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Clara Sykes was thesecretary for the Home Economics Department
in 1918. She brought considerable experience to the position.
Sykes graduated in l901 from Northbridge High School in Whitinsville,
Massachusetts. She earned a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1905.
In 1912, she also received a B.S. from Simmons College. Before
coming to Cornell she had numerous experiences in public education:
as a high school teacher, assistant principal, registrar, and
inspector in charge of examination and teacher certification for
the Connecticut State Board of Education. She remained at Cornell
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