Emma Sarepta Yule Explained

Emma Sarepta Yule
Birth Date:	March 25, 1863
Birth Place:	Cedar County, Iowa, U.S.
Death Date:	April 16, 1939 (age 76)
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:	Educator, writer

Emma Sarepta Yule (March 25, 1863 – April 16, 1939) was an American educator and writer. She is remembered as the first schoolteacher in Everett, Washington; she was superintendent of Everett school from 1897 to 1900. She later taught in Alaska, and was an English professor at the University of the Philippines for 27 years. She wrote three illustrated books about Japan. In 2020, a park in Everett was named for Yule.

Early life and education

Yule was born in Iowa, one of the sixteen children of Samuel Yule. She was the last child of his first wife, Sarepta Elvira Clark Yule, who died in childbirth. Her father was born in Scotland, and an abolitionist; the family's farm was a safe stop on the Underground Railroad.^[1] She graduated from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls in 1886.^{[2] [3]}

Career

Yule was a "pioneer teacher",^[4] principal, and superintendent of schools in Everett, Washington, from 1891 to 1900,^{[5] [6]} and in Juneau, Alaska, between 1900 and 1910.^[7] She was a professor of English at the University of the Philippines for 27 years, before she retired in 1937.^[8]

Publications

Yule's articles about the Philippines, Japan, China, and Korea were published in Mid-Pacific Magazine, Scribner's Monthly, Current History, American Speech, and other English-language periodicals. She was editor of The Philippine Agriculturist, a campus publication.

• An introduction to the study of colonial history, for use in secondary schools (1912)^[9]
• "The Virgin of Antipolo" (1914)^[10]
• "Carriers of Light and Laughter" (1917)^[11]
• "Some Superstitions and Customs of the Filipino Farmers" (1919)
• "The Boys' Festival in Japan" (1920)
• "Filipino Feminism" (1920)^[12]
• "Rice Growing as Portrayed in Chinese Art" (1921)
• "Japan's New Woman" (1921)^[13]
• "Miss China" (1922)^[14]
• "The Young Women Rebels of Korea" (1923)^[15]
• "Christmas in the Philippines" (1923)
• "Down the Rapids: Week End Trip to Pagsanjan Gorge and Falls" (1925)
• Preparation of Scientific and Technical Papers (1925, with Sam Farlow Trelease)^[16]
• "The English Language in the Philippines" (1925)^[17]
• Stories from Japanese History for Boys and Girls (1926)
• In Kimono Land (1927)^[18]
• In Japan: Without Clock or Calendar (1935)^[19]

Personal life and legacy

Yule died in 1939, in Los Angeles, at the age of 76. She left money for a women's scholarship fund at the University of Washington.^[20] In 2020, a city park in Everett was named for Yule; Emma Yule Park opened in 2022.^{[21] [22]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shattuck . Ben . 2014-06-24 . Remnants of the Underground Railroad . 2024-11-29 . The Morning News.
2. Book: University of the Philippines . Catalogue: Announcements . 1916 . Bureau of Printing . 20 . en.
3. July–August 1897 . Supt. Miss Emma S. Yule . Northwest Journal of Education . 8 . 14.
4. News: 1932-03-13 . Pioneer Teacher Here is Paid a Glowing Tribute; Emma Sarepta Yule Organized Everett's School System . 2024-11-29 . The Daily Herald . 7 . Newspapers.com.
5. Web site: Fox. Deborah A.. 2018-09-02 . Viewpoints: What Emma Yule taught Everett, then and now . 2024-11-29 . The Herald. en-US.
6. Web site: Fox . Deb . 2020-03-09 . An Important Woman on Everett's Map: Emma Yule . 2024-11-29 . Live in Everett . en-US.
7. News: 1910-04-01 . School Board Tells Why . 2024-11-29 . The Daily Alaskan . 1 . Newspapers.com.
8. Web site: Emma Sarepta Yule . 2024-11-29 . Everett Public Library, Northwest History Room Archives . en.
9. Book: Yule, Emma Sarepta . An introduction to the study of colonial history, for use in secondary schools . 1912 . Bureau of printing . Manila.
10. Yule . Emma Sarepta . November 1914 . The Virgin of Antipolo . Mid-Pacific Magazine . 8 . 423–429.
11. Book: Philippine Agriculturist and Forester . 1928 . College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines. . 211 . en.
12. Yule, Emma Sarepta. "Filipino Feminism." Scribners (June 1920) (1920): 738-46.
13. News: 1921-09-02 . Japan's New Woman . 2024-11-29 . The Miami News . 7 . Newspapers.com.
14. Yule, Emma Sarepta. "Miss China." Scribner’s Magazine, LXXI 1 (1922): 66-79.
15. Yule . Emma Sarepta . 1923 . The Young Women Rebels of Korea . Current History (1916-1940) . 17 . 6 . 1017–1020 . 45329512 . 2641-080X.
16. Book: Trelease . Sam Farlow . Preparation of Scientific and Technical Papers . Yule . Emma Sarepta . 1925 . Williams & Wilkins . en.
17. Yule . Emma Sarepta . 1925 . The English Language in the Philippines . American Speech . 1 . 2 . 111–120 . 10.2307/452557 . 452557 . 0003-1283.
18. Book: Yule, Emma Sarepta . In Kimono Land . 1927 . Rand, McNally & Company . en.
19. Book: Yule, Emma Sarepta . In Japan: without clock or calendar . 1935 . The Stratford company . Boston, Mass..
20. Web site: IN RE: Yule's Estate (1943) . 2024-11-29 . Findlaw . en-US.
21. Web site: Watanabe . Ben . 2020-02-02 . Namesake for Everett's newest park was a pioneering educator . 2024-11-29 . The Herald . en-US.
22. https://www.everettwa.gov/facilities/facility/details/Emma-Yule-Park-161 Emma Yule Park