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As the assistant superintendent of schools in Minneapolis in 1906, Harris was in complete charge of the grammar department of the schools. (5) He contributed articles to educational journals and wrote a manual of elementary English for the use of teachers. (6) | As the assistant superintendent of schools in Minneapolis in 1906, Harris was in complete charge of the grammar department of the schools. (5) He contributed articles to educational journals and wrote a manual of elementary English for the use of teachers. (6) | ||
Harris was one of the charter members of the Dubuque Boy Scout Council when it was chartered in January of 1917. Harris along with Judge Daniel E. Maguire and Dr. [[CONZETT, John V.|John V. CONZETT]], formed the three-person Court of Honor for the Dubuque Area Council that approved all awards for local Boy Scouts during the first years of the Scout Council's existence. ( | In 1914 the Northeastern Iowa Teachers Association elected Harris, then serving as superintendent of the Dubuque public schools, as its next president and [[IRISH, Thomas|Thomas IRISH]] as its treasurer. (7) Harris was one of the charter members of the Dubuque Boy Scout Council when it was chartered in January of 1917. Harris along with Judge Daniel E. Maguire and Dr. [[CONZETT, John V.|John V. CONZETT]], formed the three-person Court of Honor for the Dubuque Area Council that approved all awards for local Boy Scouts during the first years of the Scout Council's existence. (8) | ||
Harris served as vice-president of the [[IOWA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION]] in 1921, the year he left to take a similar position in Pontiac, Michigan. He was also active with members of the [[DUBUQUE TEACHERS' CLUB]] in supporting a bill to establish pensions for educators. | Harris served as vice-president of the [[IOWA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION]] in 1921, the year he left to take a similar position in Pontiac, Michigan. He was also active with members of the [[DUBUQUE TEACHERS' CLUB]] in supporting a bill to establish pensions for educators. | ||
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7. "16 Scouts Eligible for Veteran Rank," ''Telegraph Herald,'' November 7, 1922, p. 2 and Paul Lewis | 7. "Dubuque Man is Elected President," ''The Telegraph-Herald'', April 4, 1914, p. 1 | ||
8. "16 Scouts Eligible for Veteran Rank," ''Telegraph Herald,'' November 7, 1922, p. 2 and Paul Lewis | |||
Revision as of 18:09, 19 September 2018
HARRIS, James H. (Keweenaw County, MI, Mar. 9, 1866--Unknown) Harris, the assistant superintendent of schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota, succeeded Franklin T. OLDT in February, 1910 as the superintendent of the public schools in Dubuque.
A graduate of the University of Michigan in 1891, Harris served as a high school principal in Bay City, Michigan in 1899. (1) He then served as superintendent of schools of Pontiac, Michigan for several years. (2) During this time, he wrote "Conditions for Effective Service" for The Journal of Education. (3) He then moved to the Orchard Lake Military Academy at Orchard Lake, Michigan. (4)
As the assistant superintendent of schools in Minneapolis in 1906, Harris was in complete charge of the grammar department of the schools. (5) He contributed articles to educational journals and wrote a manual of elementary English for the use of teachers. (6)
In 1914 the Northeastern Iowa Teachers Association elected Harris, then serving as superintendent of the Dubuque public schools, as its next president and Thomas IRISH as its treasurer. (7) Harris was one of the charter members of the Dubuque Boy Scout Council when it was chartered in January of 1917. Harris along with Judge Daniel E. Maguire and Dr. John V. CONZETT, formed the three-person Court of Honor for the Dubuque Area Council that approved all awards for local Boy Scouts during the first years of the Scout Council's existence. (8)
Harris served as vice-president of the IOWA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION in 1921, the year he left to take a similar position in Pontiac, Michigan. He was also active with members of the DUBUQUE TEACHERS' CLUB in supporting a bill to establish pensions for educators.
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1. "Supplementary List of Active Members," Proceedings of the Department of Superintendence at the Annual Meeting Held in Columbus, Ohio, February 21-23, 1899. National Education Association. p. 120
2. "James Harris Succeeds Oldt," Telegraph Herald, February 5, 1910, p. 8
3. Harris, James H. "Conditions for Effective Service," The Journal of Education, Boston: Trustees of Boston University, March 9, 1905, p. 265 Online: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42802679
4. "James Harris Succeeds Oldt,"
5. Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 667
6. Ibid.
7. "Dubuque Man is Elected President," The Telegraph-Herald, April 4, 1914, p. 1
8. "16 Scouts Eligible for Veteran Rank," Telegraph Herald, November 7, 1922, p. 2 and Paul Lewis
