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MRS. LIZZIE BURKE

MRS. LIZZIE BURKE, the principal[l] of the Columbia street school, is one of the most experienced teachers connected with the public schools of San Francisco. She began teaching in the old Union street school, and was appointed vice-principal. This school is now the Garfield school. From there she was transferred to the South Cosmopolitan grammar school, and held the position of vice-principal there until she was appointed principal of the Columbia grammar school, and for many years has performed the duties of this arduous position. This school has an attendance of between six and seven hundred pupils, and she has twelve teachers under her supervision.

Mrs. Burke commenced teaching at an early age, and has made an enviable record. She believes in the law of encouragement; this is shown in the classes taught by her. Those children under her instruction respond quickly to her excellent methods and are stimulated to their best efforts. It is a significant fact that her pupils are numbered among her hosts of friends.

Transcribed by Donna L. Becker.

Source: “The Bay of San Francisco,” Vol. 2, Pages 473-474, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.

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