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Memory of 1896 Graduates at Manual Training High
Miss Anna Schaefer, a January 1896 graduate and later sewing teacher, recalls the serious minded class of Industrial Training School. She notes how reading writing and arithmetic once ruled, with church and home shaping life, and laments modern youth focus on phones movies cars and social activity while praising reverence for teachers and close student guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Training School
Manual Training High School
Anna Schaefer
Miss Schaefer
Charles E. Emmerich
Violet Demaree
Hannah Anderson
Charles Boaz
Clara Bohnstadt
Frank Carson
Edna Clippinger
Edith Conner
Edna Dellett
Clara Dippel
Laura Finehout
Agnes Herd