Bethel School Report – Feb 1883

Bethel School [Switzerland County, Indiana] report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 8 Feb 1883 – Page 5, Column 2

Report of Bethel School, District No. 6, for the term beginning Oct. 2, 1882, and closing Feb. 2, 1883:

  • Length of term, 85 days.
  • Whole number enrolled, 38 pupils.
  • General average attendance for the term, 23.

Number of pupils not absent within the term, 3—Ida Bliss, Eva Bliss, Della Bliss.

Number of visits received from patrons of school, 6, viz: Wm. Houston, Alex Scudder, Daniel Boyd, Mrs. Worden Bliss. Other visits from friends of education numerous.

Best mathematician in the school, O. H. Wiley.

The following are the names of pupils who received the highest percent in their grade, by examination held Dec. 22, 1882:

Fifth Grade

  • A Class—Omer Wiley
  • B Class—E. Boyd, Eugene Sander

Fourth Grade—Cora Stoops, Norris Boyd

Third Grade—Emer Scudder, Daniel Boyd

Second Grade—Mattie Scudder, Bell Kinman, Alvin Stoops

First Grade—Della Bliss

 

The following is a special report of the lessons recited in orthography, and the names of the pupils who received the highest percent:

Number of lessons signed in written spelling, 80; twenty words comprised a lesson. Number of lessons in oral spelling, 158; number of lessons in phonetic spelling, 27. Joseph Wiley, Mattie Cole, Omer Wiley, Sophia Scudder.

MAYBEL FOX, Teacher.