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BERTHA BATES |
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Bertha Bates was a legendary figure in St. Louis Park’s academic history. Born and raised in Hopkins in 1874, she graduated from Central High in Minneapolis in 1894. She apparently started teaching before she graduated, as her teaching years are listed as 1885 to 1934. She first taught in Anoka and then Rockford, Minnesota. Her first school in St. Louis Park was the Manhattan Park School, which was said to have been built by Theodore Curtis of the Curtis Hotel. After that she became a legend at Lincoln School. Former students remembered her fondly, but also cautioned that there could be no funny business in her classroom.
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