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Public Schools in Elkhart Show Glowing Examinations
The Elkhart Observer reports on the high quality of Elkhart Public Schools. It details the brick four story building on Second and High streets with 13 rooms and space for 700 pupils, the janitor, and the semi annual examinations across grades from D Primary to High School. The piece notes moral instruction, use of maps and pictures, and the forthcoming graduation of the first senior class. It also covers New Constitutional Amendments and Indiana canal bond issues with a summary of the Butler Bill and the financial stakes involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
W. H. Benedict
Stephens
D Primary
Sallie W. Grege
A. M. Clark
Mary Hawley
Emma A. Sayre
George Dean
S. Maxon
Board of Visitors
Post’s
Jerusalem
Miss Bonnell
Bonnell
Hannah A. Herring
Board of Trustees
S. H. Headley
Phemie
Clara
Irva Simonton
Aggie Schutt
Mary Myers
Indiana
U. S
Lake Erie
Wabash River
Tippecanoe River