Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29

county. She has met with success since
her accession, keeping up admirably the
high standard to which its former able prin-
cipal had brought it. Miss Simpson is
bright and popular, and deserves all the
success she has had. For some years she
acted as Prot. Eaton's assistant
Had Two Fine Offers at Once.
The Sterrett School is situated in the
most aristocratic district in Pittsburg, on
Homewood avenue. Tho majority of its
pupils como from homes of wealth and
culture, and its principal, Miss Laura
Parker, is such woman as the citizens out
there would demand. She came from the
East, having received her education at 8
woman's college in the Cumberland Valley.
She was assistant principal of the Miners
vile School, and during the prolonged ILL
ness of its executive head, acted as princi-
pal. After she had been made principal of
the Sterrett School, vacancy occurring at
her old school, its directors asked her to ac-
cept the position of principal. 1t is prob
ably the only instance in this city where
woman has had two such desirable positions
at once open to her. She remained with the
Sterrett School, where she reigns over the
finest school building in Western Pennsyl-
vania Its windows summer and winter are
filled with flowers, and neither money nor
time is spared to make it. perfect school
home.
Miss Rose McCleary would, if she but let
her light shine before men instead of as she
has been doing for some time hiding it under
bushel, be widely known as one of the
ablest dramatic readers the city affords. In
consequence OF the increasing duties and re-
sponsibilities of her position she has almost
entirely given up her elocutionary workA
She was at one time one of the finest insti-
tute instructors in elocution in Pennsyl-
vania, and had more requests for her serv-
ices than time would permit her to accept
She is at the head of the Mt. Albion School,
one of the largest and most difficult to man.
age in the city. Of course her pupils excel
in reading.
An Advocate Of Physical Culture.
Mrs. M. B. Redman, is Principal of the
Humboldt School. She was born on the
Southside, and has lived the greater part of
her live in the ward where she now is. She
taught before her marriage. and after four
years absence returned to her school work.
She has been in charge of the school eight
years, succeeding Prof George T. Wilson.
She is slight, rather fragile-looking little
lady, and one wonders how she manages to
keep the big bad boys in order. Somehow
she succeeds to perfection, and has school
that is model of good behavior. Physical
culture is given special attention, as she
believes that children to be good must be
healthy.
In charge of the Soho School is Miss NJ.
G. Louden, who has rapidly come to the
front as an earnest, progressive teacher.
For a term of years she was assistant prin-
cipal of the school, then was placed at its
head.
Miss Mamie Mackerell was elected prin-
cipal of the Moorhead School, Granville
street. last September, and citizens of the
ward as we'll as the School Board are de-
lighted with the way she is running the big
school on the Hill.
Mrs. K. M. Hani, who succeeded Father
McTighe at the Monongahela School, while
her school is . small one, has made so much
of success of it that it will be but ques-
tion of time until she fills a more respon-
sible position. She is bright, energetic and
popular.
Miss E. NJ. Young, of the Highland
School; Miss Ella McCutcheon, OF the
Knox; Miss Mary McMullen, of the Miners
vile, and Miss Virginia Hunter complete
the list of Pittsburg's women public school
principals 1t is long list, longer than
will be found even in larger Eastern cities
whose Inhabitants turn up their cultured
noses at Pittsburg as being ''slow and con-
If figures speak for themselves,
Pittsburg is the school teachers paradise.