Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-02-28
SUpT. Il. c. JOHNSON
GOES TO OGDEN, UTAH
Former superintendent DEBORAH Pub.
lie Schools Appointed Superin-
tendent Ogden, Utah
City Schools.
BEEN AT ABERDEEN, S. ID.
SINCE LEAVING DEBORAH
Prof. johnson Has Been Recognized
As One of Most Brilliant
Scholars and Educators
i'm Iowa and South
DOkOta.


The following from the Ogden.
Utah, Daily Standard, will be read
with interest by the many Decorah
friends of Supt. Henry C. Johnson.
who was the superintendent of the
pecorah public schools eight years
ago, since which time he has been
superintendent of the Aberdeen. S.
d. city schools.
Henry c. johnson Of Aberdeen,
South Dakota, this afternoon was ap-
pointed superintendent of the Ogden
city schools by the unanimous vote
of the board, Messrs. James Fl. Riley.
w. III. Williams. j. w. LevedahI
Wade Johnson and DR.. Edward I.
Rich
[ Mr.. Johnson was selected from
large number of applicants as being
the man best equipped for the posi-
tion
The new superintendent /, came
here last Sunday and has been max
ing casual study of the schools He
will return to his South Dakota
home Friday and make preparations
for the removal of his family, con-
sisting OF his wife and three chill
dren to their permanent Ogden home.
He has not yet selected residence.
The children are small, one being
boy of nine and two girls younger.
Mr. Johnson will assume the du-
ties of superintendent On or about
April /.
For the last eight years Mr.. john
SON has been superintendent of the
Aberdeen city schools and director of
teachers training work at the State
Normal school at Aberdeen. Prior to
going TO Aberdeen he was superin-
tendent at Decorah, Iowa, five years.
He has been teaching ever since he
was seventeen years old, beginning
with country school at his parental
home, in Crawford county, Iowa. He
was graduated from the high school
at Charles City, Iowa, and from the
University of Iowa in 1902. He took
the masters degree in 1907 and dur
ing two summers worked toward the
degree of doctor of philosophy (Ph.
d. at the University of Chicago and
Columbia university.
Mr.. Johnson for years has been
recognized as one of the most bril-
liant scholars and practical educa-
tors in Iowa and South Dakota and
he has declined, from time to time,
many fiattering offers.
He accepted the Ogden position be-
cause, he said, he believes strongly
in this city's future; that it offers
him the widest scope for the exercise
of his talents. and he and Mrs. John
son. having endured for years the
rigorous climate of the north, de-
sired to enjoy the matchless climate
of Ogden. He said the great snow
OF the last three days was nothing to
him. that the SHOWS in South Dako-
ia have been many feet deep and the
Temperature thirty-one degrees be-
low zero.
Mrs. Johnson also is an educator.
but has not taught actively since her
marriage. She was teacher of Latin
and German at the Decorah high
school, where her life romance be-
gan.
The new superintendent is dig
nified and scholarly appearing man,
but he has merry laugh and twin
kle in his dark eyes betokening the
possession of boundless wit and good
humor. He saiG he was an enthusi-
asst for "the right kind" Of athletic
sports and he has the appearance OF
being himself first-class athlete.
The vacancy filled by Mr.. John
sons appointment dates from July l
last. when John NJ. Mills contract
Expired.