A DISTINGUISHED WOMAN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 611, 14 September 1909, Page 3

A DISTINGUISHED WOMAN.

■Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, principal of the Chi- ■ sago Normal School, has been chosen oiiperinten'dent of for that city,, by: a uuani--mous vote of- , the Board, of Education..; I hero wore 27 candidates tinder: consideration. .It is ~' :. the .first'ftime. in the. history of:. Chicago that ■ this position has been held .by a woman. Mrs. . Young will be '.inr'executive control of., school property worth.'.£lo,ooo,ooo,. and will direct tlio ..destinies of 290,000 school children. Her salaryiwill be'.i2(M)o a.yean : . .. .Mrs. 'Yo'ungf is &1 years old. I .' ; Sho_ was; born January .15,y1»5,. at Buffalo, New York. .Her parents. came^to■ • Chicago when," she, a ■ child, and she was educated .there, in.;the. high. :Bchooir and? later in tho: normal,, school. _~Sho studied also at: the University of: i t Chicago,* ■ which gave her, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. .At tho age of 17 she.began'te teach iii a West Side school'at per month. -In .1853 : she' married .William Yoimg,-.who_ died ■■some. years. agb. Mrs. Young continued 'her work of'teaohing. She: was made . District Su- ■! perihtendent of) Schools in 1887, and continued ';Y/as" such '.until.' 1899. . :.Then' : she .was .made. Prot-- fessor" of Education of the of Lnicago, which'--position she vheld /until, chosen head of the.'.Chicago Normal School iii 1905;" : :In'.Tecognition;of. her work .among: tho teacb- ;•! ers, the-'; women prinoipals of .- '.the '•? Chicago BchoolsV' iWhen': they) f.orracd ap^.-organisation ' 'several years ago,' named it- r/-Ypung Club. ; Young- is: a': member of the Clu- ' cago Woman's Club and the: Every Day Club. ; vShe .is a,;;Buffraigist.'; '-:/p ■ \V • 1.;

•\ :Among the educational,.articles written--, by ;\her when'r.with'iho.UnirersiW of Chicago . were - "Isolation in .tlio. Soliool/' ',Sorne Typos; .of Modem .'Educatipnal Theory," "Ethics in -the ' Schools/V "Evolution and.,-Educational; Meth- .; ods,". and • literature •in . the Elementary r .^ C Siy] S the-"l(iow .Tork ."Evening • r aux damesM'The^ superintendence of ; the - cn•.tirei school-system of Chicago has been awarded : Vto Mrs. EllavFlagg Young, and; thereby ~ the ' mouths/of- .some mighty ; lions -have .been ' • fitopped. Who was this scientific who wa3 arousing- ; u3- recently^.with: that). •/• onr'-boys- and '• betag.'conTerted: into ' by 'tho' predominance- of ; women on ,tho "teaching • staff - of; .the; public , school?;; 1: Where is the OslerianVdoofrine. yhen a lady of>6l:'i3 entriisted with/the supervision ; of the '■: Ghicagd'educational''plant?--The appointment . is s a . well-deserved 'tnnmph for .'tested compe'te'noe• and 'ability,, andis 'worth..'as':much .in the iinftaenco. it /s .likely .to .exert/elsewhere as '<*in the, I 'promise";it affords ' of. continued .'excel-' :/./ lence inTthe .public! school'system ,o£ our second ' •greatest..city.