Columbia-Northampton County PA Archives Biographies.....GARR, Elmer E. unknown - living in 1899
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  PROF. ELMER E. GARR, the supervising principal of the public schools of Berwick
  and principal of the Berwick High School, has served in those capacities, for
  which he has exhibited marked qualifications, since 1891. During his term of
  office he has brought the schools to a standard of efficiency that is unequalled
  by any in the county, and, after a pupil has completed the academic or high
  school course, the foundation of a good English education has been laid, and he
  is thoroughly prepared to enter college or to enter upon a business career. The
  method of instruction adopted is to inculcate the habit of research into the
  very depths of a subject with as little assistance from the teacher as possible.
  Large campuses surround the schools and are well adapted for all kinds of
  sports, and due attention is given to the physical development of the pupils.
  Prof. Garr is popular not only among the pupils and his fellow-educators, but
  also with the general public, which is ever ready to appreciate honest endeavor
  and superior work.
  
    Prof. Elmer E. Garr is a native of the state of Pennsylvania, having been born
  at Easton, Northampton County, and is a son of Hilarius Garr, a resident of
  Edelman, Northampton County. He received his primary education in the Easton
  Academy, from which he graduated in 1886, and immediately thereafter entered
  Lafayette College. He took a full course and graduated from that well-known
  institution in 1890. He is a man of scholarly attainments and was well qualified
  to enter upon the responsible duties attached to his present duties when called
  in 1891. The high school building is a pleasant two-story structure, well fitted
  throughout with the apparatus necessary to illustrate the subjects under study,
  and furnished with comfortable desks. Works of reference are provided for the
  use of the pupils, who also have access to the library of the Y. M. C. A., which
  comprises 4,000 volumes of literary, scientific and historical works. Upon the
  board of education are to be found some of the leading citizens of Berwick,
  namely: Charles C. Evans, president; H. E. Walton, secretary; S. W. Dickson,
  treasurer; F. W. Bower; M. G. Smith; and John A. Smethers. The faculty consists
  of the following capable instructors: Elmer E. Garr, supervising principal; W.
  L. Houck, vice-principal; William E. Elmes; Eva D. Stiles; and N. W. Bloss.
  Having made for himself a place in the difficult life-work he has undertaken,
  Prof. Garr commands the respect of the entire community and is regarded as an
  authority on matters educational.
  
    Our subject formed a matrimonial alliance with Laura Hester, a daughter of
  Nelson Hester of South Bethlehem, Pa., and they are the happy parents of three
  children: Florence E., Ruth H., and Marion F. Socially our subject is connected
  with the following orders: Master of Knapp Lodge, No. 462, F. & A. M.; member of
  W. T. Sherman Commandery, No. 23, P. O. S. of A., of Berwick; past commander of
  Susquehanna Commandery, No. 18, Knights of Malta; and of the Royal Arcanum. In
  religious belief he adheres to the doctrines of the Lutheran Church. Prof. Garr
  purchased the property formerly owned by Lyman Fowler, made many improvements
  upon it, and now has a very comfortable home. We present his portrait on a
  preceding page.
  
  
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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