San Francisco County
Biographies
Mrs. Lelia Ellis, who is prominently identified with the
educational interests of San Francisco, is a native of New Orleans, where she
was also reared and educated. She completed her education in the city of
New York, taking a thorough course in elocution and dramatic training, thus preparing
herself for teaching and reading. After completing her studies she
accepted an engagement for teaching in New Orleans, and was afterward induced
to come to California, where she engaged in teaching and lecturing. She
is very thorough in her methods, giving special attention to the physical
training necessary to the body, and in this has been very
successful. Mrs. Ellis has also devoted much time and attention to the Delsarte system, giving a year and a half of study of the
system under the best teachers in New York and elsewhere. She has aided
in introducing the system by lecturing in Santa Rosa High School and at the
State Normal School at San Jose, and has also taught and lectured at Mills
College, during the same time having classes and giving individual instruction
to pupils at her home in this city. Aside from her professional duties
Mrs. Ellis has written much to journals of education and magazines, among them
being the Argonaut and the papers of her native city.
Transcribed
1-5-05 Marilyn R. Pankey
Source:
"The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 1, pages 685-686, Lewis Publishing Co,
1892.
© 2005 Marilyn R. Pankey.