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A SUCCESS.Mr. Ixmis G. Gregory's friends areseriously urging his appointment asa supervising principal of the District of Columbia public schools to succeed Dr. \V. V'. Tunnell, resigned. They point out his complete fitness for the position and refer to his record with pride. Mr. Gregory, it will be recalled, took his Bachelor oi Arts Degree from Fiske University in 185*6, standing in scholarship second only to Dr. W. E. B. DuBois. Upon finishing college he began teaching in the public school at Nashville, Tenn., and later taught at Avery Institute. In his work he was carefully observed by the Fiske professors and they commend him as a model man. In their letters and references to him in scholarship, in character, enthusiasm, discipline and the ability to impart, knowledge, his professors commended him as second to no man Fiske University has sent into the world. Those who worked with him in the pi blic schools speak of him in terms of highest praise, and they state that he has made a most enviable n^cord as a teacher. ———Wishing to pursue work other than teaching. Mr. Gregory entered the law department of Howard Univer sity, completed the three years' course in two years and made one of the best records in scholarship ever made in the history of the law department. Entering upon the practice of law. Mr. Gregory soon won the respect and confidence of the members of the bar and the bench, and was upon several occasions complimented by the Judges. He has the respect and confidence of the community and is looked upon by all who know him as an excellent man.Mr. Gregory has done much work along literary and civic lines. For a year he was president of Bethel Literary and Historical Association, and has In every way Identified him-■elf with every good thing in school, church and state, doing a spelndid (Continued oi page t.)
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Denver Statesman
Denver, Colorado, US
Fri, Aug 23, 1907
Page 10
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