Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . vard, graduating with the Class of 1856 andlater receiving the degree of Master of Arts. Pre-vious to entering College he taught a commonschool in Chautauqua county, New York, and wasteacher of mathematics at the Erie, Pennsylvania,Academy. Shortly after graduating he took charge,as Principal, of Derby Academy, Hingham, Massa-chusetts, where he remained four years, at the ex- 184 UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS piratio
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . vard, graduating with the Class of 1856 andlater receiving the degree of Master of Arts. Pre-vious to entering College he taught a commonschool in Chautauqua county, New York, and wasteacher of mathematics at the Erie, Pennsylvania,Academy. Shortly after graduating he took charge,as Principal, of Derby Academy, Hingham, Massa-chusetts, where he remained four years, at the ex- 184 UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS piration of which time, in 1S60, lie went to Dunkirk,New York, as Superintendent of Schools and Prin-cipal of the High School, retaining both of thesepositions until 1S67. The succeeding three yearswere spent in the banking house of H. J. Miner &Company, Dunkirk, but his attachment to educa-tional pursuits overweighed financial aspirations,and after serving as Superintendent of the Dunkirkschools for another year, he accepted the Vice-Presidency of the State Normal School, Fredonia,which was the scene of his labors for the next tenyears. From 18S0 to 18S2, he was Principal of a. M. CASSETV similar school in Cortland, New York, going fromthere to Albany Academy, of which he had chargeuntil 1886, and from that to the present time he haspresided over the State Normal and Training School,Buffalo, New York. Rochester University made hima Doctor of Philosophy in 1S83. Dr. Cassety haskept in close touch with all advanced ideas relativeto educational improvements, the most valuable ofwhich he has adopted, and since identifying himselfwith the Buffalo Normal and Training School he hasgreatly increased its facilities for accomplishing thedesired results, has secured the erection of a newscience building, and the average attendance hasexpanded from four hundred to nine hundredpupils. He is a member of the New York State and National Teachers Associations ; the New York andPennsylvania Che
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