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EDGAR CREIGHTON HIGBIE was born in Green 

 Lake County, Wisconsin, July 31, 1875. 



He received his early education in the public schools of 

 Minnesota and in Ripon College Academy, Ripon, Wisconsin. 

 He was a student at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, in 

 1901 and 1902 and received degrees of Bachelor of Arts in Edu- 

 cation and Master of Arts, respectively in 1907 and 1909 from the 

 University of Minnesota. 



He taught rural and graded schools in Wisconsin and 

 Minnesota for four years and was city superintendent of high 

 school systems for five years, after which he was superintendent 

 of the West Central School and Station of the University of Min- 

 nesota for seven years. From this last position he resigned in 

 1917 to pursue further study for the Doctors Degree at the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago ond Columbia University. He is a member 

 of Minnesota Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa. 



