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192. Recreation: Walking. Mem. Pedestrian Club, Bowling Club, Pen and Brush Club, and The Playgoers.

COLBY, June Rose, 302 W. Mulberry St., Normal, Ill.

Prof. literature; b. Cherry Valley, O., June 4, 1856; dau. Lewis and Celestia (Rice) Colby; ed. Ann Arbor, (Mich.), high school, Univ. of Mich., A.B., '78, A.M., '85, Ph.D. '86 (Phi Beta Kappa), Radcliffe Coll., 1883-84. Taught algebra, Ann Arbor High School 1878-79, preceptress and teacher Latin and Greek, Flint (Mich.) High School, 1879-83, English and Literature, Peoria (Ill.) High School, 1886-92; preceptress and prof, literature Ill. State Normal Univ. Jan. 1892-09, prof, literature, same, 1909-. Author: Some Ethical Aspects of Later Elizabethan Drama, 1886; Literature and Life in School, 1906. Editor of Silas Marner, 1900, and of Quentin Durward, 1912; contributor to Elementary School Teacher; Bi-monthly Education; Year Book of the Nat. Soc. for the Scientific Study of Education, Nat. Educational Ass'n, The Illinois School-mistresses Club, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Associate mem. Amateur Musical Club, Bloomington, Ill. Recreations: Reading, walking, driving, travel or rest by water, theater, music (as listener).

COLCLEUGH, Emma Shaw, Gano St., Providence, R.I.

Journalist, lecturer; b. Thompson, Conn.; dau. George W. and Abbey (Carpenter) Shaw; ed. in private school, Thompson, Conn.; m. Providence, R.I., May 17, 1893, Frederick William Colcleugh. Mem. Provincial Parliament of Manitoba (deceased). Author: World Wide Wisdom Words (a year-book of proverbs gleaned in Central Africa, the South Seas, South America, Europe, etc); Alaskan Gleanings. Went to South America winter of 1910-11, the second time at request of Hamburg-American Co. to give a series of talks on South America on shipboard. Has edited a dep't in Providence Journal since 1895. For the past six years has reviewed for the Journal many books along lines of travel and ethnology. Letters from Cuba at the time of the Spanish-American War appeared in the Journal, Boston Transcript, N.Y. Evening Post, etc. Mem. New England Women's Press Ass'n; honorary mem. R.I. Woman's Club, Providence Fortnightly Club, Providence Mothers' Club, Sarah E. Doyle Club, Unity Club. Congregationalist. Against woman suffrage.

COLCORD, Stella Gladys, Carson City, Nev.

Born West Medway, Mass.; dau. Roswell K. and Mary F. (Hopkins) Colcord; grad. Snell Sem., Oakland, Cal., '92; student Stanford Univ., 1893-94. Admitted to practice before the U.S. Land Office and has done much legal work; interested in civic improvement and playground work through the activities of the Leisure Hour Club along these lines; mem. Leisure Hour Club (literary), being one of the founders (pres. 1911-12). Recreations: Traveling, tennis, dancing, cards, horseback riding, automobiling. Episcopalian. Republican.

COLE, Ada Augusta, 136 Perkins St., Somerville,

Artist; b. Somerville, Mass., Feb. 2, 1876; dau. John F. and Anna F. (Pulsifer) Cole; ed. Somerville High School (preparatory); Boston Univ., Ph.B. '99 (elected to Phi Beta Kappa; mem. Delta, Delta, Delta). Sec. Woman's Alliance of First Unitarian Church of Somerville; sec. Mass. Epsilon Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Unitarian. Mem. Marblehead Hist. Soc, Woman's Alliance of Unitarian Denomination, College Club, Boston; Coenonia Club, Somerville.

COLE, Angie Dresser (Mrs. John Silas Cole Jr.), 144 Philadelphia Av., West., Detroit, Mich.

Born Hinsdale, Mass., Feb. 26, 1876; dau. Simeon Parker and Mary Elizabeth (Cobb) Dresser; ed. Pittsfield (Mass.) High School; Smith Coll., A.B. '98; m. Springfield, Mass., June 1, 1904, John Silas Cole Jr.; children: Kenneth Winston, b. April 20, 1906; Margaret Elizabeth, b. Nov. 17, 1911. Against woman suffrage. Congregationalist.

COLE, Anna B. Taylor (Mrs. Herbert A. Cole), 34 Pearl St., Somerville, Mass.

Physician; b. Sugar Hill, N.H., Nov. 14, 1852; dau. Joseph L. and Laura (Gove) Taylor; ed. in country school until 16 years old; Salem, Mass., Normal School; Boston Univ. Med. School, M.D. '84: m. Mar. 31, 1894, Herbert A. Cole; step-son: Herbert A. Cole Jr. Engaged in general practice and gynecology (very large practice in women's diseases). Universalist. Mem. Mass. Homoeopathic Med. Soc, Boston Med. Soc, Surgical and Gynecological Soc, Am. Inst. of Homoeopathy. Recreation: Traveling. Mem. Professional Women's Club (Boston), New Hampshire Club, Powder House Club and Skinner Club (Somerville), College Club, Boston.

COLE, Bertha Woolsey Dwight (Mrs. Charles Buckingham Cole), 371 Upper Mountain Av., Upper Montclair, N.J.

Born Clinton, N.Y.; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '91; student in French at the Sorbonne, Paris, 1893-94; m. Clinton, N.Y., June 30, 1896, Charles Buckingham Cole (lawyer and lecturer in N.Y. Law School); children: Lois Dwight, b. Oct. 17, 1902; Charles Woolsey, b. Feb. 8, 1906. Taught in Miss Nurse's School, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1891-92.

COLE, Birdie Haile (Mrs. Edwin W. Cole), Fredericktown, Mo.

Born St. Genevieve Co., Mo., Nov. 23, 1866; dau. William C. and Mary A. (Gaines) Haile; ed. in the district schools, two years; in Baptist Coll. at Farmington, Mo., 1886-88; grad. in Chautauqua Reading Course, 1904; m. St. Genevieve Co., Mo., Mar. 18, 1890, Edwin W. Cole; children: John Thomas, Byrdeen Haile, Lois Elba. Has been 20 years teacher in Sunday-school. Six years pres. of literary club, and leading factor in all philanthropic movements.; Sec Providence Ass'n; third vice-pres. Missionary Soc; editor for missionary conference. Author of a great many newspaper articles, including: Southeast Missouri—A Picture Country, and Mine La Motte, the Oldest Lead Mine in America (St. Louis Republic); also articles in Illustrated Methodist Magazine; Why Longfellow is Our Most Popular Poet; The Home Library; Chautauqua, and The Canal Zone. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mem. Missionary Soc, Order Eastern Star, Modern Brotherhood of America. Favors woman suffrage.

COLE, Jennie S. (Mrs. David J. Cole), 122 S. Oneida Av., Rhinelander, Wis.

Born Plover, Wis., April 27, 1852; dau. Judge Miner and Ursula (Wilmot) Strope; ed. in common school and self-educated; grad. Chautauqua Course, '92; m. June 20, 1871, David J. Cole; one daughter: Nellie Cole (Mrs. B. L. Horr, Rhinelander). Favors woman suffrage and sec. Suffrage Soc. Methodist. Mem. Rhinelander Woman's Club. Ancestors came over in the Mayflower, fought in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, and participated in the Boston Tea Party; great-great-grandmother and five children were captured by Indians and were in custody several months after the "Massacre of Wyoming"; other relations fought in Civil and Spanish wars.

COLE, Mary Cross (Mrs. Redmond S. Cole), Pawnee, Okla.

Born Audrain Co., Mo., Oct. 22, 1884; dau. John Newton and Olivia McClure (Harris) Cross ed. Mexico (Mo.) High School (valedictorian), '02; Univ. of Mo., B.S. in education (mem. Alpha Phi Sigma, local); m. Columbia, Mo., June 11, 1910, Redmond S. Cole, A.M. (county attorney of Pawnee Co., Okla., 1910-15). Active worker in Methodist Episcopal Church and its organizations; active in Y.W.C.A. while in university. Favors woman suffrage. Democrat. Recreation: Tennis. Pres. Up-to-Date Club, Pawnee, Okla. (literary); pres. Nevin Music Club; mem. Art Circle and Civic Improvement Club.

COLE, Mary Wallace (Mrs. John Gully Cole), 4022 Westminster Place, St. Louis, Mo.

Born St. Louis, Feb. 23, 1878; dau. James W. and Anna Flintham (Noble) Wallace; ed. Mary Inst., St. Louis; Washington Univ., St. Louis; Columbia Coll. and Teachers Coll., N.Y. City, B.S.; m. St. Louis, July 14, 1904, John Gully