became principal in the Janesville High School for two years, and later of the Chilton High School until 1896, when he was appointed principal of the Nineteenth District School of Milwaukee, Wis., which position he held until the time of his death, September 25, 1901. He became an active member of the National Educational Association in 1896, at the Buffalo meeting. Jobn Daniel Orr Principal J. D. Orr, of the Central School, Kansas City, Kan., died at that city November 2, 1901. He was born near Ft. Scott, Kan., in 1865. He was educated in the common schools of Bourbon Co., Kan., and in the Kansas Normal College at Ft. Scott, from which he graduated in 1895. He held the principalship of schools in Ft. Scott for eight years. He next took charge of the schools at Big Timber, Mont., where he remained two years. Returning, he again became a principal of the Central School, Ft. Scott. This position he resigned to take charge of the Central School of Kansas City, Kan. His wife and two children survive him. He became an active member of the National Educational Association at the Toronto meeting in 1891. Francis Wayland Parker For an extended memorial sketch of Colonel Parker by Wilbur S. Jackman, dean of the School of Education, University of Chicago, and tributes by members of the National Council, see pp. 399-408 of this volume. Calvin Smith Pennell Professor Calvin Smith Pennell, whose death occurred at St. Paul, Minn., on March 16, 1901, was well known in St. Louis for many years as a teacher in the high school and in Washington University. He was born in Colrain, Mass., January 24, 1816, but in early boyhood went to Franklin, Mass., where he came under the influence of his uncle, Horace Mann, fitting for Waterville College, Me., from which institution he graduated in 1841. He then became the principal in succession of the academies at Wrentham, Chicopee, Charlestown, and Lawrence, Mass. In 1853 Professor Pennell joined his uncle at Yellow Springs, O., where Mr. Mann was then president of Antioch College, and contributed much to the brilliant reputation which that institution enjoyed. In 1856 Professor Pennell went to St. Louis, Mo., where he took charge, first, of the high school, and later of Mary Institute, the girls' department of Washington University, in which position he remained for thirty-one years. In 1887 Professor Pennell left St. Louis to make his home in Minnesota, where his life has been passed quietly in the enjoyment of his literary pursuits and in the pleasures of a country life. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. C. C. Hoyt, of Greenfield, Mass. He became a life member of the Association in 1864 at the meeting in Ogdensburg N. Y. Charles Collins Rounds For an extended memorial sketch of Dr. Rounds by Henry Sabin, of Des Moines, Ia., and tributes by members of the National Council, see pp. 391-399 and 405-408 of this volume. Kate Taubman Miss Kate Taubman was born in Cedar Falls, Ia., in 1863. She received her professional training as a teacher in the State Normal School at Cedar Falls. She was county superintendent of schools of Aurora county, South Dakota, for four years; principal of the schools of Plankinton, S. D., for several years; principal of the schools of Aberdeen, S. D., for four years; and was assistant principal of the Deadwood High School at the time of her death, January 27, 1902. She was president of the State Teachers' Association of South Dakota for several consecutive years. She became an active member of the National Educational Association at the meeting at Asbury Park in 1894. benry J. Taylor Henry J. Taylor was born at Blue Mounds, Wis., April 8, 1855. He received his common-school education at Black Earth, Wis., where he lived the life of a farmer's boy. At the age of seventeen he entered the University of Wisconsin, and graduated with first honors in 1878, receiving the degree of A.B. The following year he was an instructor in oratory in his Alma Mater, and later became an instructor in Latin and Greek. In 1879 he entered the law department of the university, and the following year was graduated with the degree of LL.B. From 1882 to 1885 he was county superintendent of schools of the western district of Dane county. In 1884 he completed a special course of study in Greek and received from his Alma Mater the degree of A.M. In 1885 he entered upon the practice of law in Sioux City, Ia., where he lived until the time of his death, which occurred July 21, 1902, in Auckland, N. Z., where he had gone with Mrs. Taylor in a fruitless search for health. His wife and four children survive him. Mr. Taylor became a life member of the National Educational Association at the Madison meeting in 1884. Edward Gender Ward Edward G. Ward, borough superintendent of schools of Brooklyn, N. Y., died in Brooklyn, September 13, 1901. He was born in Williamsburg, N. Y., in 1846. His early education was obtained in the public schools of New York city and Hoboken Later he attended the New York Normal School and the New Jersey State Normal School at Trenton. He began his career as a teacher at the age of seventeen as vice-principal of a grammar school in Hoboken, N. J. Later he became principal of a grammar school in Bergen, N. J., and afterward principal of Grammar School No. 2 in Jersey City. A few years later he was made instructor in mathematics and grammar in the Jersey City Normal School, where he remained until 1879, when he was appointed principal of Grammar School No. 19 in Brooklyn. He was the first of a line of educators who have become prominent in the school system of that city. Superintendent Ward was a writer of high reputation on educational subjects. In 1898, on the consolidation of the boroughs into the city of New York, Mr. Ward was elected borough superintendent, which position he held at the time of his death. He became an active member of the National Educational Association in 1899. William Clarke Whitford President William Clarke Whitford, D.D., was born in 1828 in Edmeston, N. Y. His early education was obtained in the Brookfield Academy at Brookfield, N. Y., and in the De Ruyter Institute. His later education was obtained in Union College and Union Theological Seminary. He was president of Milton College from 1867 until his death, on May 20, 1902. He was state superintendent of public instruction of Wisconsin for four years, and for nine years was a member of the board of regents of normal schools. For four years he was editor of the Wisconsin Journal of Education. President Whitford became a life member of the National Educational Association at the Madison meeting in 1884. John D. Verby John D. Yerby, late superintendent of public schools of Mobile, Ala., was born in Greensboro, Ala., in 1860. He received his primary education in a school taught by his father, and completed his course at the Southern University at Greensboro, Ala., receiving the degree of A.B. at eighteen years of age; later his Alma Mater conferred on him the degree of A.M. At nineteen years of age he became teacher in the Boys' Senior Grammar School of Barton Academy; later he became principal of the school, which position he held until he was elected superintendent of the public schools of Mobile in 1895. His death occurred August 10, 1900. His wife and one daughter survive him. Superintendent Yerby became an active member of the National Educational Association at the Denver meeting in 1895, and was treasurer of the Southern Educational Association at the time of his death. LIST OF LIFE, ACTIVE, AND CORRESPONDING MEMBERS ARRANGED BY STATES, CLASSES, AND YEARS OF CONTINUOUS MEMBERSHIP REVISED TO NOVEMBER 15, 1902 The marginal figures indicate the year of enrollment as active members by those whose names immediately follow. The indented figures indicate year of appointment to present educational position. The value of this list as an educational directory depends upon its accuracy and completeness; all members are invited to contribute to this end by furnishing corrections of errors, however slight, and by supplying omitted data. The institutions enrolled as members will be found grouped at the end of the list for each state; the arrangement is alphabetical in the order of enrollment. Extra copies of this list may be obtained by remitting twenty-five cents to the Secretary of the National Educational Association, Winona, Minn. CORRESPONDING MEMBERS ENGLAND 1898 MISS DOROTHEA BEALE, LL.D., '02, Univ. of Edinburgh, Associate of Queen's Coll., London. First Lady Mathematical Tutor, 1850-57; also Latin Tutor; Principal of the Cheltenham Ladies' College since 1858; Officier d'Académie of Paris, 1889; President of the Association of Head Mistresses, 1895; Tutor in Letters of the University of Durham, 1896; Author of various Reports, Essays, and Text-Books. Address: Ladies' College, Cheltenham. SIR JOSHUA FITCH, A.M., 52; Fellow, 75, of the Univ. of London; LL.D., St. Andrews' Univ. Formerly Principal of the Training College of the British and Foreign School Society: Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools and Chief Inspector of Training Colleges, 1863; Knighted for Public Services on his Retirement from Office, 1896; some time Examiner in Cambridge and London Universities and for the Civil Service: Author of Lectures on Teaching delivered before the University of Cambridge, 1880, and other Books and Essays. Address: 13 Leinster Sq., Bayswater, W., London. MICHAEL ERNEST SADLER, A.M., Trinity Coll. and Christ Church, Oxford; LL.D., (honorary) '02, Columbia Univ. Secretary of the Oxford University Extension Delegacy, 1885-95; Student and Steward of Christ Church, Oxford, 1890-95; Member of the Royal Commission on Secondary Education, 1893-95: Director of Special Inquiries and Reports to the Board of Education (England and Wales) since 1895. Address: Board of Education Library, Canon Row, Whitehall, London, S. W. HON. E. LYULPH STANLEY, A.B., '62, A.M., '63, Oxon. Member of the Royal Commission on Education, 1886-87; Member of the London School Board since 1876, and present Vice-Chairman of that body. Address: 18 Mansfield St., London, W. 1901 CLOUDESLEY S. HENRY BRERETON, A.B., '96, A.M., '90, St. John's Coll., Cambridge; B. ès L.. L. ès L., Univ. of Paris. Examiner in Modern Languages to the Joint Scholarship Board, 1899-1901; Examiner in French to the Cambridge University Local Syndicate, 1898-1901; Examiner in Modern Languages to the Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board, 1899-1901: Vice-President of the International Jury for Primary Education at the Paris Exposition, 1900; Appointed to inquire into the Teaching of Modern Languages in Ireland. 1901; Writer on Education in Fortnightly Review," "The Times," "Saturday Review," etc.; Author of various Reports; Addressed the National Educational Association of the United States at Detroit, Mich., 1901, on "The Educational Crisis in England." Address: Briningham House, Melton Constable. FABIAN WARE. Inspector of Secondary Schools for the Board of Education of London; Assistant SCOTLAND 1898 SIMON SOMERVILLE LAURIE, A.M., LL.D., Univ. of Edinburgh, F.R.S.E.: Hon. Fellow of the Educational Institute of Scotland, and of the Comenius Society, Germany. Professor of the Institutes and History of Education, Edinburgh University, since 1876; Visitor and Examiner to Dick Bequest (educational) Trust since 1856; Secretary to the Endowed Schools (Scotland) Commission, 1872; Secretary to Association for Promoting Secondary Education in Scotland, founded 1876; at one time President of Teachers' Guild of Great Britain and Ireland; Member of Edinburgh University Court; Author of various Philosophical and Educational Books and Articles. Address: 22 George Sq., Edinburgh. FRANCE 1898 FERDINAND BUISSON Professor of Education at the Sorbonne. Address: Paris. J. J. GABRIEL COMPAYRÉ, Ph.D., 1873. Professor of Philosophy, Lycées de Pau, 1865-de Poitiers, 1868-de Toulouse, 1871; Professor of Philosophy, Faculty of Letters of Toulouse, 1874; Professor of History of Education, Normal School of Fontenay aux Roses, 1880Normal School of St. Cloud, 1881; Member of Chambre des Députés. 1881-89; Rector of the Academy of Poitiers, 1890-95; Rector of the Academy and University of Lyons, 1895: Corresponding Member of the Institut de France, 1901; Rector at the University of Lyons. Address: Lyons, France. PIERRE ÉMILE LEVASSEUR, Doctor (ad Honoris), Univ. of Columbia and Univ. of Budapest; Litt. D., '56. Professor of Letters and Rhetoric, and of History, at several Lyceums, 1868; Professor at the College of France since 1868; Professor at the Institute of Arts and Trades, 1871-96; President of the Association for the Secondary Instruction of Young Girls at the Sorbonne since 1881; President of the Statistical Commission of Primary Instructors since 1876; Corresponding Member of the Academies of Prussia, Sweden, Hungary, and of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Address: 26, rue Monsieur-lePrince, Paris. 1901 CHARLES BAYET. Professor of History and Archæology of the Middle Ages at the University of Lyons, 1876; Rector of Academy of Lille, 1891; Director of Primary Education to the Minister of Public Instruction, 1896; Member of the Higher Council of Public Instruction, 1900; Author of various works on Archæology and History of the Middle Ages; of a volume on Byzantine Art; of various articles on Teaching. Address: 27, rue Gay-Lussac, Paris. LÉON BOURGEOIS. Formerly Minister of Public Instruction; Member of the Chamber of Deputies. ELIE RABIER. Fellow in Philosophy, 1866-69; Professor of Philosophy in the Lyceum of Montauban, 1869-72; of Cours, 1872; of Charlemagne at Paris, 1873-81; Master of the Department of Philosophy at the Superior Normal School, 1881; Director of Secondary Education in the Ministry of Public Instruction, 1889: Author of various Educational Treatises. Address: 24, rue de Fleurus, Paris. CAMILLE SEE. Counselor of State; Author of the Law of December 21, 1880, which created the Secondary Instruction of Young Women; Author of the Law of June 29, 1881, which created the Normal School; Member of the Committees and Jury at the Universal Expositions of 1878, 1889, and 1900. Address: 65. avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris. GERMANY 1898 FRIEDRICH PAULSEN, Ph.D., '71, Berlin. Professor of Philosophy and Pedagogics, University of Berlin, since 1877. 1898 LUIGI BODIO, LL.D. ITALY Counselor of State; Commissioner General of Emigration; President of the Superior 1901 ENGRAPH P. KOVALEVSKY. RUSSIA Member of the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Public Instruction and Officer of the Special Missions at the University of Moscow, 1890: Secretary of the Imperial Senate, and delegate to the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, 1893: Director of the Pedagogical Section of the National Exhibition at Nijni Novgorod, 1896; same at Stockholm, 1897; Director of the Pedagogical Commission at the Paris Exposition and member of the International Jury of Awards, 1900; Author of various papers on Educational Subjects. Address: Catherine Canal 14, St. Petersburg. 1901 BÉLA DE TORMAY. HUNGARY Graduate of Budapest College and Roya! University; Professor of Zoology in Agricultural School, 1865, Director, 1869; Director Budapest Veterinary Academy, 1875; Counselor in Royal Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture, 1886 to date; Author of various papers on Agricultural Topics; Corresponding Member of the Royal Academies of Hungary and Italy. Address: V. Nádor Utcza, Budapest. |