New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
New Head of N. Y. U. Has
Enviable Record as a
SkiIful Edu-
Gator.

r,o,,.s,.v woman and n student Of no
- .,,ainments DR.. Brown has no fade,
-. thev be his home. his friends and
hong walks in the open.
At the outbreak OF the civil WARM
1851 70 he exact-Elmer Ellsworth Brown.
ne mod after the first Union of1cer Killed
,o the war. so the story runs. was born at
Kiantone. Chautauqua county N Z.
THOUGH he fs a son OF New YORK, ILLINOIS, -
,,s foetcr mother, for three years later his
family moved there. And there, TOO, were
snent his boyhood and his youth. lie WAS
NOT sent TO school until eight years ofG,
being taught at home. When only t"e'Ve
lars old he had passed the county exam
Ina t,ons for a teachers certificate. the
members OF the county board were dunl-
founded. They blinked few times rubbed
their chins and stood pat. a lad az t"eVe
sinnlv could not teach! so young Eiiner
went back TO school. A few years later no
served as principal OF the Astoria hlsh
school and when twenty years old he was
graduated from the State Normal univer-
sity at Normal, H.
He was Immediately appointed superp-
tendent Of the South Side schools at BelVI-
dere. where he manifested his genius Tor
organization by forming the Northern M
rois Teachers Association. TO this cay
II is still an active BODY Az twenty-thfee
wears Of age he laid aside the ROD and
ferule" temporarily to engage In the tram
ing Of men as state secretary or the Young
Mems Christian Association or ILLINOIS, ana
assistant to his brother /. Il. Brown ono
or tho banner men Of the association Again
old his propensity for organization crop
out for 10 him is accredited the system OK
corresponding membership since adopted by
the association in many states.
The event OF graduation from the Uni
versity OF Michigan was soon Followed oy
n still happier one-his marriage 10 MISS
Fanny Eddy daughter or DR.. Zachary
Eddy. a noted Michigan clergyman. They
went Immediately 10 Germany for post
graduate work at the University Of Halle.
There he worked like Trojan. wrote his
thesis in German. obtained his degree and
said farewell 10 his professors In the sum-
mer Of 1890
In America once more, he was appointed
principal OF the Jackson High School,
Michigan He had not completed tho
twelve months, however, before he was
called 10 the University OF Michigan as
acting professor Of the science and art ot
.
| teaching His success was instantaneous,
and before the year vas out he moved
again, this time to the University of CALI
fornia, to organize their department OF edu-
| cation. There he remained for many years
coming into great prominence in the RELIEF
work following the recent San Francisco
| earthuuake on this point he is modest 70
the extreme and insists that the work was
Of interest only TO the man ION the inside
Of it az the time" On July 1, 1906. he was
appointed to the post he is now leaving.
His literary work along the esoteric lines
Of his profession are accepted as authori-
tative and are marked by force clearness.
scholarship and trustworthiness. As
lecturer he is constantly in demand. His
best known works are: Secondary Educa-
ton" written expressly for our educational
exhibit at the Paris exposition Of 1900.
and Tho Making Of Our Middle Schools"
published in 1903