The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-24

groan and in few moments he was dead.
His family physician, DR.. Charles r.
Blake, and Rabbi Levy, warm personal
friend of Mr.. Kehnedy's for almost thirty
years, were with him at the time.
Mr.. Kennedy was elected principal of
the Normal School by the Board of Educa-
ton on July Is. For four years previous
to. that time he had been principal of the
Franklin Grammar School. He had just
succeeded in getting his training classes
organized, and most of yesterday he de-
voted to exemplifyipg the methods of teach
ing to his pupils. He probably overworked
himself, considering the unusual heat of
the day.
His daughter, Miss Josie, has been at
tending the Girls High School, and the
reading being given by Professor Riddle
was one of series for the benefit of the
library fund. Mr.. Kennedy was fond of
Shakespeare, and was easily induced under
the circumstances by his daughter to go
last night He complained of feeling
slightly unwell when the car reached Six
tenth street, but paid no attention to his
indispositien just then, supposing it would
pass away as similar spells had in the
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and last Thursday he was quite sick for
time. A brother of Mr. Kennedy died in
much the same way two years ago.
For thirty years Mr.. Kennedy had been
q teacher, and yet he had no schooling to
speak of until he was 81 years of age. Iii
nois was his native State, and when he
was II years old he came across the plains
with his parents, James and Helen Ken
nedy. The family-he was one of the
younger children-settled in Monterey
County. For some time he remained with
his father engaged in the dull routine of
ranch life. but at the age of IL years
he went to Marysville and tried his luck at
the mines. At 81 years he made up his
mind to obtain an education and went
through normal school course. He be-
came a teacher in San Jose, and twenty
street School there, he was elected County
Superintendent of Schools of Santa Clara
County.
1t was at the beginning of his term as
County Superintendent that he married
Miss Josephine Hinkelkein, daughter OF
Adam Hinkelbein, and from that time to
his death Mrs. Kennedy was always asso-
ciated with him in school work. Mr.. Ken
nedy was the apostle, it might be said, of
the system of technical or industrial train
ing in this City, and it was due to his
efforts in this direction that industrial ed
cation became the vogue here.
While he was principal of the Franklin
Grammar School Mrs. Kennedy was
teacher of sewing and cooking there. Six
children were born of this happy union,
one, daughter, Miss Julia, having just
taken her first school as teacher in Santa
Clara County.
After Mr.. Kennedy filled the position of
County superintendent at San Jose fer two
years he became SUCCESSFULLY grammar
school principal and principal of the high
school OF that city. Finally he was chosen
City superintendent of Schools there, and
remained in that capacity for some years.
He came to San Francisco about ten
years ago. For few months he was con-
nected first with the Hamilton Evening
School and later the Commercial school,
and he soon manifested his superior
ability as an educator. It was only six
months after his arrival here that he be.
came principal of the South San Francisco
School. That position he filled tor one
year and then he was Inspector of Public
Schools for two years.
The Cogswell Polytechnic College was
organized by Mr.. Kennedy. who planned
1t throughout and formulated its system
OF studies after trip East for that pur-
pose. He was principal of the institution
for four years.
Lately Mr.. Kennedy had made psy-
chology special study, and he was in
tending to spend next years vacation with
the noted psychologist Professor Sculp-
ture.
A host of friends in addition to his sor-