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Before giving a sketch of his life, however, we present a brief history of the schools with which he is intimately connected. The Newberry public schools consist of a fine, commodious, two-story frame building, which when erected cost $7,000. It contains six large rooms, easily heated and ventilated and stands on a fine elevation in the western part of the town. Under PROFESSOR CHISHOLM'S progressive regime the schools have been graded, a written course of study has been prepared provid- ing for a twelve-years' course in English; and, beginning with September, 1895, Latin and German will constitute a part of the curriculum and graduates will be equipped for entering the freshman class at any State educational institution without examination. The first class to graduate in Newberry is that of June, 1895, comprising three members. The number of pupils en- rolled is 295, out of a school population of 320, and six teach- ers are employed. The pupils of the high school have access to a magnificent library of over 1,000 volumes. PROFESSOR A. D. CHISHOLM, the efficient superintendent of this school, and also County Commissioner of Schools for Luce county, was born in Middlesex county, Ontario, September 29, 1853. His elementary education was gained in the public schools of his native county. At the age of seventeen he was a success- ful teacher. Realizing that a progressive teacher must be a diligent student, he devoted his spare moments to study, in which he was greatly assisted by his father, who had been for many years a prominent educator. After teaching one year in Ontario, he came to Newaygo, Michigan, to attend the high school, which was at that time under the able supervision of his uncle, the late Professor DOWNIE, of Muskegon. He subsequently taught school in Michigan for several years, and then entered the Lindsay High School, and after graduating from that institution he decided to take a full course of instruction at the Provincial Normal School, Toronto. After completing his studies at the Normal he attended a course of lectures at Queen's University, Kingston, and two years later graduated from the London Commercial College and National Training School. He then removed to Michigan, and for the past fifteenyears has been actively engaged in educational work. He taught in Wayne, Kent, Muskegon and Washtenaw counties, and it was through the general recognition of his ability as a teacher that he was elected mem- ber of the Washtenaw County Board of School Examiners, a posi- tion which he filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to the teachers of the county. PROFESSOR CHISHOLM was first elected to the superintendency of the Newberry public schools in June, 1892, and has since received the unanimous support of the Board of Education and of the pupils and patrons for his able manage- ment of the schools. It can be truly said of him that every de- tail of work pertaining to education has received his careful attention. He is active and energetic, an excellent disciplin- arian, and thoroughly abreast with the times in educational methods. PROFESSOR CHISHOLM is president of the Luce County Teachers' Association, and is identified with a number of other organiza- tions. He was Sir Knight Commander of the local tent of the Knights of the Maccabees, has been Secretary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He was married June 15, 1880, in Detroit, Michigan, to ANNE D., daughter of DUNCAN and EUPHEMIA (McKELLAR) FERGUSON, of Middlesex county, Ontario, she being one of a family of six children. The Professor and his wife have a family of children as follows: ANNIE BELLE, EFFIE MAY, DANIEL D., ANGUS D., Jr., and JOHN A., ranging in ages from twelve to two years. Having thus briefly outlined the Professor's life and the work in which he is engaged, we turn for a glimpse at his ancestry, which, however, can be traced back no further than his grandfather, JAMES CHISHOLM. This JAMES CHISHOLM was a farmer, honest and industrious and respected by all who knew him. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, four sons, - DONALD, ANGUS, ALEXANDER and WILLIAM, and three daughters. His son DONALD, the father of our subject, was born in Nova Scotia and was educated in Halifax and Truro. Settling in Ontario, he there followed the occupation of teaching for a period of twenty years, finally retired to a farm in Middlesex county, and there passed the closing years of his life. His death occurred in 1887, at the age of seventy-three years. He married ANNE, daughter of MALCOM DOWNIE, one of the wealthy farmers of Middle- sex county; and they became the parents of eleven children, the subject of our sketch being the third son and one of the eight who are still living. PROFESSOR JOHN A. is a resident of Seney; MALCOM and DONALD are farmers; and JAMES, HUGH and COLIN reside at the old homestead, at Kilmartin, Middlesex county, Ontario. ===========================================================================