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��dlctoriftn of class); grad. Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle and Teacher Training courses. Teacher for two years in Washington Female Sem., received a gold medal, 1912, given by the Pa. State Sunday-school Ass'n for 50 years' service as teacher and officer in Sunday- school (still teaching). Pres. of Preshyterial Women's Dlst. Soc; pres. of County W.C.T.U.; field sec. of County Sunday-school Ass'n work; jec. (former pres.) Women's Hospital Auxiliary 3oard. Mem. D.A.R., regent of local chapter. Served on the editorial staff of a local paper (weekly) for five years; now on editorial staff of a county Sunday-school paper; has written for magazines. Mem. Alumni Ass'n of Washington Female Sem., Alumni Ass'n of State Sunday- school Ass'n, Women's Missionary Soc. Mem. Shakespeare Cluto, Emerson Club. Recreations: Basketball, lawn tennis, walking, traveling. United Presbyterian. Progressive. Pres. local Suffrage Club, recently organized. POLLOCK, Mary Regina, Pawhuska, Okla.

Kindergarten teacher; b. Weston, Mass.; dau. George H. and Louise (Plessner) Pollock; ed. Washington, D.C.; grad. Nat. Kindergarten Inst., 1880; Business Coll. Taught kindergarten in Indian service 20 years. POLLOCK, Susan Plessner, 5 Myconius Place,

Gotha, Thuringia, Germany.

Principal training school; b. N.Y. City, 1852; dau. George and Louise (Plessner) Pollock; ed. in Normal Institution in Berlin, 1871. Did work conneo-tcd with Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C. ; visited by Dom Pedro, former Emperor of Brazil, and by persons interested in education from every part of the known world; principal of Normal Kindergarten Institution for Teachers, Washington, D.C, and conducted normal work in connection with Mountain Chautauqua for 25 years. Interested in Sunday-school work, Bands of Mercy, Red Cross interests, entertainments for advance of kindergarten interest and propaga- tion of kindergarten principles and practice. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Articles in educational magazines (Southwest and North), stories for children in educational and religious papers and a book: The Mothers' Council. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n, Mothers' Congress, Internat. Kindergarten Ass'n, W.C.T.U., D.C. Fed. Women's Clubs; pres. Washington Kinder- garten Club. Recreation: Traveling. Has con- ducted lecture courses on kindergarten training work in many cities of U.S.

POMERENE-HANEY, Jennie — see Haney, Jen- nie Pomerene. POMPILLY, Grace Thome, 911 Oakland Av.,

Pasadena, Cal.

Teacher; b. Brooklvn, N.Y.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '87; New York Univ., A.M. '93. Teacher, Mt. Auburn Inst., Cincinnati, O., 1886-87; Mt. Vernon Inst., Baltimore, Md., 1887-89; Flushing (N.Y.) High School, 1891-94-; Orton School, Pasadena, Cal., since 1907. PONTIN, Marie Juliette Everett (Mrs. Henry

Morris Pontin), 1168 Broad St., Newark, N.J.

Lecturer; b. N.Y. City, July 1, 1«73; dau. Metcalf and Elizabeth (Schmidt) Everett; ed. by private tuition at Rutherford, N.J., and In Miss Bulkley's School, Tarrytown, N.Y. ; m. Passaic, N.J., Oct. 23, 1894, Henry Morris Pontin; one son: John Frederick Pontin. Associate editor Mystic Light Magazine, 1911. Interested in Hindu philosophy and occultism. Episcopalian. Mem. Theosophical Soc, Round Table (national) Club, N.Y. City; Contemporary Club, Newark, N.J. ; N.J. Woman's Press Club. POOLE, Fanny Huntington Bunnelle (Mrs.

Allen A. P. Poole), care Mrs. C. P. Gisberge,

76 W. Sixty-ninth St., N.Y. City.

Born Oxford, N.H., Dec. 5, 1863; dau. Rev. Moses Thurston and Fanny Maria (Baker) Run- nells; ed. Tilton Sem., two years; devoted time to music and poetry, and gave private lessons in music in N.Y. City and Boston; m. Newport, N.H., 1890, Allan A. Paul Poole; children: Vivien C. (Mrs. Charles P. Gls'berge), b. 1891; Fanny Ethel, b. 1892; Robert Runnells, Is. 1893; Paul Falconer, b. 189i. Author: A Bank of Violets, 1895; Mugen (In Dream tnd Reality); songs and occasional verse; was formerly book reviewer for

��the Home Journal (now Town and Country).

Temporarily resident in England.

POOR, Agnes Blake ("Dorothy Prescott"), 389

Walnut St., Brookline, Mass.

Writer; b. Boston; dau. Henry Vamum Poor (banker, editor of Poor's Manual of Railways) and Mary Wild (Prescott) Poor; ed. in private schools in N.Y. City. Author (under pen-nam« "Dorothy Prescott"): Brothers and Strangers, 1894; Boston Neighbors, 1898; Under Guiding Stars, 1905; contributor of short stoi;ies to the magazines. Mem. D.A.R. (regent Warren and Prescott Chapter, 1907-12), Soc. of Colonial Dames in Mass. (registrar, 1907), Boston Authors' Club. POOR, Cornelia Longstreet (Mrs. Charles Henry

Poor), 1614 Twenty-first St., Washington, D.C.

Born N.Y. City, Dec. 14, 1849; dau. C. Tyler and Caroline A. (Redfield) Longstreet; ed. Mme. Chegaray's Inst, in N.Y. City; m. Sept. 27, 1871, Charles Henry Poor; children: Charles Long- street, M. Lindsay (Mrs, M. P. Mans), Anita (Mrs. R. C. Bulmer). Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage. POOR, Mary Adelaide (Mrs. Clarence Henry

Poor), 58 Highland St., Cambridge, Mass.

Born Boston, Mass., July 15, 1863; dau. George Darius and Adelaide J. (Bacon) Sargent; ed. Boston private schools; m. Boston, Mass., Nov. 7, 1883, Clarence Henry Poor; children: Clarence Henry Jr., Virginia Sargent, Adelaide Sargent, Mary Bulkeley. Favors woman suffrage. Epis- copal i an. POPE, Anna Isabella, Spencer, Mass.

Teacher, sec. Y.W.C.A.; b. June 18, 1877; dau. Joseph and Nellie (Noyes) Pope; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. 1900. High school teacher, Canajo- liarie and Tarrj'town, N.Y.; Normal School, Brockport, N.Y. ; educational sec. Y.W.C.A., Detroit, Mich.; gen. sec. Y.W.C.A., Saginaw, Mich. Former mem. D.A.R. Congregationalist. POPE, Elfrieda Hocfabaum (Mrs. Paul R. Pope),

Ithaca, N.Y.

Former teacher; b. Chicago, 111., July 25, 1877; dau. John E. and Matilda (Weller) Hochbaum; ed. Chicago public schools; Northwestern Univ., Ph.B., Ph.M. '99; Univ. of Leipzig, 1900-01; Cor- nell Univ., 1901-02, Ph.D. '03 (Pi Beta Phi); m. Chicago, June 18, 1904, Paul Russel Pope (Ph.D.); children: Elfrieda Emma, b. Feb. 28, 1905; Ernst Russel, b. Mar. 17, 1910. Teacher in high scbool, Aurora, 111., 1899-1900; prof. Ger- man in Wells Coll., 1902-04, and temporarily in Apr., 1912. Interested in studies in German lit- erature, teaching German, writing on subjects in German literary oriticism, on various phases of the woman's moyeinehts, educational problems, household and children. Favors woman suffrage; pres. of the College Equal Suffrage League, Ithaca, and mem. Political Study Club, Ith&ca. Contributor of articles: Kant and Schopenhauer on the Feminine Intellect (Methodist Review), 1909; The First German Magazine for Women (N.Y. Evening Post), Oct., 1909; The Instructor's Salary (Educational Review), 1905;- The Influence of the American Revolution on German Poetry (with Prof. James Taft Hatfield) (Germanica, Americana), 1900; Woman's Place in German Lit- erature (The Woman's Era), Nov., 1910. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Recreations: Music, gardening. Mem. Child Study Club, Cornell Woman's Club (Ithaca). POPE, Georgina Fane, Military Hospital, Hall-

fa.K, N.S., Can.

Royal Red Cross nurse; b. Charlottetown, P.E.I., Jan. 1, 1862; dau. of the late Hon. W. H. Pope and Helen (DesBresay) Pope; ed. in schools of P.E.I. Served two years in South African campaign as nursing sister; now matron of the Permanent Army Medical Corps. POPPEN, Anna Trebel (Mrs. Emanuel Pop- pen), 132 W. Water St., Sidney, O.

Bom Hamilton, O., June 19, 1874; dau. Rev. G. H. and Mary (Foster) Trebel; ed. in Hamilton schools; m. Hajnilton, 0., Aug. 4, 1897, Rev. Emanuel Poppen; one daughter: Marion Edith. Sunday-school teacher; officer and mem. of four church societies; organist; mem. church choir, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sidney, O. Recreation: Music. Mem. Sidney Fed. of

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