History of Hall County, Nebraska, Part 52

Author: Buechler, A. F. (August F.), 1869- editor
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Lincoln, Neb., Western Pub. and Engraving Co.
Number of Pages: 1011

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It appears that the law then in force did not give to a school district of the class of Grand Island authority to vote bonds. There- fore, the erection of a first brick building was considerably delayed, until the necessary authority could be secured from the state legis- lature. Accordingly the passage of an act of the legislature was secured, empowering the district to vote $15,000 in 20 year 10% bonds. The proposition to issue bonds for building a school house received 141 votes. O. A. Ab- bott, C. E. Lykke and John Wallichs were elected trustees in April, 1878, and William Anyan, T. J. Hurford and B. C. Howard were appointed to act with the trustees as a school building committee. Thereafter these bonds were sold at 90 cents on the dollar, refunding at 6%. Immediately after the sale of the bonds the district contracted for the erection of a two-story and basement brick, eight room building on Block 81, which was completed in 1879. This building cost the district $20,000 and at that time appeared to be large enough to provide for the needs of the district for many years to come. The new school-building and the old courthouse, built in 1872, were then the only brick buildings in town. They were referred to as evidences that the people were here to stay and of the sub- stantial faith they had in the future of the country.

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ing donated this Block 81 to the district, this building was given the name of "Dodge." In the chapter on railroads a more detailed ex- planation is given of the important part that General Grenville M. Dodge played in saving this route and permanently establishing the Union Pacific Railroad, and it was only fitting to honor in this way the man who as much as any one individual carried a big burden in the development of this western country.

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As early as 1880 the capacity of this building was overtaxed and rooms in the basement and outside roomes were fitted up and occupied temporarily for school purposes. During the years 1883 and 1884 a four room addition was built to the Dodge building, costing $7,600, and a new eight-room, two-story and basement building known as the Howard school was built on Block 20, on Fifth street, between Syca- more and Kimball, costing $20,000. It was likewise appropriate that the name of this sec- ond substantial school building should be se- lected in honor of a man, Blake C. Howard, who devoted his spare energies and time from his railroad duties as master mechanic of the Union Pacific shops and mechanical depart- ments, to the upbuilding of Grand Island's school districts.

In 1886 the Wasmer school was built, on West Division between Monroe and Jackson streets, at a cost of $5,125. This school was a one-story and basement brick, two-room building, and was named after the man who laid out the addition in which it was located. The Platt building was given that name in honor of Nathan Platt, member of the board at that time, and for some years its secretary. The main part of the Platt building, located on a site owned by the district at the corner of Cleburn and Seventh streets, was built in 1888. Six years later a two-room addition was added, making a four-room and basement building. In 1890 additions were built to the Dodge and Howard buildings, costing respec- tively $11,900 and $9,874.

The Handy school was located on the Platt site and moved to its present location on

North Madison between Fifth and Sixth streets. The Lincoln school is a four-room and basement building on the corner of Eighth and Beal streets. The Jefferson is now the largest ward school in the city, an eight-room and basement building on West Jefferson and West Seventh street, and is soon to be enlarged by a new addition. The Evans school, as hereto- fore stated, was that part of the Dodge build- ing which was moved to the Howard site and later in 1884 to Lot 10, Block 7, Evans Addition.

In 1919 an issue of $350,000 of school bonds was authorized at a special election. This is to be the foundation of an extensive program for bringing Grand Island's school facilities up to an adequate basis. The program includes the building of a two-room school in West Lawn, now under construction at the corner commonly known as "Five Points." An addition to the Jefferson school is to follow; and new buildings are to be erected, at Charles and Cleburn for a South Side junior high school between Fifth and Sixth, and between Elm and Cleburn streets of a new high school building, and the con- version of the present high school building into a North Side junior high school building.

To the greater majority who have attended the Grand Island schools, and especially those who graduated and became alumni, the thought of "high school" will bring memories of the old "Dodge" building, which housed the high school for a quarter of a century.

The Dodge building eventually became so crowded that even after primary grades had been crowded into unsanitary and unfit base- ment rooms, it became necessary to erect a special high school building. For several years the board had such a building in contemplation, but felt that the bonded indebtedness should be reduced before beginning so large an under- taking. Consequently it was not until March, 1904, that the initiatory step was taken towards the erection of a high school building. It was decided by the board, after an examina- tion of other high schools of the state, to ask the taxpayers for an issue of $60,000 high school bonds. In November, 1905, the Digitized by 5, the ques le

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tion of the isuance of $60,000, 10-20 41/2 per cent bonds was submitted and authorized by the voters. The bonds were issued and sold for a premium of $314 and accured interest de- liverable in installments of $10,000 at the op- tion of the district. F. A. Henninger pre- pared the plans for the building, and J. H. Wagenkneckt of Wathena, Kansas, secured the contract for $47,127. The firm of Wirth & Winterbottom of Falls City, Nebraska, se- cured the contract for a plumbing and heat- ing plant. at $9,500. The excavating was be- gun on October 9, 1906, the building was com- pleted and occupied January 20, 1908. Fare- well exercises to the old high school rooms of the Dodge building were held in the old rooms in the afternoon of Friday January 17.

The building has a frontage on North Wal- nut street of 140 feet and a depth of 85. It has two stories and a basement with an eleva- tion of ten feet above the grade line. It is steam heated and electric lighted, and well ventilated. There are fourteen well lighted, commodious recitation rooms, chemical and physical laboratories and lecture rooms, an auditorium with a seating capacity of 240, a gymnasium 40 x 60 feet and offices and emerg- encies rooms in the building.

The school census, sworn to on March 17, 1872, by Fred A. Wiebe, showed the follow- ing families with children of school age then residing in District Two: H. P. Handy (Wil- lie, Nellie, Lillie, Handy and Barbara Wolf), John S. Vorley (Emery, Lonesa, Hellen, Louisa and John), Samuel Schreckengast (William, John), Henry Stratman (Dietrich, Mary, William, Annie), John G. Stark (Wil- liam, Lena), C. Cornelius (Gustav, Annie). Claus Obermueller (Mary Obermueller, Anna Eggert), Joseph Jeneman (Lizzie), Wm. Spafford (Adalbert, O. D. Day, Lylle Clark), John Hann (John, Henry, Lina), Wm. Goell- ner (William, Paul, Lena, Christina Smith), Henry Koebig (Richard, Lena Stoltenberg, Charlotte Wasmer), Hans Obermueller (Win- nie), R. S. Buchanan (Harry, Eldridge, Ed- gar), John Peterson (Auris, John), Phillip Voitl (Joseph, John), C. F. Rollins (George) Nelinda Higgins (Lizzie), Joseph Hay

(Grazie, Lena), W. H. Platt (Maggie), F. A. Weibe (Charles), Edward Hooper (Annie, Millie, Allie), A. Thorspecken (Julia, Au- gustus, Hattie), John Wallichs (Augusta, Frederick), B. B. Kelley (Rena), Th. Warren (William), Joseph), Thomas Warren (Nancy), James Michelson (Lena, Anna, Minnie, Fred), Ch. Heusinger (Lenora, Sylvena, Clara), Austin A. Richardson (Hattie, Nettie, Annie), Chas. Jerome (Frank), L. W. Rollins (George, Bessie, Mary Lane), J. Baldwin (A. Foote), Jacob Keep (Mary, Hattie), R. W. Town- send (Mary), Jos. Kilian (Mary), Martin Hurley (Charles), Louis Engel (August), W. H. Pyne (Fanny), (Mary Kelly, Lizzie Kelley. Jennie Woltz, Mary Menge), R. C. Jordon (Marie, Carrie, Racheal Shadwick, Arnold), Edmond Cronon (Mary, Sarah, Helerghan), Sylvester Hair (Raney,Nancy, Willie), Joseph Wortley (Emma, John E., William George, Joseph, Maryetta, Albert), J. W. Norris (James and Rueben Jenkins, Jos. Norris), Geo. G. Hoff (Annie), B. C. Howard (Geo.,Loretta, Emma, Clarence, Maggie), Samuel Heyman (Reed), Fred Spangenberg (Dora, Linda, Lenora), Gottfried Klinge (Joseph, Lizzie), C. R. Krantz (Robert), H. C. Churchill (F. W. Churchill).

In 1872 the expenditures showed for male teachers, $1,052.50 and female teachers, $280; for fuel, $105.77; for building school houses $1,458.39; and repairing school houses $100.19, and for all other purposes $107.40.

Text books used at that time in the Grand Island schools included Wooster spelling books, Hilliard readers, Spencerian writing books, French's arithmetics, Bryant-Stratton bookkeeping, Robinson and Davies' algebras, Gundt geographies, Harvey's grammars, and Quackenbos' histories. John D. Hayes and Geo. G. Mckenzie were two of the teachers for that year.

The schools in 1876 were presided over by B. F. Bellows of Painsville, Ohio, assisted by Miss Meth. Students enrolled in the high school then were H. P. Clark, H. C. Howard, C. G. Hurford, S. C. Huston and F. W. Cramer, and the female students, J. L. Bacon, e

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J. Heffleman, A. E. Hooper, E. E. Howard, A. M. Hurford, M. C. Hurford, H. Shoe- maker, H. K. Van Pelt, E. L. Watson, and A. Wiseman. The teachers employed in August, 1877, were Henry Garn, Nellie Butterfieid, Belle Ferguson and Mrs. Camille Ballou Laine.

The enumeration of school membership in Grand Island in 1879 was 525; in 1880, 667 ; in 1881, 835, in 1882, 939, in 1882-1883, 974 and in 1883-1884, 1,046. In 1884-1885 there were 1,160 children enrolled, and this enrollment has continued until it has grown to such pro- portions that in 1914-1915 there were 2,587 enrolled, in 1915-1916, 2,667, in 1916-1917, 2,819, and in 1917-1918, 3,039.

When Mr. Barr came to the schools in the fall of 1882, there was no outlined course of study, with a definite aim, for the schools. There was no high school as such, only an aggregation of pupils pursuing different branches of study, much as was done in the country schools, and one of the first tasks of the new superintendent was to write a course of study for the schools and organize the high school. The high school course has since been developed into six different lines of work or courses including a strong commercial course and work in domestic arts and science and manual training.

In June, 1883 the first commencement of the Grand Island high school was held and the class of graduates were Miss May D. Lamb, Effie M. Taylor, P. S. Heffleman, Mary C. Hurford and Mrs. George Bell, formerly Emma Howard. In 1884 a class of five were graduated; in 1885 and in 1886 there were seven graduates.

In June of 1888 the class comprised Kate A. Hurley, Clara L. Pierce, Mary E. Brennan, Hattie M. Clendenin, Carrie L. Fraser, Nellie M. White, Nellie M. Serviss, Ada C. Laine, Jennie Oppenheimer, and John F. Mathews, the last named graduate having now served as principal of the Grand Island High Schools for twenty-two years.

In 1878 the school trustees for Grand Island district were R. C. Jordon, H. A. Koenig, John Wallichs, O. A. Abbott and W. H. Platt.

Their successors in this office were as follows:

Elected April, 1878, R. C. Jordon, mode- rator, W. H. Platt, director, H. A. Koenig, treasurer.

April, 1879, trustees were R. C. Jordon. O. A. Abbott, H. A. Koenig, C. E. Lykke, T. J. Hurford, W. H. Platt, elected, O. A. Abbott, moderator, director, W. H. Platt, treasurer, H. A. Koenig.

On June 17, 1897, the board hired Prof. Olmstead to teach at $1,000 a year; Miss Sears, Miss Butterfield, Miss Ferguson were employed as teachers. In July the board em- ployed Mrs. Harrison, Miss Watts, Miss Mc- Nish and Miss Kate McCarthy for the ensu- ing year, and in September added Miss Peter- son to the force.

April, 1880, the board organized with O. A. Abbott as moderator, W. H. Platt, director, and H. A. Koenig, treasurer. Teachers elected in 1880 were: John Janss, Sylvia McNish. Mellie Butterfield, Clara Petersen, Vina Watts, Kate McCarthy, Emma Sears, Prof. Olmstead as principal. In October, 1880. another teacher was found necessary and Mrs. Kelly was selected at $25 per month. The board at the beginning of 1881 consisted of Abbott, Hurford, Jordon and Koenig. Miss McNish resigned in December, 1880, and Miss Butterfield resigned in March, 1881. Mrs. Boehne was hired.

In 1881 the board organized under a new school law and the following members were elected at the city election: C. P. Handy. T. J. Hurford, Blake C. Howard. J. P. Ker- nohan, O. A. Abbott, and S. N. Wolbach, with Howard as chairman and Kernohan as sec- retary. Teachers elected in 1881 were John Janss, Belle Ferguson, C. A. Peterson, Vina Watts, Emma Sears, Kate McCarthy, Mrs. M. D. Boehne, Anna Milgate, Mrs. Alice Kelly. Later in the term Alice Tomlinson. Ida E. Mack, Jennie Alvord, Katie Kirk- patrick, L. E. Hamilton, G. E. Barber, Mrs. M. J. Sprague were added to the teaching force.

In 1882 Howard was president and Ker- nohan, secretary of the board.

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On August 14, 1882, the following entry appears on the minutes of the Grand Island school board :

"Special meeting adjourned from Aug. 7, 1882 (at which time the resignation of Prin- cipal Grove E. Barber had been received).

"Voted, that we now ballot for Prin. Schools for the coming year. First Ballot.

Robt. J. Barr 4 votes Sapp 2 votes

"Robert J. Barr was declared elected and secretary authorized to communicate with him."

And Mr. Barr has been serving Grand Island's public schools ever since, for thirty- seven years. Where is a community that can match that record?

The board in 1883 were W. H. Platt, C. P. Handy, B. C. Howard, Fetherstenaugh, H. C. Held, C. F. Bentley, and organized with Platt as president and Bentley as secretary.

In 1884 the new board was Thomas, Held, Bentley, Platt, Bush and Murphy, organized with Howard, president, and M. Murphy as secretary.

In 1885 Messrs. Held, Bush, Platt and Murphy held over and two new members elected were Ball and Martin.

In 1886 the board members were Howard, Ball, Platt, Murphy, Sanders and Handy.

At a board meeting on April 4, 1887, the following resolution was adopted :

"Resolved, That we now name our school buildings and give them names by which they will be known hereafter, dropping those names of a sectional character.

"Resolved, That the school buildings at the east and west ends of the city be, as already, known by their names, respectively, of the 'Evans' and 'Wasmer' schools, as that will only be an evidence of our appreciation of the generosity of the donors.

"Resolved, That we call the high school building on the south side the Dodge School, the name commemorating the president of the board, who donated the land upon which it is located. [Referring .to Gen. Grenville M. Dodge of Union Pacific railroad.] And that the north side building be known as the

Howard School in honor of B. C. Howard, long a member and president of the board."

In June, 1887, a committee of the Lieder- kranz Society was appointed to prepare and obtain signatures for a petition to the school board, asking for the teaching of German in all of the city schools. L. Veith, H. C. Held, Ad. Egge, Frederick Hedde, George Cor- nelius and Henry Vieregg formed this com- mittee.

The board in 1887 consisted of Messrs. Howard, Ball, Platt, Handy, Sanders and Murphy, all holdovers or re-elected, with Mr. N. Platt as president and Murphy as secre- tary. Teachers elected were R. J. Barr, superintendent, Mrs. M. E. McLaughlin, Miss Anna L. Nichols, Mrs. C. T. Caldwell, Grace M. Edwards, Ida Heffleman, Christie Terpen- ning, Lucy Sanders, May D. Lamb, Kate M. Thorn, Mrs. R. C. Glanville, May C. Hur- ford, Anna West, Amelia F. Hodgkins, Emma Mohrenstecher, J. H. Thompson, Miss Ser- viss, Florence Horton, Eva, Murphy, Hattie Van Kuren, Mrs. Emma Brewster. Other teachers for that term were E. E. Cole, D. H. Van Tine, Anna L. Nuckolls, Max Eisen- beiss.

In 1888 Geo. Mohrenstecher succeeded Mr. Ball on the board, and he was elected secre- tary.

The board in 1889 consisted of Platt, G. H. Geddes, Chas. Rief, E. Sorenson, Hockenber- ger, and Mohrenstecher.

The board of 1890 consisted of Rief, Geddes, Hockenberger, Sorenson, Mohrenstecher and Platt.

In 1890 teachers elected were: Prof. R. J. Barr, E. E. Cole, H. H. Thompson, M. Eisenbeiss, Hallie M. Squires, Hattie L. Van Keuren, Mrs. C. F. Caldwell, Eva Murphy, May D. Lamb, E. M. Mohrenstecher, Ida L. Francis, Ida Heffleman, Mrs. M. E. McLaugh- lin, Mrs. G. W. Edwards, Mrs. Jennie Glan- ville, Mayme B. Crownover, Jessie Haggett, Lillian Cole, Kate M. Thorne, D. H. Van- tine, Nellie Murphy, Mary Brennan, John F. Mathews (still principal of high school in 1919), Delia B. Edwards, Minnie Guthrie, Carrie Fraser, Rose Wickwire, Carrie Knipleye

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Mrs. C. Peterson, Edith Irvine, Edith Whit- ney, Kate Hurley, Hattie Norris, Anna Rief.

The total cost of running Grand Island's schools for the school year 1889-1890 was $30,935.70, while for the year from July 1, 1917, to July 1, 1918, it had grown to $89,- 672. 58.

In 1898 the schools employed forty-one teachers and in 1918 there were eighty-six on the force.

In 1891 Al Miller and Chas. Milisen came onto the school board.

In 1892 the board consisted of G. H. Geddes, B. C. Howard, A. C. Miller, Chas. Milisen, Louis Veit, Nathan Platt and Geo. Mohrenstecher, with E. C. Hockenberger as secretary and E. Sorenson. Chas. Milisen died in February 1893, and his place was taken by C. B. Handy.

The new board organized in July, 1893, were Geo. A. Mohrenstecher, president, B. C. Howard, vice-president, E. C. Hockenberger, secretary, and Messrs. O. A. Abbott, H. C. Miller, E. Searson, E. Sorenson, G. H. Geddes, and Louis Veit.

The board organized in July, 1894, were G. H. Geddes, president, L. Veit, vice-president, Wm. Frank, secrteary, Messrs, Abbott, D. A. Finch, Ed. Sorenson, R. L. Harrison, and Henry Mayer. Mr. Frank resigned as secre- tary and Mr. Mayer was elected.

The board organized in July, 1895, with L. Veit as president, O. A. Abbott as vice-presi- dent, and E. Searson as secretary, and Messrs. Howard, D. A. Finch, L. F. Farnsworth, G. H. Geddes, R. L. Harrison and Wm. Frank.

On July 29, 1895, A. H. Waterhouse was elected principal of the high school. He was principal here for two years. He then re- signed to become principal of Lincoln, Ne- braska, high school, which position he later re- signed to take the principalship of Omaha high school and after some years he was elected superintendent of schools at Fremont, Nebraska, which position he now occupies.

In 1896 members elected to the board were Thos. C. Shaw, H. S. Ferrar and G. H. Geddes. Holdover members were Howard, Farnsworth, Harrison, Frank, Veit and Finch.

Geddes was elected president and Dr. D. A. Finch secretary.

A. H. Waterhouse was reelected principal of the high school and Bayard H. Paine (now district judge) and John F. Matthews (now principal of the high school) reelected and E. A. McGlasson elected principal of Howard school.

The board in 1897 organized with L. Veit as president, G. H. Geddes, vice-president, R. L. Harrison, secretary, and members, D. A. Finch, W. R. McAllister, H. S. Ferrar, B. C. Howard and L. F. Farnsworth.

Before the close of the school year 1897-8 Assistant Principal Bayard H. Paine became court reporter for District Judge Jno. R. Thompson and left the school work.

The board as reorganized on July 5, 1898, comprised Louis Veit, president, R. L. Har- rison, secretary, and members were Mc- Allister, G. H. Geddes, H. S. Ferrar, L. F. Farnsworth, D. A. Finch, B. C. Howard and a new member, Henry Rosswick. High school teachers elected in 1898 were John F. Mat- thews, principal, Miss Edith Abbott, Grace Bentley, and Mrs. C. Petersen, Mrs. S. A. Clarke for music, M. M. Burnham for draw- ing and Ella Blunk for German in the grades.

In July, 1899, Miss Edith Abbott resigned as assistant principal of high school and Miss Grace Abbott became her successor as teacher of history. H. O. Sutton, now of the Kear- ney Normal staff, became assistant principal of high school. The board for 1899-1900 were Messrs. Veit, Harrison, Finch, Mc- Allister, Farnsworth, Howard, Ferrar, Ross- wick, and Geddes, being the same members as served the year before.

In July, 1900, the board reorganized. M. H. Wilkins was elected to fill a vacancy, vice B. C. Howard, deceased. H. A. Edwards came on as new member for three years, and G. H. Geddes and R. L. Harrison were re- elected. L. Veit, president, and R. L. Harri- son, secretary, were reelected and L. F. Farns- worth chosen as vice-president.

During the ensuing year the board was composed of Messrs. Veit, Wilkins, Mc- Allister, H. S. Farrar, L. F. Farnsworth, G.

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H. Geddes, H. Rosswick, and R. L. Harrison. Mr. Harrison died in February, 1901, and A. Cosh was appointed in his place.

In 1901 Lewis S. Moore was elected for a term of three years and Bayard H. Paine for a term of two years, and Messrs. Veit and Cosh reelected.

From that time on the new members and old members reelected to serve on the board, each year were:

1902 -C. B. Norris, new member, vice L. F. Farnsworth, otherwise the board re- mained the same.

1903 - B. H. Paine, H. A. Edwards and Henry Rosswick were reelected.

1904- A. Cosh, L. S. Moore and Louis Veit were reelected for a term of three years.

1905 - H. S. Farrar and W. R. McAllister were reelected and Mr. John Dohrn came onto . the board.

1906 - Messrs. H. A. Edwards, and Henry Rosswick were reelected and Chas. B. Norris came back to the board.

1907 - Louis Veit was reelected and Chas. Fralick and Dr. B. R. McGrath succeeded Dr. Moore and Mr. Cosh.

1908 - John Dohrn was reelected and Wm. T. Alden and John R. Geddes succeeded Messrs. Ferrar and MeAllister.

1909 - H. A. Edwards and Chas. B. Norris were reelected for three year terms and A. J. Baumann came onto the board for a full term and Wm. Scheffel was elected for a two year term vice Alden, and Henry Vieregg for a one year term, to succeed Louis Veit, who died after serving as a member of the board for seventeen years.

1910 - Vieregg and Dr. McGrath were re- elected for three years and A. B. Harriott succeeded Mr. Fralick.

1911 - Scheffel and Dohrn were reelected and Simon E. Sinke succeeded Geddes.

1912 - A. J. Baumann was reelected and Jos. R. Fulton and Jens Rasmussen succeeded Norris and Edwards.

1913 - Dr. B. R. McGrath was reelected, with Mrs. Grace Bentley Paine and Mrs. Jennie S. Shuman as the new members. These

two women served the full term of three years and were not candidates for reelection and were the only women who have served as members up to the date of the publication of this history. During this period domestic science and manual training were added to the course of study.

1914 - Simon E. Sinke was reelected and O. A. Abbott, Jr., and J. E. Lyle came onto the board.

1915 - A. J. Baumann and Jens Rasmussen were reelected and Julius Boeck succeeded Mr. Fulton.

1916 - Three new members were elected, Theo. P. Boehm, Carl H. Menck and Fred- erick H. Colwell.

1917 -O. A. Abbott, Jr., J. E. Lyle and Simon E. Sinke were reelected.

1918-E. H. Baker, W. A. Druliner and Herman Nelson were elected. Mr. Drulinger resigned to become janitor of high school and P. Ralph Neumeyer was appointed to fill the vacancy. Menck, Neumeyer and Dr. Chollette were elected in 1919.

DISTRICT 26 (DONIPHAN)

In 1875 District 26 reported twenty-two children of school age residing therein, sixteen in attendance, and 160 days of school for that year. William H. Sampson received $75 for teaching the term, and $9 was reported for fuel and other purposes. McGuffey's and Sanders spellers, McGuffey's and Hilliard readers, Spencerian writing books, Ray's arith- metic and .Carnell's geographies were used to instruct the pioneer youth of the Doniphan community.

The report was made by Director Eli M. Burger, and showed the following families then residing in the district, and their children of school age:

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History of Hall County, Nebraska, Part 52

Author: Buechler, A. F. (August F.), 1869- editor Publication date: 1920 Publisher: Lincoln, Neb., Western Pub. and Engraving Co. Number of Pages: 1011

Author: Buechler, A. F. (August F.), 1869- editor
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Lincoln, Neb., Western Pub. and Engraving Co.
Number of Pages: 1011