The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-05-03
NEWSUPE ERIN TENDENT
School Board Selects Successor
to Prof. H. H. Savage.
EARNEST FELLOWS CHOSEN.
After Careful lnvestigationthe Head of
The Clarion Schools is Called to
Denison. Was Elected Friday.

Earnest W. Fellows of Clarion, Iowa
will have charge Of the public schools Of
Denison after next September.
The selection of successor for so good
a man as H. H. Savage was difficult
task for our school board and they ap
preached it with deliberation and caution.
Out of the many applications.a few were
sifted as being particularly fitted for the
Denison schools. The number was further
reduced at subsequent meetings and finally
a committee consisting of Mr.. N. L.
Hunt and Mr.. ]. B. Romans was appoint
ed to visit the hsme towns of the appli-
cacts and ascertain everything possible
concerning them Three Iowa cities
were visited one of them being Clarion.
The committee was very favorably inn
pressed with the comments made on MIR.
Fellows work by the people of Clarion
and as result of their favorable report
he was elected at meeting of the school
board held on Friday evening.
1t will be hard for any man to fill Mr..
Savage's place and it is the duty of all
good citizens to give the new superintend-
ent cordial welcome and to lend him
every possible assistance in making his
work success The REVIEW has theory
that it is always best to stand by the con-
sttuted authorities until it is absolutely
proven that they are wrong. and as in this
case there is every reason to believe that
the action of the board was the best pos
sible. we can gladly accord the new sup
erintendent our hearty support and en-
couragement So far as we have been
able to learn the only resident of Denison
having prior acquaintance @ith Mr..
Fellows. is Rev. G. E. Morphy pastor of
the First Baptist church of this city. Rev.
Morphy speaks very highly of Mr.. Fellows
bo.h as a citizen and as a successful
teacher. Speaking Of him Mr.. Morphy
said, He has always been highly es-
teemed both as a man and as teacher.
With the young people he has been
a great favorite, ma1ifssting more than
usual interest in their work and pleasures
Prof. Fellows has always taken great
interest in athletics and being quite an
athlete himself will undoubtedly do much
for the Denison high school in that line
as we'll as others
Earnest W. Fellows was born at Vinton
Iowa, April goth, 1874 the telegram an
nouncing his selection as head of the Den
ison schools coming to him on his thirty
first birthday. He graduated from the
Vinton high school in 1889 and from Til
ford academy the year following He
took the classical course at Iowa College in
Grinnell and graduated from that institu-
ton in 1894, His first. t.experience as teach
er was gained in the schools of New Sharon
where he taught one-haf year, filling the
place of the superintendent who was sick.
The following year he was elected
priacipal of the high school of Grinnell a
position which he held for three years, re-
signing to accept the superintendency of
the schools of Clarion. He has conducted
the courses in Economics. Civics and
Algebra in the institutes of Wright county
since going to Clarion He was married
in Jnne 1903. Mr.. Hunt who was one of
the committee appointed TO investigate
the candidates, tells US that they could
find no flaw in Prof Fellows record and
that they are highly pleased at the out
come of the election. We certainly hope
that Mr.. Fellows will be able to maintain
the high standard of our schools and
prove worthy successor to Prof Savage,
whose departure is SO deeply regretted.