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uraymoor. Mrs. Char-;tung, and isler, 3 5 4rchage 1)a means ? commu-ie neededhelp and iting with piping the the host-Is* one of avel films ?st Indiesalso known as a writer and sociologist. He isCloses Private SchoolAustine StanleyTo Leave Village After 25 Yearsa JwerecifiecharminfforeitionsingagenTt“A teacher affects eternity,” said Henry Brooks Adams. “He can never tell where his influence stops.One Flossmoor teacher of 25 years standing is leaving the village this month but she can be sure that her influence will be felt for many years to come. She is Miss Austine Stanley, a gentle and alert little woman who has operated a private school in thecen-village for a quarter of a tury.An arthritic condition caused Miss Stanley to close the doors of her school in December. She will make her home with friends near Boston, Mass.Miss Stanley came to Flossmoor early in the 1930's from the Harvard School for Boys in Chicago, where she had been an instructor.An interest in special education inspired her to set up her private school where as many as 16 pupils were enrolled at one time. She specialized in the teaching of reading and many pupils in need of sight-saving instruction found their way to her door.“Some of my pupils came from as far away as Chicago, Tinley Park. Palos Park. Harvey and Crete.” she said. “Their mothers brought them to school each morning, and we served lunch at the school.**She smiled as she recalled one of her early contacts with Congressman VV. E. McVey, then superintendent of Thornton township high school. “I took one of my pupils to him and announced that the boy wasalong that line.“A few weeks later he called and told me that the boy was doing outstanding work, adding that any time I wanted to send pupils to him. they could enter without examination.”LIVING IN the East will be like going home to Miss Stanley, in a sense. Born into a family of sea captains, she spent ail her early life on the East Coast.As a child she lived in Washington, D. C.. rolling her hoop in Lafayette Square and participating each year in the Easter egg rolling on the White House lawn on Easter Monday.In those days, she recalls. Easter eggs were colored by wrapping them in calico and steaming them until part of the dye was transferred to the egg People complained, too, she remembers. when eggs reached the outrageous price of 12 cents a dozen.Life was colorful for a child in Washington in those days. The capital was then a small town with friendly, intimate atmosphere. After one of the Easter egg-rolling sessions, Mrs.was ton i num “Ir frien laug havi Sh worn so 1 couh W life sent* peop g°rg theii teac a nlt; and wan M ciall the line atin wha be £Esehlt;a plt; Bosi edunev Wo i the E' brig lea\ horr won She A tel ed iready to enter high school,” she Grover Cleveland, wife of thesaid. “Dr. McVey indicated that he would be happy to test the boy to determine if he could enter.“I replied politely that the University of Chicago was quite ready to accept my word as to the scholastic attainments of my pupils. He laughed and said that he would do anything thePresident, invited all the chil dren in to the East room of the White House. As she walked in to the White House, Miss Stanley recalls, her dress slightly soiled after her happy day. the President looked down and exclaimed. “You’re the little Stanley girl.”Life continued to be gay asmapupAsasacccdidiMis:settIUniversity of Chicago would do i the little Stanley girl becameit»c cninyen |ed.theia VCarrpersbestofpart
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Homewood Star
Homewood, Illinois, US
Tue, Jan 29, 1957
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