Shawnee County Schools
Who's Who in Topeka Public Schools, 1905
Barkley, Mary W. - Graduate of
Univ. of Kan., A. B., '94; teacher, Minneapolis (Kan.) High School, 1894-95;
teacher of rhetoric and composition, Topeka High School, since Sept., 1895.
Res.: 621 Harrison.
Bishop, Maude Mary. - Graduate of
Washburn Coll., A. B., '96; teacher, district school, 1892-93; instructor, mathematics. Weeping Water (Neb.) Acad.,
1896-97; teacher, Topeka Public Schools
since Jan., 1898; now teacher, algebra
and Latin, Topeka High School. Res.:
1600 College Ave.
Boughton, Bessie. - Graduate of Baker Univ., A. B., '94; teacher, Topeka
Public Schools, 1892-93, 1895-96; teacher, Topeka High School, since 1896;
teacher, English literature. Res.: 1108
Topeka Ave.
Bunker, Mary. - Graduate, High School, Marion, Ohio; teacher, country schools, 1878-81, '83; private drawing classes, 1884-93, Marion, Urbana,
etc., Ohio; private and Y. W. C. A.
classes, 1895-99, Topeka; now supervisor of drawing, Topeka Public Schools.
Res.: 813 W. 6th.
Clinkscale, C. F. - Attended Knox
Coll.. but did not graduate; principal.
Hamilton, Mo.; teacher, Topeka Public
Schools, since June, 1887; principal, Buchanan School. Res.: 1312 Tyler.
Coppedge, R. W.- Educated. Univ.
of Kan., A. B., '99, A. M., 1900; instructor, Univ. of Kan., 1899-1900; Ottawa High School, 1900-01; Lawrence
High School, 1901-02; now teacher,
chemistry, botany, and physics, Topeka
High School. Res.: 309 W. 5th.
Cowdrick, E. L. - Graduated, Univ.
of Kan., Bachelor of Didactics, '84;
supt.. Harper, 1884-86; supt., Yates
Center, 1886-88; principal. Clay Center,
1889-92; supt., Wamego, 1892-97; supt.,
Russell, 1898-1900; principal, ward
school, Lawrence, 1900-04; now teacher,
Latin, and history, Topeka High School.
Res.: 1333 Garfield Ave.
Dana, Fenella H.- Graduate of Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vt.. '8y; was
teacher in country schools; has been
teacher, Topeka Public Schools, since
1893; principal, Jackson School. Res.:
913 Tyler.
Embleton, Lucretia. - Graduate,
Washburn Coll., A. B., '97; teacher, Topeka Public Schools, 1897-99; Washburn Acad., 1900-01; Potwin School,
1901-02; teacher, Latin, Topeka High
School. Res.: 929 Morris Ave.
Ewing, Laura L.- Graduate of Baker Univ., A. B., and A. M.; was instructor, Greek, Baker; was instructor
in the Academy of Northwestern Univ.,
Evanston, Ill.; teacher, Greek and Latin,
Topeka High School, since Dec, 1892.
Res.: 315 W. nth.
Goddard, Caroline. - Graduate, Kan.
State Normal, '75; teacher, Indian
School, Pawhuska, Ind. Ty., 4 years;
Emporia, 7 years; Topeka, last 14 years;
principal, Garfield School. Res.: 420 W.
loth.
Graham, Effie. - Graduate of Ohio
Univ., B. S.; post graduate work, Univ.
of Calif.; teacher, Wichita High School,
1889-92; teacher, mathematics, Topeka
High School, since Nov., 1892. Res.:
430 Tyler.
Graham, Lola A. - Graduate of Kan.
State Normal; principal, Fort Scott,
Kan., 1889-90; principal, 8 room bldg.,
Wichita, 1890-96; teacher 8th grade,
Whittier, CaHf., 1897-98, and 1900-01;
principal, Lowman Hill School. Res.:
430 Tyler.
Greider, W. H. - Graduate of Kan.
State Normal, and Univ. of Kan., A. B.,
A. M.; principal, Lyndon, Kan., 1893-95; principal, White Cloud, 1895-97;
principal, Eldorado, 1898; supt., Marysville, 1899-1903; principal, Marysville
High School, 1903; teacher, German,
and physics, Topeka High School. Res.:
1246 West St.
Guy, Elizabeth H., Mrs.- Graduate
of Eaton (Ohio) High School, '70;
teacher, Eaton, Ohio, 1870-76; O. S. and
S. O. Home, Xenia, Ohio, 1876-78; Gallipolis, Ohio, 1878-80; principal, Van
Buren School, Topeka. Res.: 723 Lane.
Hargreaves, Richard T. - Graduate
of Univ. of Kan., A. B., 1902; teacher,
Latin, and economics, Topeka High
School; mem. of Phi Beta Kappa. Res.:
1615 Harrison.
Harrison, J. L. - Graduate, Marietta
Coll., B. Ph., '87; began teaching in Topeka Public Schools, Sept. 22, 1887, has taught here continuously ever since;
principal, Washington School. Res.:
516 Taylor.
Hazelrigg, Mildred. - Graduate of
Kan. State Normal, '96; teacher,
Soldiers' Orphans' Home, 1897-98;
Stockton (Kan.) High School, 1899-1900; Topeka Public Schools, 1900-04;
now supervisor of music, Topeka Public
Schools. Res.: 151 5 W. 6th.
Jones, Humphrey W. - Graduate of
Kan. State Agrl. Coll., B. S., and Kan.
State Normal; principal, Americus, Kan.,
1889-91; teacher, mathematics, Texas
Normal Coll., 1891-93; principal, Alma,
Kan., 1893-98; supervisor music, Topeka,
1899-1904; principal, Branner School,
since April, 1904, Res.: 1251 Lincoln.
Langston, Mary E. - Teacher, Lane
School, 1893-99; principal, Douglas
School, since 1900. Res.: 1317 Van
Buren.
McBride, J. H.- Graduate of Kan.
State Normal, '86; principal, Chase, and
Blue Rapids; co. supt., Rice; principal,
Branner School, Topeka, June, 1891-1904; now director of manual training,
Topeka Public Schools. Res.: 1115 Garfield Ave.
McClintock, O. P. M.- Graduate of
Kan. State Normal, '88; teacher, district
schools, to 1892; principal, Jackson
School, Topeka, 1892-97; principal, Clay
School, since 1897. Res.: 1259 Clay.
Magaw, William G. - Graduate of
Washburn Coll., A. B., '97; received
from Univ. of Kan., A.M., '99; principal,
High School, Osage City, Kan., 1898-99, 1899-1900; teacher, Topeka High
School, since Sept., 1900; teacher of
geometry. Res.: 1614 W. 15th.
Mays, George H. - Graduate of Kan.
State Normal; taught in district schools;
principal of Sumner School. Res.: 712
Buchanan.
Monteith, Anne R. - Graduate of
Kan. State Normal, '98; grade work,
Topeka; principal of a ward school;
teacher, algebra, Topeka High School,
since 1901. Res.: 700 Fillmore.
Moore, Edith. - Graduate of Kan.
State Normal, '95; teacher, Topeka ward
schools, 1 893- 1 90 1; teacher, Topeka High
School, since 1901; teacher of English.
Res.: 706 Tyler.
Moore, Madge E. - Graduate of Middletown (Ohio) High School, '79;
teacher, Garnett, Kan., 1881-85; principal, Longfellow School, Garnett, 1885-88; teacher, Topeka Public Schools,
1889-1901; principal, Euclid School,
since 1901. Res.: 344 Chester Ave.
Nagle, Eliza. - Graduate of Wisconsin State Univ., B. S., '74; principal of
a high school. Wis., 1874-84; principal,
graded schools, Clay Center, Kan., 1884-92; principal, Potwin School, since 1892.
Res.: 417 Woodlawn Ave.
Nash, Lou. - Graduate of Univ. of
Kan., A. B., '97; teacher, Quincy
School, Topeka, 1897-1900; teacher,
history, Topeka High School, since
1900. Res.: 120 W. 23d St.
Patterson, Alice B. - Graduate of
Monmouth (Ill.) Coll., B. S., '86; teacher, Latin and English, in an academy,
Aledo, Ill., 1887-88; teacher, Topeka
Public Schools, 1888-95; teacher, Topeka
High School, since 1895; teacher, Latin.
Res.: 1 261 Buchanan,
Roudebush, E. H.- Attended Alliance Coll., Ohio, 3 years, and Kokomo,
Ind., 1 year; was in B. A. Hinsdale's
Normal classes, 2 years; principal, Minerva Schools, Ohio, 1875-76; Cicero,
Ind., 1877-78; Arcadia, 1878-80; has
been a principal of various ward schools,
Topeka, since 1882; now principal,
Lafayette School. Res.: 140 Hill St.
Roundtree, Fred. - Graduate of Topeka High School, '87; teacher in Topeka Public Schools, since 1887; councilman of Topeka, 1895- 1901; principal,
Monroe School. Res.: 1317 Van Buren.
Schley, Eva. - Teacher, Neodesha,
Kan., 1890; Pittsburg, 1890-96; teacher,
Topeka Public Schools, 1896 to about
1901; teacher of botany, and elementary
science, Topeka High School. Res.:
ion Huntoon.
Stanley, E. F.- Graduate of Kan.
State Univ., Bachelor of Didactics, '82;
principal, Quincy School, Lawrence,
1889-99; principal. Central School, Lawrence, 1899-1903; principal, Quincy
School, Topeka, since June, 1903. Res.:
103 1 Garfield St.
Stephens, George A. - Graduate of
Baker Univ., A. B., '99; principal, high
school, Humboldt, Kan., 1900; principal,
high school, Attica, Kan., 1900-01; principal, high school, Manhattan, Kan.,
1902-04; teacher, English, Topeka High
School. Res.: 1212 W. 6th.
Stout, A. J. - Graduate of Kan. State
Normal, class of '93 and '94; teacher,
science, Emporia High School, 1894-99;
teacher, physics, Topeka High School,
since 1899; vice principal, Topeka High
School. Res.: 812 Jackson.
Tharp, Elizabeth.- Graduate of Seymour (Iowa) High School, and Western
Normal Coll., Iowa; principal, Clyde
(Kan.) High School, 1890-93; teacher,
Fort Smith, Ark., 1893-96; principal,
Axtell (Kan.) High School, 1896-97;
principal in Topeka, since 1897; principal, Polk School. Res.: 804 Topeka
Avenue.
Troutman, Viola A. - Graduate of
Topeka High School, June, '81; teacher
in the grades, 1884-90; principal in the
ward schools, 1890-92; teacher, history,
Topeka High School, since 1892. Res.:
1325 N. Quincy.
Wade, R. H. - Graduate of Topeka
High School, '88; has been teaching in
Topeka Public Schools, since Oct.,
1888; principal, Madison School. Res.:
1100 Spruce St.
Watkins, Solomon G. - Graduate of
Oberlin Coll., A. B,, '78; principal, colored high school, Evansville, Ind., 1878-
82; teacher, Topeka Public Schools,
since Sept., 1882; principal, Lane School.
Res.: 435 Polk.
Wright, W. H.- Attended, Carthage
Coll., Ill., 2 1/2 years; teacher, Topeka
Public Schools, since Sept., 1895; supt.
of public instruction, Shawnee Co., 2
terms; principal, Lincoln School. Res.:
1320 Polk.
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