Kate Andrews Was First Valedictorian
Editor's Note — The information for this article was complied by Dr. Richard Morrow, chairman of the Massena Central School Centenniel Commencement Committee, from information from The Massena Observer, college records and interviews with Mrs. Emily Bushnell of Massena.
When the graduates of the Massena Central High School class of 1985 throw up their caps in celebration of their passage from high school this June, they will carry their dreams and ambitions into the world. It was 100 years ago when the first graduates of Massena High School, Valedictorian Kate Andrews and Salutatorian Gordon A. Wright, received their diplomas.
Kate Andrews was born Oct. 6, 1868, the daughter of Hannibal and Harriet(DeLano) Andrews, and, moved with her family to Massena at the age of three. Her older brother, Avery DeLano Andrews, achieved success serving with the U.S. Army as a high-ranking staff officer under General John J. Pershing during world War I. A younger sister, Harriet, was born in Massena where she would grow
up and marry Walter Branson, before leaving to reside in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Kate's father began a partnership with his brother, Guy in the mercantile business in 1870. While growing up, Kate and her family lived on a farm bordering the Grasse River, in a house built by her grandfather, John B. Andrews. Kate's father died in 1897, when she was about 30 years old. Her mother passed away after 1945.
Kate's scholarly success culminated in her being named as the first Valedictorian of Massena High School. It was June 12, 1885, when she and Salutatorian Gordon A. Wright made history as Massena's first graduates.
Attending Holyoke College in Massachusetts, Kate Andrews graduated from there in 1890 as president of her Senior Class. Education was her field, and she taught math and Latin from 1890-93 at Materus College in Oxford, Ohio: math at Mills College in Alameda, Ca. from 1893-95; math at Miss Mittleberger's School for
Girls in Cleveland, Ohio from 1896-1903; math at Chicago Latin School from 1905-08; and she taught math and supervised at Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Md., from 1908-15.
Kate traveled abroad many times, often spending her summers in Europe. In 1914, while in Germany with Mrs. H.W. Warren of Massena, World War I erupted, trapping the two women in a wartorn country. After great difficulty, they made their way safely to Switzerland and finally back to Baltimore where Kate resumed teaching.
In 1915, she suffered a debilitating heart attack, and became an invalid, forcing her to give up her teaching. This did not deter her, however. She would spend summers at her mother's home on Massena's Main Street.
It was on a visit with her sister in
Pittsburgh in 1919 that Kate suffered the stroke that woild lead to her death on May 11,1919. She was buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Massena.
Massena Observer
Thursday, May 30,1985
Editor's Note — The information for this article was complied by Dr. Richard Morrow, chairman of the Massena Central School Centenniel Commencement Committee, from information from The Massena Observer, college records and interviews with Mrs. Emily Bushnell of Massena.
When the graduates of the Massena Central High School class of 1985 throw up their caps in celebration of their passage from high school this June, they will carry their dreams and ambitions into the world. It was 100 years ago when the first graduates of Massena High School, Valedictorian Kate Andrews and Salutatorian Gordon A. Wright, received their diplomas.
Kate Andrews was born Oct. 6, 1868, the daughter of Hannibal and Harriet(DeLano) Andrews, and, moved with her family to Massena at the age of three. Her older brother, Avery DeLano Andrews, achieved success serving with the U.S. Army as a high-ranking staff officer under General John J. Pershing during world War I. A younger sister, Harriet, was born in Massena where she would grow
up and marry Walter Branson, before leaving to reside in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Kate's father began a partnership with his brother, Guy in the mercantile business in 1870. While growing up, Kate and her family lived on a farm bordering the Grasse River, in a house built by her grandfather, John B. Andrews. Kate's father died in 1897, when she was about 30 years old. Her mother passed away after 1945.
Kate's scholarly success culminated in her being named as the first Valedictorian of Massena High School. It was June 12, 1885, when she and Salutatorian Gordon A. Wright made history as Massena's first graduates.
Attending Holyoke College in Massachusetts, Kate Andrews graduated from there in 1890 as president of her Senior Class. Education was her field, and she taught math and Latin from 1890-93 at Materus College in Oxford, Ohio: math at Mills College in Alameda, Ca. from 1893-95; math at Miss Mittleberger's School for
Girls in Cleveland, Ohio from 1896-1903; math at Chicago Latin School from 1905-08; and she taught math and supervised at Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Md., from 1908-15.
Kate traveled abroad many times, often spending her summers in Europe. In 1914, while in Germany with Mrs. H.W. Warren of Massena, World War I erupted, trapping the two women in a wartorn country. After great difficulty, they made their way safely to Switzerland and finally back to Baltimore where Kate resumed teaching.
In 1915, she suffered a debilitating heart attack, and became an invalid, forcing her to give up her teaching. This did not deter her, however. She would spend summers at her mother's home on Massena's Main Street.
It was on a visit with her sister in
Pittsburgh in 1919 that Kate suffered the stroke that woild lead to her death on May 11,1919. She was buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Massena.
Massena Observer
Thursday, May 30,1985
Kate Andrews Was First Valedictorian
Editor's Note — The information for this article was complied by Dr. Richard Morrow, chairman of the Massena Central School Centenniel Commencement Committee, from information from The Massena Observer, college records and interviews with Mrs. Emily Bushnell of Massena.
When the graduates of the Massena Central High School class of 1985 throw up their caps in celebration of their passage from high school this June, they will carry their dreams and ambitions into the world. It was 100 years ago when the first graduates of Massena High School, Valedictorian Kate Andrews and Salutatorian Gordon A. Wright, received their diplomas.
Kate Andrews was born Oct. 6, 1868, the daughter of Hannibal and Harriet(DeLano) Andrews, and, moved with her family to Massena at the age of three. Her older brother, Avery DeLano Andrews, achieved success serving with the U.S. Army as a high-ranking staff officer under General John J. Pershing during world War I. A younger sister, Harriet, was born in Massena where she would grow
up and marry Walter Branson, before leaving to reside in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Kate's father began a partnership with his brother, Guy in the mercantile business in 1870. While growing up, Kate and her family lived on a farm bordering the Grasse River, in a house built by her grandfather, John B. Andrews. Kate's father died in 1897, when she was about 30 years old. Her mother passed away after 1945.
Kate's scholarly success culminated in her being named as the first Valedictorian of Massena High School. It was June 12, 1885, when she and Salutatorian Gordon A. Wright made history as Massena's first graduates.
Attending Holyoke College in Massachusetts, Kate Andrews graduated from there in 1890 as president of her Senior Class. Education was her field, and she taught math and Latin from 1890-93 at Materus College in Oxford, Ohio: math at Mills College in Alameda, Ca. from 1893-95; math at Miss Mittleberger's School for
Girls in Cleveland, Ohio from 1896-1903; math at Chicago Latin School from 1905-08; and she taught math and supervised at Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Md., from 1908-15.
Kate traveled abroad many times, often spending her summers in Europe. In 1914, while in Germany with Mrs. H.W. Warren of Massena, World War I erupted, trapping the two women in a wartorn country. After great difficulty, they made their way safely to Switzerland and finally back to Baltimore where Kate resumed teaching.
In 1915, she suffered a debilitating heart attack, and became an invalid, forcing her to give up her teaching. This did not deter her, however. She would spend summers at her mother's home on Massena's Main Street.
It was on a visit with her sister in
Pittsburgh in 1919 that Kate suffered the stroke that woild lead to her death on May 11,1919. She was buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Massena.
Massena Observer
Thursday, May 30,1985
Editor's Note — The information for this article was complied by Dr. Richard Morrow, chairman of the Massena Central School Centenniel Commencement Committee, from information from The Massena Observer, college records and interviews with Mrs. Emily Bushnell of Massena.
When the graduates of the Massena Central High School class of 1985 throw up their caps in celebration of their passage from high school this June, they will carry their dreams and ambitions into the world. It was 100 years ago when the first graduates of Massena High School, Valedictorian Kate Andrews and Salutatorian Gordon A. Wright, received their diplomas.
Kate Andrews was born Oct. 6, 1868, the daughter of Hannibal and Harriet(DeLano) Andrews, and, moved with her family to Massena at the age of three. Her older brother, Avery DeLano Andrews, achieved success serving with the U.S. Army as a high-ranking staff officer under General John J. Pershing during world War I. A younger sister, Harriet, was born in Massena where she would grow
up and marry Walter Branson, before leaving to reside in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Kate's father began a partnership with his brother, Guy in the mercantile business in 1870. While growing up, Kate and her family lived on a farm bordering the Grasse River, in a house built by her grandfather, John B. Andrews. Kate's father died in 1897, when she was about 30 years old. Her mother passed away after 1945.
Kate's scholarly success culminated in her being named as the first Valedictorian of Massena High School. It was June 12, 1885, when she and Salutatorian Gordon A. Wright made history as Massena's first graduates.
Attending Holyoke College in Massachusetts, Kate Andrews graduated from there in 1890 as president of her Senior Class. Education was her field, and she taught math and Latin from 1890-93 at Materus College in Oxford, Ohio: math at Mills College in Alameda, Ca. from 1893-95; math at Miss Mittleberger's School for
Girls in Cleveland, Ohio from 1896-1903; math at Chicago Latin School from 1905-08; and she taught math and supervised at Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Md., from 1908-15.
Kate traveled abroad many times, often spending her summers in Europe. In 1914, while in Germany with Mrs. H.W. Warren of Massena, World War I erupted, trapping the two women in a wartorn country. After great difficulty, they made their way safely to Switzerland and finally back to Baltimore where Kate resumed teaching.
In 1915, she suffered a debilitating heart attack, and became an invalid, forcing her to give up her teaching. This did not deter her, however. She would spend summers at her mother's home on Massena's Main Street.
It was on a visit with her sister in
Pittsburgh in 1919 that Kate suffered the stroke that woild lead to her death on May 11,1919. She was buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Massena.
Massena Observer
Thursday, May 30,1985
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