He was a to do his best, were continual manifestations of his daily life. thorough scholar, an inspiring teacher, a successful organizer, a supreme institute instructor, which qualities, united with his beautiful spirit as a man, all bear tribute to his worth and success in the memories of all who were privileged to be acquainted with him. As a leader he was among the best and truest, always being faithful to the highest interest of manliness and character, and leaving thereby an impress upon his pupils, associates and friends, that will bear large fruit in years to come. The deepest sympathy of the teachers of Iowa is sincerely extended to his young wife, to his family, and all his personal friends whose lives have been so sincerely sad. dened and stricken by his untimely decease. JOHN ARNOLD KLEINSORGE. In 1899 he John Arnold Kleinsorge was born at Maquoketa, Iowa in 1867 and died at Denver, Colorado in March 1901. After graduating from the Iowa State Normal School at Cedar Falls in 1890, he entered upon the work of teaching, and in time became principal of Crocker school, Des Moines, where he served for three years. Later he went to Europe and spent four years in study in German universities and in travel on the Continent. obtained from Jena the degree of Ph. D. Upon his return to the United States he was elected to the chair of pedagogy in the state normal school in Oswego, New York. In 1900 he became principal of the training school in the state normal school at Greeley, Colorado, where he served acceptably until the time of his death. While in London, in 1897, he was married to Miss Eliza George, a former teacher in the West Des Moines public schools, who still survives him. Hon. Henry Sabin who was his warm personal friend wrote of him the Midland Schools: "An honorable record in our memory and a warm place in our hearts is all that is left of Kleinsorge." "None knew him but to love him, None named him but to praise." |