, 1874-05-23

thoso scholastic halls, and many brilliant ntel-
nayo .,9r received ar raa ar tSre ,oxos tn
Whtorloo In. Tloro. at tho age OF ID, Mics
Cleveland engaged to teach, n,,ass,stod, auhool
Of soventy pupils. The school had been roa11gn 1a
n"ns ns y soG sxn s sIonts taas"r o
cided to avail thonHelvos Of hor superior abilities
and settled themselves to studona labors Tho
following year Miss Ofevolana wna married., nmu
temporarily abandoned toaching for home-d'1-
Of deyotlng her llfo to tho cauao OF etluoatlon
which bccamo a tlxod purpose Of lcr1ifonb early
as whom but = yenrB OF ago. and to Hucceeu IN
which ahe toiled with suoh remarkable industry
and diligence.
In 1868 Mrs. Carpenter passed. an unexcop-
| tfonable examination heforo tho Board OF Edu.
| cation of Rockford. mud assumed tho duties OF
teachor Of tho South Rockford School. where
suecos sne a00rS %er for a v0 sssas WI" II sa
ing citizens, laAt September she founded II t,
| tho Young Ladies' Collegiate Institute Of Rock
ford Of which institution shc remains Principal,
With Mrs. 5; v. Holtnos ~ Pteeeptress s,-mrn;;
| anoiont languages Mrs. Z. X. Bingham, draw
| Ing and painting; Miss A1lco Kerr, music;
Prof. =: y. Arnold. penmanshl2 and oookkeep-
languagoa., Her ENTERPRISE yns lnao1aoa and
encouraged. and ls pAtronized by Afeal,cthon
| Htar, Eaq, Proaidcnt OF tho Winnabago Natiunal
Bank, Rockford; tho Hon. G.. Woodruff. Mnyor
Of Rockford tho Hon. 4. Fowler, ex,Mayor
Principals of the Rockford Public Schools tho
| Hon. Anson Miller, LII tho Rov. MesBrs. Siade
and Tuttle; DR.. Korr; .. NJ. Roed. A. n. the
Hon. Rlolarl Bishop, Illinois; tho Hon. Oresten
cngo; s. D. Cobb, Esq, Chicago; aud, mnny
othora, nliIlo woi1-1i,lown and distinguished III
| private and public life.
Tho Office stle holds WAS unsolicited. She bud
two gentlemen. competitors s,-h1ossrs Stiles and
| E&n1fa .tn,ts toH a
sono minority. Already hns her influence as
thorough student mud live oducetionalist been
felt. The late session Of tue County Teachers'
Institute nt Winnobago, under her supervision,
beneficial assemblies Of tic kind oyor hold in
Illinois. At tho Bosason Of two wooka eho pre-
eideis with decidod executive ability, Introducing
new and useful features. sho won tho praise OF
all present.
Personally, Mrs. Carpetteris ia not ut NIL con-
spieuous for striking appearance. About foot
| 4iucles III height sle han a pleasing carringe.
rounded figure, blonde complexion, hair dark
and eyes gray. She possesses rather serious
and euargod tait s1e Is tie 'Y iovng mother ei
twin daughters, inst sweet 10, the endeared wife
of a noble husband. anil tho admired star OF
galaxy Of literati, but fow OF which Inns our
grand stato. Under her administration, tho i'm
In Winnebngo, for she mhoso most conspicuous
and dual worth iB, "Concentration or mind in
study. aud pnnctualtyin all so',ool-room rela-
liops, lean but nfuao those Same traits into the
lives OF nor constituencies, and they, III turn,
into those WHO assemble from day to day 70 be
taught by them. Tile fnture viii not be without
good reports from this talented, learned, and
highly-accomrliahod lady, tllo cultured Principal
| of tho Rockford Tosan1e Collegiate Institute,
and Winnebago's now foremost oducator., :,
Leaving her there, no will 20 west to the
banks Of tho Mi4Bssppi, and. amid tho 1nxn'
rant, magnificent, fertile lands Of Mercer Coun-
ty, calf uIlon ita nov Superintendent,
MISS AMANDA 4. FRAZIER,
deserving, in ali respects, tho honor bestowed by
placing ler ut tho head Of echools.
and wero among those tried, sturdy, and sterling
people who settled Oh tho caBtorn shore OF " My
Maryland in ita earliest Colonial days. There
ssvoral generations, Of hor forefathors lived
hold conspicuous p'acos wore honorea as ,I!s. s.
tory tells us, and wcro buried. In 17o4 Mist
Frazier's grandparents, with six Children left
Maryland for tho Western regions Of those
days, in search Of d place tor q nov
homo. Indian troubles In ths thon Ierfl RI;
their progress on arriving at Morgantown, II
Wost Virginia, for they did not care to rBk theil
cllildreu's lives by penetrating into tho Tids Of
Ohio, among tho hordos OF nntamed lndiaut
town, whoro was born Mr. John. Frszior, fAthe,
| Of tho subject Of my sketch. In 1909 colon,
Of twelve families, English and Scotch. loft tht
vicinity Of hlorgantown, travelled TO- pitei!ec
oeeted sn ana hsra
mother me- was born, aud there afterwards she wat
married. Miss Frazier il tho Youngest OF Bey
Gu children. She was born in a Hubbard
Trunabull County, O.. Feb 10, lS4a, =, al,t an
parents aold their estate in Ohio, and moved d.
rcotly into Mercer County in Township Il North
vest Of tho 4th principal meridian. Such war
tho name Of tho settling place then, tor town q
oiss " tlo hsssspp ppi' ao Hfef ss s Of
who was born in tho State, Miss Frazier haI
been within it's bounds the longest period Of am
| Of tho eloyen, having come when but years OLD
sottlors then, ass thousands Know VINO reaa ti'l
sketch OF one Of our noblost daughters, Bettlct
slong tho borlers Of prairica In groups. The
Trunlbull County settlement was scattered ono
) and without tho accompanlmants OF clyiliaa
ton, rs church and sohool-honse: bu
aoon q diu1inutiyo echool-buildng, 16 by 18, wnt
reared. In this our heroine lcnrned the 1epths
of primer and gpollor. Az Miss Frazier told me
"Keading, writing arithmetic, spelling, aud oc'
casionaily geography, were tho qualifications Q
tue teachers OF sunimer-schoolB in those days.
. To these grammar was added for winter-toaclera
| Six months was the Hchool-year, too; 10 thR
tlia lady had not, like Mrs. CARPENTER, alet
West, Mrs Mcintosh, and othors. tho manifold
superiority Of the advantages OF ala, saaolsr at
tho toilsome yet fruitful pathway OF knowledge
Anxious to obtain the bost educational advan
tagos for their children that Illinois M offered MI
! Frazier rented lis property IN 1853, aud moye'
! gress, being pronounced "brilliant," allnos
/ from Tue outaot, IN her new field. Tho your luz
/ she passed in Bchool at Worthwhile, Mich. u
1860 wo' 0nd her in Monmouth College, remain
| iug one your. Thence, TINT aho night obtai
tho greater advantages necessary to become a
educator and fulfill hor dearest ambition, sli
entered tho steto Normal University, wher
: sho continued until her fathers death. i