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Norman T. Green.

ored people of the whole community, and by every business man who knows him.  Being yet in the forties, wedded to his profession, devoted to his wife, who is a lady of culture and refinement, with a pleasant home ever full of sunshine, a large library stocked with the choicest books, we predict for him greater triumphs yet to come.
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Mr. Norman T. Green, of the class of 1884, is among the substantial and sturdy workers who have gone out from Lincoln Institute with a spirit of thrift and helpfulness.
   
He spent fifteen years in the schoolroom, holding at different times principalships of some of the best schools in the State.   His last service as teacher was rendered in the public schools of Joplin.  While there he passed the Civil Service examination, and was appointed mail carrier at that place.
   
He was acquired some real estate and personal property.  He has a wife who was nurtured in the shadow of Lincoln, Miss Ida Bell Dupree.  They have two promising boys and one girl, who will soon be ready to fill the seats occupied by their father and mother at Lincoln Institute.

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Otis M. Shackleford.

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OTIS M. SHACKLEFORD, who is teaching in the departments of English and mathematics at Lincoln Institute, is one of the two collegiate graduates of 1897. 
 
Before his election to his present position at Lincoln Institute, he had taught at Centaur and Versailles, Missouri, and was principal of Howard School, Warrensburg.  While at this latter place he made himself very favorably known as a methodical and thorough teacher.   It was with reluctance that the School Board released him from his contract when he was elected to teach at Lincoln Institute. 
  
He has attended the Summer School of Chautauqua,