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MISS NELLIE L. POAGE

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Miss NELLIE L. POAGE, who was graduated from the High School of La Crosse, Wisconsin, completed the Normal course of Lincoln Institute in 1898.

Like many who follow the profession of teaching, Miss Poage's first field of operation lay in a small ungraded school. In the fall of 1898 she began her work in the pretty little town of Appleton, Missouri.

From the first, her scholarly ability, tact, and naturally sunny temperament won for her the respect and love of pupils and parents alike. Two years of her able management saw the school thrive and wax strong along all lines.

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MISS NELLIE L. POAGE

In 1900, Miss Poage received a call to that rapidly growing city of railroads and factories, East St. Louis, Illinois. Here her work was, at first, in the grades. In her characteristic manner, she went on doing each small task carefully and well, at the same time broadening herself intellectually by much reading and study.

It came as a pleasant surprise to her in the spring of 1903, when she received an appointment as an instructor in Lincoln High School.

That Miss Poage is a progressive, ambitious teacher, is evidenced by the fact that she has steadily advanced, until at present she holds the position of first assistant at Lincoln High School, where the force of her personality and the charm of her manners make her a favorite with both pupils and her fellow teachers.

The following recommendation, written by supervising principal of Lincoln High School, East St. Louis, tells unmistakably of the valuable services of Miss Poage:

MISS NELLIE L. POAGE.
Since her graduation from Lincoln Institute in June, 1898, Miss Nellie L. Poage has been actively engaged in teaching. The first two years were spent in Appleton, Missouri, where her success was commendable. In 1900 she was elected to a position in the Lincoln School of East St. Louis, Illinois, her first work being in "the grades." She was such an emphatic success here that her promotion from time to time followed until, at the time of this writing, she is the first teacher in the high school department.

Miss Poage is the possessor of an amount of intelli-