Background
Smith, Charles Frederick was born on August 14, 1883 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Frank Steven and Clara Elizabeth (Albach) Smith.
Smith, Charles Frederick was born on August 14, 1883 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Frank Steven and Clara Elizabeth (Albach) Smith.
Preparatory education, high school. Student Case School Applied Science, 1903, Ohio State University, 1904-1905, Teachers College (Columbia), 1906-1907. Bachelor of Science, Columbia, 1908.
Instructor in manual training, high school, Cleveland, 1908-1909. Instructor manual training and physical education, high school, Highland Park, Illinois, 1909-1910. Instructor manual training, physical education and scouting, Staten Island (New York) Academy, 1910-1917.
Instructor physical and recreational education, Horace Mann School, New York, 1917-1920.
Instructor scouting and recreational leadership, Teachers College (Columbia), since 1917. Executive officer Boy Scout International Jamboree, 1920.
National educational director Boy Scouts America, 1924.
Member 9th Coast Artillery, New York Neuropsychology Group, 1916. Member National Education Association, Woodcraft League, Camp Fire Girls, National Camp Directors’ Association.
Married Bertha Francis Thompson, of Hartford, Connecticut, June 11, 1910. Children: Charles Warner, Gilbert Creig, Sylvia Christine.