M. G. Brumbaugh
 Supt.
of Schools, Philadelphia, Pa.
Born in Huntingdon County,
Pennsylvania, April 14, 1862; was educated in the public schools; the State
Normal School at Millersville, Pa.; Juniata College, Harvard University, and
the University of Pennsylvania, receiving the following degrees: B. E.
('81), M. E. ('83), B.S. ('85), M.S. ('86), A.M. ('93), Ph. D. ('94).
He has twice had conferred upon him the degree LL. D.
Taught in the public schools of
his native county, and in Juniata College, becoming President of that
institution. Professor of pedagogy in the University of Pennsylvania in
1895; County Superintendent of public schools from 1884 to 1890, being the
youngest Superintendent ever commissioned in Pennsylvania; State Conductor of
Teachers' Institutes in Louisiana for five years, and has lectured to
teachers in almost every state east of the Rocky Mountains. In 1900 -
1902 was by appointment of President McKinley, first Commissioner of
Education under Civil Government in Puerto Rico, establishing there a a
complete of public education.
He is the author of the following
works: Stories of Pennsylvania, with Dr. J. S. Walton; the Standard
Primer, with Miss A. H. Hall; The Standard Readers (five volumes); The
Juniata Lectures; the Principles of Moral Education; A History of the
Brethren; The Making of a Teacher, partly translated into Arabic and many
other educational works.
Source:
"Brewer's Directory of School Superintendents and Normal
Principals", In cities with a population above two thousand
Revised to February, 1907 Published by the Orville Brewer Publishing
Co. The Auditorium, Chicago.
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