Volume 18 , Issue 22

Mrs. Inez Wilmot

From The Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Kansas, dated 27 January 1917, Saturday, page 10, we find this information concerning the legacy of Northwestern State Normal and one of it's students and teachers: "Mrs. Inez Wilmot."

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When Inez White, was a young girl she came to the home of Prof. and Mrs. H. C. Fellow of Wichita, Kansas. They considered her an exceptionally bright girl, and thru the interest of the professor and his wife the young girl was given a splendid education, several of the years of her training being spent at Friends University.

In 1917, Mrs. Inez White WIlmot was known as one of the leading workers in the state of Oklahoma in primary teaching. Unfortunately ill health had compelled Mrs. Wilmot to give up her teaching and she was leaving Oklahoma for the Gulf resorts with the reputation being the highest salaried primary teacher in the state. She refused the position primary teacher in the Hobart Public schools.

How one with perseverance can accomplish much is demonstrated in the spirit of the woman teacher who had gained her successes wholly over the rough road of difficulties and hard work. She had been teaching since 1907 in the primary grades in Driftwood, Oklahoma, schools, being given much public attention because of her methods of instructing children. After taking her work at Friends University, the young woman in her desire to gain a still better education, went to Northwestern State Normal of Oklahoma. She was special director of primary methods for three years in the Alfalfa County Normal Institute in Oklahoma. Teachers from all parts of the Southwest were interested in her primary work. She was an expert in the Dr. Montessori methods. For one year sh took up Christian lines of work in Cleveland, Oklahoma, where she was a student t in the Cleveland Bible Training School.

Mrs. Wilmot had many friends in Wichita, including several classmates. She was a frequent visitor of Mrs. James Thomas of Riverside. Prof. Fellow was a member of the faculty of Friends University, and Mrs. Fellow was   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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