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- Teacher of English here 11 years dies.
Miss Pearl Adams passes at Sterling on Sunday after illness of 18 months
Miss Pearl Adams, teacher of English in the Wichita high schools for 11 years, died Sunday afternoon at her home in Sterling where she has been ill for the last 18 months, according to word received here by friends.
Miss Adams started teaching in the Wichita high school in 1920. She continued at East high until 1930, then taught at North high until 1931, when she was compelled to give up her work because of ill health.
Hundreds of Wichitans have studied in her classes and she was a popular member of the City Teachers’ association, having a wide acquaintance. In collaboration with Miss Ellen Smith and Miss Leona McAulty, Wichita teachers, she wrote the textbooks, “Essentials in English,” which is in use in many public schools.
Miss Adams was a graduate of Sterling college and took her master’s degree at the University of Iowa. Surviving members of her family at Sterling include her mother, three sisters and four brothers. Funeral services will be held there, probably on Tuesday.
The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, Kansas. Monday, 30 January 1933.
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- Death of Pearl Adams
Miss Pearl Adams, who was born and reared in the Beulah community, died Jan. 29 at the home of her mother in Sterling, Kan. She was 49 years of age and had been a teacher in the schools of Wichita, Kan., for 12 years. The following obituary comes from the Sterling Bulletin.
Ida Pearl Adams, daughter of J.M. and Rachel Adams, was born near Bostwick, Nebr., Dec. 14, 1883, and died at the home of her mother in Sterling, Jan. 29, 1933. At the age of 17, she began her life profession of teaching near Beulah. For two years, she attended Geneva College, at Beaver Falls, Pa. Then the family moved to Sterling and her education was continued in Sterling College, from which she received an A.B. degree in 1910.
During these college days, she took a leading part in the work of the then-flourishing literary societies and in inter-collegiate debating. A master’s degree in English was earned from Iowa State University later.
A few years ago she became co-editor with two other Wichita teachers in publishing a text book of English composition. This book is being used today in many high schools.
For ten years, Pearl Adams taught in the Sterling public schools, two years in the grads and eight years as English instructor in the high school. For twelve more years she served in the high schools of Wichita.
Miss Adams was at one time a member of Beulah covenanter congregation.
She is survived by her mother and a sister, Ella, in the home; by J.R. Adams and Mrs. T.W. Patton of Sterling; Rev. R.C. Adams, Apache, Okla.; Will Adams, Grant, Nebr.; Andrew Adams, Madrid, Nebr.; Mrs. J.A. Heasty, in the Sudan, Africa; Mary Adams, a missionary in China. Her father died on March 12, 1932.
The Superior Express, Superior, Nebraska. Thursday, 9 February 1933.
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