Marie Caroline Lyle
MARIE CAROLINE LYLE, daughter of MARY CONGDON WAGNER and JOHN HENRY LYLE, was born April 21, 1888 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota,629 and died April 29, 1971 in Glendora, Los Angeles, California.250, 1128 She is buried in Paso Robles District Cemetery, San Luis Obispo County, California.456
Education
Marie C. Lyle
- graduated from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota in 1911 with a B.A. degree in English3213
- graduated from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota in 1912 with a M.A. degree in English3213
- graduated from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota in 1917 with a Ph. D. degree in English3214
Newspaper Articles
Evening Leader, February 1, 19223210
MARIE C. LYLE DEAN AT KEUKA
Elected By College Board of Trustees; Many Gifts to Institution Are Reported
KEUKA PART, Feb. 1.—The mid-winter meeting of the Board of Trustees of Keuka College was held at the college yesterday. It was well attended. The rports of the various committees showed that the college is making satisfactory progress. To date there have been forty students registered in the freshman class.
More than $5,000 has been added to assets of the college in the way of new buildings and improvements on the farm property. Several importont gifts have been received, among which was a gift of $1,000 from Mrs. Eva Hamilton of New York City to establish a loan fund, a gift from Dr. and Mrs. Lyman establishing a prize of $50 a year, also a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Edmund C. Hall of Muncie, Ind., of the deed for the "Lucina Ball Memorial." This building is a large, brick building which stands on the lake shore facing the campus. It was erected some years ago in memory of their sister. It is a valuable piece of property and very beautifully located.
The trustees voted to entertain the World Wide Guild of New York for their summer conference August 14-21, also to entertain the Baptist Pastor's Conference August 21-26.
Miss Marie C. Lyle, Ph. D., was elected Dean of Keuka College. Dean Lyle is a graudate of the University of Minnesota. She has been professor of English in Shorter College, Derectof of Reading in Stout Institute, and Assistant in the English Department of the University of Minnesota. She is author of a very important thesis entitled "The Original Identity of the York and Towneley Cycles," a masterly document, which has been pronounced by outstanding critics of English as one of the most important contributions made in the field of English research in recent years. She has presented a copy of the thesis to the Keuka College Library. Dean Lyle is a woman of unusual ability and charming personality. Her election as Dean meets with most hearty approval from students and faculty. Keuka College is fortunate in having a woman of such marked ability in this important position.
Penn-Yan Democrat, February 11, 19273212
COLLEGE NOTES.
—Dean Marie C. Lyle, Ph. D., is now on a leave of absence until September. Just as she was leaving, she received word calling her to California because of the sudden and very serious illnes of her father. Dean Lyle plans to spend part of her leave in Chicago University, part in the University of Iowa, and then she is to travel in the far west.
Penn-Yan Democrat, January 29, 19323209
COLLEGE WOMAN GOES ABROAD
Dean Marie C. Lyle Will Visit Mediterranean Show Places
On February 3rd, Miss Marie C. Lyle, dean of Keuka College for Women, will sail from New York on the Empress of Australia for a Mediterranean cruise. She expects to be abroad 7 months.
Madiera is the first stop on the cruise, reached after 8 days at sea. Continuing from there, the ship will touch all the main ports of the Mediterranean, 103 in 24 countries of Europe, Africa, and Asia Minor. Dean Lyle will see the famous Alhambra in Spain, and will travel up the Nile to Assuan with side excursions to Luxor, Thebes and Karnack. Other places which the dean will visit will be Seville, Algiers, Tunis, Malta, Naples, Venice, Athens, Istanbul, Halfa, Jerusalem, Port Said and Cairo.
Dean Lyle plans to leave the cruise at the second stop at Naples on March 31. She will travel for two or three months in Italy and Switzerland. In Italy she will spend some time in each of the more important cities, such as Rome and Florence, and will make an extensive tour of the hill towns and lake districts.
In France, Dean Lyle will make her headquarters at the home of relatives on the Riviera, spending some time at Monte Carlo, Villefranche and other famous resorts of Southern France.
She will visit Paris and from that city will go to England where she will do research work in the British Museum with Dr. Craig, the famous Shakespearean scholar, of Stanford University. The subject of the research will be Renaissance Literature. Then in July, Dean Lyle will take a summer course in 18th century literature at Oxford.
Miss Lyle plans extensive trips in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. She plans to attend the convention of the International Association of University Women in Edinburgh which will take place about the first of August.
Dean Lyle will return to the States about the first of September.
During Dean Lyle's absence, Miss Hazel Ellis, of the Biology Department of the college, will be acting dean for the second semester.
San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, April 6, 19324013
Mrs. John Lyle and daughter, Dr. Marie Lyle, are at present in Italy. They were in Rome at Easter time. After a few weeks in Paris, they will go to England for the summer, where Dr. Marie will take some special courses in medical study.
Geneva Daily Times, July 9, 19373211
Dean Lyle to Take Year's Leave From Keuka Duties
Penn Yan, July 9—Miss Marie C. Lyle, dean of women at Keuka College, left for New York City Thursday for a visit with friends and will return here next week, before starting for the West Coast where she will spend a year's leave of absence from her duties at Keuka.
Dean Lyle has been head of the Keuka College for women since 1921, the year of its opening as a "new Keuka," with Dr. A. H. Norton, former president of Elmira College, as head of the "baby college." She has "grown" with Keuka, and has witnessed a 500 per cent growth of the college accomplished in 5 years, following its opening in 1921.
Dean Lyle was granted a leave of one year in June by the college board of trustees, and will be at Stanford University, California, next fall. She will travel West by way of Detroit, Michigan Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis, Minnesota and other Mid-Western cities to visit friends en route. While in New York City she will be guest of honor at dinners by Keuka College Alumnae. She was entertained by the local Keuka alumnae this week at a surprise dinner at East Avenue Tea Room, Naples, arrangements for the dinner being in charge of Mrs. Sidney E. Ayres, Miss Marjorie Comstock, and Mrs. Edward Pond, all of Penn Yan. Each class graduated from Keuka in the past 16 years had an alumna present at the dinner. Mrs. Ayres is a member of the college board of trustees and a member of the Class of 1925, first class to be graduated from the new Keuka which has made such marked progress in the time it has been functioning.
Dean Lyle also was entertained by Rochester club of Keuka alumnae.
The record of Miss Lyle while dean of women at Keuka has been an enviable one. The graduates of the college have been placed in fine positions and even in the depression years the college had the distinction enjoyed by few similar institutions of having placed 85 per cent of its graduates in positions, the highest record in New York State. The standard of Keuka has been recognized by educational groups and the following record speaks for itself: permanent charter granted by University of State of New York in 1924; fully accredited by New York State Department of Education; and Association of Colleges of Middle States and Maryland; accepted into membership of American Association of Colleges and American Association of University Women and American Council of Education, and is a participant in the Liberal Arts College Movement. The reorganized Keuka opened Sept. 21, 1921, with an entering class of 36 girl students and in seven years showed 250 students being give instruction, the student body having grown faster than the physical plant. Dr. Norton, assisted by Dean Lyle, developed the program of Keuka College, making it an outstanding college for women. In Sept 1935, President Norton resigned due to ill health, and his successor was Dr. J. Hillis Miller, formerly dean of students at Bucknell University. Dean Lyle has been instrumental in putting into effect, in cooperation with President Miller, the new individualized program at the college.
Dean Lyle is a graduate of University of Minnesota, Ph. D., her graduate field being English. In 1932 she took a seven months' leave and did research work in English in the British Museum, and also has done research work in English at the Huntington Library at Pasadena, California. She is prominent in various educational groups, including the New York Deans' Association and is a member of the membership and press and publications committees. She is prominent in Modern Language Association and has given a number of papers and acted as chairman of the drama group for two different years.
Many fine tributes have been paid to Dean Lyle since the announcement of her year's leave of absence from this community, where she has made many friends by her unfailing tact, capability and high standards and her rich contribution to the intellectual and social life of the college. She always has been approachable, no matter how busy, and her kindness and sympathetic understanding to members of the press is equal to her individual counselling and reconstruction of maladjusted personalities in the student body, each one of whom finds her a personal friend.
Dr. Augustis Downing, late assistant commissioner of education of the State of New York, speaker at Keuka's first commencement in 1925, said of Keuka's achievement in 4 years, as "the modern miracle in education." He said: "Offering a standard four year course leading to B.S. and B.A. degrees, and meeting the certification regulations of the State Department, Keuka College has been markedly successful in finding good positions each year for its graduates. But the main purpose is not the immediately predictable; its main purpose is to graduate first class women," and to that end Dean Lyle has devoted her efforts in her work at Keuka.
Dean Lyle rendered efficient service to Keuka in its formative years since its opening in 1921 and has carried an especially heavy load during the difficult days when the change in administration was pending and being made. As result of her devotion to duty and attention to detail, she has earned a rest and the next few months will be devoted to that. Dean Lyle has a scholarship rating above the average and is a fine example to girls under her direction.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 3, 1895604 | Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota |
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| June 11, 1900616 | Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota | |
| June 6, 1905603 | Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota | |
| April 18, 191078 | Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota | |
| January 3, 1920614 | Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota | |
| April 8, 1930641 | Jerusalem, Yates, New York |
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| April 10, 19402757 | Batesville, Independence, Arkansas |
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