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attention is given to dramatics and debating. Miss Johnson's first care, however, is as it should be, for students' character and spiritual welfare, next for their health, and then for their education.
She emphasizes the fact that all right education is toward character building, and to that end gives definite instruction in the Bible, Prayer Book, Church History and Missions. All through these fifty years the pupils have attended regularly the Church services and have been made to feel that Divine Service was the most important feature of the week's activities. "For the Divine Service is an invaluable part of the Christian life, a great safeguard against distorted ideas and weak-minded devotions, a great instrument of sobriety, peace, intelligence and depth in religion. It is a service of quiet and thoughtful worship, of meditation, of learning, remembering and reflection. There is much rest in it, much time to ponder, and pray, and relax in God from the strain of mundane life, spreading our souls out in the sunshine of heaven, drinking in the atmosphere of ancient holy deeds and thoughts, strengthening our inner life by the fellowship of the common prayer and lifting up tranquil hearts in piety and thankfulness to the God of our Fathers."
Through these fifty years the teachers have been almost exclusively women, though besides the Bishops and Rectors, lectures have been
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given by Rev. F. M. Dimmick on Astronomy and Meteorology, which aroused such an interest in Astronomy that it was a very popular study for a long time; by General Alvord on the exact sciences; by Mr. A. J. Poppleton on Biography, which course aroused both in students and teachers an interest in the lives of great men and great women; and by Mr. J. M. Woolworth, whose lectures on "General History" were really collegiate in their scope. There have been a few male teachers of music or of the languages, but not many.
The school has lived its life under four Bishops, Talbot, Clarkson, Worthington and Williams, and excepting for their influence and the labors of Dr. Doherty, it is almost entirely the product of Woman's Work. Hundreds of Christian homes in Nebraska are due to its teaching and influence. Many of the strongest teachers remained at the Hall a long time, and their personal influence was very great. Several others were there a shorter time, but were at once recognized as strong teachers.
The course of study has been altered from time to time, but is as high now, if not higher, than at any period in the school's history.
It was not until Miss Macrae's time that cap and gowns were instituted, but many earlier graduates rank quite as well in the great "World's Work."
One can hardly give even a sketch of the His-
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tory of Brownell Hall without mentioning some of its stars among the students. According to the laws of reflection and refraction of light, Brownell Hall must necessarily shine with increased brilliancy because of their achievements. We cannot omit mention of the dearly beloved Anna Barkalow, poetic Edith Clark, and gentle Josephine Knouy, who many years ago preceded the rest of us to the "Better Land."
As "Stars" must be ranked, Mrs. Harriet Dakin MacMurphy, the well-known newspaper writer and authority in Nebraska on Domestic Science. Mrs. Ida Olegg Tilden, who has a national reputation as a Missionary and Philanthropic worker; Mrs. Nell Brown Van Camp, writer of short stories; Miss Elizabeth McCraken, the author, and Miss Edith Abbott, the Hull House worker and well-known writer on sociological questions. Mrs. Rose North Chambers uses her beautiful voice in the services of the Church, and to give pleasure to her friends, and there are many other "Stars of lesser magnitude," perhaps, who brighten the world by their beauty, talents and charm of character.
Many of the students have been teachers and in that way have lived useful, influential lives, but the vast majority have returned to that highest sphere of woman, the home life, and whether married or single have been better fitted for the ordinary pleasures and duties of the home by their education at Brownell Hall.
SCHOOL SONG
Oh, there's many a school and college,
Full of wisdom one and all,
But for fun and friend and knowledge,
The best is Brownell Hall.
Chorus
Oh, it's Brownell, forever,
We're school-fellows here together,
We'll sing her due praises,
We will sing to Brownell Hall.
(Repeat Chorus.)Oh, It's Brownell we will cherish,
When our glad school days-are gone,
And we hope she'll never perish,
As the course of life is run.
Chorus (Repeat Chorus).Alma Mater is our glory,
Our greatest joy and pride;
And we'll sing to her the story,
As we stand here side by side.
Chorus (Repeat Chorus).
MR. JOHN W. TOWLE
ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION, 1913-14
| President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer |
Mrs. John W. Towle Miss Hannah Forbes Mrs. D. W. Magowan Mrs. Denise Barkalow |
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
| Mrs. George C. Smith | Mrs. Fred Davis |
Mrs. S. D. Barkalow |
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ALUMNAE
1868
*Helen Hoyt (Mrs. Horace L. Burr)
*Helen M. Ingalls (Mrs. Flemon Drake)
1871
Nellie 'Markson (Mrs. F. H. Davis)
Ida Virginia Clegg (Mrs. George Tilden)
Nellie Flint
1872
Idalyn Gwyer (Mrs. Willis Yates)
1873
Fanny M. Clark (Mrs. Philip Potter)
*Edith Clark (Mrs. Allan Fleming)
Minnie R. Wilson
1874
Mellona M. Buttereld
1875
Anna Hayden (Mrs. Ashbel Patterson)
Carrie J. Lake (Mrs. Jay Morton)
Caroline L. MeNamara (Mrs. S. D. Barkalow)
1876
May Campbell (Mrs. John C. Chadwick)
Meliora S. Hall (Mrs. T. L. Ringwalt)
Jessie Mason (Mrs. Fred Harris)
Ella White (Mrs. George Jones)
*Deceased
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1877
Josle Goodale (Mrs. W. T. Price)
Mary A. Townsend
1880
Carrie Bennett (Mrs. F. H. Wilson)
May Dundy (Mrs. E. W. Lee)
Margaret Z. Maxwell
Jean Morton (Mrs. Joseph Cudahy)
Fannie Wall (Mrs. F. C. Wakely)
1881
Grace Mason (Mrs. Hiland Wheeler)
Lettle M. Welch
Henrietta Wilson (Mrs. Daniel Boughton)
1882
Mamie Ambrse (Mrs. F. C. Revinius)
Susan Hager
Mary L, Waggoner (Mrs. G. W. Loomis)
Florence Ware (Mrs. R. S. Hall)
1883
Caroline Dinsmore
Margaret Wilson
1884
Osie M. K. Abbott
Jennie Cooper (Mrs. George L. Whittiam)
Lulu Cremer (Mrs. George Griswold)
Fannie M. Latham (Mrs. Van Buskirk)
Anna J. Thomas
Anna Wilson (Mrs. J. D. McDonald)
1885
Hattie Drew (Mrs. Wm. Truman)
Daisy M. Reese (Mrs. Charles Sanford)
Leila Shears (Mrs. Albert Koch-Andrianno)
1886
Emma Fried (Mrs. W. S. Chambers)
Ada McBride (Mrs. G. W. Sellers)
Ida Wiggenhorn (Mrs. W. Arthur Meyer)
Florence Yates (Mrs. George Voss)
*Deceased
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1887
Florence Ayers (Mrs. George Carter)
Flora Castellar (Mrs. George J. Nash)
Mary Gandy (Mrs. A. T. Timmerman)
Elizabeth Hall (Mrs. Oscar Funke)
Alta May Royce (Mrs. George Cassels Smith)
*Cornelja Thomas (Mrs. John Hall)
1888
Bell Buckworth (Mrs. Cal. Diamond)
*Lucy Burgess
Leola C. Carter (Mrs. Newton Barkalow)
Minnie Comfort (Mrs. Edle)
Carlotte E. Crawford
May Crawford
Ethel Davenport
1889
Blance Buckworth
Louie B. Roe
1890
Winifred Besley
Kate E Drake
Angeline Hansen (Mrs. John L. Neble)
Maude L. Hayward (Mrs. J. B. Watkins)
Lulu Loring (Mrs. A. D. Annis)
Mamle Rainbolt (Mrs. W. H. Bucholz)
Jessie M. Tishue (Mrs. Will Longworthy)
1891
Amy Frances Barker (Mrs. C. W. Martin)
Edith Brant (Mrs. John C. Drexel)
Irene Labagh (Mrs. Charles E. Smith)
Mary Lionberger
Mary E. Scott (Mrs. C. W. Pierce)
Carrie M. Thomas (Mrs. Henry S. Woolfender)
Estella Thorpe (Mrs. Alfred Kneeland Smith)
1892
Pearl Barnes (Mrs. Boyle)
Abba Willard Bowen
Jessie Conway
Naomi Everts (Mrs. John W. Towle)
Madge Means (Mrs. Toland)
Mary Murphy (Mrs. A. L. Conklin)
Hattie May Orcutt (Mrs. Berry)
Maud Anna Parsons
*Deceased
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1893
Edith Abbott
Ellen M. Baird (Mrs. Paul Patton)
Edna Elmer Louise Rheem
1894
Sarah H. Bowen (Mrs. C. H. Young)
Katherine D. Collins
Anna Couchman (Mrs. Henry Roberts)
Mary E. Couchman (Mrs. Arnold)
Elizabeth McCracken
1895
Flora Jane Besley (Mrs. Roland Spencer)
Winifred M. Cattle (Mrs. Byron R. Newton)
Charlotte Diebold (Mrs. Steven Langworthy)
1896
Helen Morgan Burnham (Mrs. J. B. Lewis)
May Alice Hetzel (Mrs. Joseph V. Davis)
Mary Isabel Rice (Mrs. Fred Radcliffe)
1897
Lillian McCracken
Alice Nelson
Edith Smith (Mrs. Clarence Richmond Day)
1901
Luree Beemer
Laura Campbell (Mrs. George W. Lander)
Verenice Cochran (Mrs. George W. Egan)
Hope Hanchett
Susie L. Robb
Minnie Storz (Mrs. Edgar A. Higgins)
1902
Olga Lamhofer (Mrs. George Charters)
1903
Alice French (Mrs. Oliver Carpenter)
Elizabeth Goodell
1904
Helen Davis (Mrs. Walter Roberts)
Isabelle French (Mrs. George W. Johnston)
Gertrude Graves
Katheryne G. McClanahan
Edith M. Patrick (Mrs. Myles Standish)
Olive Patterson
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Mabel Perry (Mrs. Wm. Mickel)
Maud Perry (Mrs. Howard Barnard)
Alice Potter Josephine Roche
1905
Belle Bryant
Muriel Cattle (Mrs. W. H. Packard)
Katherine Lee Grable
Katherine Kilpatrick
Helen Remgan (Mrs. Ralph Shephardson)
Dorothy Ringwalt
Marcia Webber
1906
Carolyn Barkalow
Bess Baum (Mrs. John Rouse)
Margaret Bruce Shirley
Castetter Florence Cattle
Gwendolyn Cattle
Jean Cudahy (Mrs. Frank Wilhelm)
Edith Fisher
Annie C. Fry
Elsie Funkhouser
Mona Kloke (Mrs. Louis Clarke)
Ada Ostrander
Louise Peck (Mrs. D. Barkalow)
Mary Richardson
Letta Rohrbaugh (Mrs. J. C. Chapman)
Ethel Taylor
Elizabeth Whittman
Eleanor Williman
Louise Yiells (Mrs. E. B. Lefferts)
1907
Charlotte Fike
Alice Fry
Lela Galloway
Margaret Guthrie
Evangeline Homan
Alice Cary McGrew (Mrs. Wilson Austin)
Elizabeth McMillan
Denna Melick (Mrs. J. C. Swetzenberg)
Dorothy Morgan (Mrs. Ralph Peters)
Gladys Peters
Elizabeth Pickens
Ruth Ralney
Alice L. Troxell (Mrs. Cyrus Bowman)
Gwendolyn White
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1908
Ethel Anderson
Margaret Busch
Carmelita Chase
Perle Eddy
Helen Forbes (Mrs. McPherson)
Zoe Fries
Gladys Graham (Mrs. Joseph Barlan)
Gladys Imprey
Grace Jackson
Margaret Koehier
Mary Lanning
Pauline Mills (Mrs. W. H. Temple, Jr.)
Mary Mellor
Aurel Murtey
Carrie Patrick
Fanny Putcamp
Annie Rogers
Nettle Wattles
1909
Eunice Arthur
Louise Barnard
Vera Benson (Mrs. James Love)
Ethel Bickford
Elizabeth Bruce
Margaret Buckley
Mary Buckley
Maude Butler
Mildred Butler
Margaret Douglas (Mrs. Edwin Turner)
Lela M. Fans
Dorothy Hall
Helen Hailer (Mrs. Wilfred Arndt)
Ruth Hammer (Mrs. Harold Pnitchett)
Ethel Irwin
Helen Koehler
Stella Love
Dora McGurk
Evelyn V. Park (Mrs. Guy C. Congdon)
Bernice Stewart (Mrs. George Porter)
Marguerite Stowitts
Amy Thomas (Mrs. Dickinson)
Jessie Thomas
Hattie Weller
Irma Willing
1910
Lois Majorle Alleman (Mrs. Louis Atkins)
Katherine M. Beeson
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Myrna M. Boyce
Mary Alice Carter
Margaret T. Cattle
Mabel Irene Clarke
Frances P. Damron
Ida Rowena Darlow
Irma M. Douglas
Janet Ellen Hall
Ethel K. Holmquist
Catherine F. Thummel
Helen Sylvig Hunter
Ida Belle Jones (Mrs. Boyd Blakeman)
Violet Carl Joslyn (Mrs. T. W. Magowan)
Helen Marguerite Matters
Zoe Mellor (Mrs. Stanley Huffman)
Evelyn Bess Miller
Stella Mulligan
Daphne E. Peters
Hazel Rumsey
Helen
Edith Smith
Margaret Spargo
Estella Belle Stephens
Olga A. Storz
1911
Bessie Willifer Cattle
Nona Ruth Cotterman
Bertha Dickey (Mrs. Blomfield Brown)
Catherine Huffman
Perna Jackson
Ava G. Johnson
Helen Elaine Lest (Mrs. R. L. Todd)
Mildred I. Miles
Alma Brooks Seymour
Ruth Streitz
Ruth Wales
Glenn Way
1912
| Alice Lucile Bacon Helen Blake Harriet Copley Halcyon Cotton Mary Alice Duval Margaret Fugitt Anne Millard Gifford |
Frances Eunice Hochstetler Stella Margaret Holmquist Eleanor Johnson Eleanor Mackay Pauline Paul Margaret Louise Salladin Stella Louise Thummel |
1913
Mabel Latham Allen |
Eva Gertrude Hall Alice Lucile Jaquith |
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Trenna Marie Chamberlain |
Gladys Martin Kindred Charlotte Eva Mellor Marion Ruth Towle Florence Ruth Walker |
1914
Ruth Allen Beecher |
Frances Neble |
IMPORTANT DATES.
BISHOPS.
Rt. Rev. Joseph Cruikshank Talbot, D. D., Missionary Bishop of the Northwest, 1860-1865, FOUNDER.
Rt. Rev. Robert Harper Clarkson D. D., 1865-1884.
Rt. Rev, George Worthington, S. T. P., LL. D., 1885-1908.
Rt. Rev. Arthur Liewellyn Williams, S. T. D., 1908.
HEADS OF THE SCHOOL.
Rev. O. C. Dake, Rector, 1863.
Rev. Isaac Hagar, Rector., 1864.
Rev. Samuel Hermann, Rector, 1864-1869.
Miss Elizabeth Butterfield, Principal, 1869-1871.
Mrs. P. C. Hall, Principal, 1871-1876.
Rev. Robert Doherty, D. D., Chaplain, 1874-1876; Rector, 1876-1897.
Mrs. Louise R. Upton, Principal, 1898-1901.
Miss Euphan Washington Macrae, A. B., Principal, 1901-1909.
Miss Edith Dearborn Marsden, A. B., Principal, 1909-1911.
Miss Euphemia Johnson, A. B., Principal, 1911---.
OTHER IMPORTANT DATES.
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