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==Educational career==

==Educational career==

Before he was eighteen, Chambers began teaching in [[rural]] schools in Louisiana from 1877 to 1881. Soon he was a job hopper, having in 1881–1882 undertaken the principalship of Mineral Springs High School in Mineral Springs in Howard County near Texarkana in southwestern [[Arkansas]]. The following academic year, he was principal of the male and female academies in Monticello  in Drew County in southeastern Arkansas. He was superintendent of the Monticello graded schools from 1883 to 1884 and then the superintendent in [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]], Texas, from 1884 to 1885. Chambers returned to New Orleans to become principal of the McDonogh No. 12 School, having remained in that position from 1885 to 1887. Then he was a teacher at his ''alma mater,'' Boys' Central High School in New Orleans from 1887 to 1890, 1896 to 1900, and 1902 to 1905. In the intervening years, he was assistant professor of science at Tulane University from 1890 to 1893. He spent the 1893–1894 year at Johns Hopkins and was principal of Monroe High School in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish

Before he was eighteen, Chambers began teaching in [[rural]] schools in Louisiana from 1877 to 1881. Soon he was a job hopper, having in 1881–1882 undertaken the principalship of Mineral Springs High School in Mineral Springs in Howard County near Texarkana in southwestern [[Arkansas]]. The following academic year, he was principal of the male and female academies in Monticello  in Drew County in southeastern Arkansas. He was superintendent of the Monticello graded schools from 1883 to 1884 and then the superintendent in [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]], Texas, from 1884 to 1885. Chambers returned to New Orleans to become principal of the McDonogh No. 12 School, having remained in that position from 1885 to 1887. Then he was a teacher at his ''alma mater,'' Boys' Central High School in New Orleans from 1887 to 1890, 1896 to 1900, and 1902 to 1905. In the intervening years, he was assistant professor of science at Tulane University from 1890 to 1893. He spent the 1893–1894 year at Johns Hopkins and was principal of Monroe High School in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish from 1894 to 1896. He was affiliated with [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], the normal school in Louisiana from 1900 to 1902.<ref name=bio/>​

from 1894 to 1896. He was affiliated with [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], the normal school in Louisiana from 1900 to 1902.<ref name=bio />​

 

During the [[Spanish–American War]], the 38-year-old Chambers was a sergeant of the First Troop, Louisiana Cavalry, but the war ended after four months and before the Louisiana troops reached [[Cuba]].<ref name=bio/>​

During the [[Spanish–American War]], the 38-year-old Chambers was a sergeant of the First Troop, Louisiana Cavalry, but the war ended after four months and before the Louisiana troops reached [[Cuba]].<ref name=bio />​

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From 1885 to 1889, Chambers edited ''The Progressive Teacher.'' From 1893 to 1894, he was the editor of ''Louisiana School Review." For ten years, he was a director of the Louisiana State Chautauqua, a summer camp educational organization also promoted by John Ephraim Keeny (1860-1939), a president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], and the LSU president Thomas Duckett Boyd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site28.php|title=Keeny, John Ephraim|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=December 27, 2010}}</ref> Chambers was affiliated with the University Club, Louisiana Education Association, [[National Education Association]], Louisiana Historical Society, Mississippi Valley Historical Association (renamed the Organization of American Historians), [[American Historical Association]], and Sons of the American Revolution.<ref name=bio />

From 1885 to 1889, Chambers edited ''The Progressive Teacher.'' From 1893 to 1894, he was the editor of ''Louisiana School Review." For ten years, he was a director of the Louisiana State Chautauqua, a summer camp educational organization also promoted by John Ephraim Keeny (1860-1939), a president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], and the LSU president Thomas Duckett Boyd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site28.php|title=Keeny, John Ephraim|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=December 27, 2010}}</ref> Chambers was affiliated with the University Club, Louisiana Education Association, [[National Education Association]], Louisiana Historical Society, Mississippi Valley Historical Association (renamed the Organization of American Historians), [[American Historical Association]], and Sons of the American Revolution.<ref name=bio />