Erle Elsworth Clippinger, 63, former member of the English Department at Ball State College, and well known Indiana educator, died early yesterday morning at his home in the Davis Apartments, Liberty and Charles streets. Although he had been in failing health for several months, his death was unexpected. He had been active as late as New Year's Day, having gone downtown for dinner and had talked to friends over the telephone.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Meeks Mortuary at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the REv. E.E. Franklin, pastor of College Avenue M.E. Church, in charge. Dr. L.A. Pittenger, president of Ball State College, will have a part in the services. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Clippinger was born in Eau Claire, Mich., on Sept. 27, 1875, the son of the late Henry Gilbert and Mary Edna Clippinger. He received a diploma from the Benton Harbor Collegiate Institute at Benton Harbor, Mich., in 1894, and later attended Benton Harbor College. In 1900, Mr. Clippinger was graduated from the Michigan State Normal College.
In 1903, Mr. Clippinger was granted an A.B. Degree by the university of Michigan and in 1904 received his A.M. Degree from the same university. He also studied from 1907 to 1908 at the Harvard Graduate School. Mr. Clippinger came to Ball State College in 1918 as head of the English department. Prior to coming to Muncie, he had become an assistant professor of English at the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute (now Indiana State Teachers' College) in 1904. Mr. Clippinger resigned as head of the Ball State College English department in1 932, but continued teaching until his retirement on Aug. 4, 1937. He was made professor emeritus by the college board in Oct., 1937.
Noted as a textbook author, Mr. Clippinger is renowned for his book "Written and Spoken English," which was published in 1917 and issued in an enlarged edition in 1933. Six states adopted the textbook for their high school English departments, hundreds of copies being sold.
Other books of which he was author, are "Illustrated Lessons in Composition and Rhetoric," published in 1912; "Teachers' Manual of Composition and Rhetoric," 1914, and "Children's Literature," published in 1921 in collaboration with C.M. Curry, who is now living in New York and was former head of the English department at Indiana State Teachers College.
Mr. Clippinger, in addition to his work as an educator, had also traveled extensively, having spent considerable time in England and Europe. He had also traveled in the United States.
Mr. Clippinger was the first teacher to be employed when Ball State college became a state institution in 1918. He had also been accredited for the naming to the Orient, college year book, and the Easterner, college newspaper, which is nor known as the Ball State News.
Mr. Clippinger was married on Sept. 9, 1911 to Miss Laura Isabel Minturn of Detroit, who survives him. Other survivors are two brothers, Harry E. Clippinger of Portland, Ore., and Ralph O. Clippinger of Seattle, Wash.; and a sister, Mrs. Anna Orchutt of Chicago. Mr. Clippinger was a member of the Exchange Club.
Active pallbearers will be Prof. David T. Cushman, Dr. Otto E. Christy, Dr. Mark E. Studebaker, Dr. Basil M. Swinford, Dr. Robert R. LaFollette and Dr. Ervin E. Shoemaker. All but Dr. Studebaker are former students of Mr. Clippinger. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. L.A. Pittenger, Dean Ralph W. Noyer, W.E. Wagoner, Fred McClellan, Dr. L.R. Mason and Ben Shroyer.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Meeks Mortuary at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the REv. E.E. Franklin, pastor of College Avenue M.E. Church, in charge. Dr. L.A. Pittenger, president of Ball State College, will have a part in the services. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Clippinger was born in Eau Claire, Mich., on Sept. 27, 1875, the son of the late Henry Gilbert and Mary Edna Clippinger. He received a diploma from the Benton Harbor Collegiate Institute at Benton Harbor, Mich., in 1894, and later attended Benton Harbor College. In 1900, Mr. Clippinger was graduated from the Michigan State Normal College.
In 1903, Mr. Clippinger was granted an A.B. Degree by the university of Michigan and in 1904 received his A.M. Degree from the same university. He also studied from 1907 to 1908 at the Harvard Graduate School. Mr. Clippinger came to Ball State College in 1918 as head of the English department. Prior to coming to Muncie, he had become an assistant professor of English at the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute (now Indiana State Teachers' College) in 1904. Mr. Clippinger resigned as head of the Ball State College English department in1 932, but continued teaching until his retirement on Aug. 4, 1937. He was made professor emeritus by the college board in Oct., 1937.
Noted as a textbook author, Mr. Clippinger is renowned for his book "Written and Spoken English," which was published in 1917 and issued in an enlarged edition in 1933. Six states adopted the textbook for their high school English departments, hundreds of copies being sold.
Other books of which he was author, are "Illustrated Lessons in Composition and Rhetoric," published in 1912; "Teachers' Manual of Composition and Rhetoric," 1914, and "Children's Literature," published in 1921 in collaboration with C.M. Curry, who is now living in New York and was former head of the English department at Indiana State Teachers College.
Mr. Clippinger, in addition to his work as an educator, had also traveled extensively, having spent considerable time in England and Europe. He had also traveled in the United States.
Mr. Clippinger was the first teacher to be employed when Ball State college became a state institution in 1918. He had also been accredited for the naming to the Orient, college year book, and the Easterner, college newspaper, which is nor known as the Ball State News.
Mr. Clippinger was married on Sept. 9, 1911 to Miss Laura Isabel Minturn of Detroit, who survives him. Other survivors are two brothers, Harry E. Clippinger of Portland, Ore., and Ralph O. Clippinger of Seattle, Wash.; and a sister, Mrs. Anna Orchutt of Chicago. Mr. Clippinger was a member of the Exchange Club.
Active pallbearers will be Prof. David T. Cushman, Dr. Otto E. Christy, Dr. Mark E. Studebaker, Dr. Basil M. Swinford, Dr. Robert R. LaFollette and Dr. Ervin E. Shoemaker. All but Dr. Studebaker are former students of Mr. Clippinger. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. L.A. Pittenger, Dean Ralph W. Noyer, W.E. Wagoner, Fred McClellan, Dr. L.R. Mason and Ben Shroyer.
Erle Elsworth Clippinger, 63, former member of the English Department at Ball State College, and well known Indiana educator, died early yesterday morning at his home in the Davis Apartments, Liberty and Charles streets. Although he had been in failing health for several months, his death was unexpected. He had been active as late as New Year's Day, having gone downtown for dinner and had talked to friends over the telephone.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Meeks Mortuary at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the REv. E.E. Franklin, pastor of College Avenue M.E. Church, in charge. Dr. L.A. Pittenger, president of Ball State College, will have a part in the services. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Clippinger was born in Eau Claire, Mich., on Sept. 27, 1875, the son of the late Henry Gilbert and Mary Edna Clippinger. He received a diploma from the Benton Harbor Collegiate Institute at Benton Harbor, Mich., in 1894, and later attended Benton Harbor College. In 1900, Mr. Clippinger was graduated from the Michigan State Normal College.
In 1903, Mr. Clippinger was granted an A.B. Degree by the university of Michigan and in 1904 received his A.M. Degree from the same university. He also studied from 1907 to 1908 at the Harvard Graduate School. Mr. Clippinger came to Ball State College in 1918 as head of the English department. Prior to coming to Muncie, he had become an assistant professor of English at the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute (now Indiana State Teachers' College) in 1904. Mr. Clippinger resigned as head of the Ball State College English department in1 932, but continued teaching until his retirement on Aug. 4, 1937. He was made professor emeritus by the college board in Oct., 1937.
Noted as a textbook author, Mr. Clippinger is renowned for his book "Written and Spoken English," which was published in 1917 and issued in an enlarged edition in 1933. Six states adopted the textbook for their high school English departments, hundreds of copies being sold.
Other books of which he was author, are "Illustrated Lessons in Composition and Rhetoric," published in 1912; "Teachers' Manual of Composition and Rhetoric," 1914, and "Children's Literature," published in 1921 in collaboration with C.M. Curry, who is now living in New York and was former head of the English department at Indiana State Teachers College.
Mr. Clippinger, in addition to his work as an educator, had also traveled extensively, having spent considerable time in England and Europe. He had also traveled in the United States.
Mr. Clippinger was the first teacher to be employed when Ball State college became a state institution in 1918. He had also been accredited for the naming to the Orient, college year book, and the Easterner, college newspaper, which is nor known as the Ball State News.
Mr. Clippinger was married on Sept. 9, 1911 to Miss Laura Isabel Minturn of Detroit, who survives him. Other survivors are two brothers, Harry E. Clippinger of Portland, Ore., and Ralph O. Clippinger of Seattle, Wash.; and a sister, Mrs. Anna Orchutt of Chicago. Mr. Clippinger was a member of the Exchange Club.
Active pallbearers will be Prof. David T. Cushman, Dr. Otto E. Christy, Dr. Mark E. Studebaker, Dr. Basil M. Swinford, Dr. Robert R. LaFollette and Dr. Ervin E. Shoemaker. All but Dr. Studebaker are former students of Mr. Clippinger. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. L.A. Pittenger, Dean Ralph W. Noyer, W.E. Wagoner, Fred McClellan, Dr. L.R. Mason and Ben Shroyer.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Meeks Mortuary at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the REv. E.E. Franklin, pastor of College Avenue M.E. Church, in charge. Dr. L.A. Pittenger, president of Ball State College, will have a part in the services. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Clippinger was born in Eau Claire, Mich., on Sept. 27, 1875, the son of the late Henry Gilbert and Mary Edna Clippinger. He received a diploma from the Benton Harbor Collegiate Institute at Benton Harbor, Mich., in 1894, and later attended Benton Harbor College. In 1900, Mr. Clippinger was graduated from the Michigan State Normal College.
In 1903, Mr. Clippinger was granted an A.B. Degree by the university of Michigan and in 1904 received his A.M. Degree from the same university. He also studied from 1907 to 1908 at the Harvard Graduate School. Mr. Clippinger came to Ball State College in 1918 as head of the English department. Prior to coming to Muncie, he had become an assistant professor of English at the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute (now Indiana State Teachers' College) in 1904. Mr. Clippinger resigned as head of the Ball State College English department in1 932, but continued teaching until his retirement on Aug. 4, 1937. He was made professor emeritus by the college board in Oct., 1937.
Noted as a textbook author, Mr. Clippinger is renowned for his book "Written and Spoken English," which was published in 1917 and issued in an enlarged edition in 1933. Six states adopted the textbook for their high school English departments, hundreds of copies being sold.
Other books of which he was author, are "Illustrated Lessons in Composition and Rhetoric," published in 1912; "Teachers' Manual of Composition and Rhetoric," 1914, and "Children's Literature," published in 1921 in collaboration with C.M. Curry, who is now living in New York and was former head of the English department at Indiana State Teachers College.
Mr. Clippinger, in addition to his work as an educator, had also traveled extensively, having spent considerable time in England and Europe. He had also traveled in the United States.
Mr. Clippinger was the first teacher to be employed when Ball State college became a state institution in 1918. He had also been accredited for the naming to the Orient, college year book, and the Easterner, college newspaper, which is nor known as the Ball State News.
Mr. Clippinger was married on Sept. 9, 1911 to Miss Laura Isabel Minturn of Detroit, who survives him. Other survivors are two brothers, Harry E. Clippinger of Portland, Ore., and Ralph O. Clippinger of Seattle, Wash.; and a sister, Mrs. Anna Orchutt of Chicago. Mr. Clippinger was a member of the Exchange Club.
Active pallbearers will be Prof. David T. Cushman, Dr. Otto E. Christy, Dr. Mark E. Studebaker, Dr. Basil M. Swinford, Dr. Robert R. LaFollette and Dr. Ervin E. Shoemaker. All but Dr. Studebaker are former students of Mr. Clippinger. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. L.A. Pittenger, Dean Ralph W. Noyer, W.E. Wagoner, Fred McClellan, Dr. L.R. Mason and Ben Shroyer.
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