetoric.
     MISS PAULINE STEFFE - German.
     MISS EMMA V. SWEET - English Literature, Algebra and History.
     GEORGE WINKLER - Latin.
     MISS ROSE MORGANTHALER - Civics, Algebra and Physical Geography.
     RALPH BEELER - Chemistry and Physics.
     The corps of High school teachers rank high and are second to none for efficient work.
     Hamilton is well supplied with first-class modern school buildings, erected at a reasonable cost.  This fact is to the credit of Peter Schwab, who was a member of the Board of Education during the building of six of these houses.  He

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would not permit-in a single instance-any changes in the plans and specifications and as a result no "extras" were allowed.
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   *  Regarding W. P. Cope:
SHARON WICK'S NOTE:
On Page 28, he is Listed as on Board of Trustees. (2 times)
On Page 84, his pay is listed in 1887 as $130.00.
On Page 92, he is listed as High School Teacher as follows:   MR. W. P. COPE, Principal - Higher Mathematics.
On Page 405 he is listed incorrectly.  It is actually W. C. Cope.

GRADUATES OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

1862.

Daniel Millikin, Hamilton, Ohio.  Physician.  Miami Medical College 1875.
Laura Creighton (Mrs. E. E. Palmer), St. Louis, Mo.
James E. Neal, Hamilton, Ohio.  Attorney.  Consul to Liverpool, England.

1863.

Isabella Parks Caldwell.  Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Florence Shaffer, (Mrs. Watson), Chicago, Ill.
Carrie Vance (Mrs. J. E. Bosley), Cincinnati, Ohio.  Stenographer.
Sallie Kyle, ( Mrs. Oliver Temple).  Deceased 1879.
Lillie Thomas, Washington, D.C. Teacher.
Martha Young. Teacher. Deceased.

1864.

Nellie Creighton (Mrs. W. G. Montgomery), Cincinnati, Ohio.
George K. Davis, Pekin, China. Missionary.

1865.

Mary Caldwell (Mrs. Joseph B. Beatty), Boise City, Idaho.
Mary Cumback (Mrs. Beck), Richmond, Ind.
Anna M. Huber (Mrs. J. A. Martin), Dayton, Ohio.
Susie Vance (Mrs. Sidell).  Deceased.
Rush Caldwell.  Deceased 1882.
Kate M. Grove, Chicago Ill. Editor.
Annie Thomas, Washington, D. C. Teacher.

1866.

NO CLASS GRADUATED.

1867.

Erin A. Corwin (Mrs. W. C. Miller). Deceased 1891.
William S. Giffen, Hamilton, O. A. B. Miami University, 1871; A. M., 1874; LL. B. Cincinnati Law School, 1880; Judge of Common Pleas Court.
Ernestine V. Hailman, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Alice Harper. Deceased.

1868.

Emma Bowman (Mrs. Robert Beckett), Fair Haven, Ohio.
Belle Bowman (Mrs. J. W. Overpeck), Hamilton, Ohio.
John Breitenbach, Clinton, Iowa.  Clergyman.
Virginia J. Mott (Mrs. Klinger), Eaton, Ohio.

1869.

Fannie E. Cobaugh, (Mrs. Adam Slater), Hamilton, Ohio.
Emma K. Davis (Mrs. Wilmer South), Felicity, Ohio.
Amanda J. Garver, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Amy A. Rich (Mrs. Andrew Jackson), Hermitage, Tenn.

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1870.

Lida Davis (Mrs. William Symmes). Deceased.
Helen Falconer (Mrs. Lyster O'Brien). Deceased.
Minnie Grove. Deceased.
Clara Huber (Mrs. W. N. Gray). Hamilton. Ohio.
Mattie Hunter, Hamilton, Ohio.
Harry Landis. Deceased.
Jennie Long (Mrs. Webb), Waynesville, Ind.
Pauline McCoy, Evansville, Ind.
Belle J. Radcliff.
Constance Snyder, (Mrs. William Moore), Hamilton, Ohio,
Alfred Skinner.
Lydia Traber (Mrs. T. W. Scott), Urbana, Ohio.
Sallie Van Dolan (Mrs. John Sites), Hamilton, Ohio.
Fannie Young, (Mrs. Ellis Potter), NewYork.

1871.

Susie Berry (Mrs. A. W. Kuntz). Deceased.
Hannah Barkalow (Mrs. John W. Egbert), Hamilton, Ohio.
Fannie Laurie. Deceased.
Esther E. Tyler (Mrs. George T. Earheart), Hamilton, Ohio.

1872.

EmmaBrant, (Mrs. William Giffen), Hamilton, Ohio.
Edgar A. Belden, Hamilton, Ohio. Lawyer.
Nona Chadwick (Mrs. J. E. Morey), Hamilton, Ohio.
Alphonso D. Curtis, Sandusky, Ohio.
Mamie Huber. Deceased.
Samuel E. Leiter, Hamilton, Ohio.
Hattie Miller (Mrs. L. A. Thoms), Cincinnati, Ohio.
Edwin Shaffer, Council Grove, Kansas.
Robert P. Snider, Hamilton. Ohio.
Robert N. Shotts, Hamilton, Ohio. Lawyer.

1873.

Lida Caldwell, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Cyrus Falconer, Chicago. Ill. Clerk.
Laura Pettifish. Riverside, Cal. Journalist.
Emma V. Sweet, Hamilton. Ohio. Teacher.

1874.

Nellie C. Hill (Mrs. William Hair), Hartwell, Ohio.
Lizzie E. Galloway (Mrs. David P. McClosky), Hamilton, Ohio.
Harry Kinder, Findlay, Ohio. Attorney.
William K. Lowrey, Chicago, Ill. Attorney.
Lucy Brant. Deceased.
Ida Lawder, (Mrs. William Bohen), New Paris, Ohio.
Thomas Moore, Hamilton, Ohio. Journalist.
George C. Skinner, Hamilton, Ohio. Physician.

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1875.

William Beckett, Omaha, Nebraska. Lawyer.
Beppy Caldwell, Hamilton, Ohio.
Kate L. Ferguson, Raleigh, N. C. Teacher.
Eudora Hamilton (Mrs. Davis), Nakomis, Ills.
Dora Hargitt, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
William L. Huber, Hamilton, Ohio. Manufacturer. Postal Clerk.

1876.

Abbie L. Brewer.
Thomas Beckett, Hamilton, Ohio.
Maggie Caldwell, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Edgar C. Flenner, Middletown, Ohio.
John E. Hume, Wichita, Kan. Lawyer. Deceased.
Clara A. Laurie (Mrs. B. K. Brant), Los Angeles, Cal.
Katie J. Rooke, Dayton, Ohio.
Charles F. Traber. Deceased.
Frank I. Whitehead, Washington, D. C. Journalist.

1877.

Peter Benninghofen, Hamilton, Ohio. Manufacturer.
Carrie H. Cornell (Mrs. George W. Hughes), St. Paul, Minn.
Leonard Garver, Idlewild, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Williametta Sample. Deceased.
Alice H. Waterman.

1878.

Lizzie Booth, Hamilton, Ohio.
Charles L. Cornell, Hamilton. Ohio. Electrician.
Ida Gilmore (Mrs. Charles Teachout), Cleveland, Ohio.
Lowery Jackson, Cincinnati, Ohio. Lawyer. Deceased 1896.
Katie Jones, Washington C. H., Ohio. Stenographer.
Susie E. Ritter, (Mrs. Frank Skinner), Minneapolis, Minn.
Nellie Stillwaugh (Mrs. William Seward), Hamilton, Ohio.
Martha Sorber (Mrs. Frank Stewart), Hamilton, Ohio.
Maggie Wuechner, (Mrs. Gus. Latterner), Middletown, Ohio.

1879.

Cyrus Beckett, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Mary M. Crawford (Mrs. John L. Beeler), Hamilton Ohio.
Jessie C. Fox (Mrs. Endicott), Clarksville, Tenn.
Amanda Galloway (Mrs. Joseph H. Long), Hamilton, Ohio.
Alice D. Huber, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Samuel V. Hull, Hamilton, Ohio. Accountant.
Ida M. Kirk (Mrs. Manker), Sherman Heights, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mary Beth Moore (Mrs. Lowry Jackson). Hamilton, Ohio.
Paul H. Robertson.

1880.

Lucy B. Crawford, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
George Beardsley. Deceased.
Anna Goldrick, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Anna Harbron (Mrs. A. Spencer), Hamilton, Ohio.

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Carrie Jacobs, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Bertha L. Schliep, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Anna Shaffer, (Mrs. George Rump), Hamilton, Ohio.
Victoria Smith (Mrs. William Dance), Hamilton, Ohio.

1881

Mary B. Aten, Madison, Ind. Teacher.
Florence L. Bain, Altoona, Pa. Stenographer.
Hattie Brown, St. Clair Township. Teacher.
Mary Brown (Mrs. Richard Sloane), El Paso, Texas.
Jennie Cobaugh (Mrs. James Cochran), Hamilton, Ohio. Proof Reader.
Ada Fye (Mrs. Tom Wittemore), Avondale.
Edward E. Hull. Deceased.
Mary A. Ritter (Mrs. H. C. Mixer), W. St. Paul Minn.
Mary L. Rue, Hamilton, Ohio. Stenographer.
Frank E. Thompson, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.

1882.

Anna Boaz (Mrs. William Smith), Hamilton, Ohio.
Robert L. Hargitt, Glendale, Ohio. Attorney.
Ida B. Hunter, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Loenette Kline (Mrs. Fred Doeller), Columbus, Ind
Lizzie Ritter. Deceased.

1883.

Pauline Benninghofen, Hamilton, Ohio.
Carrie Benninghofen, Hamilton, Ohio.
Celeste Cobaugh (Mrs. Charles Willikin), Hamilton, Ohio.
Henry H. Haines, Hamilton, Ohio. Attorney.
Delia Law, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Lulu Jacobs, Hamilton, Ohio. Stenographer.
Mary McKee. Deceased 1891.
Elwood Morey, San Francisco, Cal. Attorney.
Lessie Morrison (Mrs. Charles. L. Whitaker), Hamilton, Ohio.
Kate Rodefer (Mrs. J. K. Aydelotte). Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Hattie Schell (Mrs. William B. Chaffey, Mildura, Victoria, Australia.
Clara Wilson. Deceased 1891.
Anna Joyce. Deceased 1886.

1884.

Homer Gard, Hamilton, Ohio. Journalist.
Lutie E. Matthias (Mrs. Homer Gard), Hamiliton, Ohio.
Lizzie Millikin, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
William H. Pfau, Hamilton, Ohio. Book keeper.
May B. Seward, Hamilton, Ohio.
Alice Walter, Hamilton, Ohio. Deceased 1889.

1885.

John B. Barkalow, Hamilton, Ohio. Hotel Clerk.
Carrie Crawford, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Emma Dietz, Trenton, Ohio. Teacher.

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Eloise Huber, Dayton, Ohio. Teacher.
Julius Maas, Cincinnati, Ohio. Lawyer.
Ella McKee, Hamilton, Ohio. Kindergarten Teacher.
Ben Strauss, Hamilton, Ohio. Merchant.
William O. Campbell, Hamilton, Ohio. Lawyer.
William Crawford, Hamilton, Ohio. Farmer.
Lillie Dilg, (Mrs. J. W. Morris), Flockton, Ohio.
Lewis A. Dillon, Hamilton, Ohio. Civil Engineer.
Belle Hirsch, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Minor M. Jacobs, Hamilton, Ohio. Physician.
Ella W. Jones. Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Katie Joyce, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Minnie Egry (Mrs. George Heiser). Deceased.
Anna Held (Mrs C. W. Nagel), Terre Haute, Ind.
Philippine Heyler (Mrs. David Heiser), Hamilton, Ohio.
Frank P. Richter, Hamilton, Ohio. Lawyer, L. L B. Cincinnati Law School, 1888.
Bertha Steffe (Mrs. George Easton), Leipsic, Ohio.
Lizzie Willert (Mrs. Mosel), Indianapolis, Ind.

1886.

Frank B. Eddy, Indian Territory. Merchant.
Edward M. Traber, Fort Collins, Col. Teacher of Latin.
Kate Neinmeyer, Trenton, Ohio. Teacher.
Helena Pfau. Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Ransford M. French, Chicago, Ill. Architect.
Fred Schell, Riverside, Cal. Planter.
Jennie Beal (Mrs. John Grafft), Hamilton, Ohio.
May Beckett (Mrs. Mark Millikin), Hamilton, Ohio.
Mathilde Blum, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Emma Boaz, Hamilton, Ohio.
Clara Burridge, Hamilton. Ohio.
Grace Davidson (Mrs. Harry Hensel), Jeffersonville, Ind.
Edith Flenner (Mrs. Neilor), Peoria, Ill.
Bertha Gray (Mrs. D. H. Allen), Miamisburg, Ohio.
Olive Henninger (Mrs. McClelland), Hamilton, Ohio.
Lillian Huber, Hamilton, Ohio.
Carrie Lyon (Mrs C. A. Brown), San Francisco, Cal
Celia L. Smith (Mrs. John Cornell), Hamilton, Ohio.
Sophia Stephan, Hamilton, Ohio.
Marian Walker (Mrs. Minor M. Jacobs), Hamilton, Ohio.
Kate Weber, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher. Sophia Wuechner (Mrs. Edward F. Stepp), Carthage, Ill. \

1887.

Miranda Andrew (Mrs. E. C. Muff), Somerville, Ohio.
Fred. E. Beal, Lincoln, Nebraska. Physician
David W. Brant, Hamilton, Ohio. Traveling man.
Mabel W. Fitton, Hamilton, Ohio. Music Teacher.
Sabina Goldrick. Deceased, April, 1893

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Mina F. Jacobs, Hamilton, Ohio. Book keeper.
Emma House (Mrs. Clinton Lane), Glendale, Ohio.
Lutie E. Huston, Hamilton Ohio. Book keeper.
Mary B. Martin, Stockton, Ohio.
Jessie F. Millikin (Mrs. Samuel Taylor), Hamilton, Ohio.
Anna Owens, Hamilton, Ohio.
A. B. Vassar,

1892.

Elisa M. Potter (Mrs. E. A. Belden), Hamilton, Ohio.
Zenaide C. Schenck (Mrs. I. S. Millikin), Hamilton, Ohio.
Clara R. Shaffer (Mrs. W. O. Ashby), St. Louis, Mo.
Stella Symmes, Hamilton, Ohio. Music Teacher.
Thomas D. Temple, Hamilton, Ohio. Journalist.
Marrietta Treudley (Mrs. Curtis Smith), Stockton, Ohio.
Lillian Estella Weiler (Mrs. Stella Taylor), Hamilton, Ohio. Newspaper work.
Minnie Bentel, Hamilton, Ohio.
Bertha E. Bubenheim, Hamilton, Ohio. Book keeper.
Nellie S. Cory, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Mary L. Gordon, Hamilton, Ohio. Stenographer.
Lillian Lorenz (Mrs. E. C. Sill), Hamilton, Ohio.
Anna Macbeth, Hamilton, Ohio.
Samuel C. Payne, Cincinnati, Ohio. Train Dispatcher.
Edward C. Sohngen, Hamilton, Ohio. Maltster.
Joseph F. West. Deceased.
William N. Andrews, Hamilton, Ohio. Book keeper. Law Student.

1888.

Mary Agnes Burns, (Mrs. Joseph Hellebush),Walnut Hills, Cincinnati.
Ella M. Conboy, Hamilton, Ohio.
Josephine Crawford, Hamilton, Ohio. Proof Reader.
Mary D. McMillan, Price's Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio
Charles J. Parrish, Hamilton, Ohio. Dealer in Real Estate.
Nannie A. Settle, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Bertha Sheehan (Mrs. Lyndol Meyers), Avondale, Ohio.
Mary M. Temple, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Katherine C. Bender, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Charles C. Carl, Hamilton, Ohio. Dentist.
Libbie Davidson, (Mrs. W. J. Thompson), Elmwood, Ohio.
Robert H. Dilg, Hamilton, Ohio. Book keeper.
Emma I. Dirk (Mrs. Thomas Smith, Jr.), Hamilton, Ohio.
LeRoy R. Hensley, Hamilton, Ohio. Book keeper.
Marion E. Heyler, Hamilton, Ohio.
Etta Blanche Hooven (Mrs. E. S. Griffis), Hamilton, Ohio.
Burton F. Huling, Hamilton, Ohio. Clerk.
Rosa Kahn (Mrs Abe Kopple), Hamilton, Ohio.
Fred Klein, Cleveland, Ohio. Physician.
Belle McClellan (Mrs. William Emerick), Hamilton, Ohio.
Adda C. Markt (Mrs. Edward C. Sohngen), Hamilton, Ohio.
Mary Millikin (Mrs. Thomas Beckett), Hamilton, Ohio.
Anna M. Puthoff (Mrs. B. H. Connell), Cincinnati, Ohio.
Amelia A. Ruder (Mrs. Jacob Rost), Hamilton, Ohio.

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Hattie Strauss, (Mrs. A. Ballinger), Hamilton, Ohio.
Cora Tubbs. Deceased, 1890.
Anna A. Van Deveer, (Mrs. Carson Hamill), Terre Haute, Ind.

1889.

Alice A. Allen, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Mary E. Andrews, Hamilton, Ohio. Buchtel College, 1896.
Mary Belle Beckett, ( Mrs. Robert Gilmore), Chicago, Ill.
Nettie W. Fox, Hamilton, Ohio Jounalist.
Edward H. Leib, Indianapolis, Ind. Commission Merchant.
William T. Mitchell, Hamilton, Ohio. A. B. University of Wooster, 1893. Missionary to India.
Sue Walter, (Mrs. H. W. Vinnedge), Hamilton, Ohio.
Emma H. Blum, Hamilton, Ohio.
Carrie A. Dietz, Trenton, Ohio. Stenographer,
Corrinne M. Frechtling, Hamilton, Ohio.
Elizabeth C. Frybarger, (Mrs. Gus. Lambert), Hamilton, Ohio.
Anna Hossfeld, (Mrs. Otto Metzner), Hamilton, Ohio.
Robert Kennedy, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Book keeper.
Carrie E. Line, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Lillian A. Richter, (Mrs. F. Kinsinger), Overpeck, Ohio.
Grace L. Sheley, (Mrs. Henry Hammerle), Hamilton, Ohio.
Hattie Symmes, (Mrs. Clement James), Hamilton, Ohio.
Tillie J. Tisinger, Hamilton, Ohio.
Bertram M. Thomas, Hamilton, Ohio.
Emidy M. Van Derveer, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Boynton H. Van Derveer, Hamilton, Ohio. Reporter.
Margaret Ziliox, Hamilton, Ohio. Copying Clerk.

1890.

Samuel D. Fitton, Jr., Hamilton, Ohio. Attorney.
Warren Gard, Hamilton, Ohio. Attorney.
Anna M. Gilbert, (Mrs. E. Mattison), Ann Arbor, Mich.
Nellie M. Kennedy, Hamilton, Ohio.
Lillian F Matthias, Hamilton, Ohio.
Edith L. McLean, Hamilton, Ohio.
Mabel Myers, Hamilton, Ohio.
Olive V. Rose, (Mrs. J. L. Young), Middletown, Ohio.
David E. Sheehan, Jr., Hamilton, Ohio. Dentist.
Stanley M. Withrow, Cincinnati, Ohio. Attorney. William E. Bender, Hamilton, Ohio. Contractor and Builder.
Anna Boger, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Louis A. Boli, Jr., Kuttawa, Kentucky. Druggist.
Anna Dietz, Trenton, Ohio.
Maude Gwinner, (Mrs. Louis A. Boli, Jr.), Kuttawa, Kentucky.
Anna Mary Kennedy, (Mrs. Christian Reutti), Hamilton, Ohio.
Jennie Koppel, Hamilton, Ohio.
Virginia Leib, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Mabel Louthan, (Mrs. Martin Longfellow), Hamilton, Ohio.
Elizabeth Lyon, Hamilton, Ohio, Cashier and Stenographer.

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Kauffman McClellan, Hamilton, Ohio. Book keeper.
Effie M. Richardson, Hamilton, Ohio. Book keeper.
Bessie M. Richter, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Susanna M. Robinson, Hamilton, Ohio.
Iona Ross, Hamilton, Ohio.
Wilhelmine Schwab, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Elizabeth Schweinefest, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Lillian I. Shields, Hamilton, Ohio.
Martin P. Schwartz, Hamilton, Ohio. Book keeper.
Raymond Wortendyke, Hamilton, Ohio. Civil Engineer.

1891.

Louigard Babeck, Collinsville, Ohio. Teacher.
Nellie Brock, Hamilton, Ohio. Journalist.
Charles Golden, Hamilton, Ohio.
Mary Ruth Harvey, Aurora, Ind.
Emma B. Jacobs, Hamilton, Ohio. Book keeper.
Nellie M. Laurie, Hamilton, Ohio.
Clayton A. Leiter, Hamilton, Ohio. Journalist.
Margaret M. Nichols (Mrs. Neher), Hamilton, Ohio.
Edith M. Riley, Hamilton, Ohio.
Mary E. Barnett, Hamilton, Ohio.
Ella M Boaz, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Marguerite E. Dilg, Hamilton, Ohio. Stenographer.
Alice A. Hamilton, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Florence E. Harris, Hamilton, Ohio. Book keeper.
Johanna E. Heiser, Hamilton, Ohio.
Clara Hossfeld, Hamilton, Ohio.
Anna Lottes (Mrs. John Smith), Richmond, Ind.
John D. Lotz, Hamilton, Ohio. Music Teacher.
Eva Pearl Murphy, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher of Elocution.
Augusta A. Oetterer, Hamilton, Ohio. Deceased, 1896.
Walter G. Rose, Hamilton, Ohio. Draughtsman.
Clara R. Schaeuble, Hamilton Ohio. Teacher.
Sarah A. Schrock. Trenton, Ohio. Stenographer.
Charles B. Wintersteen, Hamilton, Ohio. Civil Engineer.

1892,

Margaret I. Allen, Hamilton, Ohio.
Ada V. Antrim, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Mary A. Baldwin, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Ralph K. Beeler, Hamilton, Ohio Teacher.
James C. Clawson, Clawson, Ohio. Bank Clerk.
Nellie C. Dart, Hillsboro, Ohio.
Stanley Giffen, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
George Enyeart Hooven, New York city. Music Student.
Anna Roberts Hueston, Overpeck, Ohio.
Mary A. Hynes, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Leonora Kinnikin. Deceased, 1893.
Letha S. Long. (Mrs. Wilson), Seven Mile, Ohio.

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Kauffman, McClellan, Hamilton, Ohio.  Bookkeeper
Effie M. Richardson, Hamilton, Ohio.  Bookkeeper
Bessie M. Richter, Hamilton, Ohio.  Teacher
Susanna M. Robinson, Hamilton, Ohio. 
Iona Ross, Hamilton, Ohio.
Wilhelmine Schwab, Hamilton, Ohio.  Teacher
Elizabeth Schweinefest, Hamilton, Ohio.  Teacher
Martin P. Schwartz, Hamilton, Ohio.  Bookkeeper
Raymond Wortendyke, Hamilton, Ohio.  Civil Engineer

1891

Louigard Babeck, Collinsville, Ohio.  Teacher
Nellie Brock, Hamilton, Ohio.  Journalist
Charles Golden, Hamilton, Ohio.
Mary Ruth Harvey, Aurora, Ind.
Emma B. Jacobs, Hamilton, Ohio.  Bookkeeper
Nellie M. Laurie, Hamilton, Ohio.
Clayton A. Leiter, Hamilton, Ohio.  Journalist.
Margaret M. Nichols (Mrs. Neher), Hamilton, Ohio.
Edith M. Riley, Hamilton, Ohio.
Mary E. Barnett, Hamilton, Ohio.
Marguerite E. Dilg, Hamilton, Ohio.  Stenographer
Alice A. Hamilton, Hamilton, Ohio.  Teacher
Florence E. Harris, Hamilton, Ohio.  Book keeper.
Johanna E. Heiser, Hamilton, Ohio.
Clara Hossfeld, Hamilton, Ohio.
Anna Lottes (Mrs. John Smith), Richmond, Ind.
John D. Lotz, Hamilton, Ohio.  Music Teacher
Eva Pearl Murphy, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher of Elocution.
Augusta A. Oetterer, Hamilton, Ohio.  Deceased, 1896
Walter G. Rose, Hamilton, Ohio.  Draughtsman.
Clara R. Schaeuble, Hamilton, Ohio.  Teacher
Charles B. Wintersteen, Hamilton, Ohio.  Civil Engineer

1892

Margaret I. Allen, Hamilton, Ohio.
Ada V. Antrim, Hamilton, Ohio.  Teacher
Mary A. Baldwin, Hamilton, Ohio.  Teacher
Ralph K. Beeler, Hamilton, Ohio.  Teacher
James C. Clawson, Clawson, Ohio.  Bank Clerk
Nellie C. Dart, Hillsboro, Ohio
Stanley Giffen, Hamilton, Ohio.  Teacher
George Enyeart Hooven, New York city.  Music student
Anna Roberts Hueston, Overpeck, Ohio
Mary A. Hynes, Hamilton, Ohio.  Teacher
Leonora Kinnikin.  Deceased 1893
Letha S. Long (Mrs. Wilson_ Seven Mile, Ohio.

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Hermann E. Hermann, Hamilton, Ohio. Electrical Engineer.
Jessie A. Louthan, Hamilton, Ohio.
Sophia L. _argedant, Hamilton, Ohio.
Jessie E. Richter, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Corinne I. Rife, Mrs. Edward Lockmati), Hamilton, Ohio.
Ella K. Sponnenberger, (Mrs. P. F. Geyer), Hamilton, Ohio.
Mary R. Symmes, Hamilton, Ohio.
Mary S. Wick, Hamilton, Ohio. Proof Reader.

1894

Walter Henry Bruning, Hamilton, Ohio.
Paul Maurice Hooven, Hamilton, Ohio. Student at Miami University.
Joseph Symmes Hunter, Hamilton, Ohio.
Edward Lamport Schell Hamilton, Ohio.
Harry Silver, Chicago, Ill.
Clement Dare Smedley, Jr., Hamilton, Ohio.
Annis Rachel Fitton, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Mabel Roll, Hamilton, Ohio.
Elizabeth Lamport Schell, Hamilton, Ohio.
Bessie Alma Urmston, Hamilton, Ohio.
Metta Waterhouse, Hamilton, Ohio.
Harry Pliny Crume, Hamilton, Ohio.
Henry Andrew Grimmer, Hamilton, Ohio.
Edward Lewis Jacobs, Hamilton, Ohio.
Paul James Mitchell. Hamilton, Ohio.
August Schumacher, Cincinnati, Ohio. Doctor.
Jessie Alice Anshutz, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Katherine Elizabeth Brown, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Keren Happuch Dickey, Hamilton, Ohio, Teacher.
Katie May Haungs, Hamilton, Ohio.
Lillie Blanche Centennial Harris, Hamilton, Ohio. Teacher.
Edith Pearl Louthan, Hamilton, Ohio.
Elizabeih Miller, Hamilion, Ohio. Teacher.
Rosa Caroline Miller, Hamilton, Ohio.
Bertha Gertrude Pearson, Hamilton, Ohio.
Emma Aletha Wright, Hamilton, Ohio.

1895

Russell Robert Andrews, Hamilton, Ohio.
Clyde Monroe Sheehan, Hamilton, Ohio.
Cornelia Armstrong Cross, Lima, Ohio.
Adelaide Gay Dorris, Hamilton, Ohio.
Mabel Angela Fennema, Hamilton, Ohio.
Phoebe Curtis Treudley, Jones, Ohio.
Margery Belle Pottinger, Liberty, Ind.
Amy Elizabeth Ross, Jones, Ohio.
Charles Henry Beck, Hamilton, Ohio.
Clarence Reinhart Joseph Hartkoff, Hamilton, Ohio.
Anna Marie Buechner, Hamilton, Ohio.
Caroline Anna Wilhelmine Ludeke. Deceased, 1S96.

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Louise May Vincent Decker, Hamilton, Ohio.
Hermine Adolphina Frederica Oetterer, Hamilton, Ohio.
Sybilla Ida Florence Niederauer, Hamilton, Ohio.
Augusta Hossfeld, Hamilton, Ohio.
Lillian Becker, Hamilton, Ohio.
Hedwig Louise Schweinefest, Hamilton, Ohio.
Bessie Doty, Hamilton, Ohio,
Josie Hogarth Osborne, Chicago, Ill.
Maynard Brown Carr, Hamilton, Ohio. Student Miami University.
Ralph Shelby Thompson, Hamilton, Ohio.
Ona Lea Deam, Collinsville, Ohio.
Mary Alice Dowrey, Hamilton, Ohio.
Elizabeth Hart Weaver, Hamilton, Ohio.
Alice St. Clair Murphy, H tmilton, Ohio.
Letty Jane Rich. Deceased.
Mary Eliza Gaff, Hamilton, Ohio.
Edgar Betram Schntider, Hamilton, Ohio.
Mathilda Petranella Bender, Hamilton, Ohio.
Emma Kathryn Lingler, Hamilton, Ohio.
Ida Vashti Theodore Eberle, Hamilton, Ohio.
Caroline Kathryn Lingler, Hamilton, Ohio.
Grace Muriel Crume (Mrs. William Boyd), Hamilton, Ohio.
Jessie Keith Osborne, Chicago, Ill.

1896

Arthur George Frechtling, Hamilton, Ohio.
Karl William Heiser, Hamilton, Ohio.
Hugh Culbertson Mitchell, Hamilton, Ohio.
Frank Louis Taylor Smedley, Hamilton, Ohio.
Helen Grace Beeler, Hamilton Ohio.
Fanny Newton Berry, Hamilton, Ohio.
Nan Bradley Cochran, Millville, Ohio.
Russie Cyrene Dick, Hamilton, Ohio.
Daisy Hancock, Ham lton, Ohio.
Alta Dell Harvey, Hamilton, Ohio.
Eleanor Katherine Hynes, Hamilton, Ohio.
Ida Lynn James, Hamilton, Ohio.
Mabel Mallert, Collinsville, Ohio.
Myrtle Mae McLain, Hamilton, Ohio.
Mary Shank, Hamilton, Ohio.
Elizabeth Lindley Whipps, Hamilton, Ohio.
Blanche Ethcl Wintcrsteen, Hamilton, Ohio.
Walter Leo Bentel, Hamilton, Ohio.
George Conrad Besold, Hamilton, Ohio.
George Marion Cummins, Busenbark, Ohio.
George Stanley Helvey, Hamilton, Ohio.
Charles Frederick Holdefer, Hamilton, Ohio.
Carl Ernest Margedant, Hamilton, Ohio.
Joseph LeRoy Millspaugh, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Eugene Sheldon Rich, Hamilton, Ohio
Kenneth Lester Rolfe, Hamilton, Ohio
Thomas Millikin Van Derveer, West Point, N. Y.
Fred Joseph Weiman, Hamilton, Ohio
Claude DeWitt Wilson, Hamilton, Ohio
Clara Catherine Beck, Hamilton, Ohio
Cora Kate Bruning, Hamilton, Ohio
Sophia Decker, Hamilton, Ohio
Lulu May Dilg, Hamilton, Ohio
Ella May Henning, Hamilton, Ohio
Grace Alice Inloes, Hamilton, Ohio
Helen Keiser, Hamilton, Ohio
Johannah Augusta Rembler, Hamilton, Ohio
Lillian Mildred Reutti, Hamilton, Ohio
Edna Ellen Rogers, Hamilton, Ohio
Katherine Adele Ross, Hamilton, Ohio
Susie Schwab, Hamilton, Ohio
Nellie Ferlina Tarry, Hamilton, Ohio
Lulu Belle Winchester, Hamilton, Ohio

THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1897

Milton G. Augspurger, Overpeck, Ohio
Earl Gardner Beauchamp, Hamilton, Ohio
Theodore bock, Hamilton, Ohio
John Alphonso Burnett, Hamilton, Ohio
John Charles Cone, Hamilton, Ohio
James Timothy Conlin, Hamilton, Ohio
Oscar Goldsmith, Collinsville, Ohio
Orville A. Hampton, Hamilton, Ohio
Alexander Clyde Hunter, Hamilton, Ohio
Charles C. Rife, Hamilton, Ohio
Walter Symmes, Hamilton, Ohio
Thomas E. Tuley, Hamilton, Ohio
Martin Luther Warwick, Seven__ile, Ohio
Murray D. Urmston, Hamilton, Ohio
Earl Winchester, Hamilton, Ohio
Maggie Louisa Bachelor, Hamilton, Ohio
Zoah R. Becker, Hamilton, Ohio
Clare Black, McGonigles, Ohio
Grace Clark, Hamilton, Ohio
Mary E. A. Dick, Hamilton, Ohio
Lutie Matthias Eberling, Hamilton, Ohio
Lulu Belle Goshorn, Hamilton, Ohio
Minnie B. Hites, Hamilton, Ohio
Clare May Hoffman, Hamilton, Ohio
Ethel Mary Kimbrough, Hamilton, Ohio
Louisa H. Leibrock, Hamilton, Ohio
Elizabeth P. Leveline, Hamilton, Ohio
Clara A. Margedant, Hamilton, Ohio

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Georgia Van Sands Northrup, Hamilton, Ohio.
Helen Peters, Hamilton, Ohio.
Grace E. Rieser, Hamilton, Ohio.
Edna Beryl Riffel, Hamilton, Ohio.
Mary Schell, Hamilton, Ohio
Alma Schweinfest, Hamilton, Ohio.
Ellen J. Shafer, Hamilton, Ohio.
Nannie G. Shields, Hamilton, Ohio.
Edith Mary Watkins, Hamilton, Ohio.
Clara Luisa Webster, Hamilton, Ohio.
Anna May Welsh, Hamilton, Ohio.

SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS

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he was appointed Superintendent of schools in Hamilton, Ohio.  At the end of that year, although re-elected, he retired permanently from the profession of teaching and returned to Cincinnati, resuming his publishing business.  In January 1860, he was invited by the Ohio State Journal, of Columbus, to assume its business management.  After consideration, he accepted, and subsequently became the proprietor.   The Journal at that time was the leading organ of the Republican party in Ohio; had a staff, including not only Mr. Hurtt, but also Henry D. Cooke, as editor-in-chief, (afterward governor of the District of Columbia) W. D. Howells as literary editor and Samuel Reade, assistant editor.  Howells was appointed consul to Venice, Italy, early in the war.  Later, Mr. H. D. Cooke removed to Washington to assume charge of the Washington branch of the great banking firm of Jay, Cooke & Company, who negotiated most of the government loans made during the war.  During this period he was also editor and proprietor of the Ohio Journal of Education, or Educational Journal.  Mr. Hurtt then formed the firm of Hurtt, Allen & Company, but being unable to devote all of his time to the management of the paper, having been appointed an officer in the army, he sold his interest to Mr. Allen and others.  In August, 1865, he removed to New York and became later interested in the manufacture of the well known medicine, Pond's Extract. was largely due to Mr. Hurtt's foresight, great business sagacity and indomitable energy that this large business was developed from its insignificant condition, when he took charge of it , to its present proportions.  Mr. Hurtt recognized at once the great value of the medicine, and felt sure that his efforts toward its world-wide publicity would be profitably recognized by the public.  Duringthe later years of his life he traveled extensively, not only visiting Europe many times, but crossing the Pacific to China and Japan.  In March, 1884, he died suddenly in New York, leaving a widow and two sons.

     JOHN REILY CHAMBERLAIN, Journalist of Cincinnati, was graduated from Miami university in 1858.  Two years after ward he was elected to the Superintendency of our schools,

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which position he held until 1862.  His administration was an able one and gave universal satisfaction.
     In 1862 he enlisted under Captain Ozro J. Dodds, in Company F, Eighty-first O. V. I.  He was successfully promoted to sergeant, sergeant-major, and on Feb. 20, 1863, was commissioned second lieutenant and assigned to Company C.  In 1864 he was on detached duty in the Veteran Reserve Corps.  On April 6, of the same year, he was discharged from the service on account of granulation of the eyes.  Mr. Chamberlain had conferred upon him the honorary degree of A. B. and A. M. by his Alma Mater.  He was employed for a number of years on the editorial staff of the Cincinnati Gazette, where he rose to prominence as a writer of rare ability.  He is the author of an excellent article in Appleton's Cyclopedia, entitled " Cincinnati" and "A Century of Cincinnati."  Mr. Chamberlain resides at Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati.

     H. T. WHEELER was born in Tennessee in 1819, and was educated at the Transylvania University.  He taught in the South until the breaking out of the Civil War when he was forced to find a home in the north to escape death at the hands of traitors to their country, for being a Union man.  He was elected Superintendent of the schools in 1862, serving until June 1863.  He was an advocate of the best sytems of instruction and employed them.  He was a man of great mental ability and conducted the schools in a manner that merited the highest commendations.
     He was also Superintendent at Circleville and Spring field, Ohio.  Broken in health by asthma and its complications he was forced to abandon teaching, then immigrated to Kansas and engaged in cattle raising on a ranch.  He died in 1879.

     JOHN A. SHANK, was born in Cincinnati in 1834.  He attended the schools of his native city and was graduated from Woodward High school in 1853.  He taught School in Cincinnati previous to his call to the Superintendency of the Hamilton schools in 1863.  He was well equipped for this responsible position being a good disciplinarian and a fine scholar.  His ideas were advanced in school work, and he repeatedly urged

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radical changes in the line he suggested, but the Board of Education was not inclined to take immediate action.  At the close of the school year he resigned the Superintendency of our schools and accepted a similar position in Northwestern Ohio.  Subsequently he studied law and practiced his profession in Cincinnati.  In 1873 he was elected on the Democratic ticket, representative to the General Assembly, from Hamilton county.  He is now located in the state of Washington.

     JOHN EDWARDS was a graduate from Miami University in 1862.  His career as a teacher began immediately afterward.  He was Superintendent of the Hillsboro, Ohio, schools from 1862 to 1864.  In 1864 he was elected Superintendent of the Hamilton schools, serving until 1857.  He was a man of great force of character and commanding a wide influence, was a logical reasoner and possessed a firey eloquence.  He was a man of rare literary attainments.
     He was president of the Thespian Literary society that met in the Smyers' building on the West Side.  Rev. Jacob Steck, Dr. W. H. Scobey, Dr. Joseph W. Harris, Eugene A. Weiler and Dr. J. L. Kirkpatrick were members of the society.
     After severing his connection with the schools he studied law and was admitted to the bar, and immediately thereafter immigrated to Maryville, Mo., where he began practicing his chosen profession.  He was careful in preparing his cases and possessed the ability to present them in a concise and forcible manner.  His success as an attorney was acheived by untiring diligence. He was a good judge of men and motives.  Mr. Edwards was elected district attorney for Nordaway county and convicted the Talbott brothers for the murder of their father. This criminal trial was the most noted in the annals of Missouri and attracted wide-spread interest.
     The Talbott brothers employed the best legal talent in the State to defend them, but went to the gallows through the masterly prosecution of John Edwards.  During this trial he earned the reputation of being one of the ablest criminal lawyers in Missouri.
     In politics Mr. Edwards was a Democrat of the Radical

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school.  He was a candidate for Attorney-General before his party convention that convened at Jefferson City, but unfortunately was defeated.
     With hope deferred and ambition blasted, he brooded over his defeat until his mind became temporarily unbalanced, and while in this condition he suicided, Sept. 13, 1888.

    EBENEZER B. BISHOP was the son of Robert Hamilton Bishop, D. D., first president of Miami university, who was born in North Britain.  Mr. Bishop was graduated from Miami in 1833.  He early entertained the idea of becoming a minister and accordingly entered a theological seminary to prepare himself for the pulpit.
     He was an indefatigable worker in the cause of religion, acquiring a wonderful knowledge of it, which made him a general and accurate scholar.  He was an able and good minister.  As a writer on religious subjects he had few superiors.  He was a professor at the Trenton, Tennessee, college.  In 1867, he was elected Superintendent of the Hamilton schools and continued in this capacity until 1871.  He was a gentleman of rare culture and attainments and discharged his duties as Superintendent with zeal and ability, and gave the schools excellent service.  He possessed some of the peculiarities of his father, who willed, ' 'That his body after death be given to the directors of Farmers' college, to be placed in a plain coffin, and then enclosed in a square, strong box and deposited in an artificial mound, in a designated spot in the college yard, to consist of successive layers of earth and sand, net to be less than eight feet, solid measure No artificial monument to be erected on it unless it should be a few evergreens or shrubbery."
     Mr. Bishop removed from Hamilton to Paris, Illinois, and was elected principal of the Edgar academy.  He died January 4, 1877.

ALSTON ELLIS

     ALSTON ELLIS The subject of this sketch was born. Jan. 26, 1847, near Covington, Kentucky.  In the common schools of that day he acquired the rudiments of an education.
     When he arrived at the age of 16 his parents moved to Covington, where he entered a private school.  It was here that

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he made preparation for entering upon a collegiate course.  During the winter and spring months of 1864, he taught school near Carrollton, Kentucky.  In September of the same year he matriculated as a Sophomore at Miami university, Oxford, Ohio.  He was graduated from this famous institution of learning in 1867.  His studious habits, while at Miami university, won him a recognized place in the field of scholarship.  His frank manners and gentlemany gentlemanly qualities placed him high in the esteem of the students and faculty.  He was remarkably proficient in mathematics and ancient languages; and in all branches of the college course he was at the head of his class.  He was not eligible for any class honors by reason of his not having taken all the branches of the prescribed course in their regular order.  In the literary society and recitation room, his leadership was unquestioned.  He possessed a lively interest in every day affairs; was fired with an ambition to express well that which he knew, and balanced by his scholarly achievements, he was a fluent speaker, a ready debater and possessed of the powers that make natural oratory.  He had a large share of college honors, held high offices in the Erodelphian Literary society, and was college orator in the annual celebration of Washington's birthday.  A month after graduation Alston Ellis found the woman of his choice in Oxford college, then under the charge of Rev. Robert D. Morris.  On July 23, 1867, he was united in marriage to Miss Katie Cox.  Not a little of President Ellis's success in life has been due to the influence of his cultured wife who has infused into their home life and to their large circle of acquaintances only those qualities which stimulate the best that is in name.  He returned to his home in Covington, where he did effective work as principal of the Third district and Intermediate schools of that city.  The thoroughness of his work brought to him, then the more responsible position of assisstant assistant superintendent of the Newport, Kentucky, schools, which position he held for nearly three years.  In 1871, he was called to the Superintendency of our schools, which position he held for eight years.  At the time of his call the schools were not doing as satisfactory work as

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parents and tax-payers had a right to expect.  They had dropped to a low grade.  To place them on an excellent footing was a work not to be done in a day, but within a short time our schools had no superiors in the state, and few equals.  It was here that he displayed rare ability as a scholar and executive officer.
          Today, the high reputation of the schools our city, through the state, is largely the result of the work of President Ellis, and his name is indelibly associated with the knowledge of this excellence.  In 1879, he abandoned teaching and engaged with the well known firm of Harper & Brothers, of New York, with headquarters at Columbus, Ohio.  During this year much of his time was given to addressing college societies, teachers' associations, and contributing to educational journals.
     In May, 1887, he was elected Superintendent of the Sandusky, Ohio, schools, in which position he achieved the same enviable record that had been made in our schools.
    Again our schools had deteriorated, and in 1887, in response to urgent calls to resume his old field work, he returned to Hamilton and continued at the head of the schools until called to the Presidency of the Colorado State college, at Fort Collins.
     In 1891, the trustees of that institution extended him a unanimous call to become its President.  He at first declined, but later on in response to an urgent personal appeal, Dr. Ellis went to Fort Collins to confer with the Board of Directors and take a survey of the field.  Here he found large, handsome buildings, excellently equipped, an able faculty, specialists in their chosen lines.  As a result Dr. Ellis accepted the position at a salary of $6,000 per annum.
     Fort Collins is a progressive and prosperous town of 3,000 inhabitants, in Larimer county, situated seventy-five miles north of Denver and four miles from the foot hills.  It is in full view of Long's Peak and many miles of the Snowy Range.  From the melting snow of the mountains is derived its water supply.  Here is located the Colorado Agricultural college, which had its origin in the act of congress, July 2, 1862, which

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granted the institution 90,000 acres of land.  In 1883, the state levied for its support an annual tax of one-fifth of a mill on all taxable property, which in 1891 was reduced to one-sixth of a mill, owing to an increased duplicate.  The college was incorporated in 1870, but no buildings were erected until 1878, when Fort Collins was selected as a site.  In September, 1879, it was first opened for the reception of students; a dormitory was erected in 1881, and the chemical laboratory a year later. Horicultural hall, Mechanical Art hall and Agricultural hall, all with well equipped laboratories have since been added.  At first the number of students was limited, but has increased until the session of 1895-96 shows a register of over 300
students.  The highest enrollment of students prior to Dr. Ellis' presidency was 109.
     The college buildings, grounds, etc., are worth not less than $250,000.00.  In addition to this the college has four experimental farms in other portions of the state, whose estimated value is $50,000.00.  The institution is not a university, but is a through-going, well-equipped scientific and technical institution. It has five courses of study, each complete in itself.  In addition to these regular courses, postgraduate work in engineering, chemistry, mechanics, agriculture zoology, and irrigation engineering are provided for. 
     Hamilton was loath to lose Dr. Ellis as an educator and citizen, "Yet is proud to have given Colorado a man who is such a power for the advancement of the cause of education within her borders."  In the short time he has been president of the Colorado college, he has taken his place on the top rung of the ladder as the most successful educator and lecturer in the state.  In fact, his reputation is not confined in any single state - it is national.
     As early as 1872, we find his Alma Mater, Miami University, confering conferring upon him the degree of Master of Arts.  In 1879, the University of Wooster gave him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, the Ohio State University gave him the same degree in 1888.  A still greater recognition of his attainments was

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made when he was given the degree of LL. D. from the Ohio State University in 1890.
     He was elected a life member of the Victoria Institute - the Philosophical Society of Great Britain - of which the Queen of England is a patron.  The membership is classified under three ranks in the society - ordinary, associate, and life members.  He was enrolled in the latter class in 1890.  Some of the most famous men in the world are members of this Institute.  Only four from America have been recognized, Dr. Ellis being one.
     He was a member of the state board of school examiners for a term of ten years, during which period he was clerk.  In 1891, he was re-appointed for a term of five years.
     In religion Dr. Ellis is a Congregationalist or Presbyterian, according to where he is located. In politics he is a Democrat.  He possesses all the qualifications for a successful politician, is social, easily approached, an able writer, a polished orator and well informed on the questions of the day.
     In 1895, Dr. Ellis was unanimously elected Superintendent of the Hamilton schools at a salary of $3,000 per annum.  After considering the subject he declined. He is an honorable and talented gentleman, capable of filling any position in school work.

    LEROY D. BROWN was born in Noble county, November 3, 1848. He attended country school about six months each year until he arrived at the age of fifteen; and he was obliged to labor the rest of the year.  In his younger days so eager was his thirst for information that he read every volume in the school library.  At the age of fifteen having been able to obtain the consent of his father, he left home and enlisted in Company H, 116th Ohio Volunteer infantry, serving until the close of the Civil War.  He served under Generals Cook, Hunter, Siegel, and participated in the battle of Winchester, under General Phil. Sheridan.  Afterward he was transferred to the Army of the James, near Richmond.  When mustered out he was Sheridan's orderly.
     Upon his return home he attended district school, and afterward entered High school at Seneca, Ohio.  In December 1866, he began his career as a teacher in Noble county, and in April 1867, he entered Mt. Auburn academy, where he fitted for college, and in 1869, joined the preparatory department of the Ohio Wesleyan university, at Delaware Ohio, from which institution he was afterward graduated.  In 1875, he was made Superintendent of the schools of Eaton.  This position he filled with credit until he was elected Superintendent of the Hamilton schools in 1879.  He served a term as trustee of the Dane Free Library; is a post-graduate student of Cincinnati university; was admitted to the bar in 1878.  He served one term as State School Commissioner.  After his term of office expired he removed to Colorado Springs, Colorado.  He is now located at Dos Angeles, California.

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     L. R. KLEMM was born in Rheinish Prussia.  He was sent to the common schools of his native city, and later in Realschule, a High school where Datin, French and English were taught.  He emigrated to the United States in 1870, and secured a position in the German department of the Cincinnati public schools. Here he devoted his leisure time in writing for the Volksblatt and a number of educational journals.  He published a series of German-English text books, which became very popular and running through five editions.  In 1884, Mr. Klemm was elected Superintendent of the Hamilton public schools, serving until 1887.  After severing his connection with our schools he became Superintendent of the Cincinnati Technical schools which position he held for one year.  Subsequently he was appointed a specialist in the Bureau of Education of the Interior Department, in Washington, D. C.  He is author of the new system of making geographical maps, but it has never yet been put into operation.

     CHARLES C. MILLER was born in Baltimore, Fairfield county, Ohio, Nov. 26, 1856.  He attended the schools of his native village, and in 1872 received his first common school certificate and began teaching.  In 1876 he was gradu-

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ated from the Fairfield Union Academy.  Subsequently he was elected superintendent of these schools.  In the spring of 1877, he entered the Ohio State University, of Columbus, Ohio, and graduated in 1883, with the degree of B. A.  While a student in this university he taught Latin and Greek.  He was Superintendent of the public schools at Eaton, in 1884-85; was Superintendent of the Ottawa schools in 1886, and of Sandusky city in 1890.  In 1889 he was a candidate for State School Commissioner, and in June, 1891, on the death of Hon. John Hancock, the incumbent, he was appointed by Gov. Campbell to serve out the unexpired term, ending July 1892.  In March, 1892, he was unaminously unanimously elected Superintendent of the Hamilton public schools, at a salary of $2,700.
     Mr. Miller is a man of pleasing address and very popular among teachers.  He makes friends readily and retains them.  In point of scholarship and as an instructor, educator and enthusiastic worker in the cause of higher education, he perhaps has no peer in the state.  Because of his eminent success he is popular with the teachers in every county in the state and the demand on his time is so great from different counties to attend Teachers' Institutes that he finds it impossible to spend more than a half day or so at each.

     S. L. ROSE - The subject of this sketch was born in Union township, Butler county, Ohio, November 20, 1865.  When he arrived at the age of five years his father removed to the old homestead where Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees was born.  Mr. Rose attended school taught by John C. Slayback until he was seventeen years old; entered Lebanon Normal University Sept. 5, 1882, and graduated from the business and scientific departments; taught the Oak Hill school, one mile from his home; resigned this position Nov. 20, 1886, when he was appointed Deputy Treasurer by F. W. Whitaker.  Subsequently he was employed in the office of the Clerk of Courts; was elected in 1888 principal of the Venice schools; and was forced to resign the following year on account of failing health.  He was a candidate for Recorder in 1886 in opposition to Henry C. Gray.  In a vote of 5,100 Mr. Rose received 2,300; was private secretary to James R. Smedburg, during the construction of the Hamilton gas works.  Afterward he was employed by the B. F. Wade Company, of Toledo, manufacturers of blank books and county stationary.  His territory comprised thirty-five counties in the state.  In 1889, he was elected principal of the Fourth ward schools at a salary of $900.60 per annum, serving in this capacity until January, 1895, when he became editor and business manager of the Hamilton Daily Democrat, at an annual salary of $1,500.  He made the Democrat a newsy, bright and spicy paper up-to-date in every particular; was president of the city Board of Elections.  In the summer of 1895, ^e was elected Superintendent of the Hamilton Public Schools at a salary of $2,300 per year.  Mr. Rose is an able educator, ranks high in his profession and has succeeded in keeping our schools abreast of the times. 
     On December 28, 1894, Mr. Rose was married to Mrs. Ida Wurterman.  Two children grace and enliven a happy home.