The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-16
Supt. E. M. Roscoe Died To-
day At er a Brief
.cSS
SERIOUSLY SICK
TILL LAST NIGHT
He Was Prominent in the
State Educational
Circles

A feeling Of deep sadness came over
the city this forenoon, when it became
known that Supt. Edward NJ. Roscoe of
the Barre schools had passed away, un-
expectedly, at his home, l6 French street.
The end came at $40 o'clock and fol-
lowed sudden turn for the worse at
midnight. Mr.. Roscoe had been i'll since
last Friday, although his condition had
not been considered serious until late last
night. Members of the family and inti-
gravity of the superintendent condition
early to-day, but to the community as a
whole the news of his untimely death
came without forewarning that the
nature of illness would lead to such
termination. Sessions in the city schools
we're suspended Immediately on receipt
of information of Mr.. Roscoes death,
and it was announced that the Barre
evening drawing school will not reopen
until next Tuesday night.
Supt. Roscoe was seized with mild
attack of the grippe in Weybridge last
week, while he and his daughter were
visiting relatives there. On the evening
of April 10. he arrived in Montpelier and
went Immediately to the rooms of the
Apollo club, where the Vincitia club of
this city was engaged in tournament.
Mr.. Roscoe spent the evening with the
club members and came home in an auto
mobile He had been indisposed for q
few days, and on the following day he
called at the Office of local physician.
That night he became more seriously i'll
and throughout the present week he had
been confined to his bed. Late last even
ing he complained of neuralgia pains in
the back, symptom common to severe
of the grippe. Toward midnight
il was observed that he was growing
worse, and a council of three physicians
was held in the early morning. Mr..
Roscoe had sunk into coma and con-
sciousness did not return. Death was
due to cerebral embolus.
Barre shares. with the whole state in
the loss of Supt. Roscoe. at time when
the cause of education in Vermont has
much to gain by men of his substantial
character sAs he was prominent in
state educational affairs, as well as in
the city where he had devoted his talents
ior the past three years in maintaining
he high standard of Barre schools, the
,ofd left in the scheme of things educs-
ional in his native state viii be difficult
o fill
Edward Mortimer Roscoe was born in
lew Haven May ~. 1873, the son of
Alfred Mort inner Roscoe and Ora (Bing
laml Roscoe. He attended the common
chools of his native town and was grad
Iated from Beeman academy in 1889.
Afterward he attended Middlebury col
eye and obtained from that institution
degree of ;. h. in 1896. Thereafter he
vas engaged as an instructor in the
Vest Jersey academy Bridgcton, \. y.
his services there in lsas
nd going to Cornwall-on the. Hudson.
here he taught in the New York mili-
ary academy. From lsaa until 1904.
@ was principal Of the high and graded
rhools in Waterbury.
Throughout these FIRST years of his
aachhg in New Jersey, New York and
ermont. Mr.. Roscoe gained the favor
bic opinion Of prominent educational
Zen. and il was no surprise TO close
-iends Of the man when he was elected
rmcipal Of the high and graded schools
Springfield in 1904. q position which
2 filled 30 creditahly that At the end Of
Tree vears he Was placed in charge Of
lc Springfield union school system
II was from Springfield that the Barre
hool commission called him in 1912.
ID. Mathcwson. who. first a. principal
lsg0 and then a. superintendent in
9G. had brought the schools Of this city
, 20 a plane that became = model for
her Vermont towns % follow. had ac-
pted an offer 70 become the head Of the
lndon institute. To guide the destiny
Rarre's schools after they bad been
such excellent care for more than
ore of wears. was net 4 smali under
king. but Mr. BOseee 81 himself -
. task. and how well hs succceded nav
gathered from the statement ~ the
bool commissioners so-dsy that the
n standards - IS Supf. Mathew son
re vigorously urheld ~ he sucees-ur.
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