Contributor: Barb Vande Brink Source: Rhetorical Contest Program, 1889

Fairwater Public School Rhetorical Contest Program, 1889

This program from the annual rhetorical exhibition in the Fairwater Public Schools is dated February 21, 1889, and identifiesW. H. Bridgman as Principal and J. K. McCune as assistant. The Board of Directors consisted of J. A. Starbird as Clerk, A. Daane as Director, and P. P. Tucker as Treasurer. The program also identified the students enrolled.

Students were identified as follows:

     UPPER FORM: Clayton Tucker, Wm. Meyer, John Daane, Boulden Skewes, Joseph McCune, Jr., Issac Daane, Duane Skewes, Ardie Tucker, Ida Brown, Flora Stallard, Willie Daane, Maud Starbird, Hattie Henrick, Jennie Daane, Annie Daane, Elmer Williams, and Henry Alven.
     MIDDLE FORM: Dora Alven, Frank Baker, Augusta Meyer, Belle Wightman, Gustave FRatzke, Hans Peterson, and Amelia Alven.
     PRIMARY FORM: Frank Lachelt [sic], George Meyer, Amy Meyer, Lena Meyer, Theo. Rathke, Julius Fratzke, Henry Falbe, Lora Falbe, Otto Alven, Frank Alven, Emma Baker, Carl Brown, Minnie Brown, George Born, Paulina Daane, Eddie Daane, Emma Freeman, Annie Freeman, Martha Tachelt, Alfred Meyer, Lizzie Rathke, George Skewes, George Laper, and Martha Breeze [sic].