Edward Christian Glass (1852-1931)

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E. C. Glass became superintendent of Lynchburg's public school system in 1879, at the age of 26, and served for nearly 53 years. He established, and for 18 years oversaw, a summer teachers’ institute that trained thousands of teachers from Virginia and beyond. He co-owned and co-edited the Virginia School Journal, for years the official organ of the state Department of Public Instruction and the Educational Association of Virginia. Glass was president of this association and twice served on the State Board of Education. He wrote several textbooks, including Glass’s Speller. Lynchburg High School was renamed in his honor in 1920, and a new E. C. Glass High School opened here in 1953.

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Lynchburg News, 14 Jan. 1920, 10, 13 Jan. 1929, 26 Oct. 1931. Alexandria Gazette, 10 Jan. 1879. Virginia School Journal, Jan. 1892, April, Oct. 1893, Dec. 1894, Feb. 1895. Journal of Education, 3 Dec. 1925, 28 Jan. 1929, 16 Nov. 1931. Roanoke Times, 1 July 1891, 16 July 1893. Washington Post, 27 June 1905. Washington Herald, 10 Jan. 1921. New York Times, 26 Oct. 1931. Frances Adams Deyerle and Janet Shaffer, A Legacy of Learning: The Lynchburg Public Schools, 1871-1986 (Lynchburg, 1987). Gene W. Tomlin, The First Decade of the Lynchburg, Virginia, Free Public Schools, 1871-1882 (Warwick House Publishing, 2011). The Saga of a City: Lynchburg, Virginia, 1736-1936 (Lynchburg Sesqui-Centennial Association, 1936). James M. Elson, Lynchburg, Virginia: The First Two Hundred Years, 1786-1986 (Warwick House Publishers, 2004). “E. C. Glass High School” https://www.lcsedu.net/schools/ecg/about