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E. W. EMORY

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E. W. EMORY graduated from Lincoln Institute as class orator for the class of 1899. Shortly after graduation he was elected principal of the public school at Ashland, Missouri, a position which he held most successfully until June, 1902. At the above-mentioned time he was chosen assistant principal of Fred Douglass School, of Columbia, Missouri, being the first young man to ever secure a position as assistant in Douglass School. He soon proved to all concerned that the board made no mistake in selecting him from among a large number of applicants.

Mr. Emory is a progressive teacher and was Colum-

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bia's only representative to appear before the State Teachers' Association, which convened at St. Joseph in December, 1903, yet he so ably represented Columbia that the Columbia teachers chose him to deliver the welcome address on their behalf before the State Teachers' Association at Columbia in December, 1904.

Mr. Emory is an active, and energetic Christian gentleman. During the whole time that he was teacher at Columbia he was also superintendent of the A.M.E. Sunday-school, and during his superintendency at the above-named school became the strongest school, numerically and financially, in the Columbia presiding elder district. He was also a faithful member of the choir at the Second Baptist church. He is a member of the "Perry Cornet Band" of Columbia, and was most active in its organization as well as one of its charter members. He is also V.C. of Acme Lodge No. 24, K. of P.

To the surprise of many of his friends, during the early part of last September, Mr. Emory resigned his position in Fred Douglass School at Columbia to accept the principalship of Lincoln School at Louisiana. He felt that the latter position offered a larger field in which to labor for the betterment of the race. His Sunday-school, school board and friends gave him up very reluctantly, and copies of appropriate resolutions have been forwarded to him. Since going to his new field, however, he has made many new friends, and the superintendent, school board and patrons have expressed themselves as being well pleased with Lincoln School under its present management. As a token of