Mary Ellen Chase

Mary Ellen Chase
Mary Ellen Chasewas an American educator, teacher, scholar, and author. She is regarded as one of the most important regional literary figures of the early twentieth century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth24 February 1887
CountryUnited States of America
Mary Ellen Chase quotes about
christmas
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
christmas mind states
Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind.
ideas understanding suffering
Suffering without understanding in this life is a heap worse than suffering when you have at least the grain of an idea what it's all for.
father sake given
Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.
teacher teaching college
Of all the excellent teachers of college English whom I have known I have never discovered one who knew precisely what he was doing. Therein have lain their power and their charm.
diversity imagination preparation
Whatever laudable qualities the English may possess in their selection, preparation, and consumption of food, elegance, originality, diversity, and imagination are not among them.