Allie Luse Dick
Portrait photograph of middle-aged woman.
Born
Alviola May Luse

June 2, 1859
Clyde, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJune 10, 1933
Pasadena, California, U.S.
Alma mater
Occupations
  • music educator
  • music director
Employers
Spouse
Samuel Medary Dick
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(m. 1888)​

Allie Luse Dick (née, Luse; June 2, 1859 - June 10, 1933)[1] was an American music educator who identified with various religious, social, philanthropic and educational activities. Among the positions she held, Dick served as director of music at Hedding College, 1887-88, and again at Missouri Wesleyan College, 1892-95. [2]

Early life and education

Alviola (nicknames: "Allie", or less often, "Alice") May Luse was born at Clyde, Ohio, June 2, 1859.[1] Her parents were John Wylie Luse, M. D., and Elizabeth Patterson Luse.[3] She had three younger siblings: Luella Gertrude Luse, Minnie Marion Luse, and Llewellyn Fay Luse.[1]

She graduated from Clyde high school, 1875, before becoming a student at Oberlin College and Oberlin Conservatory of Music (1876-78).[4] In voice, she was a pupil of Emma Diruf Seiler (1821-1887), Philadelphia, and Charles R. Adams, Boston. In piano, she studied with William Hall Sherwood. She was also a student in art at Albion College, Rhode Island School of Design, and the Worcester Art Museum, as well as studying under private teachers. Dick was awarded an M. A. degree from Howard Female College, 1886.[3]

Career

Dick was a teacher of voice at the Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia, 1882-85. She served as director of music at Hedding College, 1887-88, and at Missouri Wesleyan College, 1892-95.[3]

Dick was a member of the Rhode Island Woman's club, Providence, Rhode Island; Worcester Woman's club; Minneapolis Woman's club; vice president, Thursday Musicale, Buchanan Bible Study club; president, Ladies' Shakespeare club; vice president, Lynnhurst Travel club; Republican Women's club; Colonial chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (D. A. R.);[5] vice regent, Minnesota D. A. R.; district president, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; conference president, Woman's Home Missionary society, Methodist Episcopal Church. She was active in the Red Cross during World War I, and as organizer and director, Blue Cross Young Woman's society for work among orphans in France. Dick was also active in church work leadership.[3]

Personal life

On June 28, 1888, at Clyde, Ohio, she married Rev. Samuel Medary Dick,[3] Methodist Episcopal clergyman.[2]

In religion, she was Methodist. Dick favored woman suffrage.[2]

Alviola May Luse Dick died in Pasadena, California, June 10, 1933.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Alviola May Luse 1859–1933 • KNBD-8NF". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Leonard, John William (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915. American Commonwealth Company. p. 245. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via WikiSource. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Foster, Mary Dillon (1924). "Alice Luse Dick". Who's who Among Minnesota Women: A History of Woman's Work in Minnesota from Pioneer Days to Date, Told in Biographies, Memorials and Records of Organizations. Mary Dillon Foster. p. 86. Retrieved 26 June 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ↑ Oberlin College (1909). General Catalogue of Oberlin College, 1833-1908. Oberlin College. p. 608. Retrieved 27 June 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution (1920). Lineage Book. The Society. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
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