This should have gone to Washington. Can't keep them straight or so it seems. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: <jlaird@bellsouth.net> To: <KSHARPER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 8:47 AM Subject: [KSHarper] County Diplomas: Washington: May 10, 1901 > The Washington Republican > Washington County > Friday > May 10, 1901 > > County Diplomas > The following are the names of pupils who were successful in the examination for county diplomas. > Mattie CLASSEN, Dist. 10 > Grace SHERRILL, Dist. 11 > Garfield NELSON, Dist. 18 > Edward McCONNELL, Dist. 18 > Edith NIMS, Dist. 34 > Walter NIMS, Dist. 34 > Fairy DOWNING, Dist. 72 > Geo. H. MILLER, Dist. 73 > Margaret GRAY, Dist. 74 > Ellen GRAY, Dist. 74 > Walter MOLBY, Dist. 76 > Creatan FROMM, Dist. 88 > Mabel JOHNSON, Dist. 97 > Myrtle GASKILL, Dist. 124 > Grace HOWLEY, Joint 2, R.W. > The highest grade in arithmetic was 100, received by Geo. H. MILLER, Margaret GRAY and Fairy DOWNING. > In grammer 98, Mabel GRAVES; orthography 90, Ellen GRAY; reading 95, Pearl CHASE; geography 99, Walter MOLBY; writing 95, Blanche RICHARDSON and Mattie CLASSEN; physiology 94; Geo. H. MILLER; constitution 99, Edith and Walter NIMS; history 93, Walter NIMS. > The highest average was 87 7-9 made by Walter NIMS, the second highest average was 87 2-9 made by Grace SHERRILL, and the third highest 86 1-9 made by Walter MOLBY. > We have for one making the highest average a year's tuition free in the following educations insutitutions of Kansas: Washburn Academy, Topeka, Bethany College of Linsborg, Ottawa University of Ottawa, and Centeral Normal College of Great Bend, and for the second highest a year's tuition free in Bethany College of Linsborg. > We hope our young people will take advantage of some of these free scholarships. The institutions are all first calss and and rank among the best of the state. > Twenty-seven of the sixty-seven applicants wrote on the branches of the seventh years work only. > The cause of one half failing I think can be charged against the text books used. > You will please call at my office for your diploma about June 1, 1901. > W.H. FISHEL, Co. Supt. > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >