TIIE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MOANING, JDLT 22, 1890.
Finishing touches are all that are re
quired to make complete the ar
rangements for the opening of
Scranton's new High school. The
building is virtually completed,
the furnishing la under way, the
faculty has been selected, and the
course of the studies mapped out. Noth
ing remulns now but such details as can
be easily 'attended to in the interval be
tween now and the opening time in Sep
tember. Scranton will nut only have a new
High school building, but a new High
School. The opening of the building in
itself, standing as it does ready for
comparison with any high school build
ing In the state, would be of sumcient
Importance to mark an epoch In the
educational history of the city, but the
building, is a secondary consideration.
The new-Bchool will be the greatest boon
that has- ever come to the youth of the
city. It will bring a free college to our
very doors. It Is true It is not a college
and does not essuy to furnish the thor
ough education that a college can. but
It is in so many ways akin to a college
that It is dillicult to draw the distinc
tion. To suy that a student will receive the
fundamental principles of a college
education will probably Indicate the
true capacity of the new school tritely
and truely. It will take the student up
to thut point In college curriculum
where he must begin to do his own
thinking. When that point is reached
perseverance and natural capacity have
more to do with education than the col
li ge course. In other words, when a
student has completed the course at the
Scranton High school be is in a position
to take up study on his own account or
to enter an advanced class, sophomore
or possibly Junior In the ordinary col
lege. This Is Just the kind of institution this
city requires and when It becomes thor
oughly understood It Will be greatly ap
preciated and controllers and officers of
the board who made this institution pos
sible will have a grateful constituency.
Today we present to our reuders
sketches and portraits of the new fac
ulty, together with a description of the
buildlng.showiug Its muterlal, construc
tion and arrangement. A list of puphs
who will be the first to enter the new
school Is also appended. The faculty
with position and salaries are:
J. t. Lunge, principal and instructor
in mathematics, salary $2,000.
F. K. Looinls, vlce-priuclpul and pro
fessor of Latin and tireek, salary. Sl.suo.
A. H. Welles, professor of chemistry
and botany, salary $l,50ii.
S. S. Frledwald, professor of modern
languages, salary $1,300.
.Miss Leah Heath, professor of litera
ture and elocution, salary $l.'jt.
Miss Mattle H. Gregg, professor of
English and mathematics, salary $1,000.
John I'. Wugner, assistant In history
and German, salary $1.20u.
A. L. McC'loskey, assistant In mathe
matics, salary $1,im.
Miss Eliza J. Chase, registrar, salary
$!HI0.
Miss Kathryn A. Haggerty, Instructor
in business department, salury $$00.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING.
Aim in Constructing Has lleen to
Make It Fire Proof.
The principal dimensions of the
building ure as follows: Frontage on
Vine street, 205 feet; wings 40x94; au
ditorium, protected on three sides by
the main building nnd wings HOxloO;
boiler house 40x48. It is virtually four
stories high, counting the basement on
the ground Hour as the first story.
Bonds to the amount of $15.000 were
Issued to pay for the erection of the
building, and as the committee has
found It necessary to top off many dec
orations and other things that could be
dispensed with it is safe to say that
the structure when completed and fur
nished will cost all of that amount and
possibly a little more.
In outward appearance the building
Is unlike any of the other larger struc
tures of the city. The light brown tint
of the woodwork on the many windows
is a novelty to the eye of a Scrantonlan
who is accustomed to see the orange
tinted West Mountain stone contrasted
only with grey or some other color that
has a tendency to deaden its general
effect. The delicate stone ornamenta
tion of the entrances is also a revelation
to this locality. Another novelty will
be two ornamental flag staffs set on
beautiful bases of atone and lion, set on
either side of the main entrance and
about ten feet from the building,
THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
The main entrance Is on Vine street.
It contains a central double door and
two single side doors, all of heavy oak
et on massive double-acting hinges. A
flight of ten steps leads to the main
landing, which Is walnscoated to the
height of ten feet with carved-oak.
From this lauding the auditorium Is en
tered through three doors, the exercise
rooms on either side of the ground floor
nre reached by u descent of ten steps,
the first floor is reached by ascending
ten steps to the right or left and two
narrow stairways leading back again
to the front of the building reach a
gallery which connects the reception
room and the principal's room on the
left and two retiring rooms for the
faculty on the right, both of these
suites of rooms being on the level of
the first floor. As will be noticed by
the above the main landing Is midway
between the ground floor and the first
floor.
The exercise rooms occupy the entire
ground floor of the two wings, the girls
having the .Washington avenue side
and the boys, the opposite side. In the
exercise rooms will be lockers for
coats, hats luncheons and the like. The
toilet room's fitted and furnished In
marble are under the main building
and are reached from the exercise
looms.
THE AUDITORIUM.
The auditorium is one story In height,
hut a square opening In the center of
the celling, surmounted by a cathedral
glass sky-light. 15 feet above, gives
the room a lofty appearance. From
the walnscoatlng to the celling are plas
tered columns with ornamental caps
which serve to relieve the othenwlse ex
treme plainness of the room. Notwith
standing its dimensions KOxlOO there
nre no pillars in the auditorium save
those set In the walls. The stage Is
22x50 with a dressing room 25x20 on each
side. The seats will be arranged on an
incline and It Is estimated that the ca
pacity will be 1,000.
On the first floor besides the four pri
vate room's already mentioned there
are six class rooms, three In each wing,
the wings in this case being understood
to extend through to Vine street. All
class rooms, throughout the building
are of about the same size 28x35, finish
ed in oak, lighted In the best possible
manner, and fitted with five foot slate
black boards.
The second and third floors are
reached by a wide stairway at either
end of the building, where the wings
intersect the main building.
On the second floor are the study hall,
library and five class rooms, connected
by a corridor sixteen feet wide and ex
tended from one wing to the other along
the Inside of the main building. The
study hull takes up the whole of the
east wing being 40x94. It is lighted by
thirteen double windows from the two
ends, outer side and half of the Inner
side. The library is 28x40 and has a
large brick fire place and mantel. The
library is not walnscoated, it being In
tended to build fancy book cases along
the sides and ends, when the commit
tee can see its way clear to do so. For
the present plain shelves will have to
sutlice.
NINE CLASS ROOMS.
The third and top floor has nine class
rooms, in the southeast corner is a
chemical laboratory, with asphalted
floor, Back of It is the chemical ap
paratus room and to the rear of that
again Is the chemical lecture room. On
the southwest corner Is the physical
laboratory, to the rear the physical ap
paratus room and at the extreme end
of the room the physical lecture room.
The three rooms In the muin building
on this floor will be for the higher stu
dents In classics.
The boiler room at the northeast cor
ner of the school plot and Joining the
auditorium will be converted Into a
storage room, now thut the steam
heating compuny will furnish the heat
and power.
The heating and ventilating of the
building Is pronounced perfect by all
experts who have examined the sys
tem. The air enters a chimney loxio
and 20 feet high set at the Inner side
of the east wing. It yusscs through
nests of heating colls, in case the
weather is cold, and then driven by a
fifteen foot fan Into a tunnel leading
under the main building. Opening off
this tunnel ur doors communicating
with ducts which extend to all parts of
the building. The uir, hot or natural
can. ul will, be sent to nny or all rooms
according to how the trap doors are
manipulated. The air after passing
through the building Is sucked up
through the tunnel by a ten-foot fan
driven by an eight-horse power engine,
located In the attic. Steuiu radiators
automatically regulated by thermostats
uugmeut the Indirect system.
MATERIAL ANI CONSTRUCTION.
it Is built of Wet Mountain stone
with limestone trimmings. The tunnels
in ul dormer's as well as the gullies and
leaders are all of coper. The roof Is of
Spanish tiles. There r.vlll be a stone
railing about the building and a
wrought Iron grill and lantern and or
naiiieiitul Hug pole at the main en
trance. All walls and partitions are of brick
and all extei lor walls are lined with li 1
low brick with the plaster applied di
rectly to them. All htums are of steel
and tilled in with hollow fireproof blocks
which cover the lower parts of beams.
The ceilings are plastered on these
blocks, tin top of the blocks and be
tween the beams the floors are filled in
with cinder concrete, ami wcod.-n sleep
ers are imbeded In this. The "Wooden
floors are double a rough floor Is nulled
to sleepers and over this the finished
floors are put. The roof trusses a;e or
steel and are filled in at the top with
porous terra-cotta clocks, to which the
roof tiles are nailed. In the auditorium
which will seat about l.OuO, the trusses
span from wall to wall so there will be
no posts to obstruct the vluw.
All the exterior walls are be!ow giadg
and the basement floor Is asphalted so
that here will lie no dampness in the
building. The staircases are of Iron
with slate treads, and platforms and
the halls are finished with mosaic
floors. The finished floors of nil rooms
are of maple, which will not splinter
with use.. The floor of the auditorium
is arranged so that the rows of seats
will be In curves with each one higher
than the one In front.
WOODWORK OF OAK.
The woodwork throughout will be of
oak. AH rooms and halls will be wuln
scotted. The blackboards will be of
real slate.
The system of ventilation Is as per
fect as science can niuke It. The fresh
air Is taken In at the level of the au
ditorium roof, heated or cooled and
forced through the steam fans through
large Hues to the various rooms. In
the roof space below the tunnel there is
another fan drawing the foul air
through the flues from all the rooms
and blowing it out through the turret
on the roof. The temperature of the
air Is controlled by automatic electrical
devices. The heating and Ventilation of
the building ,was planned by F. P.
Smith.
The building Is lighted by both gas
and electricity. The wires for electric
lighting are nil run through Iron con
ducts. These conducts are all put In
first and the wires Inserted afterwards.
This makes all wires accessible at all
times. An electric clock rings bells in
all rooms as a signal for the beginning
and end of sessions. A system of tele
phones has been provided so that any
room can be communicated with any
other through principals room as the
'exchange. This system takes place of
the usual bells and speaking tubes.
WELL LIGHTED HALLS.
At each end of the hall on each floor
a Blop sink Is provided for for conven
ience In cleaning building, and in each
of these closets there Is a dust chute
leading to the basement so that' the
sweeping etc., may be thrown down to
a closed closet in the basement and re
moved at intervals.
An architectural feature of the build
ing la the wide and well lighted halls.
Nothing In the lighting or other interior
arrangements has been sacrificed for
the sake of obtaining outside effects,
but wltluil there is scarcely anything
to be desired In the exterior architectu
ral beauty.
THE COURSE OF STUDY.
Way la Which the Four Year Course
Is Divided.
The 'branches to be taught have not
been definitely decided upon, but an out
line, as given above, will indicate the
Idea tue board and superintendent have
In mind In shaping the curriculum.
. There will be four courses and each
course will require four years. . The
pupil Is given a choice of the course he
or she may wish to take up, but after
that there Is nothing elective except In
THE
CLASSICAL. LATIN SCIENTIFIC. ENGLISH. BUSINESS.
EllKllsn English English English
FKESHMAN. Latin Latin Physical Geography Physical Geography
yA.R. Algebra Algebra Algebra Algebra
Ancient history Ancient history Constitution Constitution
Engliuh English English English
SOPHOMORE 1atln Latin Physiology . Physiology
Year Geometry" Geometry 'Geometry Business Arithmetic
Greek German or French Drawing Penmanship
Fnril)i English English
JUNIOR r'tin I atln SollJ "eometry and Book-keeping and
i r"m rnll Surveying Business Forms
YEAR. n PhlJl " Rook-keeping Stenography
Physics or German 1 hyslcs Physics German
English English English Stenography and
bEMOR Latin Latin Astronomy : . Typewriting
YEAH Greek German or French Chemistry Book-keeping und Com
German Eotuny Botany inercial Law
Gorman
the Instances Indicated in the table, such
as the choice between German and
French, which is the rule followed In
nearly all colleges.
FIRST FRESHMAN CLASS.
Pupils Who Hill Shu re iu This Dis
tinction Next September.
No. 1 Marlon Mitsser, James Cooper,
Frank Cooper, Roe Stout. Mary Rey
nolds, Ros Gross, Rose Gallen, Flos
sie Flunk, Josie Corbett. Grace Lutts,
Katie Haggerty, Blrtle Sheffield, Mich
ael Coleman, William Pearson. Jesse
Snovtr, Kiuina Schlmpff. William
Schehlmak.
No. M Robert Bradley, Olive Burall,
Gertrude ltarruwtnati, Harriet Coons,
May Davis, Grace Daniels, Helen Fow
ler, Christine Fellows, lit sale Fruunfel
ter, l.uiira Green, Grace Hlnmau. Ruth
Jones. Edward Morse, Katie O'Neill,
Haydn Oliver, Bertha Powell, Lyman
Payne, Norwood Pitcher, Ethel Peck,
Gertrude Hammond, Lester Morsdt
Hlunche Kellow. Tallle Davis. Willlait
Stetler, John W illiams, Carrie P.ilel,
Lena Glu.'iiler, Maurice Quluii. John
Hulliiger. Jumes McAndrtiw, Frances
Stratlh, Katie Trainor.
No. 25 William Edgar, Aithur Edga",
Alexander Hill, Vein Taylor, Harry
Wide man. Grace Hell, Susie Duwsoii,
Anna Henry, Ogwen Jones, Esther
Mackey, Susie Watklns, Carl Zelgler,
Rossmau Vail, Victor Thayer.
No. 27 James Hogan. Dwight Staf
ford, Maud Capwell, Harry Mallery,
Ralph Snowdeii, Arthur Teal, Charles
Pyle.
No. tiX Itruce Fordham. Minnie
White, Albert Kellow. Patrick Jordan.
Lyrell Grewer, Nellie Van Gorder, Lon
Wade, Nellie Cobb, Mary Gr-eley.
No. :W-Mabel Slont. Anna Rubs, Way
land Gates, Charles Huendlgis, Bernard
Kelly.UeorgeW. Rockwell, Aloert Mos
es, Ray Rice, David Landau, C. R. Os
land. Robert Mutthtws, .Anna Clurk
Rudolph Frothlnghum.
No.:!,'! Chales Haas, John Ncwltig,
Eddie Sturdevnnt, Wulter Stevens,
Lawrence Wat res. Arthur Sohentz,
Helen Clarke, Inez Corbln.Orpha Corey,
Cuirle Stone, Frieda Kann.
No.3 Corn Gseheldle. Mamie Hef
ner, Agnes Lynott, Flora Levy, Nicla
Ncalon, Carrie Roos, Margaret Warner,
Willie Kllcullen, Albeit Leuthner,
Farnham Mears William J. Schuler.
SUPERINTENDENT GEORGE HOWELL.
Superintendent George Howell was
born on the West Side In 1859. He
worked In the breaker and mines during
his boyhood attending;, the 'public
schools and studying at hrme, until 1871
when he went to Pennington seminary
for three years. Following this he spent
PP.OF. GEORGE HOWELL.
City Superintendent of Schools
two years In the Newton, (N. J.) Col
legiate Institute and two years in the
Latln-scientitic course at Lafayette col
lege. He then spent two years teaching
in county schools in New Jersey, after
which he made the four years course at
Illinois Normal University, graduating
In 1882. He taught five years In the
township high schools of Illinois nnd
also did reportorial work for a year and
a half on the Chicago News and Times.
He then came home, entered the law
otllce of Judge Edwards and was ad
mitted to the bar In 1S92. Upon his re
turn to this city he was elected assist
ant In mathematics In the high school
and after serving seven years In this
position was chosen city superintend
ent of schools to succeed George V.
Phillips, who resigned 111 the fall of 1895.
He was re-elected May 5 last.
Resides being a teacher Professor
Howell has won no small amount of dis
tinction as a lecturer. Some of the sub
jects he has made a special study of
are "The Jews," "Richelieu." "Colum
bus", "Webster". "The Moon", "Heart
Culture", and "Thlitss We Believe,
Which Are Not True." He wrote the
historical biography of the University
of Illinois, a book of over 400 pages and
also a number of smaller educational
works. He read the proofs of the re
vised edition of Brooks' geometry 'Bid
Hewitt's Pedagogy.
During his collegiate course In New
Jersey he captured four first prizes and
In Illinois won the state collegiate de
bate, the state orator and the Inter
cnlleclate oratorical prize, receiving In
the last contest the highest average
ever given by the Judges 99 7-10.
Prof. Howell Is a big. brainy man of
progressive Ideas, possessing rare ex
ecutive ability and In every .way suited
to direct the Important affairs of the
Scran ton school district.
FA sv m'iv
FOUR COURSES OF STUDY.
SKETCHES OF THE FACULTY.
High School's Principal.
Prof. Jacob C. Lunge, who will con
tinue In the position of pilucipal of the
High school which he has held for over
nine years, needs scarcely any intro
duction to Scruntoiilans. He has spent,
it might be said, his whole life In Scran
ton's pulic schools. He was born iu the
.1. C. LAXOE,
Principal an J Professor of Mathcmatl s.
Eleventh ward in ISiM and silica 1807 h
resided at 42!l Lackawanna avenue. He
received his early education iu a Ger
man private school and the public
schools, graduating from the High
school in ISM, when Prof. Lorenzo G.
Labar was principal.
Through tlu Inllueiice i.f his piof-.ssor
he went to We.'leyn I'nlveis'ty. M.ddle
town. Conn., where he took the Cull
classical cotise, graduating In the class
of 'H'j with many honors. In September
of that year he was made as-iistint at
the High school to Principal G.'oige W.
Phillips and two years Inter, when Mr.
Phillips was made superintendent of
schools, he succeeded to the principal
ship of the High school. He has taught
every grade In the High school course,
but during the last two years has con
fined himself to the teaching of Latin,
Greek and German.
Prof Lange is a master of the classics
and an able mathunatkan. He also
possesses executive ability that fits
him for the responsible position he will
assume In September.
Prof. F. M. Loom is.
Prof. F.M. Loom is. assistant principal
and professor of Latin nnd Greek, was
up to commencement time principal of
Keystone ucademy, Factoryvllle, cele
brated us a most thorough prepiiratoiy
school. He Is a graduate of Colgate
University, Hamilton, N. Y and has
nlso studied at Stratsburg and Munich.
In his entrance examination at Colgate
In 1881, he received the prize of a schol
arship for the best showing and at his
graduation In 1SS5, was talututorlun
and winner of the prize In mathematics,
besides several oilier honors.
During the last three years of his
college course he taught mathematics,
Latin and Greek and after graduation
taught mathematics and Latin In the
South Jersey Institute, iirldgeton. Then
he accepted the princtpal.-h!p of Ken
wood academy, Kenwood. N. Y., where
during four years he prepared student
for Cornell, Yale, Harvard, Welleslcy,
Colgate and other leading colleges. Two
of his students at Kenwi.od received the
Cornell state scholarship and alto the
University scholarship by competitive
entiance examination. During their
college course these boys each captured
chsIi prizes amounting to $1,200. An
other boy whom he prepared took fiist
place In Cornell Freshuiun class num
bering 425.
Prof. Loomls spent the years 1SII1 tind
1892 in study and travel abrcad. On his
F. M. LOOM IS,
Assistant Principal and Professor of
Classics.
return he became principal of Keystone
academy, where he has since remained
conducting the business affairs of the
academy and teaching Latin.
The Board of Control feel a deep grat
ification at securing BUch an Instructor
for the High school corps and the peo
ple of Scranton will no doubt share In
this gratification, when It becomes bet
ter acquainted with Prof. Loomls' abil
ity. Prof. Albert II. Welles.
Albert Hunt Welles. M. 3.. who will
have charge of the chemistry classes,
Is one of the faculty of Lafayette col
lege. He was born In Wilkes-Barre,
September 12, 1864, being a descendant
of the famous theologian and scientist
Rev. Thomas P. Hunt, whom the older
Scranlonians will remember. His col
lection of scientific books which des
cended to Prof. Welles formed the nu
cleus of what Is now a very large and
valuable library. Prof. Welles gradu
ated as valedictorian of his class at La
fayette In 1889, after four years in the
regular chemical course, under the
guidance of Prof. Ec'uvard Hart, one
of the leading chemists of the country.
From that time till 1802, when he was
made an Instruct v in chemistry at his
Alma Mater, he gathered valuable ex
perience lu practical chemical work,
being employed in such labratories as
that of Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit,
and the new Marl Tartar company, of
Broklyn. He received his second de
gree as master of sciences from his col
lege during his term of teaching. He
was associate editor of the Journal of
Anulyical and Applied Chemistry until
sy Iff
A. H. WELLES,
Professor of Chemistry and Botany.
It was combined with the Journal of the
American Chemical society, which Is
the oltlcial organ of the National Chem
ical society. He is now secretary of the
Lehigh Valley section of the American
Chemical society.
Prof. S. S. I'rieuwnld.
S. S. Frledwald, professor of modern
languages, was born July 16, 1SC3, In a
small town of Eustern Prusila. In or
der to give to the children more than a
public school education, his purcnts
ft"
S. 8. miEDWALD,
Trofessor of French and German.
moved to Bres'au, the capital of the
province of Silesia. Here he visited the
Gymiiafclum, Intending to study mathe
matics, for which he had special In
clination unit ability. Foitunately fr
his later profession, he pa'd particular
uttntion to languages, studying not
only Latin. Greek and French, but alio
Old and Middle, High German and He
brew. Before entering the University
he took In 1SSB a trip to the United
States, to see the country and some of
his relatives. .
After staying for six months, he likvl
the country so well that be decided to
make it bis home. After doing differ
ent things for the first t,.vo years, he
commenced to give during the evenings,
private lessons and soon discovered
thut teaching, especially of modern lan
guages, was the profession for which ha
was best fitted.
Prof. Friedwald has been connected
with the Berlitz school in Toronto, und
whs afterwards director of the Roches
ter School of Languages. In his
lessons und book be Is an advocate of a
method which he described as a com
bination of the natural or conversation
al and the classical method, und one by
which he has obtained unusual success.
During the twelve months that he
has been In this city he has employeJ
his time in teaching German and
French, privately and In the John Ray
mond Institute. Prof. Frledwald Is a
noted chess player, being the acknowl
edged champion of this region nnd
bringing with him here the champion
ship of lower New York state. He Is a
patient and persevering teacher and
has been most successful wherever his
services have been secured.
Mint Leah Heath.
Miss Leah Heath who will direct the
departments of literature and elocution.
Is a resident of the West Side and Is
best known hereabouts as a lecturer on
art and literature und a teacher of elo
cution. She Is a most thorough schol
ar and has hud a wide and varied edu
cational experience. She received her
early education at the public schools,
St. Cecilia's' academy, Merrill's pri
i
vate school. Miss Mcintosh's select
school and the High school, where she
graduated in 1SS0. She afterwards at
tended the Moravian seminary at Beth
leham, graduated from the National
School of Elocution and Oratory, Phil
adelphia, and the Boston School of Ex
pression, and then spent two years
studying under Dr. Sergeant at Har
vard. She has also been an almost con
stant attendant at the summer schools
at Saratoga, Martha's Vine) aid, Chau
tauqua and other places. -
She has taught in the public schools
of this city, gave Instructions in elocu
tion and expression in the College of
Music, Cincinnati und taught literature
and elocution in the Rugby academy
nnd Young Ladies' Seminary, Coving
ton. Ky. In the High school at Fall
River, Mass., she held a somewhat sim
ilar position to the one she will occupy
in the Scranton High school.
Miss Heath is one of those personages
whose mere association with an ob
serving student imparts to him an edu
cation. She Is a constant student and
Is always abreast of the times In her
special departments of learning. Her
father, the venerable Dr. Heath, Is
one of the leading scholars of the city,
and to him the daughter owes both by
heredity und training much in her schol
arly attainment.
Miss illnttie II. t.rcgg.
Miss Mattle H. Gregg, who will teach
English and mathematics In the High
MISS MATT IE II. GREGO.
Professor of English and Muthemuttcs.
school, although at the close of the
school year a resident of Peru, Neb.,
where she held the position of assistant
principal of the Peru State Normal
school, is a Pennsylvaulan by birth, 'in
Carmichal, Green county, her early life
was spent and she was educated In the
school at Washington, that county.
Having finished the course of study at
thut Institution, she went to Peoria,
111., where she taught for some time.
A desire for higher education and to
lit herself mor thoroughly for leaching
led her to resign her position at Peoria
and enter the Nebraska University,
from which Institution she was after
wards graduated. A position was ten
dered her as principal of the High
school at Tecumseh, Neb., which she
accepted and she remained at the heal
of that Inrtitutlon of learning until
elected principal of the Peru Normal
school during the last school year.
Miss Gregg possesses a pleasing per
sonality and has been a most successful
teacher. She has a natural talent for
mathematics and in that department of
teaching has had brilliant results.
Professor John I'. Wagner.
John Urban Wagner, professor .of
history and assistant instructor in Ger
man was born on the South Side, Feb
ruary 26, lSlii. He lived In this city
until 1S75. when his parents moved to
Elmtra, N. Y where he remained
three and one-half years, attending
public school and working after school
hours us newsboy and printers devil on
his father's paper The Chemung County
Journal. At twelve he left school and
the following year lived In Penn Yan,
N. Y., working by day and attending
business college evenings. At thir
teen removed to Wilkes-Barre and con
tinued to leurn the printers trade in the
Volksfreund office, a paper then pub
lished by Ex-United States Marshall
Barring. When fourteen he returned to
Scranton, his father having bought the
Wochenblatt, a German weekly found
ed by him In 1SC6.
Mr. Wagner worked at his trade till
his fifteenth year and then entered the
employ of Fellows & Norrman, Insur
ance agents, with whom he worked four
years. During all this time he spent
several days weekly doing newspaper
work und In the evening attending
Gardner's business college from which
Institution he graduated In 1S.N2.
At this time Mr. Wagner became a
member of the famous Vesper Literary
association and he ascribes all of his
subsequent accomplishments to the
stimulus of this debating society. Many
of the members (were entering college
and he became ambitious to follow. At
about twenty-one he began to prepare.
He was now offered the city editorship
at the Republican but longed for higher
education. Having attended the High
JOHN U. WAGNER,
Professor of History, and Assistant In
struclor lu German.
School, School of Lackawanna and Key
stone Academy at various times, he en
tered Wesleyun University. In the
spring of 18S8 his futher grew alarming
ly 111 and in June Mr. Wagner came
home and for eleven mouths had edi
torial charge or the paper.
In January, ISOO, John H. Thomas ap
pointed him deputy clerk of the courts,
but his desire for more education saw
him. In September, 1890 at Bucknell
University, where he was a special stu
dent. By dint of untiring work, car
ried on all through his vucatluns, he
'
graduated with honor in 1S92, thus fln
ishlng his college course In three years.
While at Bucknell Mr. Wagner was edl
tor-ln-chief of the Bucknell Mirror.
In 1892 he became principal of No. 10
school, Scranton, but on account of HI
health resigned January 1. 1894. He was
employed by the Colliery Engineer Co.
till June. 1S95, and from June to Sep.
tember was again In the printing otflce.
In September, 1895, he was appointed
principal of Dickson borough grammar
school and in November, 1S95, he was
elected to till the vacancy caused by
Prof. Howells election to the superln
tendancy.
It will be seen that nearly all of Mr,
Wagner's life has been shaped by edu
cational Influences, principally those
of the great educator of the common
people the newspaper.
Professor A. L. McC'loskey.
The assistant In mathematics, Piof.
A. L. McCloskey is a native of "Lock
Haven, but fur a number of year's has
been a resident of this city, being con
nected with Williams' Business College.
He began teaching seventeen years ago
and has followed this calling ever since
except for the time he spent adding to
his store of knowledge as a student. He
graduated from the Centrul State Nor
mal school In 1883 and afterwards front
the Willlamsport Commercial College.
He was principal of various schools In
and about Willlamsport for Ave years,
and for two years had charge of the de
partments of general history, history of
elocution, United States history and
was assistant In mathematics at the
Central State Normal school.
He also did newspaper work for sev
eral years and finally associated him
self with Wood's College in this city.
He Is a man of universal brilliancy and
a most excellent teacher. In addition
to teaching mathematics he will assist ,
In the business department of the high
school.
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Miss Eliza J. Chase.
Of Miss Eliza J. Chase there Is llttla
to say and little need be said. When It
is told that she began teaching In this
city when she was fourteen years ot
age and that nearly a quarter of a cen
tury of her life has been spent lit
Scranton's high school the story as tap
as It pertains to this article Is told.'
Many of our must prominent citizens
have been her pupils and as every on
ELIZA J. CHASE, REGISTRAR.
who has attended the high school dur
ing her time knows her worth It would
be superfluous to dwell upon It here.
Miss Chase's duties will be somewhat
varied, assisting In several depart
ments and doing the work of registrar.
Her experience In high school work and
her versatility admirably befit her for
these duties.
Miss Kathryn A. Ilitggerty.
Miss Kathryn A. Haggerty, principal
of the business department, Is, educa
tionally speaking, a product of our local
schools. She was born on the West.
Side and In the public schools there re
' celved her first introduction intthf
MIS3 KATHRYN A. HAGGERTY.
Professor In the Business Department.
realms of knowledge. She afterwards
attended the Lackawanna township
schools, her parents having moved to
that place. She also attended St. John's
parochial school, Plttston, and
St. Cecelia's Academy, this city. Eight
years ago she entered Wood's Business
College, graduated in the book-keeping
department and then spent a year and
a half keeping a set of books. She luter
returned to the college, took the full)
business course and proving an adept
at short bund nnd displaying the na
tural and acquired talent, she was en
gaged as an Instructor in the college Im
mediately upon her graduation.
She taught In all the main depart
ments of the college for four years, ant!1
two years ago was placed at the headj
of the shorthand department, which
position she retained until the present'
one was tendered her. Ft,v, If any wo
men possess n better theoretical and
practical knowledge of business forma
and commercial law and as a teacher of
stenography and its attendant studhs
she Is acknowledged to be without a su
perior In the cltv.
She has a rellned llterury taste, which
despite the arduous duties along busi
ness lines, she has found time to liber
ally exercise and as a consequence 1st
all the better fitted to occupy her new
and more exalting position.
Heartless Wretch.
"Whnt mukes you so tinhuppy, Mati
"I proposed to Harry Dunne, and he
fusel me!"
id?"
re-
"Did he give nny reason?"
"Yes; he said It wasn't sudden enough,1
Detroit Free Press.