The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-04
Catherine Esther Beecher.

Catherine Esther Beecher, not the least
remarkable Of remarkable family, was
born at East Hampton, Long Island,
September 6, 1900 She was the daugh-
ter Of the Rev. Lyman Beecher, and the
eldest of thirteen children. When the
family removed 10 Litchfeld, Conn, in
1910, Catherine vas placed AZ the best
school there 10 he found. She descr1bes
hersclf at that time a. having great &C
tivity Of body and mind, great cheerful
ness of spirits, a strong love Of the ludi-
crous, and an Imagination tccming with
poetry and romance; but she had no taate
for study, or for anything demRding
close attention When she Ta4 abdNt the
age Of twenty years great grief over
Swallowed her life. She wac betrOthed
to Professor Fisher 0. Yale College, who
persisted by shipUrecS while On a voyage
to England. Ger whole religious faith
vas unsettled ny the announcement Of
Professor Fishers death, and she found
no relief in her distress, from the ordi-
gary cJnso. ations % religion. She de-
terniued then to give her whole life 10
benefit other persons. and Ia 1922 opened
a school f,r young ladies at Hartford,
Conn, which soon numbered from 100 TO
$50 pupils, from every State in the Union.
Concentrating the DEFICIENCIES Of exist
ing text books, she prepared f9r Eae IN
her own school AZ Arithmetic. q z1rk o.
Theology and Third upon M=rtl. aud
Moral Philosophy. TIE .ast las never
Eee1 Published, thc1gh It has been priat-
ed 4a1 used a. text book II one u the
colleges f1r yo11g men. Nis4 Bsecher
remained a. Hartford cEtIl tie 4rt1oCs
GEtis. o. Ter rchc0. in paired her health
al c3u pe.-=,i her . give Up the work
Il 1892, Ehen Ter father rem 17e'i . Gin
cin1ati- she Accom- panied hin. All fo-
c~1 years .Uperinteaded an i-.-itl-io1
t0c female edQcatiOn. which .he escab-
i.1ed in that city. Mrs. Stove Nl4 o1e
Of her assistants. This school -1o. 4he
va obliged to abandon on ACCOUNT 4
i'll health.
Miss Beecher had peculiar ideas about
education, and TO the pr5pa-l-I5u Of
these IDEAS she devoted herself d5r chi--J
years. organizing societies for --ai1i1Z
teachers, establishing plans for aaoolF-
ing the Territories with good e,iIcacsrs-
writing. pleading AID travelling WIKI yer
sisteut energy Anu ea-uesc1ess- Her &C.
iect, Is scatsd by herself Vas '-.3 -li-s
American women il an eElr1 % or1vl:+
Christian education TOR lGCG 900 ca
dren Il cur country. we we're .es-r.-e
OF schools. Her field Of lt5cr TL4 .4-
ceciaIly IN the West All >og-l- >te
irse sought 70 secure the innes:-l-. ssr-
vices Of great body CT eilcIseG women
Her second purpose vls = =szi1Esr
pruml1ens Institutions rs.-u.I-i 1rg11,-
lZec 1rCu ne college PiI1. tlr Ia =s.Ica-
-lOu OF female teachers. Il lssCClaCon
Wis organized AZ IIcAsCnT---s. l.. vlIcn
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Succeeded. I1G we're alunu ,eneicl-.
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Seecher t1ult me a 1rsna-. zev=ra-
works .0r lie press. AMI % arrei ? .un-
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