Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-09
EDUCATOR DIES
At CROWN CITY
MISS HELEN PEABODY PASSES
AWAY
caursing Continues at Areadia-Auto-
graphs in City Library-Esper-
ANA Prosperous-Pasa-
dena BreVities
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street.


PASADENA, Oct. S.-Miss Helen
Peabody, founder and for thirty years
the honored president Of the famous
Western College for Women at OK
ford, o., died at her home in this city
at 4:30 this afternoon. She was 70
years old and has been gradually grow
ing more feeble for some time so that
the end was not unexpected.
Miss Peabody has been one Of the
best known women in the country be-
cause of her prominence in educational
circles and in later life her activity in
the cause of foreign missions. She was
a native of New Hampshire and a
graduate of Mt. Holyoke's great sem
mary for women. Forty-siX years ago
she made her home I'm oxford, O., and
their laid the solid foundation of what
is known as the Western College for
Women, patterned after Mt. Holyoke
and built 1t up in prosperity and popu-
larity. About sixteen years ago she
resigned her great work into other
hands and went to Japan in the interest
of the Presbyterian board of missions.
There she remained one year, when she
returned and located in Pasadena at
PIP South Euclid avenue, where she
has since lived. But her heart has
still been in foreign missions and her
counsel has ever been of value in the
work of the church. She was a member
OF the First Presbyterian church, Pasa-
dena.
She leaves no immediate family. but
has a niece in Whittier, a niece in
Chicago, Miss Susie Peabody, and
nephew in Boston, Henry p. Peabody
of the Santa Fe railroad. The niece in
Chicago has been telegraphed and ar
rangements as to the funeral will not
be made until word has been received
from her
CoursIng Continues
There was the usual crowd of sports
at the Arcadia coursing park today,
but no Interruptions occurred. Con-
stable Austin was among the speCta-
tors but if he had anything up his
sleeve he did not disclose it. Those
who managed the coursing today did
not think that the slumber into which
the Pasadena and Los Angeles So
ceties seem to have fallen is very
sound and they look for an awakening.
They are not alarmed at the prospect,
though, and will continue their amuse-
ment with the dogs and rabbits until
something really happens.
Pasadena Brevities
Postmaster Wood announces that the
postoffice business during the month of
September shows an increase of eleven
per cent over the same month of last
year.
The junior class in the high school
will he Differed by the following dur
ing the present year: President, Miss
Reiner: vice president, Frank RUSSELL
secretary. Mildred Jones: treasurer,
Willard Boynton. The class will adopt
a constitution later.
The question for the debate between
Throop and the Long Beach high
school to be held in this city in the
near future has been submitted to the
Throop debaters. II reads as follows:
Resolved. that life insurance conf
panies should be under government
control" The local team will take the
negative side of the question.
President Neff of the Tournament
Of Roses association suggests that
Pasadena citizens begin to arrange
ahead for the needed supply of flowers
for the New Years day fete. He says
that everything indicates that the COM
ing floral parade will be the finest and
biggest ever held here.