Deaths

Harold Allen, member of the National Education Association staff for twenty-six years, instrumental in rural and agricultural education, 3 November 1958.

Mary Ritter Beard, 82, U.S. historian who worked to include women in the predominantly male-centered history works, 14 August 1958.

Dr. Mary Kendrick Benedict, 81, first president of Sweet Briar College (Virginia), 10 February 1956.

Mildred C. Berleman, former editor of American Teacher, (1942-54), 8 November 1955.

Katherine Devereux Blake, 92, pioneer in education for women, organized first evening high school for women, 2 February 1950.

Ward C. Bowen, 64, chief of Audio and Visual Aids bureau and director of visual education for New York State Education Department, advisory consultant with CBS educational television, 1956.

Isaiah Brown, president emeritus of Johns Hopkins University and one...

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