Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . , Dryden, Tompkins county, N. Y. Here heremained seven years, resigning his position in June, 1880. He had studiedlaw, was admitted to practice, and intended, at this time, to enter upon theprofession of law, when he received a letter from a member of the Boardof Education of Kingston Free Academy, Kingston, N. Y., asking him toconsider the proposition of becoming its principal. The result of the corres-pondence was that he became principal of this school at a salary of $2,000. In 1882 he was asked to take a professors
Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . , Dryden, Tompkins county, N. Y. Here heremained seven years, resigning his position in June, 1880. He had studiedlaw, was admitted to practice, and intended, at this time, to enter upon theprofession of law, when he received a letter from a member of the Boardof Education of Kingston Free Academy, Kingston, N. Y., asking him toconsider the proposition of becoming its principal. The result of the corres-pondence was that he became principal of this school at a salary of $2,000. In 1882 he was asked to take a professorship in Syracuse University, butthe Kingston Board of Education held out such inducements to retain himas to influence him to stay. In 1888 he was elected superintendent of schoolsin Olean, N. Y. Again the Board of Education at Kingston so strongly de-sired him to remain that he declined this attractive position. In June, 1889,he received the degree of from Syracuse University, on 1890 he was unanimously elected inspector of high schools and academies.
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