101 YEARS AGO AT THE WALNUT SCHOOL
by Karen Hansen
“Don’t encourage that boy in his idea that he had enough schooling before he has finished a common high school course. Keep him going even at the expense of some rather stringent urging. The successful man of the future must be an educated man. Things have changed since you were a boy and are changing more rapidly now than ever before. The chances for the plug man are disappearing so give your boy enough education to raise him out of that class.” (The Walnut Bureau, Jan. 19, 1906, p. 5)
“This is the first week of the Second Semester. We hope for better work in all departments during this semester than during the last.
Parents are cordially invited to visit school at any time that may be convenient. You will be made welcome by the teachers, and can inspect the work of your children in class during a recitation.
The teacher needs to observe, read, think, practice. He needs to sit at the feet of Jesus, of Aristotle, of Socrates, and of Pestalozzi, and learn methods from the masters.—Selected.
Two beautiful pictures—one of the battle of Bunker Hill and the other of Gettysburg—were placed in the High School room Tuesday. Pictures of this kind teach patriotism, and every school room should have a number of these to adorn its walls.
Absence from a semester examination cannot be excused by the parent except in case of sickness, and students absent from such examinations are marked zero.
Preparations for the annual declamatory contest are now being made. The Superintendent and Misses Broughton and Everson will have charge of training the contestants.
It isn’t the amount of arithmetic, or history or geography that a teacher gives to her pupils which is most valuable. It is the development of their moral character, the ability to see the right thing and then to do it; this is the true mission of the teacher.” (Educational Column, Conducted by L. J. White, The Walnut Bureau, Jan. 26, 1906, p. 7)
Report of the Walnut schools for the month ending Feb. 2, 1906.
Total enrolled. . . . . . . . . . . 236
Total attendance in days . .4550
Average daily attendance . .227
Total absence in days. . . . .118
Average Daily absence. . . . . .9
Number of tardiness. . . . . . .41
Visits by parents. . . . . . . . . . 6
STAR SCHOLARS
Pupils neither absent nor tardy during the month of January are as follows:
Primary
Enid Copley Arnold Echart
Hobert Heflin Lavern Ware
Harry Koll Dora Pierce
George Spoo Lula Longnecker
Edna League Margaret Kasther
Lois Madsen Mable Hofman
Glenn Prueninger Leona Bohnk
Berl Lewis Bruce White
Burton Fraser Jessie Bartlet
Austin Ware
Miss Everson, Teacher.
Second Primary
Charlie Tierney Leo Tierney
Doris Madsen Clifford Hanson
Amita Bohnk Claude Constable
Russel Emmons Clifton Broughton
Eden Allen Helen Brandt
Burnett McLyman Ralph Ast
Charlie Echart Hobart Kincaid
Ettabel Mick Harry League
George Thompson Pearl Pedersen
Alva Deen
Miss Broughton, Teacher.
Intermediate
Fredia Ast Stuart Kastner
Vern Cade Lester Kite
Ernest Cade Felix Pedersen
Harold Pierce Carl Orth
Karl Pierce Myrtle Longnecker
Will Bartlett George Bohnk
John Bartlett Gladys Emmons
Jesse Deen Ruth Mickel
Merna Madsen Jim Menefee
Oda Pedersen Don Robinson
Ed Thompson Glen Orth
Herbert Bohnk Floye Soper
Meta Bohnk
Miss Winhafer, Teacher.
Second Intermediate
Aletha Mickel Alfred Bohnk
Bert Lebeck Ralph Koll
Raymond Wolff Fred Lewis
Clara Andresen Harold Thompson
Roy Wolff Mildred Leonard
Herbert Bunker Bertha Ketelsen
Barbara Fleming Hans Mueller
Merle Luce Pearl Vaughn
Orville Myers Joe Fraser
Gerald Robinson Dell Jacobsen
Harry Lorenzen Roy Myers
Andrew Thompson Norman Kastner
Lillie Longnecker Frankie Bixby
Bernal Carey Glee Copley
Hattie Copley Artie Keoppe
Mack Copley
Miss Julia Leonard, Teacher.
Grammar
Effie Ast Chester Fleming
Ivan Madsen Gladys Mickel
Grace Mickel Bertha Nagel
Earl Robinson Ronald Spangler
Gladys Thompson Willie Tierney
George Aldrich Hazel Bunker
Vera Lewis Willie Tierney
Harold Sankey Homer Spangler
Ethel Taggart Josie Thompson
Peter Mueller
Miss Jennie Leonard, Teacher.
High School
Minnie Ast Gladys Carey
Carrie Fleming Edna Hector
Marie Heflin Milda Jacobsen
Alma Johannsen Lewis Overton
Stella Prueninger Leona Sievers
Harry Taggart Frank Tierney
George Backus Harry Feldthahn
Olwney Corey Edwin Chambliss
Harold Eroe Lauretta Chambliss
Bertha Hagge Amanda Keoppe
Edmond Moller Vera Sankey
Ruby Schlotfeldt Ethel Smart
Jennie Backus Edmond Burke
Claydie Chambliss Rose Fraser
Reba Copley Harry Hector
Grace Keoppe
Misses Landers and Moore, Teachers.
Pupils in the high school who passed the first semester, 1905-1906.
Mabel Galvin Edna Hector
Marie Heflin Milda Jacobsen
Alma Johannsen Stella Prueninger
Frank Tierney Ruby Schlotfeldt
Beth Thompson Rose Fraser
Vina Gress Margaret Cissna
Reba Copley Laura Eroe
Louis Fraser Hazel Lodge
Alice Galvin Grace Keoppe
Miss Ella E. Moore, Principal.
(The Walnut Bureau, Feb. 9, 1906, p. 4)