These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Compiled and submitted by the Eckhart Public Library Staff . Copyright 1999. SCHOOLS Assignment of School Certificate No. 12, Smithfield Township. Jan. 1853 “ Daniel KRUM assign the within over to Jonas KRUM to agree to fill the within article of said Commissions and to comply with the payment to therein named in witness where I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 18th of January A.D. 1853. For value received, I Jonas KRUM and Elizabeth KRUM, his wife assign the within article to Frederick KRUM the said Frederick KRUM agrees to pay the balance on the within Article to said Commissioners on their succession in office of DeKalb Count, Ind. Whereunto we set our hands and seal this first day of December A.D. 1853. Personally appeared before me J. P. BIERS, Notary Public in and for said county Frederick KRUM and Mary J. KRUM and acknowledged the assigning the within Certificate to John SHULL this eleventh day of July A. D. 1860. The above is from the Commissioners records for March and June Session 1860 Select School. The undersigned will open a Select School, in the school building at Auburn, Indiana, on Monday September 30th, 1861, in which he will endeavor to render satisfaction to all who may be pleased to favor him with their patronage. Terms will vary from $2.50 to $3.50, in accordance with the advancement of the pupil. Penmanship will receive careful attention, and Book Keeping by single and double entry, will be taught in connection with other branches. H. F. WISE dated September 20, 1861. The New Era September 20, 1861. AUBURN SELECT SCHOOL On Monday, August 21, 1865, the undersigned will commence a School for a Term of Twelve weeks. Terms of Tuition: Primary School - $2.00 1st Class - Alphabet, 1st Reader and Oral Instruction Second Class- $3.00 2nd or 3rd Reader, 1st Part Geography, Primary Arithmetic, and Writing Intermediate School -$4.00 4th Reader, 2nd or 3rd Part Geography, Written Arithmetic and Primary Grammar Grammar School - $5.00 Orthography, Reading, Writing, Grammar, Practical Arithmetic and Geography. High School - $6.00 Higher Arithmetic, Algebra, Higher Mathematics, History, Physiology, Philosophy, Penmanship, Book Keeping and the Languages. One-half of the Tuition must be paid on admittance-the remainder before the term closes. No deduction will be made for loss of time except in cases of protracted illness. Good boarding can be had at $3.50 per week. Rooms can be secured for self-boarding. Apply early. A report of attendance and deportment will be sent to parents each week. S. DILLS, Principal Auburn, July 27, 1865. From the DeKalb Democrat September 21, 1865. RULES FOR HOME EDUCATION 1. From your children’s earliest infancy inoculate the necessity of instant obedience. 2. Unite firmness with gentleness. Let your children always understand that you mean exactly what you say. 3. Never promise them any thing unless you are sure you can give them what you promise. 4. If you tell a child to do any thing, show him how to do it, and see that it is done. 5. Always punish your children for willfully disobeying; you, but never punish in anger. 6. Never let them perceive that they can vex you or make you lose your self-command. 7. If they give away to petulance and temper, wait till they are calm, and then gently reason with them on the impropriety of their conduct. 8. Remember that a little present punishment, when the occasion arises, is much more effectual than the threatening of a greater punishment should the fault be removed. 9. Never give your children anything because they cry for it. 10. On no account allow them to do at one time what you have forbidden, under any circumstances, at another. 11. Teach them that the only sure way to appear good is to be good. 12. Accustom to make their little recitals the perfect truth. 13. Never allow tale bearing 14. Teach them that self-denial, not self-indulgence, is the appointed and sure method of securing happiness. From the DeKalb Democrat May 12, 1865 SCHOOLS Please insert the following in the columns of your paper: The number of pupils enrolled in the Primary school. Miss CAMBURN teacher, is 106 in the Intermediate school, Miss DANIELS, teacher, 70 in Grammar school, Miss FURNISH teacher 45, in High School, S. DILLS, teacher 55; in Uniontown school Miss HOOVER, teacher 31, Part of the scholars of the Primary and Intermediate schools, will be placed in another room as soon as it can be furnished with desk. Signed S. DILLS Since the above was handed in the publication, the room over E. R. LEAS’’ Drug Store has been fitted up, with a number of the scholars are being taught by Miss S. LEAS Waterloo City Press September 3, 1868 SCHOOL REPORT Messers Editors, please insert in your paper the following names of scholars who have been neither tardy nor absent during the month in January: PRIMARY DEPARTMENT; Miss M. CANBURN, Teacher Jane SMITH Charlie ALDRICH Jennie FISHER Albert SANFORD Ida STAHL Frank SMITH Disco MCANALLY James HODGES Imogene DOVE Wilson TROUT Magine JACKMAN John KROUS Stephen A. STEARNS Elmer LYMAN Louie HEILBRONER UNIONTOWN SCHOOL- Miss J. HOOVER, Teacher Amelia HENKEY Hannah PENICKS Amelia GREUTER Willie GREUTER Catharine ZONKER Jacob SALSAMAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL- Miss L. DANIELS, Teacher Carrie CUTTER, Ambrose KENNEDY Liona JACKMAN Marshall VANFLEET Jennie STOUGH William FRANCIS Mary TILL Charlie SWEET Joanna MCANALLY Davie GILCHRIST Isabell ;MCANALLY Wm. MILLER Florence TAYLOR Willie GILLOTT Eva SHAIR Oscar FRANKS John KNOTT George MORELL Benj. HAMILTON Noble JONES INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, No. 2 Miss S. LEAS, Teacher, Lizette FRANKS Clark LONG Josephine FRANCIS Frank LEAS Sarah TILL Silas BRESSLAR Frances HOOVER URIAH SEGNER Mary GOODWIN Henry GOODWIN Alice GOODWIN Sanford BASSETT Eliza BECK Ellsworth FEAGLER Hattie SMITH Charlie BASSETT Ned P. DICKSINSON Sammy TILL GRAMMAR SCHOOL- Miss M. FURNISH, Teacher Almeda ZERKLE Samuel STOUGH Alice HOOVER Jay F. STOUGH Emma DANKS Uriah ZERKLE Lula ALDRICH Henry SHOEMAKER Rosalie VANFLEET Lacy SANFORD Rosa ZONKER Allen OWEN Lewis BASSETT Charles SMITH Orson EDGE HIGH SCHOOL Hugh DAVIS Eli MILLER Hiram BEIDLER S. A. CHILDDS Edmund TILL Alice GILLOTT H. H. HUSSELMAN Nellie ALDRICH S. DILLS, Principal from the Waterloo City Press February 11, 1869 SCHOOL EXAMINATION On Monday, Feb. 15, In Miss CAMBURN’s room, the following classes will be examined: A.. M. A. Spelling; Geography; A. 2d Reader, B 1st Reader. P. M, B. Spelling, Mental Arithmetic, B. Second Reader . On the same day in Miss HOOVER’S room. A. M. First Reader; Elocution; Second READER; Grammar: B. Spelling P. M. Fourth Reader, Arithmetic, Third Reader A. Spelling Tuesday, Feb. 16, in Miss DANIELS’ room; A. M. A. Fourth Reader; B. Fourth Reader; Third Reader, Mental Arithmetic, Spelling Wednesday, Feb. 17, in Miss LEAS’ room A. M. Reading, Arithmetic P. M. Spelling, Geography Thursday Feb. 18, in Miss FURHISH’S room A. M. A. and B. Arithmetic. P. M. Primary Geography, Primary Grammar, Mental Arithmetic Friday, Feb. 19, in High School, A. M. A. and B. Arithmetic, Composition Class. P. M. Elocution and Physiology PUBLIC SCHOOLS In another column, the School Trustees give notice that the Public Schools of this place will open on Monday, September 6th. They have secured the services of Mr. James A BARNES as Principal, who comes recommended as a successful and popular teacher, together with a competent corps of Assistants. With the increased amount of room provided by the Board, we see no reason why we should not have as good schools as any in the county, at least The Waterloo City Press Thursday, August 19, 1869 School Report Of the Waterloo City Public Schools, for the month ending October 29, 1869 Primary School No. 1. Miss M. CAMBURN 42 males, 25 females Primary School No. 2 Miss J. HOOVER, Males 21, Females 19 Intermediate School No. 1 Miss I. DANIELS Males 31, females 23 Intermediate School No. 2 Miss S. LEASE Males 27 Females 28 Grammar Miss F. CLARK Males 10 females 23 High School Mr. J. A. BARNES males 18 Females 25 The Waterloo City Press Nov. 4, 1869 FROM FAIRFIELD. The following teachers are employed, and are teaching the public schools in Fairfield township. District Teacher # Scholars 1 Lucy TUTTLE 14 2 Daniel CHILCOAT 22 3 Lewis TONGUE 24 4 Margaret DUNCAN 48 5 Michael LONG 14 6 None employed 32 7 Wesley G. HARTMAN 27 8 Joseph CONRAD 16 9 George ERNEST 9 10 Levi G. GRIMM 16 The average wages per day $1.31 ½. The amount of School fund in the Trustees hands is thirteen hundred and forty dollars. On the evening of the 7th, we had a good old-fashioned spelling school in district No. 9. There were 15 teachers present and after spelling we had other exercised which were very interesting. I am sorry the Commissioners of this county have declined to encourage school visiting by the Examiner, and of course there is no systematic work on grading certificates. The Waterloo City Press December 16, 1869. TEACHERS INSTITUTE NOVEMBER, 1893 FROM THE AUBURN COURIER WRITTEN BY C. P. HOUSER. (We quote:) …In the midst of prosperity and flattering success, we frequently forget that others lived before us and laid the foundation of our institutions and our ultimate success in life. We pause a moment and glance backward through a brief vista of years, and call to mind the most noble of DeKalb’s educators, Spencer DILLS: up to his administration teachers institutes were unknown, at least if such an organization existed it was but sparsely attended and its influence but little felt in the schools. At this stage there were no brick school houses in the county and not one single so-called patent school desk, of which there are to-day more than five thousand in the schools of this county. Blackboards and globes were almost as much a curiosity to the pupils in those days as Buffalo Bill with his band of Sioux and herd of buffaloes and mustang ponies as they pass on exhibition through the country are to the schoolboy of to-day. School terms were short. Males were employed for winter and females for the summer terms the former received $20.00 per month and the later $10.00 per month and “board around;” in some districts even these stingy salaries were looked upon as extortionate, estimates of the amount of fuel to be used were made and each patron required to draw a certain proportion of the wood. System in the schoolroom was in the background, and from all parts of the room would come the request “do my sum,” there were no printed copies and the teachers were required to write all the copies for those learning penmanship and as Horace GREELEY learned to write from, one of them, an idea of the penmanship of some of the copies may be gained. We remember some of them: “Kings and queens eat pork and beans;” “Commandments ten God gave to men:” “Many men of many minds;” “A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds” In those days teaching the a-b-c’s and in reading, counting aloud for pauses, one for a comma, two for a semicolon and four for a period etc., gave a peculiar style of exercises which is not popular at the present day. The old elementary spelling book with its picture of the boy stealing apples, with the accompanying story of the owner trying grass first, then stones to induce him to come down, the farmer and the lawyer in regard to the goring of the ox, parsing sentences in Pinneo’s grammar, and puzzling our brains over such problems as: “If to my age there added be One-half, one third, and three times three Three score and ten the sum will be, What is my age? Pray tell it me.” In reading there were many of the boys who waxed eloquent on “The Burial of Sir John Moore.” Patrick Henry’s Address and Pitt’s Reply to Walpole, etc. and in those days the beech and the birch were known by all the mischievous pupils, flogging and ferruling were common punishments, and sometimes sitting with the girls was resorted to as a punishment for the boys, which was dreaded more in those days than now. Such is a fair picture of our schools when Spencer DILLS took up the standard, and though he was called from earth in early manhood while on the threshold of usefulness, he raised the shout “onward” and inaugurated a revival in school work, which like the progress of a machine is rolling irresistibly over everything in its way. (Spencer DILLS was appointed school examiner in 1865-History of Northeast Indiana page 493) The following was researched and submitted by Eckhart Public Library ebethgen@yahoo.com and Arlene Goodwin agoodwin@ctlnet.com SCHOOLS George Duncan Memorandum Commencing October 9th 1852 Deleware, Deleware County, Ohio. Daily Register of Males commencing Nov 15th 1853 thru Dec. 1853; John Kennedy, Louis Clugh, Simon Stodard, Columbus Priest, John W. Riffit, Jacob Ecky, Christian Ecky, Fredrick Ecky, John Ecky, Isaac Quick, G. W. Smith, James Phio, Joshuway Workman, Patrice Dowire, Alonzo Workman, Alonzo Parker, Marin Clouse, George Clouse, G. S. Bender , J. W. Teeters, J. H. Teeters, Michael Clugh, George Shore, W. R. Priest, William Workman, David Workmen, W. H. Bush, M. S. Teeters, F. H. Teeters. Daily Register of Females commencing Jan. 03, 1853 thru Feb 19: Elizabeth Priest, Normanda Priest, Josaphine Priest, Rebecca Ship, Maloma Ship, Luchrisia Clugh, Nancy Ship, Malinda Stonor, Catherine Stonor, Mary C. Steward, Elizabeth Moats, Mary Moats, Mary Ecky, Nancy Priest, Elizabeth Sharr, Sarah Sharr, Johana ?. Daily Register of Females commencing Feb. 04, 1853 thru Mar 19: Elizabeth Priest, Normanda Priest, Josaphine Priest, Rebecca Ship, Maloma Ship, Luchreisia Clugh, Nancy Ship, Malinda Stonor, Catherine Stonor, Mary C. Steward, Elizabeth Moats, Mary Moats, Mary Ecky, Nancy Priest, Elizabeth Sharr, Sarah Sharr. Daily Register of Females commencing Nov. 15, 1853 thru Dec 31; Elizabeth Priest, Normanda Priest Josaphine Priest, Rebecca Ship, Maloma Ship. Luchrisia Clugh, Nancy Ship, Malinda Stonor, Catherine Stonor, May C. Steward, Elizabeth Moats, Mary Moats, Mary Ecky, Nancy Priest. Register of School #1 of Smithfield Twp county of DeKalb commencing Feb. 27, 1854: Finley Mc Fadon 13, Milton Barker 13, James Duncan 15, William Duncan 13, John Salanders 21, Jacob Salanders 17, Sylvester Chandler 15, John Duncan 16, Samuel Kennedy 21, Joseph Kegerris 15, David Baxter 17, William Lacy 21, C. N. Leyde 21, A. B. Duncan 17, David Craig 12, Joseph Lockemire 10, Benjamin L. Duncan 10, James Freeman 5, David Salanders 12, John Baxter 8, Jacob Kertz Lock 7, Theodore R. Duncan 6, Simeon Mottinger 10, Noah Mottinger 7, Moses Baxter 8, J. D. Martin 8. Books used Davies Algebra, Bullions Grammer, Rays Arithmethic , Moses Geography, Students Readers and Spellers. Register of School #1st of Smithfield Twp. County of DeKalb State of Indiana Commencing Feb. 27, 1854. Werthy Allen 16, Catherine McFadon 15, Emeline Duncan 21, Elisa Salanders 14, Sarah J. Duncan 21, Mary Duncan 17, Margaret Duncan 16, Artamisa Baxter 15, Martha McFadon 10, Larana Allen 6, Armintha Freeman 6, Laura Allen 9, Christina Lockemire 7, Clarisa Salanders 10, Agnes Baxter 10, Miss Beramus 9, Miss J. Beramus 7, Catherine James 11, Mary A. Salanders 6, Jane Baxter 5. Class Book of Sarah Jane Duncan for School #__ Franklin Twp. DeKalb County, Indiana Jan 7, 1856. ORTHOGRAPHY: George Person, William Brin, George Madson, Mary McCloloster, May Jane Jones, Elizabeth Person, John Person, James Brien, Lorn Bullard, Martha Botey, Emeline Person. READING CLASS: Susan Jones, Lucy McQueen, Clory Madson, Maria Person, Elora Albright Emely T. McColoster, Adine Albright, Sarah Person, Cornella Jones, James Madson, Calvin McQueen, John Boley, Lues Madson, Perry Boley, Edward Jones, Francis Jones, Water Boley, David Person, Luther Boley, Claver Albright George Newcumer, Christin Newcumer, Joseph Newcumer, Ervin Boge, Maria Newcumer, Barbra Newcumer, Miles Bullard. (The class name of the 1st three pages: Franklin 8 College corners) WRITING CLASS: Susan Jones, Lucy Mc Queen, Cory Madson, Maria Person, Sarah Person, Adeline Albright, James Madson, Calvin Mc Queen, John Boley, Luis Madson, Francis Jones, Ervin Bogue, Maria Newcumer, Barbra Newcumer, Miles Bullard. ARITHMATIC CLASS: Susan Jones, Lucy McQueen, Cory Madson, Calvin McQueen, James Madson, Walter Boley, Luther Boley, Claver Albright, Ervin Bogue, Miles Bullard. GEOGRAPHY CLASS: Lucy McQueen, Francis Jones, Chloe Madson. ENG. GRAMMER CLASS: Clory Madson, Lucy McQueen. FEMALES AGES: Susan Jones 13, Lucy McQueen 18, Clory Madson 16, Lida A. Madson 9, Maria Person 13, Elnora Albright 11, Emely t. McColoster 9, Adaline Albright 9, Sarah Person 11, Cornela Jones 10, Francis Jones 16, Mary McColoster 6, Francis McColoster 4, Mary Jane Jones 6, Elizabeth Person ?, Maria Newcumer 14, Barbra Newcumer 17, Martha Boley 6, Emeline Person 6: MALES: James Madson 13, Calvin McQueen 14, John Boley 11, Louis Madson 11, George Person 8, Pery Boley 8, Edward Jones 8, David Person 12, Luther Boley 16, _laver Albright 16, William Brin 8, George Madson 5, Ervin Bogue 9, George Newcumer 9, Christin Newcumer 8, Joseph Newcumer 12, John Person 10, James Brine 6, Miles Bullard 14, Lorn Bullard 5. (Compiled by Mrs. Ruth Keating, Fort Wayne, Indiana) Register of School No. 9 commencing Nov 21st , 853 and ending February 15, 1854. G. H. Duncan. The daily attendance 50/100 Register of School No. 9 Smithfield Twp, County of DeKalb for the Winter Term 1853 commencing Nov 21st. MALES: Ebenezer Delong 17, Henry C. Smith 19, Lewis Heigis 19, William Kenedy 19, George Danels 17, John H. Shoemaker 13, John Hood 16, Washington Fisk 14, S. B. Smith 13, Josiah Kenedy 14, Philio Kenedy 13, Charles Delong 14, Alonzo Hemstreet 13, Samuel Holden 18, John Nobles 21, Mathew Crooks 16, Jacob H. Smith 20, David Smith 15, Franklin Harmar 5, B. F. Kennedy 8, James Delong 9, Elias Fisk 12, Warren Fisk 6, Perry Mulen 12, Nathan Fredrickson 8, Samuel Hood 12, Harris Shoemaker 6, William Hood 10, Judson J. Blake 9, Charles Holden 8, William Scoby 11, Jesse Blake 9, Albert W. Hemstreet 10, Daniel Harmar 10, Jackson Scoby 5, Albert Hays 7. FEMALES: Lucinda Danels 14, Martha Smith 16, Sylvia Delong 18, Miriam Holden 15 , Cornelia Hemstreet 15, Adaline Smith 14, Mary Smith 17, Ellen Mullen 6, Sarah F. Sanor 12, Sarah A Kennedy 10, Sarah Shoemaker 12, Lucilia Delong 11, Lucy Ann Blake 7, Mary Ann Mullen 9, Martha Crook 11, Nancy Danels 8, Sylva Danels 6, Malissa Holden 12, Elizabeth Cooks 7, Julia Danels 11, Harriett C. Holden 11, Sarah A. Holden 5, Miss S. Hemstreet 11, Elizabeth Hays 10, Harriet Hays 12.