MISS MARY MARGARET BARTELME. Miss Mary Margaret Bartelme was appointed to the responsible position of public guardian of Cook County by Gov. Tanner in 1897, and reappointed four years later by Gov. Yates, and was again reappointed by Gov. Deneen last week.
Miss Bartelme was born and educated in Chicago, graduating from the West
MISS MARY MARGARET BARTELME.
Division High School with honors at the age of sixteen; when nineteen she began teaching in the Chicago public schools, and remained continuously in the school work until 1892, when she consulted Myra Bradwell, who took a great interest in her welfare, and under her advice began the study of law in the class from which she graduated in 1894, although Miss Bartelme was the only woman in the class. She was treated with the greatest kindness and courtesy by every member of the class, she was constant in her attendance and performed every class duty with an ability and faithfulness which won for her respect of her professors, and the admiration of her classmates.
Under the rules of the school every student before graduation had to prepare a thesis upon some legal subject. Miss Bartelme selected for her theme, "Spendthrift Trust," being a review of the doctrine in Nicholas v. Eaton. Prof. Abbott, who was one of Miss Bartelme's legal instructors for the time she was in the law school said: "There have been several young women studying law in the North Western Law School, and without discriminating as to their work, it is only fair to say that Miss Bartelme, from first to last has always maintained a high degree of excellence. It is quite likely that more was demanded of her as she was a young woman, than was demanded of the young men, and the faculty might have been more severe in judging of her work for this reason. But I think I can speak for those associated with me, in saying that Miss Bartelme has been marked as carefully and required to do as much work as the young men, and has done it just as well. I speak of this because it is quite often said that young women cannot successfully study law. As a rule I think this is true. Miss Bartelme is one of the exceptions to this rule."
The American Law Register and Review of Philadelphia, offered a prize of $75 to the students of all law schools in the United States, graduating in June, 1894, for the best annotation of a case decided that year. Many contended for the prize, which was awarded Miss Bartelme on the annotation of Synge v. Synge, 12 B. 466 (1894), in an article on Contracts to Make Wills. This article was published in 27 CHICAGO LEGAL NEWS, p. 70. Miss Bartelme was admitted to the Illinois Bar June 15, 1894. She was Prof. of Medical Jurisprudence in The Woman's Medical School of North Western University for several years. Miss Bartelme has been a member of the Illinois State Bar Association since 1896, is also a member of the Chicago Bar Association, is also a member of the Board of the Soldier's Home of Chicago. She has shown great ability in conducting the affairs of her important and responsible office of public guardian. She has a warm heart and is untiring in her efforts in personally looking after the welfare of children committed to her official care. She shows a deep interest in every ward committed to her care and is deservedly popular with the bench, the bar and all having official business with her. Gov. Deneen is to be commended for reappointing Miss Bartelme.
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