The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13
Miss Caroline L. Bryant Insists
That Board of Education
Accept Resignation.
FORTY YEARS IN TIE SERVICE.
Charless Patrons Associations
Urged That Determination Be
Reconsidered, but Miss
Bryant Wants Vacation.

Alter forty years service in the St. Lou
Public Schools. more than thirty EIGHT o
which were as principal of the Charles
School in South ST. Louis, Miss Caroline
L. Bryant OF No. 5o3e Locust street, has
decided to leave the school. which under
her direction has become one Of the fore
| most in the city.
Several weeks ago she rendered her
resignation to Superintendent Sedan. He
pleaded with her to remain in the school
which she had made successful. Miss
Bryant, however insisted that her reslg.
nation be accepted.
| At the last meeting of the Board of
| Education her resignation. which was
| recommended by Superintendent Sedan
| was approved President Woodward and
| other members OF the board spoke of the
excellent service that had been rendered
| by Miss Bryant, and only because of her
| earnest request was her resignation ac-
| cepted.
| When II became known to the teachers
| of the Charles School that their principal
ton and presented it to Superintendent
Sedan. asking him to urge Miss Bryant
to withdraw her resignation. Mr.. Sedan
told them that he had urged Miss Bryant
to 10 so, but she earnestly requested him
to accept it.
URGE RECONSIDERATION
Members of the Charless School Patrons
Association, many OF whom received their
early education under the guidance OF
Miss Bryant. and whose children have at
tended. and are attending the Charicss
School. went to Miss Bryant and urgently
asked her to remain.
Miss Bryant is the oldest woman teacher
in the st. Louis Public Schools She thinks
that after her long service she is en-
titled to vacation.
She is still in the best of health and
thinks that she should stop teaching be
the C,larless School when 1t closes for the
holidays and will go to California to live.
Miss Bryant came to St. Louis on
visit TO some friends in 1863. Her home
thought of teaching school I'm ST. Louis.
The friends with whom she was visiting
urged l1er to stay in St. Louis and teach
school and Miss Bryant consented. enter
ing the St. Louis Normal School.
She was an experienced teacher when
she came to st: Louis. For about three
years she taught at the LAFAYETTE and
W. j. S: Bryant: now principal of the
Central High School, was one Of her
pupils. Several other well-known st.
Louisans were in that class.
After teaching for several years at these
two schools. Miss Bryant was selected as
Tire principal of the Charless School. which
at r that time CONSISTED ha 81 four icons
during her first year as principal were:
Margaret Stobie. Mary A. Nook and I.
NJ Stewart. At the end of the year. there
were 1870 pupils enrolled. almost twice as
many as when Miss Bryant first came to
the school.
ADDITION NECESSARY.
The following year, on account OF tho
crowded condition Of the school. IT was
necessary TO build an addition. Four more
rooms were added. Since that time the
school has been constantly growing. until
now there are twenty-five rooms and
twenty-six. teachers.
A new school building. one Of the finest
ago. Besides this. there IS the kinder
garten. which is in the building formerly
used as the main school building.
During her term as principal OF the
school, Miss Bryant has taught many
children who afterwards sent their chill
dren to the same school. Some say that
grandchildren of those taught by Miss
Bryant. said she did not know whether
that was true or not, but that the grand
children of former janitor had attended
the school.
Alfred Proetz, now in the High School.
went there from her school, as did his
the Charless School under Miss Bryant
and her four sons have since been under
the direction Of their mothers teacher.
Many of the teachers who are now at
the Charles School have been there for
more than twenty years as assistants to
I Mss sIyan mt b Thsy a ter speak OF
Edmund r. Brown. principal Of the
Shepard School. will be Miss Bryants |
successor. |