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W. N. BUSH
W. N. BUSH,
Principal of the Commercial High
School in San Francisco,
was born in Fall River, Massachusetts,
in 1857, of New England parents, attended school during boyhood, and after completing his preparatory course,
entered Harvard College
and graduated in the class of 1882. The
following year he went to Peoria, Illinois,
and the same year came to San Francisco,
and was appointed to the head of the mathematical department of the Oakland
high school, and retained that position three years. He then occupied a similar position, as the
head of the mathematical department of the Boys’ High School in San
Francisco. The Commercial
High School was organized in 1883,
the course embracing twelve to eighteen months.
In October, 1889, it was declared a high school by the Board of
Education. Professor Bush was offered
and accepted the position as Principal of the school. The course was lengthened to two years, and
several academic studies added, together with English literature, geometry,
physics and Spanish. In the type-writing
department are thirty-five type-writers, and each pupil has two hours’ daily
practice in short-hand. There are ten
regular and several special teachers.
The enrollment has increased from 50 to 500. Prof. Bush is prominently identified with the
teaching profession of the city, with the State Teachers’ Association, and
educational work of the Pacific coast generally, being a regular contributor at
the sessions of these organizations.
Transcribed 8-17-05 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, Page 264-5, Lewis
Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2005 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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