The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-09-01
Resigns Position at Normal
In This City
MISS STEVENSON ALSO
Latter Will Be Succeeded BY
Mrs. Janet L. Bottum,
North Carolina
From Thursdays Daily.

The normal school meets with a
serious loss in the resignation of
Mr.. Manfred w. Deputy who will go
Immediately to Kansas City, Mo. Mr.
Deputy came to Mankato five years
ago to take charge of the elementary
school and to teach pedagogy in the
normal school. He was well fitted
for this work by sound training at the
University of Indiana and teachers
college as well as by experience in
all kinds of public schools. He had
been rural school teacher, county
superintendent and city superinten-
dent and had been at the head of
the training department of an Illi-
nois normal school.
At once he made himself felt in
the school and in the community.
He has sound common sense and ev-
en- temper and great patience. He is
progressive and in touch with all
modern movements in education, yet
he is cautious in his adoption of new
things. These qualities have enab-
led him to organize and shape the
work of the training school so that
it has improved steadily. He has al
so been active in all the general
be greatly missed personally as well
as teacher and administrator.
Has reen Prominent Here.
In the community Mr.. Deputy has
been president of the Social Science
club superintendent of the Methodist
Sunday school and has been called
on for counsel and work in various
lines of community effort. In the
L. l.,
school men through visits to many
towns and counties for addresses and
inspection and his counsels will be
greatly missed in Southern Min
neSota.
The position to which he goes is
that of head of the city training
school and director of extension
work among the thousand elemen-
tary teachers of Kansas City. He is
to receive a much larger salary than
the normal school can pay and he
will have fine opportunity for serv-
ice in his work among this great
body of teachers.
Miss Louise Stevenson has also re-
signed her position as manager OF
Daniel Buck Hall to take effect Octo-
Der first. She came to the hall in
January, 1915 and has managed the
affairs of the dormitory successfully
and has won the esteem of those
with whom she has been brought in
contact. MISS Stevenson goes to
Chicago to become dietitian in
hospital. She will be succeeded by
Mrs Janet l.. Bottum, recently con-
nected with school for young wom-
en- in North Carolina. Mrs. Bottum
has had a wide experience in schools
and in business life and she is rec
commended as very attractive and
capable woman.
Miss Woodbury. Will Be Absent.
Miss Nellie Louise Woodbury. has
notified President Cooper that she
will be unable to work during the fall
term and substitute will be en-
ployed for the work in reading. Miss
Woodbury. met with an accident in
January and has suffered much
since that time. She was obliged to
leave her work for time during the
later winter, but her physician al
lowed her to return for the summer
term with the assurance that it
would not put her back. But she
was obliged to go to bed as soon as
school was out and is still suffering
greatly. She is now assured that she
will be we'll by Thanksgiving.
Acting on the recommendation OF
the county superintendent and the
normal school the school directors
of the Indian Lake district have
elected Miss Ebba Person as teach
err. This school has become associ-
ated with the normal school under
tho low ond will he SuDarViSed by
normal school teachers acting with
the county superintendent. Teach
ers of manual arts, cooking and
sewing will go to the school to teach
and supervise work in these lines.
The people of the district are antici-
pating great improvement in their
school through this association. Miss
Person has been trained especially
for rural school work at the Winona
normal school and at the college OF
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