Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-09
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Brief History of The Veteran
Teachers who were IN Attend
ance at Centralia.

has teaching experience of SO
months. She will teach in Column
bia. Salary, $50. Miss Julia
reads the Normal Herald.
Miss Ella Rockford, of Columbia,
will teach at Hickory Grove. Miss
Ella is live Institute worker and
reads the Teachers Institute. Salary,
$40; length of term, months
Miss Ida Cunningham, of Col
umbia, was educated at Stephens
College and has teaching expert
ence of q months. Miss Ida will
teach at the Smith district for 7
months at $40.
c. w. Smith, of Centralia, was
educated in the common schools
and has teaching experience of
D. months. Mr.. Smith owns an
unabridged dictionary and an en-
cyclopedia, takes ". S. j. and will
attend the NJ. 5. u.
B. F. Lewellen, of Sturgeon was
educated at the State University :;
has taught 70 months and is engag-
ed for the coming term at Whites
school, Boone county, at a salary
of $40.
S. T. Davis, of Laddonia, was
educated in the schools of Audrain
county, and has taught 12O months.
He is engaged at Martinsburg.
Miss Sallie Flood will teach in
the Columbia school this year.
Educated at Stephens College !;
experience of 60 months. She will
teach i'll Boone county.
Miss Julia Cunningham, of Col
umbia, teaches at Peringer's Sta
ton, SIX months term at S45.
Miss Matte Paxton, of Middle
town, educated in Montgomery
City school, is engaged for the
next term of s months in Centralia;
has taught so months.
Miss Dora Iiams, of Columbia,
educated at Christian College !;
taught 25 months; teaches next at
"Brown's,'' 4 months, at $50.
Miss Laura Haden, Columbia,
was educated III the common
schools and at Kirksville. She
has had 3 months experience;
teaches next year at Judy district,
six months, at S45.
Miss Lizzie Bedford, Centralia,
educated at NJ. S. u; has taught
36 months teaches next term at
"Pine" school, Audrain county, 5
months.
Miss Mamie Sampson, Roche
port, educated at home. Miss
Sampson has taught 134 months.
Miss Nettie Summers, Centralia,
experience of 95 months. Miss
Nettie teaches in Columbia at $50.
Miss Maggie Wallace, of Paris,
was educated in the common
schools and has a teaching expert
ence of 40 months. Miss Wallace
will teach in Audrain.
Miss Willie A. Campbell, of
White Store, educated at Fayette;
has so months of experience; teach
es modths at Walnut Grove, at
$40.
Miss Nett!e Murphy, of Oakdale,
Col, is one of the young teachers,
but has had 10 months experience.
J. M. Rouse, the live assistant
Of the Centralia school, has taught
80 months; was educated in the
common schools; believes in In
stitute work, school papers and, of
course, reads the Missouri School
Journal.
J. Kelly Pool, the principal of
the Centralia school, was educated
in our common schools and at
Kirksville. In eight years he has
taught seventy-eight months, and
being aware of the value of good
papers. reads our best school
Journals.
G. A. Radford, of Centralia, goes
to Higginsville this year to assist
in an eight months school at $50
per month; educated in Centralia
and Kirksville. He has learned
the value of the Journal.
! Prof. w. T. Darlington, Spring
field, Mo-, was educated at West
minister College, Fulton, Mo-, and
Kin. lie Normal School, gradual
ing class ,16. Mr.. Darlington has
taught eighty-two months; pushing
himself into the front ranks of the
profession. His first school was
taught in a little log school house
in Galloway county, after a few
years Mr.. Darlington had charge
of private high school at Oak
land, Cape Girardeau county,
from which he was called to the
chief clerkship in the office of
State Superintendent. Mr.. G. serv-
ed as clerk for six years, resumlng
his chosen work at Springfield,
where he is now located at prin-
cipal of the high school. Mr..
Darlington is a careful, painstaking
instructor, as well as vigorous
disciplinarian. He is an excellent
Institute conductor, as is evidenced
by the high appreciation of his
work by the teachers of Boone
county.
| Miss Amanda NJ. Prather, of
Columbia, was educated at Steph-