I'm glad you are enjoying the Dayton (Indiana) items I am posting. I am looking for information on the graduating classes of Dayton schools, especially high school graduations, from the turn of the century. I have the book the alumni association put out, but I know that the names for these years are just those turned in when they started the alumni association about 1960. They aren't drawn from any official records. I was hoping the classes would be listed in the papers. I am finding that it is hard to separate common school or 8th grade graduations from high school graduations. Does any one know more about the high school examination at the turn of the century? Dayton only added high school classes slowly, first two years, then three years, and finally four years. Was it possible to do personal study and take this examination, even if the local school didn't offer the classes? Or did you have to commute to a school that offered the classes? I know that after the interurban was put in, students did commute in to Lafayette to school. Susan _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail