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Show HEAD OF CHICAGO SCHOOLS Mrs. Ella F. Young Appointed Superintendent Superin-tendent Achieves Career as Author and Educator. Chicago. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, the new superintendent of schools of i i ) i ( i . i i i i 1 1 i i i i 1 1 i i i i i i i ii i i i Mrs. Ella Flagg Young. this city, is a Chicago product. She was born in Buffalo, X. Y., January 15, 1S45. But she was graduated from the Chicago high schools, the Chicago Normal school and obtained the degree de-gree of Ph. D. from the University of 'Chicago. In 1SGS she married William Young She began teaching In 1SG2. From 18S7 to 18S9 she was a district superintendent super-intendent of schools. For several years she was professor of education at the University of Chicago. She has been one of the popular educators in the public schools of Chicago. The women principals of the city have for several years had a club named after her. The activity of this club in pushing push-ing her candidacy was largely responsible re-sponsible for her success at the recent re-cent election. Mrs. Young is the author of several books on pedagogical subjects. Among them are 'Isolation in the School," "Ethics in the School," "Some Types of Modern Educational Theory" and a monograph on "Evolution and Educational Edu-cational Method." She is also the author of "Literature in the Elementary Elemen-tary School" and several other books. In addition to her work in the school Mrs. Young is an active member of the National Educational association I |