The Vevay [Switzerland County, Indiana] Public Schools promotions for 1879 appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 29 May 1879 – Page 5, Column 2
Report of Vevay Public Schools, 1878-79.
The Public Schools in Vevay continued in session this year eight and one-fourth months. Five hundred and forty pupils were enrolled in the several departments of the school, distributed as follows:
- High School, 43
- A Grade, 45
- B Grade, 55
- C Grade, 99
- D Grade, 69
- E Grade, 51
- F Grade, 73
- G Grade, 83
- German Department, 70
- Colored School, 27
During the year there were seven examinations, one every five weeks. At the close of the school, May 16, 1879, the pupils that had made a general average of 80, and had not fallen below 60 percent, in any study, were promoted to the next higher grade or class.
The following is the order of promotion:
High School.
Senior Class—C. Jennie Archer, Willie Stratford, Clara Jockell, Amie Trafelet, Charles Melcher, Lizzie Deermiller, Lum Melcher, Linnie Tarner, and Fred Grisard.
Intermediate Class—Lida Griffith, Flora McMahan, Hannah Waldenmeier, Josie Cole, Lillie Waldo, Nettie Hathorn, Mallie Holder, Jimmie Holder, James Pleasants, Hugh Thiebaud, Elmer Griffith, Eugene Detraz, Lewis Wilson, James Tower, Samuel Smith.
Freshman Class—John Burrows, Rosa Norisez, Lillie DeBarth, Willie Baxter, Hattie Torrence, Mattie Worden, Harry Banta, Carrie Nash, Eunice Strain, Clara Stepleton, Harry Mallet, Elnor Martin.
A Grade.
A Class—Julia Tardy, Mary Dement, Chas. Allchin, Earnie Beagle, Mollie Hall, Sadie Hall, Cora Peters, Laura Robertson, India Rous, Willie Demann, Anna Patton, Nannie Bell, George Weals, Gracie Stepleton.
B Class—Amie Schenck, Julia Dufour, Attie Miller, Nettie Goldenburg, Bennie Knox, Mary Tardy, Madge Patton, Ollie Pleasants, Charles Dufour, Ulie Griffith, Nettie Rutherford, Rilde Norisez, Allie Yonge, Elorin Patton, Minnie Thiebaud, Carrie Stoops, Frank Detraz, Henry Stucy, Emory Harwood, Howard Mallet.
B Grade.
A Class—Viola Graham, Jessie Gordon, Ulie Trafelet, Samuel Trafelet, Frank Trafelet, Charles Waldo, Gussie Boerner, Mervin Smith, Amanda Lawrence.
B Class—Lottie Anderson, Lillie Cornes, Sallie Dement, Bettie Dufour, Lida Eaglin, May Fallis, Mamie Kincaid, Bessie Stratford, Elanor Thiebaud, Justine Schenck, Charles Findley, Harry Gill, Percy Harwood, Clarence Hulley, Amelia Keene, Charles Knox, August Lindenschmidt, Freddie Saberton, John Patton, John Waldenmeier, Joseph Waldenmeier, George Lawrence.
C Grade.
A Class—Ulie McHenry, Freddie Weales, Anna Protsman, Nettie Newton, Emma Boerner, Macella Martin, Mattie Trafelet, Rena Bushman, Nettie Yonge, Sallie Pleasants, Zellie Thiebaud, Tilla Bishop.
B Class—Jessie Archer, Lela Dufour, Clara Dufour, Stella Danner, Bertha Holder, Viola Martin, Minnie Holler, Anna Mayers, Anna Pleasants, Jessie Teats, Viola Van Briggle, Mary LeClerc, Jimmie Bonner, Ernest Danglade, Harry Davis, Willie Hathorn, Walter Mansfield, Dannie Strain, George Tardy, Freddie Todd, Willie Thiebaud, Tommie Thiebaud, Willie Barlow.
C Class—Ada Hall, Carrie Manford, Daisy Tague, Ella Griffith, Jennie Manning, Julia Gropengieszer, Leona Van Briggle, Lillie Mayers, Mable Griffith, Mamie Yonge, Mamie Hatch, Sallie Blach, Sallie Northcott, Stella Oakley, Claud Siebenthal, Eddie Waldo, Harry Knox, Lewis Works, Samuel Stucy.
D Class—Blanche Gordon, Abbie Simmons, Abbie Stoops, Susie Turner, Willie Grisard, Orville Heady, George Graham, Henry Kline, James Miller, Zille McHenry, Wesley Smith, George Elder.
D Grade.
A Class—James Burrows, Alfred Barrett, Clarence Detraz, Samuel Gerennett, Freddie Jain, Walter Kincaid, Lee Plew, Charles Jones, Anna Backes, Florence McCallum, Mollie Peters, Laura Rochat, Ella Schroeder, Bettie Gilbert.
B Class—John Anderson, Clarence Anderson, Willie Boerner, George Cole, Hugh Cole, Emry Miller, Frank Stratford, Freddie Schroeder, Willie Binch, Ida Brown, Anna Bosaw, Annie Hilderbrand, Maggy Jones, Clara Jayne, Julia Knox, Sallie Smith, Jessie Worstell.
E Grade.
A Class—Nettie Bristow, Emma Jaine, Lottie Kincaid, Lucy Livings, Nettie Osborne, Vada Kerth, Corinne Schenck, Anna Boerner, Willie Barrett, Eddie Barlow, Eddie Graham, Eddie Holder, Tommie Kincaid, Harry Nash, Amie Oakley, Eugene Tardy, John Elder, Charles Gill.
B Class—Louise Backes, Georgie Burrows, Emma Brockselayer, Hannie Fallis, Laura Givens, Rhoda Irvin, Annie Krummel, Eliza LeClerc, Julia LeClerc, Katie McHenry, Nettie McCormack, Lulie McMahan, Birda Ward, Girtrude Downey, Bertie Adkinson, Harry Strain, Joe Sullivan, Thomas Works, Harry Todd, John Lindenschmidt.
F Grade.
A Class—Nettie Bedd, Belle Thiebaud, Dora Worstell, Lela Wintizer, Jennie Wintizer, Luella Wintizer, Albert Grenat, Eddie Heady, Josie Kebel, Charles Larch, Willie Manning, Ollie Teats, Charles Trafelet, Arthur Van Briggle, Eddie Waldenmeier, George Waltz.
B Class—Tilly Graham, Willie Webber, Charles Holler, Lyda Gilbert, Nettie Phillips, Laura Gropengeizer, Jennie Eaglin, Ella Jayne, Clarence Van Briggle, Lulie Dupraz, Charles Day, Adaline Eblin, John Knox, Jessie Knox, Bessie Stoops, Annie Trafelet, Rosa Trittenbaum, Willie Moxley, Clarissa Hollcroft, Elzy Waltz, Harry Orem, Clarence Plew, Edith Goldenburg.
G Grade.
A Class—Nettie Barrett, Eugene McMakin, Charles Kline, Dannie Day, Clarence Holdcraft, Anna Kincaid, Eddie Fallis, Lula Wintizer, Wesley Hughes, Sallie Lumunyon, Hannie Lumunyon, Natie McMakin, John Curry.
Pupils who were not promoted at the close of school, will, at the opening of school next fall, be assigned the same grades and classes as this year.
P. T. HARTFORD, Sup’t.