The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-22

w. w. Grant principal of the Provi- |
dence, II. l.. Normal Training school, !
has been selected by the high and
training school committee 60 succeed
DR.. Phillips as principal of the high
school. The selection was made at
a special meeting of the committee
IN Suu"l .rtendent Howelrs office last
evening and will be presented for the
school boards ratification at next
Mondays nights meeting He is the
unanimous choice of of the committee
and is endorsed by the superintendent
The committee had expected to fill
the position with a college professor
of Council Bluffs, Ia, but when the
resignation of DR.. Phillips brought an
application from Prof Grant, the ne
gotiations with the Iowa man were
dropped and attention directed tow
ards the New Englander.
An examination of his recommends
| tions and an investigation of his work,
| followed by a personal interview had
last Saturday, satisfied the committee
that in Prof. Grant it had found just
| the man wanted. There were thirty
| applications for the position.
HIS EXPERIENCE.
| Prof. Grant was for eleven years
| principal of the high school of Indian
| apolis. Ind, and won for it a rating
| of third in point of excellence in he
whole United States. Four years ago
he resigned to accept the principalship
| of the high and manual training school
of Providence, r. l., at $500 increase
| of salary He is to receive 81, 900 here
| for his first years work. with the un-
derstanding that If he proves himself
deserving of more that he is to lie
| given an increase
Among those from whom he has re-
Ceived high recommendations are Will
liam T. Harris. of Washington. ma
tional commissioner of education: Su-
perintendent Tarbell, superintendent
of the Providence. Il. l., schools; and
City Superintendent Jones, of Toledo.
A. +. Fletcher, vice-president of the
Dickson Manufacturing company, VINO
was a classmate Of Prof Grant at
Harvard, also gives him a warn en-
dorsement He says that Prof. Grant
was a leader of the class and at grad
uation won all the mathematical and
some of the language prizes.
Chairman Jayne of the high and
training school committee, said last
| evening that ne CONSIDERED the COM
mittec very fortunate in securing Pro-
fessor Grant and especially so in Wow
of the fact that the opening of the
school year is so close at hand. Pro-
fessOr Grant, Mr.. JAYNE says, was not
known either to the superintendent or
any member Of the committee except
by reputation until he came here Slst
Saturday at the committees request
Is A LARGE MAN.
Prof Grant is fairly well developed
physically as well as mentally, meas
urinC six feet. four inches in height
and weighing go pounds. He is middle
aged and married and has two daugh-
ters engaged in teaching, one a pro-
fessOr of classics in the Providence
high school and the other holding a
similar position in the Mt. Hope high
school
The resignation Of Miss Sykes from
the prinCipalship of the training sChOO
was formally accepted, but the matter
Of choosing her successor was laid over
to a future meeting. There are foul
applications for the position end one
Of them is very faVOrably looked upor
by the committee. The applicant has
been invited to come before the com
mittee for a personal interview.